*fhe Lord Sheffield was delayed until 

 iiearly the laft ihip, in the hope of our feeing 

 Mac- — and the Cow ; and we thought him 

 a tedious time before he returned. At length 

 the anchor was up, and the fails fpread. We 

 now looked anxioufly to the fhore. The day 

 was wearing away ; and no Mac—, no cow 

 appeared ! The captain could not — dared not 

 wait any longer ! Quickly, therefore, we were 

 under weigh, and had only the hope that 

 Mac-*- and the boat might fteer diredt for St. 

 Helenas, and meet us as we advanced from the 

 Mother-bank. But ftill, poor fellow ! he re- 

 mained in great tribulation upon the fliore. 

 No boat could be had, and the only ray of 

 hope, conveyed to him, was from a remark of 

 the boatmen, that., as many of the fhips were 

 getting out to fea, feme of the boats could 

 not fail to be foon back. He caught eagerly 

 at this idea, which, plain and fimple as it was> 

 had not once fuggefted itfelf to his mind, and, 

 appropriating it with all the fanguine feelings 

 of his nature, again hailed the certainty of foon 

 overtaking us. 



Prefently a boat arrived, but it was only 

 a fmall one, with oars* Still a boat it was, and 

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