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' From a like error having obtained here, 

 we are hailed, by almoft ail we meet, with 

 cordial greetings on our fafe return. In our 

 walk, through the ftreets of Gofport, we 

 chanced to lee an old lady, with whom Dr. 

 Cleghorn had been an inmate, during his at- 

 tendance at the Haflar hofpital, and the very 

 inftant the good old dame efpled us, fhe ran 

 to us, with out ftretched arms, and welcoming 

 the dodor, with warm embraces, fpake the 

 anxious fears with which her bofom had beat 

 towards him ; while fhe exprefTed herfelf 

 enraptured to meet him., again, fafe on fliore. 

 Never were frlendfliip and regard m.ore "na- 

 turally, or more powerfully evinced. The 

 good old woman's eyes alternately overflowed 

 with tears, or fparkled with youthful fire : 

 and fhe told the anxious griefs, and vivid 

 terrors (he had fuffered, with all the glowing 

 expreffion of a fond mother who had juft re- 

 covered her loft, and only fon. 



. Upon fuch occafions the anxiety of im- 

 mediate friends and relatives is an expeded 

 tribute, and it operates as a confolation and 

 fupport in the hour of peril. But the acute 



