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owing to there not being sufficient room in the 

 Quorra's cabin, he made the voyage out in the 

 Columbine. Mr. Lander passed several weeks 

 in Liverpool while the vessels were preparing, 

 but left them a short time before we sailed, 

 agreeing to join the expedition, of which he was 

 to take the command, at Milford. 



In such a purely commercial place as Liver- 

 pool, any enterprise that may lead to an ex- 

 tension of its commerce is viewed with far more 

 interest than persons unconnected with business 

 can well imagine. The speculator regrets that 

 he has no share in the anticipated success, — the 

 cool and wary merchant calculates the time that 

 may elapse before he can avail himself of any 

 discoveries that may be made, — the young and 

 enthusiastic envy the share of those of their own 

 age who, released from the thraldom of the 

 counting-house, are about to enter upon a new 

 field of enterprise and honourable danger, — while 

 the old and experienced, if they doubt its success, 

 cannot bring themselves to damp by gloomy 

 forebodings the buoyant and adventurous spirit 

 of those engaged in it. In addition then to 

 that of private friends and connexions, we had 

 also the sympathy and good-will of the public ; 



