FIFTH LETTEE. 



<: T|YE halted in the Arabian Sea, and put down a 

 'y^ little babe to await the resurrection of the 

 just, when the sea shall give up that vast host who 

 rest beneath her troubled waves. I marked upon 

 the map, in the pamphlet which the company give to 

 the passengers, the latitude and longitude, for the 

 poor mourning mother, that she might know the spot 

 in the ocean where her little one sleeps its last 

 sleep. 



We passed on Saturday evening, 21st, Socotra Island, 

 which the British Government has so lately taken, 

 that, at least, other nations may be prevented from 

 using it to the injury of British commerce, or to the 

 weakening of the British hold upon the East. We 

 passed Cape Guardafui about six o'clock on the Sab- 

 bath morning. 



No light ! That sharp point of land, extending 

 well out into the sea, and no light to protect the 

 sailor from wrecking his ship upon it ! Why is there 

 no light here, when all other such points that we 

 have ever seen are well provided with these necessary 



