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PECULIARITIES OF SEA-SICKNESS. 55
THK WIND RISING.
" Sea-sickness is a mystery," said he, " and the more yon study it, the
less yon seem to nnderstand it. Some persons are never distnrbed by the
motion of a ship, no matter how violent it may be, while others cannot
endure the slightest rocking. Most of the sufferers recover in a short
time, and after two or three\lays at sea are as well as ever, and continue
so. On the other hand, there are some who never outlive its effects, and
though their voyage may last a year or more, they are no better sailors
at the end than at the beginning.
"I knew a young man," he continued, "who entered the jSavaL
Academy, and graduated. When he was appointed to service on board
a ship, he found himself perpetually sick on the water ; after an expe-
rience of two years, and finding no improvement, he resigned. Such
occurrences are bv no means rare. I once travelled with a gentleman
who was a splendid sailor in fine weather ; but when it became rough,
he was all wrong, and went to bed."
" Were you ever sea-sick. Doctor ?" queried Frank.
« Never," was the reply, " and I had a funny incident growing out of
this fact on my first voyage. We were going out of New York harbor,