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out of their prop&r bcrfclis, and caused a (leg:re© of dis- 

 comfort not to bo described. 



On the 3ith January tvc arrived at Spithcad ; and, 

 Itaving embarked our passcugors, wo sailed on the o^'oning 

 of the 1st Februar}'. TJie wcathor was such as is usually 

 experienced in the Channel at this season of the year, 

 so that \vc had the disadvantage of at once plunn^ing into 

 a head sea ; and, before we had got abreast of tfie 

 Eddystone, it blew hard from the westward : we thought 

 it advisable to nm into Plymouth Sound, and secure 

 things in the places into which they had been just 

 shaken ; wo sailed on the 6tli, and again took shelter 

 on the 10th in Cork Harbour, our passengers Buffering 

 considei-ablj. 



Sailed fr'om Cork on tlio 15 th. 



After our full share of bad weather, we were ndl^orn 

 to arrive at Madeira on tlic 23rd. Our party were 

 entertained with the usual hospitality of that island. II or 

 Majesty the Queen Dowager was at this timo residing 

 there for the benefit of her healthy and abo had caused 

 her munificent charity to bo felt throughout the island. 



The day after our arrival, His Serene Highness the 

 Duke Bemard of 8axe Weiinar. attended by his sona^ tho 

 Princes Edward and Herman, with Lord Korthland, Major 

 de Winton, and a large party, paid the Mfmndm- visit. 



We sailed on the 2Gth. Tho incidents of a sea voyage 

 are seldom interesting to any but the party concerned. 

 On crossing the equator, the usual ceremony was 



