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Sier appearance before Malden, where she was 
obliged to lay at anchor for three days, the 
wind not being favourable for going farther 
down the river; at the end of that time, how¬ 
ever, it veered about, and we repaired on board, 
after having taken a long farewell of our friend 
Captain E--~, whose kindness to us had been 
unbounded, and was doubly grateful, inasmuch, 
as it was totally unexpected by us young 
strangers, who had not the slightest acquaint¬ 
ance with him previous to our coming into the 
country, and had not been introduced to him 
even by letter. 
The wind, though favourable, was very 
light on the morning of our embarkation, but 
the current being strong we were soon carried 
down to the lake. In the afternoon we passed 
the islands, which had the most beatutiful ap¬ 
pearance imaginable. The rich woods with 
which the shores were adorned, now tinged 
with the hues of autumn, afforded in their 
decline a still more pleasing variety to the eye 
than when they were clothed in their fullest 
verdure; and their gaudy colours, intermingled 
with the shadows of the rocks, were seen fan¬ 
cifully reflected in the unruffled surface of the 
surrounding lake. At day-break the next 
morning we found ourselves entirely clear of 
the land; but instead of the azure sky and 
gentle breezes which had favoured us the pre- 
