![]() ![]() ![]() We saw no land between the Lizard and Cape Otway light-that is, for fifty-seven and oh, the monotony of that time!-the monotony of it! Our decks were so crowded that we divided our walking hours, in order that each set of passengers might have space to move about for if every one had taken it into their heads to exercise themselves at the same time, we could hardly have exceeded the fisherman's definition of a walk, "two steps and overboard." I am ashamed to say I was more or less ill all the way, but, fortunately, F- was not, and I rejoiced at this from the most selfish motives, as he was able to take care of me. Now I must give you an account of our it has been a very quick one for the immense distance traversed, sometimes under canvas, but generally steaming. When Barker was knighted for his leadership at the Siege of Lucknow, Mary Anne became "Lady Barker". She was educated in England, and in 1852 married Captain George Robert Barker of the Royal Artillery, with whom she had two children. Mary Anne Barker, Lady Barker or Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome after her second marriage, born onJanuary 29, 1831in Spanish Town and died onMarch 6, 1911in London, is a British woman of letters.īorn Mary Anne Stewart in Spanish Town, Jamaica, she was the eldest daughter of Walter Steward, Island Secretary of Jamaica. ![]()
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