Alphonsus has not yet been to the Hospital of Santo Bento since he had to work aboard ship and as yet he has found no church where English is spoken. He will go to Confession at the first opportunity offered him. His failure to do so already is not due to any cooling of his religious fervor so that fear need not worry his father. He is anxious to go the the Sacraments, not because he has sinned but because he wishes to be strengthened against temptation. He likes sea life but needs a trip around the "Horn" or the "Cape of Good Hope" where he would have a taste of rough weather. On the way up there was nothing but a series of calms and light winds. The Captain spoke of going to New Orleans and waiting there for orders and after that the ship may go to Mobile, Alabama, but none of this is certain. :: I-2-d A.L.S. 2pp. 12mo.