given way to passion, when far other sentiments
ought to have possessed his mind. This acknow-
ledgement was ingenuous on the part of the Cap-
tain; and I believe he slept no worse for it.

In the course of the day, when the weather had
cleared up, altho' the wind still blew very hard, and
the waves were rolling along in awful grandeur;
while the ship was yet lying to and drifting before
the wind, the other passengers and myself went upon
the upper part of the quarter deck, that we might
have a full view of the sea when thus agitated, and
appearing in all its majesty. There is something in
such a scene exceedingly humiliating. The most
powerful of men, when thus baffled and riding on
the waves, every moment in danger of being swal-
lowed up, are indeed but as the small dust of the
balance. Every sensible mind, when placed in
situations like these, must be alive to the senti-
ment which that expression conveys. As we thus
stood admiring how every wave, after rolling
along in majestic greatness, seemed to break at
our feet before it reached the ship, the first mate,
who was on the watch, called out aloud, for every
one to take care of himself. Observing that he ran
and placed himself under the quarter board, near
one of the stansions, I immediately followed his
example, and, taking fast hold of the ropes, sat
down by him; which I had scarcely done before one