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terror — ^faftens again to the companion door- 

 way — gazes at the mafts and fails— obferves 

 the yards dip into the ocean— feels the yield- 

 ings of the fliip — -imagines fl:ie is upfet— 

 fancies the mafts are falling overboard, and, 

 in each rolling wave, beholds a devouring fea. 

 Deftrudlon occupies his mind ! He rcturns 

 below — impatiently feats himfelf— feeks relief 

 in a book— is unable to'read — throwsaway the 

 volume* — again takes it up, and again throws 

 it down: naufea returns, and he is feized with 

 dizzinefs and reaching. His bodily feelings, 

 now, augment the aoguifli and difquletude of 

 his mind, and, at length, as a remedy for both, 

 he proftrates him.felf in his birth ; but is ftiil 

 wretched and comfortlefs— all reft Is denied 

 hira — ficknefs and anxiety remain — and he 

 lies rohing, in fear and anguifh, to wear out 

 . the fury of the ftorm ! 



Strong as this contraft may appear, I have 

 often feen it, fully, exemplified* The paf- 

 fengers in the Lord ShefReld, being of thehof- 

 pital ftafF, are moftly freih-water failors, and 

 a large majority of them can bear ample tefti- 

 mony to thefe remarks. It has happened 



