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rate, for a moment, has quickly increafed, 

 again, to a ftorm. Seven long weeks, now, 

 have paffed, and with difficulty can it be faid 

 that we have had an interval of one diurnal 

 round, free from the perils of raging winds, 

 or of the huge and fliattered mountains there- 

 by engendered ! 



Did I not feel that I am fteerlngyr^;;^ my 

 friends, the cruel perplexities of this torment- 

 ing voyage would lead me into a vow — perhaps 

 fomewhat rafh— never again to intruft my 

 body to fo fickle and mercilefs a guardian as 

 the fea. But not all her frowns or threats — not 

 all the perils of which fhe is miftrefs, nor 

 any thing fliort of death, can deter me from 

 again hazarding my perfon, in order to return 

 amidft thofe I love. Novelty has many charms. 

 It is pleafing to regard fociety under ^11 its 

 forms, and to contemplate the human fpecies 

 in every country and every clime ; but even 

 in this, the great enjoyment centers in the 

 endearing hope of returning, fome day, to be 

 ftationary amongft our friends; for to aflbciate 

 with thofe of fimilar minds, whofe difpofitions 

 — whofe interefls and purfuits are congenial 



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