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W. S. L., Worst Steam Line-Table Mountain-The Table-cloth is Spread-Pic-nic to Constantia-Careless Smoking-Cape Wines-The "Ireland" Proceeds to India-Melancholy Forebodings-Midnight Alarm in Simon's Bay-The Cape Observatory.
At noon of the last day in the month of January, 1857, the "Ireland" cast anchor in Table Bay, which was crowded with vessels of all sizes and under every flag. Even the national ensign of England, with the three talismanic letters, W. S. L., in glaring yellow, was seen flying at the mizen-peak of a steamer, recognized as the "England," a sister ship to the "Ireland," and belonging to the same line, well known at the Cape of Good Hope as the "worst steam line" which has yet called at that great turning point in the navigation between the East and the West.