harbor was soon in view, and the flags of the ships of different nations floating at their mizen⚫ tops was viewed by me with unbound pleasure—it is impossible to state my feelings at this moment, on the reflection that in a few hours I should in all probability be enabled to meet my husband, and enjoying that liberty of which I had been so many months deprived. I could not fail to look up to heaven with adoration, while my heart swelled with indescribable sensations of gratitude and love, to the all-wise, all-powerful, and ever merciful God of the universe, who had conducted me through so many dreadful scenes of danger and suffering; had controlled the passions and disposed the hearts of the barbarous Arabs in my favor, and was finally about to restore me to the arms of my husband.

As we approached the city, we were met by considerable bodies of the Moors, whom curiosity had brought from the city, to view a Christian female slave⚫ —many appeared disposed to offer me insults but were prevented by those who apparently possessed a greater share of pity for the one who was really a spectacle of distress. At half past seven o’clock we entered the city, and was conducted by a company of soldiers immediately to the house of the British Consul. Mr. Willshire⚫met us at the door, and had this truly benevolent and humane man been my own brother, he could not have given me more welcome reception—he actually shed tears of joy at the prospect of having it soon in his power to res-