“...- stances. Everything about the Venezuela bore a favorable comparison with any steamer I had ever travelled on before. The smoking-room itself was a perfect dream of comfort, elegance and luxury, as was also the social hall where the ladies congregated; and...”

“... smoking-room itself was a perfect dream of comfort, elegance and luxury, as was also the social hall where the ladies congregated; and the idea occurred to me that to upholster and fit up rooms like these on all steamers would be fatal to the kteamer...”

“... Cold or fried ham Dutch sausage Smoked haddock Toast Holland rusks (dat zijn beschuiten) Jams Marmelade Gouda, Edam and Leyde cheese Coffee, tea, cocoa. Nu zou men zeggen, dat hieruit toch wel een keus is te doen door elk ontbijtend mensch, welke...”

“... and Trinidad, Santo Domingo and Haiti cluster about its docks. Beyond lie freighters, corvettes, and tankers, and where the bay widens into the Schottegat it discloses the huge, sprawling C. P. I. M. refinery, with its ever-present plume of blue smoke...”

“... Schotel Pot Deksel Komfoor Braadpan Kachel Theepot Koffiepot Kandelaar Zeef Trechter Kraan Kurketrekker Lucifer Vuur Kool Hout As Smoke Huma Rook Food, etc. Bread Flour Corn-meal Biscuit Pap, porridge Cake Meat Roast-meat Beef...”