January in the course of our walk this evening that Charlie seemed to him to be duller than two months ago. Captain Corner is the busiest man aboard ship except possibly the cook. He keeps at work on his carving and other ivory manufacture all the time, like a woman at her knit- ting or fancy work, trying to di- vert his mind from the condition of affairs on the "Clemtt". He likes substantial reading, but one cannot read or write all the time especially by such poor light as the ship's lamps give. He does not play cards, hence he is cut off from one diversion that the rest of us have. Nor does he seem to care to walk - but he has not the clothing suitable for this kind of amusement and exercise & I cannot get it for him just now