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case till they should revisit the island when I hope 

 they may get it. 



Awaking at daylight next morning, great was the 

 surprise of every one to find himself out of sight of 

 land! 



On we went all through the day, yet no shore be- 

 came visible. 



At last, it was supposed we had got round Cape 

 Comorin, and were drifting off into the South Pacific; 

 a very pleasant prospect for a Christian with two days' 

 provisions on board ! 



On the following morning we were exactly in the 

 same predicament ; and to make matters worse, at 

 noon one of those intense, breathless, calms came on, 

 that one sees nowhere but in the tropics, stagnant and 

 death-like whilst the rays of the sun, from overhead, 

 came down with the intensity of being concentrated 

 into a focus ; actually boiling up the tar between the 

 deck planks, and flaying the skin completely off our 

 faces and arms, it being impossible to go below, and 

 equally impossible to bear any thing in the shape of 

 clothing (except necessaries) on account of the stifling 

 sultriness of the atmosphere. 



Not a breath of wind was stirring, 

 Dread the hush as of the grave 



In the weary waste of waters, 

 Not the lifting of a wave ! 



Our crew consisted of the captain, a seaman, and 

 a boy; and on the evening of the second day the latter 

 was seized with cholera. 



K 2 



