ellington boots or ladies' shippers, as it may suit their palates. The
former will produce the high-coloured, the latter the pale sherry.
Further, I consider that the merchants of Madeira are bound to send me a
letter of thanks, with a pipe of Bual, to prove its sincerity. Now I
recollect Stoddart did promise me some wine when he was last in England;
but I suppose he has forgotten it.

But from the produce I must return to the island and my passengers. The
first day of their arrival they eat their dinner, took their coffee, and
returned to bed early to enjoy a comfortable night after so many of
constant pitching and tossing. The next morning the ladies were much
better, and received the visits of all the captains of the India ships,
and also of the captain of the frigate who escorted them.

The officers of the Bombay Castle had been invited to dinner; and the
first-mate not being inclined to leave the ship, Newton had for one
accepted the invitation. On his arrival he discovered in the captain of
the frigate his former acquaintance, Captain Carrington, in whose ship
he had obtained a passage from the West Indies, and who on the former
being paid off had been appointed to the command of the Boadicea,
Captain Carrington was delighted to meet Newton; and the attention which
he paid to him, added to the encomiums bestowed when Newton was out of
bearing, raised him very high in the opinion, not only of Captain
Drawlock, but also in the estimation of the ladies. At the request of
Captain Carrington Newton was allowed to remain on shore till their
departure from the island; and from this circumstance he became more
intimate with the ladies than he would in all probability have otherwise
been in the whole course of the voyage. We must pass over the gallop up
to Nostra Senhora da Monte, an expedition opposed by Captain Drawlock on
the score of his responsibility; but he was over-ruled by Captain
Carrington, who declared that Newton and he were quite sufficient
convoy. We must pass over the many compliments paid to Isabel Revel by
Captain Carrington, who appeared desperately in hove after an
acquaintance of four-and-twenty hours, and who discovered a defect in
the Boadicea which would occupy two or three days to make good, that he
might be longer in her company; but we will not pass over one
circumstance which occurred during their week's sojourn at this
delightful island.

A certain Portuguese lady of noble birth had b