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Starting from Chipana early on the following morning, they continued their rapid descent by Buitenzorg to Batavia; and on the 16th embarked again on board the 'Ferooz, for Ceylon, where he expected to find an accumulation of four mails. 'I always feel nervous as to what so long an interval may bring forth. 'Ferooz, at Sea. February 16th.
He was detained at Tientsin for several days, arranging a variety of matters of detail; and it was not till the morning of the 26th of November that he found himself once more afloat on the Gulf of Pecheli, on board the 'Ferooz, homeward bound.
We returned to port, and, after a long deliberation, a scheme of patching was resolved upon.... It is most vexatious to be doing nothing, when my moments have been of late so precious and so hurried. 'Ferooz. Gulf of Suez. February 9th.
There was a full-dress dinner party and reception last night.... I have decided to proceed to Calcutta to- morrow. 'Ferooz. March 9th. Sunday. It was very hot during the service under the awning.
My last remark to Lord Palmerston was, that I would rather march on Pekin with 5,000 men than with 25,000. On board the 'Ferooz. July 5th. Four P.M. We have passed out of the Shanghae river into the Yangtze-kiang.
The latter, however, reached me this morning, and is very satisfactory; so that I shall have accomplished the great object of opening the Yangtze to trade. After a few days of 'lovely weather, enjoyed to the full in the 'Ferooz' 'certainly a most splendid yacht such a fine deck, and quieter than a Royal Navy vessel' he reached Shanghae on the 3rd of December. Shanghae. December 4th.
The first part of the homeward voyage, along coasts already so well known, offered little to dwell upon except the thankful recollection of what had been accomplished, and the joyful anticipation of happy meetings to come. The journal contains the following entries: 'Ferooz, Gulf of Pecheli. November 27th. So far on my way home.
After little more than three days' stay among the Spaniards of Luzon, he embarked again on the 29th on board the 'Ferooz, and passing by Sarawak and the north-west coast of Borneo, crossed the Line to visit the Dutch settlement of Java. February 6th.
On board H.M.S. 'Terrible. Here is a change of scene! The last words of this journal were written in the Gulf of Suez, on board the 'Ferooz. I now write from the Mediterranean, off the island of Candia, whose snow-capped mountains are looking down upon us; very different from the parched ranges of hills wrapped in perpetual heat haze, which I described to you four days ago. March 26th.
There was so much broken ice on the inner side of it, that it reminded one of some of the pictures of the arctic voyages. We forced our vessel through a little Indian river-boat and found on the outside enough sea to make us very glad when we reached the 'Ferooz' at 2.30 A.M. It was about 4 A.M. when I was able to lie down to rest.
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