CONCLUSION. By this time I have little doubt that the reader is as tired of the voyage, and rejoiced at the sight of Old England as I am. And now, therefore, having led him a round of more than forty thousand miles, and shewn him every thing which I thought worthy of notice on the road, without once subjecting him to a gale of wind, a scorching sun, or a noxious atmosphere, I trust it will not be thought too presuming, if, as a fellow-traveller, I claim his indulgence to the many faults and imperfections which he must but too often have observed during his perusal of these Sketches. That the Oriental Voyager will experience this indulgence from those of his readers who may travel with him in person, and thereby have an opportunity of comparing his descriptions with their originals, I have no doubt: but alas! his shattered and wave-worn bark is now launched on a sea, with whose rocks and shoals her pilot is but little acquainted; a sea, where, instead of finding shelter in some friendly port, she may rather expect to encounter the storms of rigid criticism, and the shafts of splenetic ill-nature. Through such a turbulent ocean, and intricate navigation, it would be presumption in the Oriental Voyager to hope that his frail bark should glide in perfect security: still, however, he flatters himself, that though, like the life-boat, she may be occasionally overwhelmed in the surf; yet, like that vessel, she will be found to have a certain buoyancy in her construction, that will ultimately prevail over the violence of the waves. THE END. Route of the Caroline continued. Track of the Medusa, continued. Abstract of the Route of the Medusa, continued. Distance Date. run. Latitude. Longitude. Date. run. Latitude. Longitude. Variation. Prevailing 94 24 50 15 44 11 262 35 28 6 19 27 160 13 14 10 9 S. E. 19 134 26 47 15 16 1086 12 230 36 0 10 54 28 165 11 42 11 11 S. E. Medusa's passage from England to Madras, H. M. ship Caroline was 105 days under sail ין 388 |