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from the coast of France. In five minutes it 

 appeared to be quite at home, eat very readily 

 whatever was given it, and hopped about the 

 deck without fear of the sailors, or the more for- 

 midable black terrier, with all the ease and assu- 

 rance imaginable. 



I dare say, it was blown from the coast of 

 France ! 



November 21. 



The weather continues intolerable. Boisterous 

 waves running mountains high, with no wind, or a 

 foul one. Dead calms by day, which prevent our 

 making any progress ; and violent storms by night, 

 which prevent our getting any sleep. 



Every thing is in a state of perpetual mo- 

 tion. " Nulla quies intus (nor outus indeed for 

 the matter of that), nulldque silentia parte" We 

 drink our tea exactly as Tantalus did in the infer- 

 nal regions; we keep bobbing at the basin for half 

 an hour together without being able to get a drop; 

 and certainly nobody on ship-board can doubt the 

 truth of the proverb, " Many things fall out between 

 the cup and the lip, ,> 



November 23. 



PANDORA'S BOX. {Iliad A.) 



Prometheus once (in Tooke the tale you'll see) 

 In one vast box enclosed all human evils ; 



But curious Woman needs the inside would see, 

 And out came twenty thousand million devils. 



