He wished that, during a voyage which might last forty or fifty days, Mrs.Weldon should be installed as well as possible on board the whaler.
There were then certain advantages for Mrs.Weldon in making the voyage under these conditions.

The only disadvantage was that this voyage would be necessarily prolonged in consequence of this circumstance--the "Pilgrim" would go to Valparaiso, in Chili, to effect her unloading.
That done, there would be nothing but to ascend the American coast, with land breezes, which make these parts very agreeable.
Besides, Mrs.Weldon was a courageous woman, whom the sea did not frighten.

Then thirty years of age, she was of robust health, being accustomed to long voyages, for, having shared with her husband the fatigues of several passages, she did not fear the chances more or less contingent, of shipping on board a ship of moderate tonnage.

She knew Captain Hull to be an excellent seaman, in whom James W.Weldon had every confidence.

The "Pilgrim" was a strong vessel, capital sailer, well quoted in the flotilla of American whalers.