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even then I was feeling a bit funny & I am sure I was turning yellowish however I had not long to wait for I was soon feeding the fishes with a vengeance, & I might add right here that I was not the only one at the game oh no "I had plenty of mates in the same boat as myself we were hanging on all over the place, & I am sure I did not care if the whole concern went to the bottom, shows you how selfish a man is don't it, poor old Dukey was very crook he was bad right up to Albany I done what I could for him the only thing he could keep down was biscuits soaked in water & I used to get them ready for him my attack of sea sickness did
not last very long fortunately for the second day out I was feeling all right, we skirted the coast most of the way down, & the afternoon of the second day at sea we ran into & through a group of very rocky & bare little islands just off Wilson's Promontory there were a lot of birds round these islands & we sighted a whale blowing & also a full rigged sailing ship she looked from a distance like a great white bird, & that night we passed several passenger ships making for Sydney, they looked capital with all their lights shining we thought once that we were going to Hobart, but no such luck, & then again Melbourne was suggested, but we were all out of it