Moira Sinclair<br/>6 Squire Street Ballyclare<br/>Ireland<br/><br/>4 months later<br/><br/>Moira mo ghrá,<br/><br/>Where to begin. We were delayed for days by a tremendous storm! It was quite violent, and put us of cours. There was a man lost.  The crew did not socialise much but they still felt the loss az one of their own. I do not know if he had any family, most of them do not.  They are very rogh. I think you would have to be to do this job for long. It is mostly boredom, with a daily routine.  Each sailor has his own duty to perform, and if he does not, he gets whipped. I am proud to say I never got whipped, but there were some that seemed to take a pride in it.  I do not understand the need to get hurt to prove yourself.<br/><br/>When I got here and got off the dock, there were lots of people like with every big port, or so they say. They tried to get me to buy things. Some tried to get me to take them... Home with them. I ran as fast as I could from that. I then found the dockmaster's office and asked if he knew where my lodging house was. He didn't understand me, and onestly I didn't understand him.  He spoke funny, but he had a good man with him who was from Blarney, it wasn't Dublin but it was nice to hear a familliar accent.  It turned out he was an Eakin, he told me how to reach him and that he may have oppurtunities for me later. He also explained I needed to by the  slave market in order to get there. I thought he was joking, or that it was a term for the old slave market.  Did you know they treat people as dogs? I had heard.. But I haven't believed. I will need to find a new way home. For now I stay in a boarding house, until I start getting paid.  Hopefully soon now I will be able to afford real lodgings.  I wish there were some way to bring you here on that boat, but I wold not let you near those men.<br/><br/>P.S.<br/><br/>I am happy for the Logues, though they will have a lot more work from now on.  When this reaches you the time for crops should have passed. I am eager to know of what you do, your friends, and all that goes on back home!<br/><br/>Gach mo ghrá,<br/>Is mise,<br/><br/>James Patrick<br/>