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On the 3d descried land, and the wind and weather continuing favourable, we soon beheld the desirable shores of our happy island. The convalescents came on deck, and greeted even the very rocks of their native country; and the diseased, unable to leave their beds, appeared cheered at the mention of her name, and revived, when encouraged to believe, that by to-morrow night we might cast anchor in one of its spacious and fostering harbours.

We soon passed Falmouth, Plymouth, and Torbay, and on the morning of the 5th, the westernmost entrance of Portsmouth Harbour, called the Needles, and with a favourable breeze, passed the celebrated Isle of Wight, which, combined with the harbours, shipping, and opposite shore, continued to exhibit their successive beauties, and conspired to exhilarate every dejected mind among our sick, and to vibrate with pleasing hope on the imaginations of all.

In a few hours we cast anchor, and soon after moored in one of the finest harbours

in our happy island. Sensations of thankfulness were generally felt at our safe arrival, and a few ascriptions of gratitude was also uttered to our Almighty Protector and Preserver; but alas! these in general were too much like the recent furrows of the keel, whose traces vanish while the eye is intent on it.

On a retrospective consideration of the various countries visited during these voyages and travels, and of the comparative happiness enjoyed in each, the conclusion is decidedly in favour of Britain, and I am persuaded that this is the general sentiment of those who have travelled and compared. -Happy islands! where religious and civil liberty are well understood, may thy inhabitants know their privileges and learn, increasingly learn, to appreciate their value. May a permanent peace soon bless thy borders. May luxury, with all its train of evils, soon follow the abolition of slavery, vice and dissipation be banished, national reformation be zealously and actively considered, as the basis of national happiness. May the pure

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religion of the gospel of peace soon extend its healing beams over every dark heart and dark corner of thy domain, and by thy instrumentality may the light of the sun of righteousness be diffused over the remote and benighted parts of the habitable globe. "Happy is that people that is in such a. "case: yea, happy is that people, whose "God is the Lord."-Psalm cxliv. 15.

VINIS.

Printed by Joseph Rakestraw, No. 190, North 3d Street.

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