Loneliness and boredom became issues for Slocum. Detail at least one or two things Slocum did in order to relieve these things.

Slocum was not aware of the depth of loneliness and boredom that he would encounter on the open water. The author was a voracious reader and had many books to occupy his time. Slocum also adopted a small civilized spider that had nested on one of the dry spaces on the sloop.