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friends — Admirals Beaucliainp Seymour and Phillimore (an- April, 

 other of my old captains), and Commander Fellowes among the ^^'^'^• 

 number. 



And on the 2d of April M^e arrived in the Mersey, and it was 

 with a heart full of gratitude to God for his goodness in pro- 

 tecting me through so many dangers, that I recognized ray 

 mother among those waiting to welcome me on my return to 

 England, after an absence of three years and four months. 



