Early Rising.--Ballast should be Stowed Away in the Hold before Putting
to Sea.--Annoying Interference of Providence in Matters that it Does Not
Understand.--A Socialistic Society.--B. Misjudges Me.--An Uninteresting
Anecdote.--We Lay in Ballast.--A Moderate Sailor.--A Playful Boat.
I got up very early this morning. I do not know why I got up early. We
do not start till eight o'clock this evening. But I don't regret it--the
getting up early I mean. It is a change. I got everybody else up too,
and we all had breakfast at seven.