106 LANDING. 



On my awaking in the morning, for I 

 had slept soundly during the night, I found 

 upon enquiry we were sailing up South- 

 ampton water, with a flowing tide. On 

 reaching the quay we were not allowed to 

 land, not having received pratique from the 

 quarantine flag at the Motherbank, more 

 particularly as we had a sick person on 

 board, the second mate of the Indiaman, 

 who had been lowered down in his cot into 

 the pilot boat, in the last stage of con- 

 sumption. Poor fellow ! he breathed his 

 last before we reached the Point at Ports- 

 mouth, where we landed after calling at the 

 Motherbank, in preference to going back to 

 Southampton. 



When it came to my turn to get out of 

 the boat, the master and owner of it, in a 

 coarse rough manner, demanded my fare. 

 Accordingly I put my hand in my pocket 

 and presented the four Spanish dollars my 

 kind benefactor had so generously bestowed 

 on me, when sweeping them out of my 



