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hended this a favourable time to go and fearch that 
coaft, the captain civilly offering me a paffage and 
birth with him in a handfome light failing-boat. 
Set fail early on a fine morning, and having a brifk 
leading breeze, came to in the evening juft within 
Mobile point; colledted a quantity of drift wood to 
keep up a light and fmoke away the mufquitoes, 
and refted well on the clean fandy beach until the 
cool morning awoke us. We hoifted fail again, 
and foon doubled the point or Eaft promontory of 
the cape of the bay, ftretching out many miles and 
pointing towards Dauphin ifland, betv/een which 
and this cape is the fhip channel. 
Coafting along the fea-fhore Eaflward, we foon 
came up to the wreck, which being already {trip- 
ped of her fails, &c., our captain kept on for Pen- 
facola, where we arrived late in the evening. 
My arrival at this capital, at prefent the feat of 
government, was merely accidental and undefigned; 
and having left at Mobile all my papers and tefti- 
monials, I defigned to conceal my avocations, but 
my name being made known to Dr. Lorimer, one 
of the honourable council, he fent me a very polite 
invitation, and requefted that he might acquaint 
governor Chefter of my arrival, who he knew 
would expect that I fhould wait on him, and would 
be pleafed to fee me. I begged to be excufed, at 
this time, as the boat would fail back for Mobile in a 
few hours, in which I was under the neceffity of re- 
turning,or muft lofe my paffage totheMiffiffipi; but 
during this expoftulation I received a letter from 
Mr. Livingfton the fecretary, whom 1 waited upon, 
and was received very refpedtfully and treated with 
the utmoft politenefs and affability. Soon after, the 
governor’s chariot palfed by, his excellency return- 
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