12 DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL. 



and I will not attempt to conceal that in my own 

 case, at least, the consciousness of this alleviat- 

 ed in some degree the regret I felt on leaving 

 those who were nearly and dearly allied to me. 



We departed from Liverpool on Wednesday 

 the 19th July 1832, in company with the Al- 

 burkah and Columbine, the latter being in tow 

 of a steam-vessel belonging to the City of Dublin 

 Company. A fresh breeze had set in from N.N.W. 

 and I was much pleased to find that my ex- 

 pectations respecting the liveliness of the Quorra 

 and Alburkah, and particularly the latter, were 

 more than realised, neither of them shipping any 

 water though steaming end on to a short tidal 

 sea. Before the pilot left us, Captain Harries 

 mustered all hands on deck ; and I was particu- 

 larly struck by their appearance of perfect so- 

 briety. To the reader this may appear nothing 

 more than regular, but it is a most uncommon 

 thing in a merchant ship leaving port. The 

 crew were all picked men from twenty-five to 

 thirty-five years of age ; and little did I think, as 

 I beheld their athletic and powerful frames, that 

 in a few months the only survivors of us all 

 would be myself and three others. 



After a very good passage of thirty-six hours 



