Our three crews, were, one from New York to San Francisco, the second,
from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands and Hong Kong, the third,
from Hong Kong to Manila and thence to New York.
It would be more than could be expected of human nature subjected to
the trials of nautical life, to behave with perfect propriety under
all the various conditions to which men must be subjected in a long
voyage. From New York to San Francisco we were favored with a set of
men who could not be excelled in their dispositions and behavior. I
have already quoted the complimentary remarks of the captain in his
last address to them. In San Francisco, although there is not the
opportunity to make a good selection which there is in the port of New
York, we were also highly favored in our men.