ich Captain Glazier steamed back to New
Orleans. This vessel was engaged in the fruit trade between the Crescent
City and ports in Central America. His reception and entertainment by
the officers was characteristic of sailors in general, cordial and
hospitable in the extreme. They expressed great wonder that a mere
landsman could make such an extended voyage in so small a boat, and many
questions were asked and answered upon this subject. Their farewell
greeting is thus entered in the album:

On Board Steamship "_Margaret_," _November_ 16, 1881.

To Captain Willard Glazier:--We congratulate you upon the
successful completion of your great undertaking, and ask you to
accept the following as our sincere wish and fervent prayer:

"May your bark of mortality
Glide down the stream of Time,
And land at last at that glorious haven
Where nothing reigns supreme
But joy, health, prosperity and happiness."

John Otteson, _Commander_.
Richard Hunter, _Chief Officer_.
Albert J. Schlesinger, _Purser_.

While in New Orleans, Captain Glazier had an opportunity to listen to a
sermon by Rev. B. M. Palmer, a prominent clergyman of that city. The
Captain afterwards had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Palmer, who inscribed
this beautiful wish in the album:

New Orleans, Louisiana,
_November_ 22, 1881.

Captain Glazier:--May your exploration of the Mississippi from its
source to its mouth be typical of your Voyage of Life, as it rolls
with its swelling flood into the bosom of God.

Yours in the Faith of the Gospel,

B. M. Palmer,
Pastor First Presbyterian Church.

The greetings from New Orleans would be incomplete without some
reference to H. Dudley Coleman, a member of the New Orleans Academy of
Sciences, and also of the Washington Artillery, of that city, who
extended many courtesies to Captain Glazier. Mr. Coleman was a cavalry
officer in the Confederate Army, and his command had been frequently
opposed to that of the Union soldier on the battle-fields of Virginia.
His Southern gallantry, however, prompted a cordial greeting, and the
true gentleman appeared in the numerous attenti