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LETTERS FROM 
especially of the Porta Reale, with the 
tremendous artificial chasm in front. 
We were glad to receive intelligence by 
the last packet from England of the safety 
of the vessel we encountered off Cape de 
Gatt. But it appears that she sustained 
more damage than we did, for though she 
put into Cadiz to repair, she still remained 
so leaky that the crew were obliged to keep 
the pumps at work all the remainder of the 
voyage. 
1 will write again from Messina or from 
Marseilles, if we should visit that port. 
