VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
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menty uneasiness might be created in the minds of men, whose 
kindness and hbcrality deserve to be rewarded with the most scru- 
pulous attention to their feehni^s. 
General Bonaparte once observed to a gentleman, at whose house 
he seemed to bear his lot with considerable composure, that so many 
extraordinary things had happened to him in his life, which had 
happened to no other man, that he should not be surprised, if 
some thne hence the English Government were to recal him. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
Treparations to leave St, Helena. Humours of a war between Eng- 
land and Algiers. Exercises at great gwis and small arms. Ap- 
pearance of Ascension island. Singular colouring of its rocks and 
hills. Captain Hick of the Racoon sloop of war. Landing. Great 
mountain. Volcanic scorice and cinders. Scanty supply of zc'ater. 
Lava. Ohsidieju Spotted crabs. Coxcomb oysters. Broken shells. 
Beautiful moon-light view. Water-spout. Remarks on reading 
the history of Greece and Rome. Strange noises on board. Character 
of my late Father. Conversations with Captain Forbes, Stormy 
wentlier. Accuracy of reckoning by the chronometer. Enter the* 
British Channel. Arrival at Spithead. 
October Slst. Captain Forbes, on his return from town, yester- 
day, informed us, that he should sail in the forenoon, and we pre- 
pared to leave this hospitable mansion, which, but for the strong 
drawing felt towards home, 1 should have done with the most sen- 
sible regret. Determined, however, to lose no time, 1 was ready 
for my morning's walk before sunrise, and having found a good 
