CHAPTER XL. 



On the eighteenth day of January 1784, I embarked with my 

 family connexions, and several valuable friends, who had taken 

 their passage for Europe, in the General Elliot East Indiaman ; 

 many others accompanied us on board, from whom we parted 

 with sincere regret. We sailed immediately for the Malabar coast, 

 where we were to complete our cargo of pepper, at Goa and Telli- 

 cherry; a fair wind carried us clear of the harbour, and in a few 

 hours we lost sight of all the endeared and interesting objects on 

 Bombay. 



In two days we arrived at Goa, and spent a fortnight there 

 with Mr. Crommelin, the English resident; a respectable and 

 venerable gentleman, who had been governor of Bombay twenty 

 years before, but, by a reverse of fortune, then held that inferior 

 station in the Company's service. He resided at Panjeem, a plea- 

 sant spot on the banks of the river, some miles from the city of 

 Goa, not far from the governor's country seat. 



While the ship was receiving her cargo, we passed our time 

 very pleasantly, under the hospitable roof of Mr. Crommelin, 

 and made several excursions into the adjacent country; sometimes 

 sailing up the river, we visited the desolate city of Goa, formerly 



