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 ¬they said, were quite different from any they had ever seen. It was not long before we were visited by a neighbouring magistrate, with several people from the higher country, who set about the construction of a raft to preserve, if possible, some remains of so curious a wreck ; but the wind coming off the land, and, as is often the case in such tempests, blowing with equal fury, every attempt to save even an atom of her was in vain. ¬After a few hours rest I thanked the good people for their kindness to me, and when they had dried my clothes by a peat fire, and given me a glass of some very strong spirit, I set out on foot, and meeting every where with the most friendly, hospitable reception from the brave and honest sons of St. Patrick, I arrived safe at Dublin, where, finding credit for a few pounds with a merchant who had formerly known me, I crossed the channel in a vessel bound for the Thames, and, having some acquaintances at ¬Black- ¬