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DAVIS'S STRAITS. 



commenced the service by singing the Old 

 Hundredth Psalm, and our voices being heard 

 by the crews of several ships, lying near to us at 

 anchor, they were seen hurrying on deck from 

 below, so as to present to us a most interesting 

 and gratifying sight— 



" We stood, and under open sky adored 



The God, that made both ' seas,' air, earth, and heaven." 



There appeared to be a solemn impression ; and 

 I trust that religion was felt among us as a 

 divine reality. 



June 22. — The ships got under weigh to 

 proceed on our voyage ; and as we passed the 

 rugged and broken rocks of Hoy Head, we 

 were reminded of the fury of a tempestuous 

 ocean, in forming some of them into detached 

 pillars, and vast caverns ; while they left an 

 impression upon the mind, of desolation and 

 danger. We had not sailed more than one 

 hundred miles on the Atlantic before it blew a 

 strong head wind, and several on board with 

 myself were greatly affected by the motion of 

 the ship. It threw me into such a state of 

 languor, that I felt as though I could have 

 willingly yielded to have been cast overboard, 

 and it was nearly a week before I was relieved 

 from this painful sensation and nausea, peculiar 

 to sea sickness. 



