returned to St. Louis March 10th - September 9th left St. Louis for Europe - Embarked on the Fulton at New York September 10th (tenth crossing of the Atlantic) - "Being the time of the autumnal equinoxes, the weather was rather boisterous and the sky foggy and cloudy. The vessel steered for Cape Sable, the most southern point of Nova Scotia. On the third night it was dark and cloudy. To this time the captain had not been able to make any observations, except soundings. For a moment the dark clouds disappeared, the watchman cried out: "Land! Land! " The engine was stopped, the captain and officers were soon on deck. They had supposed that the steamer was a hundred miles southeast of Cape Sable. What could be the land they saw, on both sides? And how did the vessel come there? The danger was great. A few minutes more of covering, dark clouds, would have brought us to perish on the dangerous shoals and rocks of Nova Scotia in the Bay of Fundy. The steamer had found its way into this bay, carried on by a strong and setting tide. The land seen on both sides was the rocky, precipitous shores of St. Mary's bay. This happened on the night of the 24th [of September]."
Arrived at Havre October 3d - Reached Paris next day and took a stroll about the city, "to see as much of its wonders as possible. I was facing the Rue Rivoli, toward the Champs Élysées, when the great Lion and Lioness made their unexpected appearance in an open carriage. I had a good view of Napoleon III and of the Empress Eugenie, at a distance of hardly twelve feet."
Left Paris for Belgium October 7th and arrived in Brussels next day-Visited the larger towns of Belgium and Holland which consumed the remainder of the year.
Distance traveled, 9,995 miles.
1857.
Early in February went to Lille, France -Thence to Calais, London, Dublin and Limerick in Ireland, back to