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accommodadon. Bat I very foon perceived 
that my friend had been miftaken with regard 
to this captain, whofe conduct plainly fliowed 
me how little he wifhed that I fhould accom- 
pany him. Unwilling to expofe myfelf to th^ 
certain inconvenience of making fuch a voy-^ 
age with a man who vifibly regarded me with 
jealoufy, fearing no doubt that I fliouid prove 
an obftacle to his commercial projefts, I gave 
up the idea for the moment ; and, other crofs 
circumftances continuing to procraftinate the 
fcheme, I abandoned it entirely. All my 
thoughts were now centred in Europe, and I 
became wholly difgufted with travelling, till 
the time when, renouncing the fociety of my 
fpecies, deceived by them, outraged in the 
pureft fentiments of my heart, I w^as led once 
more to figh for a defert, and was no longer 
able but in imagination to gratify my defire. 
At laft an opportunity of departing arrived. 
The fliips of the Dutch Eaft-India company 
were returning home. I folicited a paffage, 
which was granted me. There were five vef- 
fels bound for Europe in the road, and the 
queftion was, in which I could embark with 
piy effeds. One of thefe veffels had brought 
