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Highly gratified by this verdant scenery, and the refreshing 

 breeze having completely recovered me from the remaining 

 qualms of sea-sickness, I retired once more to my state-room,, 

 but not to sleep. The watch being set, the careful mariner 

 Was pacing the deck, and universal silence reigned, inter- 

 rupted at intervals with the hollow yet pleasing sound of 

 *' All's well," and the chiming of the half-hour bells. I 

 counted eight when the starboard watch was called, and 

 again visited the deck. The flood tide had made, which hav- 

 ing raised the anchor we had drifted a little, and the seamen 

 were employed in veering out more cable — a total stillness 

 seemed to pervade the sky — the breeze which had before been 

 so brisk had died away, and left a perfect calm — the swell 

 and roughness of the sea had subsided — nothing was heard but 

 a rippling against the vessel's side, and the voices of the sea- 

 men singing " Yo heave yo," — the moon was just descending 

 below the horizon — the air was mild, and I found that repose 

 on a hen-coop on deck which my bed denied me. 



I was aroused in the morning between five and six by a 

 bustle and confusion on deck: the day was already breaking 

 from the east, and the splendoLur of the rising sun was surpass- 

 ingly grand. The seamen were weighing the anchor in com- 

 pliance with a signal from the Henry. This was a more dif- 

 ficult task than we were aware of, and after having attempted 

 the execution of it for two hours, we were absolutely obliged. 



