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our water and provisions running low, and the sails being in a 

 shattered condition, we steered for the Cove of Cork in Ireland; 

 where we arrived the next day, after a voyage, by the log, of twelve 

 thousand nine hundred miles from Bombay. 



The prospects on the coast of Ireland were very pleasant, 

 especially in the Cove of Cork, which presented a continued suc- 

 cession of villas, parks, and farms, with the ruins of castles and 

 religious edifices. The Cove is spacious, and reckoned one of the 

 most commodious harbours in Europe. We found it crowded 

 with vessels, and anchored near the small town of Cove, about 

 nine miles from Cork, from whence, early the next morming, the 

 Calcutta was filled with company, from the principal nobility to 

 the lowest shopkeepers, flocking on board for India bargains. All 

 the beauty and fashion from the city and the nearer villas were 

 constantly arriving. Longing to be on shore, I accompanied the 

 captain and passengers to Cork ; sailing up the river in an open 

 boat, we had beautiful views of several noblemen's and gentlemen's 

 seats on the acclivities of hills sloping to the water's edge, covered 

 with groves, gardens and farms; while the busy sons of industry and 

 commerce in the different vessels enlivened the picture. 



We were treated with the greatest kindness and hospitality by 

 many of the principal families at Cork, which ranks next to Dublin 

 in magnitude and wealth, and carries on a more extensive com- 

 merce. It contains about fifty thousand inhabitants. As the Cal- 

 cutta was likely to be detained there for some weeks, and I ar- 

 dently longed to reach home, I left Ireland on the 6th of June, 

 with several of our passengers, in the Pitt yacht. 



We sailed with a fair wind, and next evening saw the lights on 



