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LETTERS FROM 
waiting for some milk for our coffee, for the 
presiding goddess assured us it would arrive 
in a few minutes. It came at last, accom¬ 
panied by. some excellent butter and new 
bread, and we made a very comfortable meal; 
after which, as it was now dark, we proceeded 
on board for the night, for the beds at the 
inn appeared much less inviting than our own. 
The next day the wind shifted round to 
the northward, directly into the bay, and 
raised such a sea, that it was quite impossible 
for us to go on shore. We passed a most 
comfortless day, the vessel rolling and pitch¬ 
ing fearfully; and towards noon the gale in¬ 
creased to such a degree, that for some hours 
we were in continual expectation that our 
cable would have parted. But the wind be¬ 
came more moderate in the night, and the 
next morning the sea was sufficiently smooth 
to allow us to pay our fat friend Donna Rosa 
