Our India Missions Author:Andrew Gordon Subtitle: A Thirty Year's History of the India Mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, Together With Personal Reminiscences General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1886 Original Publisher: Andrew Gordon Subjects: Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Notes: This is a black and white... more » OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. THE VOYAGE. A STORM -- CALMS -- ICEBERGS -- A COLLISION -- LANDING IN CALCUTTA. IT was 12 o'clock on the 28th of September, 1854, when our little strong ship Sabine began to move out from her mooring in the New York harbor. As long as we could recognize laces, or even perceive the waving of a handkerchief landward, we felt disinclined to turn away and put our quarters in order. Sea-sickness was rapidly getting the better of us. Our two so-called state-rooms were six feet long by five wide, and about six feet high. The furniture consisted of three berths without bedding, and one small furnished wash-stand. With this much ready at hand, we, in dead earnest, set about completing our arrangements for a long stay. But a large carpetbag, which had been packed full of articles such as experienced voyagers had designated as necessary in sea-sickness, had gone astray, and was not to be found even after long searching. The next morning we had a stiff breeze, which gradually increased to a gale, and by the third night we were plunging before a tempest. It was all in the right direction, and was speeding us onward; but our captain, fearing lest the ship's stern should be dashed in, furled sails, hove the ship to, and presenting her strongest and sharpest point to the wind, let her "lie to" until the storm was spent. I will not attempt a description of the scene ins...« less