before to return on shore, and the winds con-
tinued variable, there was a probability that I
might have to return to them again in the morn-
ing. These circumstances took away a little of the
edge of our anxiety at parting, and rendered it not
quite so formidable as our first taking leave on the
29th ult. My cousin T. B. and W. B. accom-
panied us to the water-side, where a boat was
waiting for us. We got safe to the vessel, which
lay at anchor the whole of this night. The next
morning, being 6th Month, 2d, as the seamen
were raising the anchor, we were visited by R. B.
who kindly came at six o'clock in the morning
to inquire after our welfare. What little wind
we had was favourable; and it being a clear and
beautiful summer's day, the town of Liverpool

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and country on both sides the Mersey, appeared
to great advantage as we sailed down the river.

After passing a little way into the Irish Channel
our Captain sent away the Pilot. On the Pilot's
leaving our ship, the captain requested that when
he got to his own vessel he would not present our
seamen with a bottle of spirits as was commonly
done in such cases, alledging that his men were
already so intoxicated they were scarcely able
to work the ship. This circumstance, though
seemingly of small importance, had nearly been of
serious consequence to us; and, for a time, there
seemed some danger of a mutiny amongst the