Sea Air Aboard the Cedric
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Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, who travelled with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to America aboard the Cedric in 1912, recorded:
On the morning of March 26 when I was close by His cabin, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá came out and said: ‘Last night I slept comfortably. For a long time I could not sleep well on account of the ache in my bones but now it is gone altogether.’ I mentioned that the humidity in Port Alexandria was very high and that it must not have been good for His health. ‘Yes,’ He said, ‘the climate here is better because at sea the humidity ascends and thus is not harmful, whereas there is more humidity in coastal regions and this is harmful to health. Besides, an electro-magnetic force is produced by the moving and surging of the water which is very beneficial to health.’
Source: Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání, Mahmúd's Diary (trans. Mohi Sobhani), Tuesday, March 26, 1912, aboard the Cedric
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