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we hastened forwards, hoping to obtain a 
passage home in her. We are now sorry to 
find that she sailed several days ago, and to 
add to our disappointment, there is no 
English vessel with good accommodations in 
the port. We have therefore engaged a 
passage in a Sicilian brig for Marseilles, from 
whence we shall proceed through France to 
Bordeaux, and so home by the first suitable 
vessel that leaves that port for England. 
The cabin of the Sicilian brig is large, and 
tolerably clean, and the captain and crew 
are much more respectable in their appear¬ 
ance than those of the San Pietro. 
Messina is a large and well-built city, and 
it has a beautiful marina, or quay, which is 
very wide, and about a mile in length. It 
commands a delightful view of the opposite 
coast, and of a fine range of mountains, at 
the back of the town: many of the highest 
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