SIH THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. 59 
" At tlaylight we recog-niseJ the coast znd Rat 
Islanfl, wInL-!) gave us great apirics ; mml though we 
found oursdves much lo the southward of the port, 
we considered ourseSf^eis almost at home. Sophia 
had gone through tlie night hetter than could have 
been expe'.-teil, and ive continued to pmll on with all 
our strPHglh. Ahout 8 or 9 we saw a sliip standing 
to us from the roads ; they had seem the flames from 
short\ and sent out vcssfln to our rfhef ; and here, 
certainly, came a minister of r*rovidencp, in the cha- 
racter of a minister of the GoJ*pel, for the fir^^t person 
I recognised was one of otar raiiiaionaries. He gave 
us a hucket of vvat^-r, and took the captiiiri on board 
aa a pilot. The ivinil, however, was adverse, and 
we could not reach the sfnire, and look to the fthip^ 
where we got some refreshment and shelter from the 
Bun. By ibis time Sophia was quite exhausted, 
fainting- continunily. About tu'o o'clock we landed 
safe and sound, and no words of mine can (Injustice 
to the expressions of feelingf sympathy and kindness 
with which we were hailed hy every one. If any 
proof bad been wanting that my admin i^itration Itad 
been satis factory here, we had it unequivocally from 
all ; there was not a dry eye, and as we <lrove back 
to our former home, loud was the cry of * God be 
praised.' 
" The loss I have to regret beyond all, is my pa- 
pers and drawings, — all my notes and observationji* 
wilh memoirs and colleclions, surticient for a full and 
ample history, not only of Sumatra, but of Borneo, 
