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seat, through a park laid out with a great deal of 

 taste. The company consisted of the principal 

 persons in the neighbourhood ; the conversation 

 was unconstrained and agreeable. 



The 15th. To-day I received the life-boat, which 

 the English government had ordered for the Ru- 

 rick : by means of air-chests, which are introduced 

 inside, a boat made in this manner can never sink. 

 This boat was 30 feet long, and rather too large 

 for our ship, our whole crew being scarcely able 

 to lift it into the Rurick, those boats being heavier 

 than others of the same size ; and for this rea- 

 son I was obliged, in the sequel, to leave it at 

 Kamtschatka. 



The 20th. To-day I visited the Marine Hos- 

 pital, and was highly pleased at the order that 

 prevailed there, and the careful attendance of the 

 sick. I was invited to dine with the officers of 

 the 43d regiment ; and this mess, of all the officers 

 of the same regiment, from which the Colonel 

 does not exclude himself, appears to me a very 

 excellent arrangement. 



The Rurick is now quite ready to leave England, 

 and only waits for a favourable wind. 



On the 25th, at 5 A.M., the wind arose from the 

 N.E., when we instantly set all our sails ; but we 

 had scarcely left the bay, when the wind changed 

 to the S.W. and became quite unfavourable. In 

 the hope that it would soon change, we plied 

 out of the bay ; it w^as, however, stronger towards 



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