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prevented their small boats from passing between the two vessels. They 

 permitted us to make sail, but followed in our wake. The breeze stiffened 

 to a gale. Night came, dark and stormy. We changed our course. On 

 the following morning, to our great joy, nothing was seen of our pirati- 

 cal friend." 



March 20, the Superior was boarded by a Delaware pilot, and in the 

 evening of the 23d reached Chester, 117 days from Lintin. The ship had 

 been absent from Philadelphia sixteen months. 



His journal during the voyage contains testimony of industrious study 

 and intelligent observation of all things at sea or on shore that impressed 

 their images on his mind. Marine animals and aquatic birds, wherever 

 they appeared were described. Drawings of some were made. These 

 and original sketches of places seen, and maps of ports visited, with now 

 and then an apt quotation from some poet, illustrate his pages. 



He gives detailed accounts of what he saw at Marseilles and on his way 

 to it. Whatever was new to the young traveler seemed to be charming. 

 Appearances of people and things, famous localities with their historical 

 associations combine to quicken curiosity and impart a glow of interest to 

 his record of pageants viewed, of visits to hospitals, public buildings, 

 theatres, museums, etc. Days were passed at Aix, St. Remy, Nimes, 

 Avignon and Vaucluse. Many pages are given to descriptions of the re- 

 mains of ancient Roman buildings, and cf whatever interested him in 

 those places. 



He gives interesting accounts of Gibraltar, and describes a visit with a 

 companion on horseback to Algecjras, a port of Andalusia, six miles 

 west of the famous fortress. 



At Angier, in the Straits of Sunda, he tells of the many canoes and boats 

 which came to the ship with fowls, fruits in great variety, vegetables, Java 

 doves and Java sparrows in little bamboo cages, monkeys, paroquets, sea 

 shells, and animals of the deer kind not taller than our domestic cat, and 

 all being at moderate prices found ready sale among strangers. The natu- 

 ral, corporal characteristics of the Malays, seen here, their costume, lan- 

 guage, as well as the appearance of their dwellings on shore, the moun- 

 tain scenery, tropic vegetation, and political condition are sketched and 

 commented upon. 



Macao, Whampao, Canton, Lintin ; pagodas, scenery and Chinese boat 

 population along the river are in like manner noticed in detail. 



The instruction derived from his observation and study, and the forma- 

 tive influence of his experiences during those months of separation from 

 home, may not be definitely measured, but possibly to his alert mind they 

 were as effective as the training of a college course. 



With such preparation for work, on the 4th of August, 1820, the twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of his birth, Dr. Emerson settled himself at No. 37 

 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, ready to give professional attention to any 

 who might ask it. Possibly the time might have been opportune to 

 introduce a young physician to business. Thirteen deaths from yellow 



