(1) D.3561/K/1 Richey family Letters, x R. R. Green D. 3561/A/6/1/1c-80c to public to Philadelphia Sept. 22nd I8I8 Dear Father A & Mother, We left the White house roads Belfast Lough on Thurd. I6 July between 6 & 7 Ock. in the leveng. with scarcely a breath of air but still the vessel saild on slowly We saild about on Friday & on Saturday at 5 OCK in the afternoon we were as near Belfast as when we started. What wind there was it was blowing ahaid of us at that time we were all bragging how Stout we were in not being Sea Sick but at the same time the vessel had never given one heave or anything else to occasion it, 8n Sunday Morg about 30CK, a gail arose and it was nearly a head of us but it give the vessel such a tossing that we never had experienced the like before but in the course of an hour such a scene as we had I can't find words equal to describe it for almost every person was vomitting & even them that was not inclind to be sick the sight of others would sicken you whether you would or not, there was only two who escapd Sickness the one was a man that had been at sea before & the other thank God was myself, tis all nonsense to say woman that is giving suck wont be sick but I know there was 2 giving suck in the vessel and the were both a deal sicker than the rest of the sick folks. tis a most awful thing to be on sea & a heart sickning thing too, I have often been on my bed at night when there would be a fresh breeze blowing the vessel would be rolling in such a manner that I would sometimes be standing on my head & other times on my feet and even that way is a most sickning way to be in, tis very aweful at night in the time of a gale to here the pots & pans & Kettles-rattling & tossing through the boxes tis the most shocking frightful noise you ever heard and at the same time to here the Sailors swearing in a most inhuman manner but the harder it blows the more the curse. we had liberty to be on deck as long as we pleased and when we pleaser our passage has been tedious but very pleasant We had mostly all head winds & dead calms but she is a very good sailing vessel I have witnessed her out sailing many vessels, on our way, She is to be a regular trader to Belfast & I would recommend any friend to come in her the Brig Ceres). about 8 days after we saild we reachd the bay of Biscay 2. it is a roaring rageing sea waves mountains high. We were 3 days in it only it was quiet weather it would have been a great deal rougher. Some days we would sail from 7 till IO nots rp hour (evy. not a milet and some days we would not sail 7 miles altogether but this time of year we are sure to have- head winds While the weather kept cool our sleeping apartments was pretty comfort-able but when it began to be extremely hot it was very unpleasant for every thing beagan to smell, the cooking is the most disagreeable thing a person meets with at sea for a person never can keep themselves clean. Gressing my meat at first I had a great objection to it I would had rather livd on one meal a day than be botherd dressing 3 but when I got dirty I did not mind it so much. my partner soon got tird of the Steerage & he gave 6 Guineas to the capt. to let him into the cabin but he left me his bed tick and he took the quilt & he has a double blanket & he cut it in two & left me the half of it which was very clever of him & he took his provisions with him, I bot 11b of tea in belfast and it was