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 ¬which must elapse before the gulph could be cleared which divided our worlds, I ordered up our dead lights, lashed the helm a-midships, furled every sail, and, encouraging my crew by the most hospitable indulgence, Ave lived as jollily as if we had been on shore. — Our sea stock of every kind was abundant, and I had no more fears for the result of my voyage, than if my cargo had been coals on a voyage from Newcastle to London. — There were no dangers to encounter at the other aperture of the current, and the remainder of the passage was over our own seas. ¬The longest day will have an end — we emerged from the channel after a transit of nearly the same period as outward, having been three calendar months, four days, and seven hours in its rapid tide and under its sable shadow. — We now pursued our course without any unusual incident till we made the coast of Ireland, when a sudden storm arose which I tremble to think of, and shall not attempt to describe. — The winds, ¬or ¬