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much female beauty to boast of : as for the 

 procession itself, it was only a repetition of 

 what we had so often seen before — a childish 

 display of tawdry finery, accompanied by all 

 the imposing pomp of the Romish church, 

 which endeavours to impress its religion by 

 dazzling the eye rather than by improving the 

 heart. We visited Mr. Miers and Colonel 

 Rainbow, and then returned to the frigate to 

 supper. 



April 18th. Colonel Rainbow, his wife, and 

 sister-in-law breakfasted on board, and at ele- 

 ven we were visited by the Deputy-governor 

 and several officers, who came to see the ship, 

 and take a second breeikfast. They were 

 much gratified by the inspection, and went 

 away highly delighted with their visit. At 

 seven in the evening we weighed, with a fair 

 wind, having received some freight on board, 

 which made the whole sum amount to two 

 hundred and thirty thousand dollars. As soon 

 as we got out we found it blowing hard ; so 

 much so, that we were obliged to close reef 

 the topsails. On the 19th, we fell in with the 

 Colombian frigate Venezuela, Captain Chitty, 



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