4 LA GUAYRA. 



his orders. Our voyage was rough and 

 tedious; but its mischances and vexations 

 were consigned to oblivion on our arrival, 

 as all life's afflictions should be when once 

 they are over. 



I was detained at Barbadoes five weeks, 

 no opportunity offering of a passage to the 

 Main. My stay was, however, rendered as 

 agreeable as possible by the kind attentions 

 of Messrs. James and Michael Cavan, at 

 whose country house I resided, and whose 

 hospitality is well known to all who visit 

 Barbadoes. At length I sailed from that 

 island, and on the third day we made the 

 coast of Terra Firma, the first sight of which 

 strikes the beholder with astonishment. The 

 ridge of mountains that extend along the 

 coast springs precipitately from within a 

 few hundred yards of the beach, and in 

 some places from the ocean itself, and rises 

 until the summits are hid in fleecy clouds. 



