160 MEMOIR OF GEORGE WILSON. CHAP. III. 



without a cloud to dim his brightness ; the sea was literally 

 covered studded with vessels ; and the low undulating coast 

 of England, with here and there a picturesque windmill, and the 

 like, was seen to the highest advantage. My animal spirits quite 

 overflowed. I lay stretched at full length on a locker, indulg- 

 ing in the most blissful reveries. I did not go to bed last night, 

 but lounged on the sofas, and laughed almost to suffocation at 

 the old Indian general who lay next me, popping up his head 

 and muttering the oddest oaths." 



