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refembled cluuers of bees, as they liang a&oet 

 the hive at the moment previous to fwarming*.. 

 Each ikip was, indeed, a hive of men^ but it 

 was without drones^ for all were equally in- 

 duftrioHS in greeting the anivalof the king 

 i)ee'' among taem*. 



Crowded with yards and mafts the har- 

 bour refembed a thick foreft- — the leaves of 

 which were men, not ruRling in the wiod^biit 

 fet in oiotion by the more animating breeze 

 of joy and gratulation.— Loud fhouts of wel* 

 come refounded throiighout the bay, and 

 when the General went off in the boat to- 

 wards the landing place, each ftiip repeated 

 three cheers as he paffed—the multitude upon 

 the beach again ilioiulng his welcome as 

 he ftepped on fliore. On reaching the go- 

 Yernnient h^oufe at Pilgrim he was received 

 with a falate of tv;enty-one guns. The fame 

 number was then repeated from the fcrt, 

 which we had r-emarked did not fire any 

 felute when the frigate entered the harbour, 



Aii is now life and adivlty. An Im™ 

 piilfive fenfatioa vibrates throughout the bay* 

 Every breall throbs Yv^ith ardour, andj infpired 



