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longings of him who is approaching his beloved home, after hav- 

 ing been long separated from it, or depict his feelings, his ardent, 

 soul-absorbing feelings, in the prospect of soon holding to his 

 bosom the dear beings who are twined around every fibre of his 

 heart ! 



Yesterday we passed the latitude of Pernambuco, and are now 

 steerins N. VV. along the northern coast of Brazil. 



On the 13th of November, we made Cape Henlopen, and took 

 a pilot on board, at the distance of four miles from land. The 

 next day we ran in, and anchored within view of the light-house, 

 during a heavy N. E. gale. In the night we were so unfortunate 

 as to lose successively both our bower anchors, and were compel- 

 led to run out to sea again. The day following, however, was clear; 

 we procured another anchor at the breakwater, and had a fine run 

 of forty-eight hours to the city. I again trod the shore of my 

 native land, after an absence of three years and eight months. 

 I met again the dear relatives and friends, from whom I had 

 been so long separated, and who had been spared in mercy to 

 welcome the wanderer to a participation in the inestimable bles- 

 sings of Home. 



