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CHAPTER 11. 



FROM COPENHAGEN TO ENGLAND (PLYMOUTH). 



August 18th. We had a violent storm from 

 the N.W. all the night, which became more furious 

 at break of day ; it abated towards evening, and 

 our officers were able to send some letters for 

 Cronstadt, on board the Russian frigate, Cola, 

 which was then sailing past us. 



On the 19th, at ten o'clock in the morning, the 

 wind rose from the south, and we immediately 

 got under sail, in company with a great number of 

 merchantmen. We saluted the fortress of Kron- 

 berg, in the Sound, with seven guns, which was 

 answered with the same number, and as the wind 

 blew a fresh gale, we very soon passed the Sound. 

 GUI' passage to Plymouth was tedious ; we very 

 seldom had fair wind, and nothing whatever hap- 

 pened that could be interesting to my reader ; he 

 will, therefore, permit me to land in England at 

 once. 



On the 1st of September we sailed through the 

 Straits of Dover, and cast anchor ontheyth, at noon, 

 in the Catwater, before the town of Plymouth. I 

 chose this port, because it has the advantage that, 

 by a brisk gale, you may reach the ocean in one 

 day. 



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