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CHAPTER II. 



DEPARTURE FROM TRIEST. VOYAGE IN THE 



ADRIATIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN TO GI- 

 BRALTAR. 



On the 10th of April, at two o'clock in the 

 morning, our vessels weighed anchor, and in the 

 silent darkness of the night quitted the harbour. 

 The sea was calm ; and the wind blowing moderately 

 from the north, we made four or five Italian 

 marine miles in an hour. When the company met 

 on deck at sun-rise, the mountains of Friaul were 

 already visible in the hazy distance. The greater 

 part of our company, who had never been at sea 

 before, remained on deck the whole day, and in 

 the mingled feeling of regret and pleasure, which 

 the departure from home excites, fixed their eyes 

 on their native land, as it seemed gradually to. 

 recede from their view, till the increasing motion 

 of the ship, and the raw cold wind that swept to- 

 wards evening over the darkening surface of the 

 sea, compelled the greater number to retire to the 

 cabin. The night passed over quietly ; but in the 

 morning we were all awakened from our sleep by 

 an uncommonly violent motion of the ship. Those 

 whom sea-sickness had not rendered insensible, 



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