The Percy anecdotesCollected and edited by Reuben and Sholto PercyVerbatim reprint of the original ed., with a prefby John Timbs . ndia Companys cruiser, the Tertiate, des-patched by Lord Amherst, who, after passingthree days and four nights in an open boat,had reached that city. This was on the 4thof JNIarch, and on the 6th and 7th the wholeparty got safely on board the Ternate, wherethey were most hospitably received by CaptainDavidson and his officers. On the 9th they?were all landed at Batavia. The conduct of Captain Maxwell on thistrying occasion justly endeared him to all on board the Al
The Percy anecdotesCollected and edited by Reuben and Sholto PercyVerbatim reprint of the original ed., with a prefby John Timbs . ndia Companys cruiser, the Tertiate, des-patched by Lord Amherst, who, after passingthree days and four nights in an open boat,had reached that city. This was on the 4thof JNIarch, and on the 6th and 7th the wholeparty got safely on board the Ternate, wherethey were most hospitably received by CaptainDavidson and his officers. On the 9th they?were all landed at Batavia. The conduct of Captain Maxwell on thistrying occasion justly endeared him to all on board the Alceste, from the ambassador to thelowest seaman. By his judicious arrange-ments, the crew was preserved from all thehorrors of anarchy and confusion. His mea-sures inspired confidence and hope, whilst hispersonal example in the hour of danger gavecourage and animation to all around him. Toadopt the words of the sentence of the court-martial, by which he was afterwards tried, his coolness, self-collection, and exertionswere highly conspicuous ; and everything wasdone by him and his officers within the powerof man to ANECDOTES OF TRAVELLING. ? Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.—BACON. First Christian Travellers. The first efforts of European inquiry were alldirected towards the East. All Christiansbowed in spirit, as well as body, towards thatsacred quarter of the globe, which dwelt intheir deepest and holiest affection ; which ,oflfered, too, to the mercenary the brightest [prospects of pecuniary advantage, so that its ;riches dazzled the eyes of the worldly-rninded,at the same time that its connexion \yith therecords of revealed truth enshrined it in theheart of the devotee. In the meantime, however, Europe con-tinued for a long period lamentably deficient inacquaintance with its own immediate geo-graphy. The chronicles of all parts are fullof the most egregious and palpable blunderswith regard to countries even i
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