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LETTERS FROM 
is tempered with kindness and attention to 
the comforts of the crew, that the Britannia 
is considered to be one of the best regulated, 
and most orderly ships in his Majesty’s ser¬ 
vice. 
We retired to B-’s comfortable little 
state-room, and spent some time in looking 
over his sketch-book, which contained several 
interesting views of scenes he had recently 
visited. Turning over the leaves, my atten¬ 
tion was suddenly attracted by an old rubbed 
pencil-drawing, which seemed, I knew not 
why, to carry my thoughts home to my native 
land in an instant. I said to B-, “ I 
surely know this place ! ” “ It would be a 
very poor compliment to the skill of the 
artist if you did not,” replied he, “ for it is a 
sketch I made some years ago near your 
sister’s cottage, in the beautiful vhlley at 
H- 
