98 KINDNESS. 



of the protracted illness of the second 

 officer, on similar occasions during the 

 rest of the passage to England. 



I must confess to having felt myself 

 particularly flattered, as well as highly 

 gratified, by this mark of confidence 

 bestowed on one so young, by an officer 

 whom my little experience assured me 

 was much in advance of his profes- 

 sion ; and I could but admire the un- 

 assumed gentleness of his manner, when, 

 in casting up, or, in nautical language, 

 working the observation and comparing 

 the result, if there were any, the small- 

 est, difference between us, which some- 

 times happened, though not frequently, 

 he would never say I was wrong, but 

 leave me to correct my own error, or 

 detect his. 



Thus, with the conversation I would 

 sometimes have with this experienced 

 and highly-intellectual naval officer, as 

 well as noble and kind-hearted Christian, 



