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Sickness, and these annoyances, at length over- 
came the long-suffering of Carli ; and he deter- 
mined to return to Europe. The journey to the 
coast was effected with much difficulty, as the ne- 
groes furnished by the Grand Duke conveyed him 
very carelessly, and at length entirely deserted 
him, so that it was only by high bribes, that he 
could induce the country people to carry him for- 
ward to the Portuguese settlement. After having 
recovered of his illness, he went on board a vessel 
bound for Brazil. But his sufferings were not des- 
tined to end here. The vessel was soon overtaken 
by a calm, the effects of which were on many 
accounts to be ^readed. The sailors therefore 
took the image of St Antony, and fixing it against 
the mast, warned the saint, that he must remain in 
that position, till he furnished them with a favour- 
able wind, St Antony, not satisfied with his 
posture, granted a slight breeze ; but this was in- 
adequate to carry them on with the requisite speed. 
Provisions soon began to fall short ; and at length 
they were threatened with the most direful extre- 
mities of famine. As soon as this transpired, the 
children began to cry for mercy ; the women soon 
of devastation were not employed in consuming substances 
that would otherwise prove noxious. He confirms the fact, 
that large animals, even elephants, if wounded, and unable 
to move, are often entirely eaten up in a very short time. 
