We ventured to predict that we should see land next morning, and at midday the high coast hove in sight, wonderfully like Africa before the rains begin.

Then a haze covered all the land, and a heavy swell beat towards it.

A rock was seen, and a latitude showed it to be the Choule rock.

Making that a fresh starting- point, we soon found the light-ship, and then the forest of masts loomed through the haze in Bombay harbour.

We had sailed over 2500 miles.
FOOTNOTES {1} A remedy composed of from six to eight grains of resin of jalap, the same of rhubarb, and three each of calomel and quinine, made up into four pills, with tincture of cardamoms, usually relieved all the symptoms in five or six hours.