In this he thought he had discovered a sure cure for sea-sickness.

One day later he imparted this information to a lady voyager, who received it with the exclamation, "Oh, horrors!" All that day the wind was strong, and the sea rough.

Even an officer acknowledged that if this weather kept up, the "blow" might grow into a storm.

From the upper deck Chester and Elder Malby looked out on the sublime spectacle.

Like great, green, white-crested hills, the waves raced along the vast expanse.