men. Such was the sourness which it produced,
that, during the whole voyage, they sullenly re-
fused the customary allowance from the Captain,
of a bottle of brandy at the end of every week;
and, at one time, a ring1eader in the business, who
had formerly served on board a ship of war,
broke out into very abusive language to the Cap-
tain, and treated him in such a manner that there
was some danger of the Captain firing his pistol
at him. I was sorry to find that this man had
been favoured with an education in our Society;
and that his mother was a valuable friend. Not-
withstanding his bad conduct towards the Captain,
he always behaved with kindness and attention
to me whenever I came in his way and when I
spoke to him, which I did several times, endea-
vouring to convince him of the impropriety of
his conduct, in thus doing his utmost to break in
upon that subordination which was necessary to
be maintained in every ship.

After the pilot had left us, we proceeded along
the Welch coast, having the mountains of North
Wales

in full view during the whole of the day.
The weather being calm and clear, it is scarcely
in the power of words to describe the gran-
deur of the prospect, which indeed was such
that we could hardly regret the slow progress
we made. In the afternoon, when opposite one
of the highest mountains, We were alarmed by