Anecdotes and stories to fill the time at sea. The Boomerang - truth or a lie, A Brahman's memory, U.S. Grant's memory, and a story with no satisfactory conclusion.  About four days out from Victoria we plunged into hot weather, and all the male passengers put on white linen clothes. One or two days later we crossed the 25th parallel of north latitude, and then, by order, the officers of the ship laid away their blue uniforms and came out in white linen ones. All the ladies were in white by this time. This prevalence of snowy costumes gave the promenade deck an invitingly cool, and cheerful and picnicky aspect.