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TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON. 
and looking round we saw a vessel coming nearly to- 
wards us, and only about five miles distant. — ^We were 
saved ! 
The men joyfully drank the rest of their allowance of 
water, seized their oars, and pulled with hearty goodwill, 
and by seven o’clock we were alongside. The captain 
received us kindly on board. The men went first to 
the water-casks, and took long and hearty draughts, in 
which we joined them, and then enjoyed the almost 
forgotten luxury of tea. From having been so long 
cramped in the boats, I could hardly stand when I got 
on board. 
That night I could not sleep. Home and all its plea- 
sures seemed now within my grasp; and crowding 
thoughts, and hopes and fears, made me pass a more 
restless night than I should have done, had we still been 
in the boats, with diminished hopes of rescue. The ship 
was the ‘^Jordeson,” Captain Venables, from Cuba, 
bound for London, with a cargo of mahogany, fustic, 
and other woods. We were picked up in latitude 32° 
48' north, longitude 60° 27' west, being still about two 
hundred miles from Bermuda. 
For several days afterwards we had fine weather and 
very light winds, and went creeping along about fifty 
miles a day. It was now, when the danger appeared past, 
that I began to feel fully the greatness of my loss. With 
what pleasure had I looked upon every rare and curious 
insect I had added to my collection ! How many times, 
when almost overcome by the ague, had I crawled into 
the forest and been rewarded by some unknown and 
beautiful species ! How many places, which no European 
