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high glee – satisfaction detected
in every countenance – and every
action seems to express a degree
of pleasure almost hitherto
unfelt – – It seems to me that
every thing else seems so swallowd
up by this paramount feeling
of delight – that you could
hardly pick a quarrel with
any one — In the abundance
there of; a subscription has just
gone the rounds for a little
donation to be collected and divided
among the Stewards Waiters
Cooks Sailors &c. which is a
tax I would willingly pay if I
had a goose or a few thousand of
her yellow eggs – I am bound
however to contribute some thing

–– In addition to this a certificate
is prepared and obtainig signatures
expressive of satisfaction &c with
conduct & attention of our Steward
Ishmael Crawford a col^d man whom
I recollect as a waiter in Frances
Thompsons house when there last year

— Accordig to the Captains opinion
the land to be seen is Old Head Kinsale
(where the Albion Packet ship was lost 2 years ago)
{** Had it been sufficiently [shorthand]}