ARRIVE AT ST. MICHAEL'S. 



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Then oft forgetful would I stand. 

 Nor crew, nor ship, nor ocean see ; 



And often would my heart demand. 

 If friends beloved thus thought of me. 



At the commencement of Aprils when in 

 latitude SS*" N. we experienced disagreeable, 

 cold, stormy weather. Thermometer, I should 

 say, as low as 48''. On the ^thy it increased to 

 a heavy gale, on which day we passed the islands 

 of Fayal and Pico ; the tremendous squalls of 

 wind, that came off' those islands, reduced us 

 to our close-reefed main-topsail and foresail. 

 At night the sea had all the appearance of 

 living fire, and the squalls flew past us like 

 hurricanes. On the 5^// it moderated a little, 

 but the wind headed us, with a high cross sea 

 running, so that we could not lay our course. At 

 night it blew again as hard as ever, and not being- 

 able to weather the island of St. Michael's, we 

 lay to till daylight next morning, then ran in for 

 the anchorage, blowing tremendously hard. 

 The wind was too violent to cast anchor, so we 

 lay off" till the afternoon when it moderated, and 



