ould insure their being
safely delivered to my friends in England. I gladly availed myself of
this offer, and indeed would have begged a passage for myself, if it
had not been that I considered Olivarez's money to be the property of
Mr. Trevannion, and was determined to remit it to him before I left
Rio. This detained me about six weeks longer, during which interval
Olivarez had suffered the penalty due to his crimes, having been
strangled in the market-place.

The money received was 28,000 cruzados, and not knowing how to dispose
of it, I applied to the superior, who gave me orders for it in
duplicates upon the treasury at Lisbon, one of which I had very soon
an opportunity of sending home to Mr. Trevannion, with a duplicate of
my first letter, and a second to him and Amy, stating my intention of
returning as soon as possible. But this was by a Portuguese frigate,
which made a very circuitous route home, and I did not choose to go by
that conveyance, as her detention at the different ports was so
uncertain. At last I became very impatient for my departure, and
anxiously awaited the sailing of some vessel to any port of Europe.

I had reserved 1,000 cruzados for my own expenses, which I considered
as quite sufficient, but they were gradually wasting away, for I was
everywhere received, and in the best company of Rio. At last one day
the superior sent for me, and told me that he was about to send an
advice-boat to Lisbon, and I might take a passage if I wished; that it
was a very small one, but a very fast sailer. I thanked him heartily,
accepted the proposal, and went to my room to pack up my clothes. In
the afternoon the captain of the xebeque called upon me, and told me
that he would start on the following morning if I would be ready. I
replied that I should be, put some dollars into his hands, requesting
that he would procure for me any thing that he considered would be
necessary and agreeable, and if the sum I had given him was not
enough, I would repay him the remainder as soon as we were out of
harbour. I took my leave of the superior, who parted with me with many
protestations of regard on his side, and tears of gratitude on mine,
and early the next morning I was on board of the xebeque. In light
winds she was extremely fast, but she certainly was too small to cross
the Atlantic Ocean; nevertheless, as the captain said, she had crossed
it several times, and he hoped that she often would again.

The passage, ho