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Capetown, with its iaiuieuse buck-ground of moimtains, or rather 
hut^e cliffs, shelving otl towards the south; and to the east, the beauti- 
ful outline of mountains from the Hangeklip to the Piquetberg, 
enclosing the Tigerberg, Kuhberg, Blauberg, and Groenekloof 
hills. On the latter, my spirit seemed to hover with a mixture of 
pleasure and pain, and my prayers arose for a blessing on all, whom 
I have there left behind. My spirit then fled over the mountains 
of Hottentot's Holland into the sacred groves of Gnadenthal, and 
I felt a pang on reflecting, that, by being kept in constant sus- 
pence during the last two months, I have been prevented pay- 
ing another visit to those who dwell under their shade. 
As we were a long time working out of the bay, I quietly en- 
joyed these reveries for some hours, till the more restless waves 
of the open sea began to affect me; and feeling myself quite over- 
powered by a kind of giddiness, 1 was glad to reach my private 
cabin, and take to my bed, out of which, after a restless night, I 
could hardly crawl into the great cabin on the 
18th, when I felt only half alive. Meanwhile the wind had 
turned in our favour, and we had made one hundred and twenty 
six miles by twelve o'clock, going at the rate of nine and ten 
knots an hour. I began already to comfort myself with some 
faint hopes of our being not much behind the Brilliant, when she 
reached England. 
19th. I had spent a miserable night; the breeze freshened so 
much, that the rolling of the ship became very troublesome. A 
soldier, who had obtained a free passage as Captain's servant, 
was particularly anxious to render me every assistance; and, dur- 
ing the whole voyage, considered himself as attached to me. He 
attended me every morning, and seemed even to watch my wishes, 
that I might never want any thing. His name was John 
M'Klosky. By twelve o'clock, we had made two hundred and 
twenty miles. Thankfulness for such swift progress, made me 
quite satisfied with all the tumoling and rolling we had to endure. 
The wind abated a little, but remained fair. 
