m36_i_a_2b_i_94_03_29

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[Right side of page} Thursday morning.
It hardly seems possible that we
arrive in Japan at daylight to-
morrow morning. I only finished
Japan -Day - by - Day yesterday
noon and counted on today to write letters.
As soon as I started writing the waves grew
in size and now this morning we are
pitching up and down at a great rate. The
Staff Captain took us up on the bridge and
also under the bridge and Pete got some
pictures of the bow going into the waves and
the spray flying. It was hard as a
gale was blowing and the spray blew back
over the boat. Still he may have gotten
something. The Staff Captain Goddard took
us into his cabin. Pete changed his film &
went out again while I was left inside to look
through an album of photographs which Capt.
Goddard explained at the same time
smoking a rather powerful pipe. Pete came
back and seemed in no hurry to leave
though I kept thinking how nice fresh
air would be. Its the first time I've
felt one bit squeamish on this boat.
Luckily we went out again before it
was too late and now having had
some soup I feel more like myself.
Pearl Moore recomends [m..tines] so
I may resort to a few before long.