A very fine morning . . . One of the soldiers’ wives, died during the night, leaving a little girl, one year old. No spiritual assistance. Father Florentina performed the burial service, then the corpse was lowered into the deep, with the usual formalities of sea burial. All the Sisters pretty well on deck and at table.
A poor woman made application to the Sisters to render some corporal services, which Sister Frances was much pleased to do. In the evening, nearly all the Sisters were too sick to go to supper. About 1 o’clock, the steamer stopped, apparently aground. We were much frightened, and commenced the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, but before we finished it the steamer was sailing.
