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with the brig's crew, who were not a little sur- 

 prised to see their vessel unmoored and half-way 

 across the bar. With the morning's tide we 

 again got under weigh, and succeeded in crossing 

 the bar, on which we found eighteen feet at one 

 quarter ebb : the sea upon it was terrific, the 

 brig pitching jib-boom under. 



On the 2l8th I saw the high land of Fernando 

 Po, and getting up steam in the Quorra, ran 

 into Clarence Cove at three o'clock the next 

 morning, the brig and schooner following the 

 same day in the afternoon. 



On landing at Fernando Po, I was most hospi- 

 tably received by Colonel Nicolls, who insisted 

 on my taking up my abode with him during my 

 stay in the island, and to whose judicious care 

 and kindness I am indebted in a great measure 

 for my complete restoration to health. 



Two Liverpool vessels were in the bay, and the 

 William Harris, transport, whose commander, 

 Mr. Terry, was recovering from a severe fever he 

 had been attacked with at Sierra Leone. On 

 board one of the Liverpool ships, the Richard 

 Rimmer, I unexpectedly met an old acquaint- 

 ance, Mr. Jeffrey, who looked as well as if he 

 had been direct from England, though he had 



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