Excerpt from The Letters of Charlotte Brinckerhoff Bronson: Written, During Her Wedding Journey in Europe in 1838 With Her Husband Frederic Bronson and His Niece Caroline Murray, to Her Mother Mrs. James L. Brinckerhoff<br><br>We rose this morning at the rather fashionable hour of 9, and spurning breakfast, took refuge on deck, where we remained till 12 o'clock. At that hour the Captain took our latitude and longitude, which were, latitude 40; longitude 70; the distance from New York estimated at 200 miles; I mention this for papa's particular edifica tion, as he flattered us so much as to say that he intended tracing our course on the map. As Caroline had not been well enough to day to make her appearance on deck, we again retired to the cabin about dinner time. All the passengers on board were entirely pros trated except one, therefore we had pretty much all the deck to ourselves. The manoeuvres of the sailors though at any time they would have been extremely interesting had not as yet any attraction for us, and after a téte-a-tete dinner in the Ladies' Cabin, Caroline and myself again sought refuge in repose. The wind all day contin ued very fair, and we sailed at the rate of 10 miles an hour.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.