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the evening, rather than we mould fuffer fuch 

 another night, he would take us all off in the 

 boat to fleep at his houfe on fhore. This 

 was, indeed, a real comfort to me, and I fup- 

 ported the fieknefs and other ills of the day, in 

 the full confidence of being, one way or 

 other, relieved from them at night. 



Our heavy Hoop proceeded in dull move- 

 ment, making flow progrefs, and fcarcely re- 

 gaining, during the whole of the day, the dis- 

 tance fhe had loft in the night. Evening again 

 approached and our Captain faw no profpecl; 

 of reaching Berbifche. Finding this, the 

 paflengers upon deck kindly fent a meflage 

 down into the cabin, informing me, that we 

 were within fight of the eftate, at which we 

 were to fleep. This was happy news indeed ! 

 The profpect of efcaping from the detefted 

 Voltigeur, although but for a few hours, 

 brought inftant relief to my fickened ftomach ! 

 The afflicting naufea vanifiied, and, in high 

 delight, I haftened from my hard bed of fiek- 

 nefs to feek a fweeter birth on fliore. 



But vexation and difappointment were 

 again our lot ; and no alleviating remiflion of 



