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fore probable, that flie might be getting under 

 weigh at the very moment we went off in 

 fearch of her. The following morning we 

 learned that fhe had, adtually, failed for 

 Cork. 



After the account I gave you, m my laft 

 letter, regarding this fliip, you will not ima- 

 gine that our difappointment was very af-^ 

 fliaing ; — and I, candidly, confefs that my" 

 greateft uneafinefs, upon the occafion, pro- 

 ceeded from our fickening tour in the boat. 

 The revived hope of feeing the Ulyffes, and 

 the profpedl of regaining the foclety of our 

 friend Mafter, held out to us more than a. 

 compenfation for our toil. In the latter ex- 

 pedation we were fpeedily gratified ; but the 

 fatisfadion of greeting the Ulyffes ftill re-, 

 mains in anticipation. 



The weather continues to be very unfet- 

 tled. It has been ftormy and tempefluous 

 beyond all that is ufual, even, :.t the rougheft 

 feafon of the year. On the 29th inftant it 

 blew a perfect hurricane,— like what we read 

 of as, jfometimes^happening in other countries. 



