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CHAPTER V. 



EARLY LIFE. 



Convalescence Thoughts for the Future The Sixth Mate 

 Amusements A Rash Adventure A Literary Society 

 Junius Lord Macaulay A Character A Fire 

 Gunpowder Companionship Lord Gambier Sir Eliab 

 Harvey Sir Roger Curtis Lord Cochrane A Curious 

 Rencontre The Prince of Wales A Dreadful Explo- 

 sion Wonderful Escape A Rash Attempt. 



EMERGING from this long course of sickness 

 and despondency, I did not, as many would 

 suppose, immediately mix in the affairs of 

 the world its pleasures, its business, its 

 allurements, or its follies. It took some 

 time to renovate my strength. My consti- 

 tution, which must have been sadly torn 



