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mained to us to continue the expectations of 

 the preceding day, rendered far more anxious? 

 from our apprehenfions refpe&ing the fate of 

 the gentlemen who had left us, 



I had very early efcaped from the cabi% 

 and having exhaufted all inquiries and conjec- 

 tures, without difcovering any poffible re- 

 medy, it next became a queftion how to kill 

 the heavy time. I had, already, travelled as 

 far as Pints with Ifaac BickerftafF ; and had 

 nothing left in the fhape of a book but the 

 dirty worn-out Vade mecum : therefore, great 

 as was my averfion to the fea, a feeming ne- 

 ceffity drove me to feparate the dirty pages of 

 the old guide. A Dutch dictionary had been 

 nearly as entertaining, I, neverthelefs, la- 

 boured through latitudes and longitudes, and 

 meridians, and altitudes, quite to the end 5 an4 

 ftill no boat appeared ! 



I, next, refumed my tattling with Mr, 

 BickerftafF, purfuing our conversation of yef- 

 terday, until about noon, when, to the great 

 joy of all on board, our long-loft boat hove in 

 fight. Both tattler and guide were ioftantly 

 forgotten, and s leaping up, I aiked, impuk 



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