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little bark produced faintness and indisposition chap. 
throughout all our party. Towards evening 
we made the point of Mount Carmel, and we 
saw the monastery very distinctly upon its 
summit. Afterwards doubling the promontory, 
we entered the Bay of Acre^ and were greeted 
with the welcome sight of the Romulus at anchor. 
As we drew near, the Captain's barge came to 
meet us; and we quitted our vessel. Suddenly, 
as the boat's crew pulled stoutly for the frigate, 
a shout from all the sailors on board was re- 
peated from the barge, the men standing with 
their oars erect, and waving their hats. Sup- 
posing this to be intended as an expression of 
welcome upon the return of the Captain, we 
congratulated him upon the mark of attachment 
manifested by his crew. This worthy officer 
shook his head, however, and said he should feel 
more satisfied without any such demonstration, 
which amounted to little less than a symptom 
of mutiny. Upon our arrival on board, we were 
informed that the men, having been employed 
in hard labour during the Captain's absence, in 
repairing the rigging and in painting the frigate, 
had thus thought proper to testify their satisfac- 
tion at the termination of what they considered to 
be tyrannical government in the inferior officers. 
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