| Description | Sir William Ross writes that he has safely arrived in Ostend after an agreeable voyage and he intends to start for Brussels tomorrow morning. At Dover, he met a gentleman who he later found to be Mr Mark, Consul General from the United States of America to the States of Germany, and he advised Ross to go to Ostend instead of Calais. As the weather was fine, the sea calm and the sun shining, he took Mr Mark's advice and towards the end of the voyage the sea was as smooth as glass.
Lord and Lady Algernon Chichester were fellow passengers and Ross asked them to come and see his pictures which they have promised to do, although they will be absent three years. Unfortunately, the ship did not arrive soon enough for the train or Ross would have been in Brussels this evening. Instead he must make himself content to sleep here and start tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock by the Brussels train which will arrive about 12 o'clock. Ross is better off that if he had gone to Calais for then he would not have reached there before the evening, besides having his baggage searched twice instead of once. He enjoyed the beautiful sea and the warm sun very much and has not been sick. |