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and no wind. We are fixed in our chairs on deck watch-
ing four ships on one side and the shores of Morocco on
the other side. Nan seems well and happy--improving
every day--and out on deck all day. I woke at a little
past three o'clock this morning and dressed and went up
on deck to see the comet. It was lovelyright off the
bow of the ship, with the morning star Venus at the
right--very, very brilliant and large. The tail of the
comet was the grandest tail I ever saw on a comet,--
very bright and extending right up to the zenith in a
slanting direction. I was very glad to see it on the
Mediterranean between Gib and Algiers. It was a lovely
sight and I felt fully repaid for crawling out and
dressing and going up on deck so early in the morning.
I think I saw it at its best, according to all accounts
at the breakfast table,--and it began to get daylight
at four and of course it was less brilliant as the day-
light increased. I went back to the state room and asked
Nan if she "didn't want to see the comet?" But she felt
too sleepy to get up and dress, so I didn't urge her to,,
She now wants to see it; so we may get up early to-morrow
morning. We are coming along very near to a big steamer.