[The 5th A ugust, 1748.] 



[At this point commences Pehr Kalm's ' Travels into 

 North America,' translated into English by J. R. Forster. 

 With Maps, Cuts, and Notes. Warrington, 1770-71. 

 3 vols., 8vo. The account of the voyage down the 

 Channel is much abridged, and descriptions of points on 

 the English Coast are omitted altogether.] 



The $th August, 1748. 

 Resan. The Voyage. 



At 6 o'clock in the afternoon we went on board the 

 ship Mary Gaily, commanded by Captain Lawson, and 

 bound for Philadelphia in North America. We then 

 sailed in the Lord's Name from Gravesend, and went a 

 good piece down the river Thames before we cast anchor. 

 We lay there till about 3 o'clock the following morning, 

 when the voyage was continued. 



The 6th August. 



In the morning we continued our voyage down the 

 river Thames, and so out into the Channel, down which 

 we afterwards sailed under the coasts of England. We 



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