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haps this was omitted on account of the in¬ 
disposition of the commander of the packet. 
Some little respect, however, was paid to the 
day by the officers and passengers wearing 
long coats instead of jackets, and by the 
men having a general washing and shaving, 
and appearing in clean clothes. We had 
also rather a better dinner than usual in the 
cabin. 
Early the next morning the steward came 
to me with the information that the Rock of 
Lisbon was in sight, but I did not think it 
worth while to rise to see it, and at our usual 
time of appearing on deck, between eight 
and nine o’clock, no land was visible, nor did 
we approach the coast till evening, when we 
passed within about a quarter of a mile of 
Cape St. Vincent. On the summit of this 
promontory is a large monastery of Augus¬ 
tine Friars, but it was too dark for us to see 
