Read it through once

We were notified by telegram that our appointments had been confirmed, and we were to start at once; so we raised our fare by means of a loan, and set out in the steerage of the steamship Pacific for Carson City. The Pacific was crowded to the guards with a miscellaneous company of miners, veterans, emigrants, gamblers, and adventurers of every description; and the music and the waggery on board were such as are only to be found on a ship of discovery that carries the human kaleidoscope.