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No 2
Mount, but not near enough to form any Idea of the
Greatness of its appearance when taken on a better view.
The wind not being favorable towards our return, it was
not till Friday 27th. in the morning that we found
ourselves safely anchored in Plymouth Sound. Here I must
pay a tribute to dear Devon, I have ever heard admired
the agreeable variety of objects in general to be discovered
throughout this county, but surely the entrance of Plymth.
by Sea must impress every other, and I think there cannot
be a beholder, but what must be delighted in contemplating
the variety of beautiful scenes that on every side surround here.

In the afternoon of the day that we arrived at Plymouth
Mr. Harris, our Surgeon, & Mr. McArthur went ashore,
at their return, which was early in the evening I gathered
from some distant hints that a duel had taken place
between Mr. Gilbert & Mr. McArthur. To describe my feelings
on the occasion would now be a difficult task, though they
were by no means so acute, as reflection hath since rendered
them – many disagreeable circumstances then pressing on
my mind suffered not one principle to actuate me wholly
I therefore did not so seriously consider what I now think
of with trembling the unhappy consequences that might
have arisen from so presumptuous a meeting.