My Bad.  I discovered my error.  Twain includes the remedy in "Rambling
Notes..." as they are departing New York Harbor and quotes notes not
found in Volume II of "Notebooks and Journals".  What is in the Journal
volume is the administration of the remedy; the Scotchman's wife caving
at 7:30 and the doctor emptying himself over the side at 8pm. on
departing Bermuda.  So, where's the missing journal quoted by Twain?


On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 00:01 -0700, Scott Holmes wrote:
> I can easily believe the remedy is a construction. Nevertheless the
> resurrection seems likely.  The question is did it occur upon
> arriving
> in Bermuda - the most colorful version - or did it occur on returning
> to New York, of which little is written.
> 
> I'm actually working on a "radio play" based on the journal notes and
> parts of "Ramblings Notes..."  Sticking with Twain's published
> version
> I need to include it as part of the Bermudian arrival.  But then I
> must
> relocate in time when the Scotchman's Wife caved.
> 
> On Wed, 2019-09-11 at 13:35 -0700, Martha Sherwood wrote:
> > 
> > I think he is being ironic here. Any "remedy" administered on land
> > will
> > prevent seasickness until one embarks again on rough waters. Sort
> > of
> > like
> > taking snakebite cure when there are no snakes in sight, or getting
> > vaccinated against diseases that have not been seen in the Western
> > Hemisphere in four decades. You have no idea whether the ritual is
> > effective.   Martha Sherwood
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:27 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]
> > om
> > > 
> > > 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Having just received a copy of Notebooks and Journals, Vol II,
> > > I'm
> > > puzzling over a minor detail regarding his voyage with Twichell
> > > to
> > > and
> > > from Bermuda.  In the article "Rambling Notes..." and in his
> > > journal he
> > > writes of the resurrection from seasickness as the boat arrives
> > > in
> > > Bermuda.  But, in his journal he writes of the infallible remedy
> > > being
> > > administered by a doctor in Bermuda.  On the first day out from
> > > Bermuda, by 7 P.M. All the ladies are sea-sick and gone to bed
> > > except a
> > > Scotchman's wife, and she caved by 7:30.  There is no
> > > resurrection
> > > on
> > > the journey home and there is no infallible remedy for the
> > > journey
> > > to
> > > Bermuda.
> > > --
> > >  There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
> > > dreamt of
> > >                           in your philosophy.
> > >                         http://bscottholmes.com
> > > 
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                          in your philosophy.
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