Owing to the defective construction of the Rangoon, however, unusual precautions became necessary in unfavourable weather; but the loss of time which resulted from this cause, while it nearly drove Passepartout out of his senses, did not seem to affect his master in the least.
Maar het was meer de schuld der Rangoon dan wel van de zee, dat bijna alle passagiers zeeziek werden en op die wijze de reis moesten maken.