As far as the atmosphere here is concerned, to-day is typical Southern Ocean weather: drizzly, foggy, clammy, and dismal to an incredible degree. There is hardly any light at all below at noon, and everything is dim and obscure, in spite of the fact that the sun commenced his southern journey more than a month ago. The cabin bill of fare, however, has not shown the least symptoms of debility; on the contrary, when we got down past the Falklands the diversity and excellence of the edibles seemed to increase. The immense variety of tinned goods put up in these days is astonishing; for to the old list, which comprised meats, pease, and beans, are added such things as spinach, cabbage, and pumpkin for pies, all of which seem to be nearly, if not quite, as good as fresh vegetables. The only article of food on board that is really bad is the pie-crust; there are not adjectives enough in any language to describe this atrocious stuff. So surprisingly good is the eating now that I have copied down what we had at each meal for one week, in the very worst weather. Here it is, with the hope that the reader will not be bored in the perusal thereof. +Sunday+ _Breakfast._--Salt mackerel, smoked sausage, boiled hominy, and potatoes. _Dinner._--Pea soup, pressed corned beef, boiled potatoes, spinach, tapioca pudding, _demi-tasse_! _Supper._--Pressed corned beef, fried potatoes, jam, and cheese. +Monday+ _Breakfast._--Oatmeal, ham and eggs, corn bread. _Dinner._--Vermicelli soup, beef stew, boned turkey, asparagus, boiled potatoes, deep apple pie. _Supper._--Boned turkey, corned-beef hash, baked potatoes, canned strawberries, “Hamburg process.” +Tuesday+ _Breakfast._--Fried tripe, scrambled eggs (questionable), griddle-cakes. _Dinner._--Vegetable soup, Hamburg steak of fresh pork, Boston baked beans, pumpkin pie. _Supper._--Mutton stew, baked beans, stewed corn, marmalade. +Wednesday+ _Breakfast._--Oatmeal, salt herring, bacon, potatoes, rolls. _Dinner._--Oyster soup, prawn curry and rice, boned turkey and string-beans, blackberry pie. _Supper._--Salt beef stew, baked potatoes, stewed apples, canned pears. +Thursday+ _Breakfast._--Hominy, bacon and eggs, muffins. _Dinner._--Beef broth, roast fresh pork, asparagus, tinned plum pudding. _Supper._--Boned chicken, corned-beef hash, rolls, fig preserves. +Friday+ _Breakfast._--Smoked salmon, omelette (questionable), rice pan-cakes. _Dinner._--Clam chowder, picked-up codfish, meat pie, pease, huckleberry pie. _Supper._--Fish-balls, cold tongue, marmalade. +Saturday+ _Breakfast._--Lobster curry and rice, bacon rolls. _Dinner._--Vegetable soup, roast fresh pork, Boston beans, macaroni, quince pie. _Supper._--Cold pork, baked potatoes, baked beans, stewed prunes.