The River, Painting by Claude Monet

The season of winter had been peaceful. There was hardly any upheaval. Joshua had nothing better to do except read stories about sea voyage. On 19th September, he reached Mauritius. He took eight days’ rest there and he realized that he had almost covered 90 per cent of his journey but America to him still appeared to be further away. In his journey from Mauritius to New Port, his most memorable moment was at St Helena. He stayed in the Royal Palace and spent the night tossing and turning. He waited for the ghost of Napolean to appear as people had warned him that Napolean’s ghost visited that palace. But his wish was not fulfilled. Next day, he went to the house where Napolean was imprisoned and hence satisfied his curiosity