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The anchor was weighing when 1 ar- 

 rived on board, I, therefore, had fcarcely any 

 opportunity of feeing my fellow paffengers 

 before we were under fail ; nor had I time to 

 become at all acquainted with them ere I was 

 compelled to retreat, and to hide myfelf from 

 their fociety ; for, as ufual, my head became 

 fenfible of the fea-motion before we had well 

 efcaped from the river, and my ftomach fym- 

 pathifing, violent ficknefs feized me, and I was 

 compelled to hurry to bed* 



Till now I had taken no thought regard- 

 ing either cabin or couch, the fliortnefs of the 

 voyage, and the warm and fteady temperature 

 of the climate had fuperfeded all concern re- 

 fpe&ing a birth for the night — every accom- 

 modation being allured to me by fitting upon 

 deck, or lying down in the open air. The 

 ills of noon, and the unaccommodating nature 

 of the Voltigeur had no mare in my calcula- 

 tions. But I now difcovered that no relief 

 to the prefent fufferings could be had upon 

 deck. To fit up was impoffible, the violence 

 of the reaching being altogether infupportable, 

 and, as the veflel offered no protecting made, 

 to lie down upon the deck, expofed to the full 



