July 17 - 1897 Boston Saturday. By ten A.M. we had all our affairs aboard the ship i.e. we had it on the craft. The amount of provisions taken on board of the ship is something astounding. Then there are the six or nine boats of the various parties and a large amount of heavy timber, boards and steel rails to stick the meteorites from the ship. Pearce intends to sail this evening but I hardly believe he can do it until at noon when there is enough remaining on the craft that it won't be night before he can got it aboard. Then come the sticking of process which will take many hours. It was reported that all should be aboard the ship by nine P.M. since it would certainly sail at some hour during the night. Therefore Mr. White and I gave up our arms after dinner and strolled down to the cleaners. To me it was cer- tain that one of the freight remaining on the craft could not be taken on board by midnight and that therefore we would not