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intrepidity of the oracle of God. The judge had trembled be- | 
fore his prisoner—and now a second occasion offered, in which, J 
for the admiration and the triumph of the Christian world, one 
of its bitterest persecutors, and a Jew, appeals in the public 
tribunal of a large and populous city, to all its chiefs and its 
rulers, its governor and its king, for the truth of his conversion,, 
founded on the highest evidence, delivered in the most fair, 
open, and illustrious manner. 
As the day advanced, a breeze sprang up, and, standing out 
farther from the shore, we lost sight of Caesarea. The heat 
became intolerable; and the powerful odour from the melons, 
which constituted the freight of our little bark, produced faint¬ 
ness and indisposition throughout all our party. Toward 
evening we made the point of Mouut Carmel, and saw the 
monastery very distinctly upon its summit. Afterward, doubling 
the promontory, we entered the Bay of Acre, and were greet¬ 
ed 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 repeated 
from the barge, the men standing with their oars erect, and 
waving their hats. Supposing this to be intended as an ex¬ 
pression of welcome, upon the return of the captain, we con¬ 
gratulated 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, 
repairing the rigging and painting the frigate, had thus thought 
proper to testify their satisfaction at what they conceived to be 
& conclusion of tyrannical government m the inferior officers. 
