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TERMINATION OF THE VOYAGE. 
thoughts and to more enraptured contemplations the mind already 
familiar with itself and with its Creator. Uninterrupted by the intru¬ 
sions of the world, he can converse with God in the midst of His most 
glorious and awful works. 
I have often ventured to talk in this strain to my Persian friend, but 
did not succeed in making him relish my doctrine, for he would not 
allow that a voyage could be productive of any thing but misery, incon¬ 
venience, and disappointment; and he insisted that he could contem¬ 
plate God’s works just as well on his horse as in a ship. He generally 
finished his arguments on this head by a quotation from Saadi, his 
favourite poet, which runs to this effect: I had rather give one hun¬ 
dred tomauns than pass over even one wave of the sea.” 
