Deborah Florence Glassford Letters and Memorabilia
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| − | Vancouver, namely a trawler, which had been sold by a Hull firm to somebody in Vancouver, it was only for the "run out" , but as she wouldn't be ready to leave for another two months, I would scarcely wait, her name was the " Outward Ho" a little bit of a thing about 100 feet long, it will take her about 3 months to go out, through the Straits of Magellan, (Cape Horn) I waited 3 weeks for her in case she would be ready, but their they found they would have to make some other extensive alteration, which would mean another 7 or 8 weeks , so gave it up as a bad job, it seemed worth while taking it on $50 for the run & $35 to find your own way home again, if you wanted to come home again, that is. i think if once I get out there I shall remain on the coast, it ought to be pretty good out there. | + | Vancouver, namely a trawler, which had been sold by a Hull firm to somebody in Vancouver, it was only for the "run out" , but as she wouldn't be ready to leave for another two months, I would scarcely wait, her name was the " Outward Ho" a little bit of a thing about 100 feet long, it will take her about 3 months to go out, through the Straits of Magellan, (Cape Horn) I waited 3 weeks for her in case she would be ready, but their they found they would have to make some other extensive alteration, which would mean another 7 or 8 weeks , so gave it up as a bad job, it seemed worth while taking it on $50 for the run & $35 to find your own way home again, if you wanted to come home again, that is. i think if once I get out there I shall remain on the coast, it ought to be pretty good out there. Now I must stop,I started this the other day & am now finishing it just before getting to Port Said. Will write you again at our next stop, if not before leaving here. |
| + | Best of love & wishes dear old Girl | ||
| + | Yours as always | ||
| + | Maitland | ||
| + | PS Please address to Christiania | ||
| + | 59 Bygdo [Allen?] | ||
Revision as of May 13, 2015, 4:22:04 PM
Vancouver, namely a trawler, which had been sold by a Hull firm to somebody in Vancouver, it was only for the "run out" , but as she wouldn't be ready to leave for another two months, I would scarcely wait, her name was the " Outward Ho" a little bit of a thing about 100 feet long, it will take her about 3 months to go out, through the Straits of Magellan, (Cape Horn) I waited 3 weeks for her in case she would be ready, but their they found they would have to make some other extensive alteration, which would mean another 7 or 8 weeks , so gave it up as a bad job, it seemed worth while taking it on $50 for the run & $35 to find your own way home again, if you wanted to come home again, that is. i think if once I get out there I shall remain on the coast, it ought to be pretty good out there. Now I must stop,I started this the other day & am now finishing it just before getting to Port Said. Will write you again at our next stop, if not before leaving here. Best of love & wishes dear old Girl
Yours as always
Maitland PS Please address to Christiania 59 Bygdo [Allen?]