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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



be reckoned upon as friends, saw none but 

 Spaniards, Creoles, Indians, and Negroes 3 and 

 heard nothing but their various jargons; but 

 no sooner did he tread the deck of an English 

 man of war, and find himself in the midst 

 of his countrymen, than distance and danger, 

 black vomit and pirates, vanish in an instant, 

 and he feels already half at home in the 

 sound of his native language, the welcome of 

 the officers, and the rough jokes of the jovial 

 crew ! 



A few days brought us off Campeachy, but, 

 owing to the shallowness of the water, we 

 were obliged to anchor twenty-five miles from 

 the town. Our captain, with some of the 

 officers, went on shore on business, and to 

 procure a supply of fresh provisions for the 

 voyage. During their absence we were visited 

 by great numbers of the smaller kinds of land 

 birds, principally warblers and flycatchers, 

 which reached the ship in a very exhausted 



