MARK TWAIN

spite of orders, cannon or anything else—we cannot go
on in this way.

If we do land, some of our people arc going to leave__

among them the doctor, who is afraid of the crazy ma-
chinery.

Sea in storm—caps crawling and squirming like white
worms in the midst of ink.

The Dead

(1) (Baby) Harlan, Sacramento, baptized day it died—
died 24th, buried 25th.

(2) Jerome Shields, aged about 34, buried at sea Jan. 2.
His friend Patrick Burns took charge of his effects,
consisting of $55 in coin, a carpet bag containing
clothing, letters, a navy pistol and other small articles,
photographs, etc. His friends reside in Waverly, la.
His brother-in-law, John Clark, lives at Pine Grove,
Sierra Co., Calif.

(3) Martin Sherlock, of Irish descent, aged about 30, died
and was buried at sea, Jan. 3. He had no friends or
acquaintances on board ship. His effects, consisting of
carpet sack of clothing, $20 piece and letters from
Mary Ann Sherlock, his mother, residing at Port
Byron, 111., are in possession of first officer,

(4) Capt. Chas. Mahoney, aged 40, late employee of
Central American Transit Co. Died Jan. 4 and was
buried at sea. Has a family somewhere about
Rochester, N. Y.

(5) Andrew Nolan, about 20 or 21 (Shape), barber by
trade, died Jan. 5 and was buried at sea. Funds $77.
He belonged in Jersey City,

(6) At 2:20 A.M. (this morning, Jan, 6) Rev. J. G.
Fackler, Episcopal clergyman of San Francisco. At
2:30 we anchored at Key West, Florida—and he will