TRAVELS, &c. 
CHAP. I. 
VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
On the twenty-fourth of June, 1812, accompanied 
by my friend Mr. George Thorn, a Missionary, then 
intended for Calcutta, I went on board the Isabella 
at Gravesend, commanded by Captain Peache. In 
consequence of a gale of wind, we were under the 
necessity of going into Portsmouth to repair the 
vessel, where we remained until the 8th of July, 
when we set sail with a fair wind. On the 26th we 
passed the Canary islands, where the plague at that 
time was carrying off many of the inhabitants. We 
had a view of the famous Peak of TenerifF, whose 
head rose majestically above the clouds. On the 3d 
of August we came in sight of Bonavista, one of the 
Cape de Verd islands; and on the evening of the 
5th we cast anchor off Port Pray a, in the island of 
St. Jago. Next morning we went on shore. While 
there we visited the Roman Catholic priest, who treated 
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