. . . The goodbye with my parents was affecting, also with my relatives.

We started from Liverpool on the steamship Wyoming, eight minutes past 1 p.m. on October 14, 1874. For several days we had nasty weather, the latter half of the voyage was fine. My health was poor. I lay in my bunk for four days before I was able to sit at the table and eat my first meal. I was very weak and unable to assist Brother [William W.] Fife, who was appointed to take charge of the company, and I was appointed his counselor. We landed at Castle Garden at 4 p.m. October 27 in New York and left at 5 p.m., and reached Ogden Nov. 5, 1874.

I was met by some of my family. I remained in Ogden a couple of days and then went unto my home, in the city of Brigham. I was thankful to find my family all well. My poor health continued for a year or more before I came to feel myself again, and up to this date I have a lingering cough which is the effect of the damp atmosphere of England. . . . [p.100]

BIB: Bywater, James, [Autobiography] in The Trio's Pilgrimage, comp. by Rose Ellen Bywater Valentine (privately printed, 1947) p. 100. (CHL)
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