"The Steamer [illegible] does not appear to be fully loaded, but I cannot judge better than from her in for my first meal. At dinner the steamer gives each guest a little memento - rules and regulation - and in it is a list of passengers. It has 58 First class and 16 in- termediate. I am at the second table headed by one of the officers. The Captain sits at table 1 and he enter- tains some ladies. At dinner some ladies and a few men are in evening dress. This afternoon I saw several whales at sporting. There were at least four, and they appear to go in pairs. So far the sea is remarkably smooth. There are white caps, but the waves are hardly more than six feet deep. The pitching is very slight and rolling there is none, backed to Promenade Deck about a half dozen times, and need exaggerating the rest of the day. As usual at sea I am getting the headache pro- phetic of sea-sickness. So far it is not alarming.