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wm mw ? cUiJfly t ) xwi , we bad fglt it d u # i ^ jft , e w ^ ol ^ o £ ^| ho Tb $ i >?* t jbw > riHiig , about tvtelve oN&lbck , all that Wm ^ Mbtd of . tteintej ^ jieat of Vera Cru z was amply justiiaed : Tfiilfi&i
glaring eye was almost perpendicular above 6 ur ^ acfij ^ ffBa appeared to send down pne vast dome-like effaljgenc ^ ( liVectfy ov * r us . The little flat sandy island of Sacr ^ cibfc U % M& alive wit ^ i light , and the sea shot and glistened as the bri&we of heat wafc at work with it . We could see Vera Crni ^ mi
thi ? foft of St Juan Ulloa directly opposite to it , at lesV ta ^ ft half a league across the Channel , and Mount Ofi fc ^ ta tyni distance , its sublime head covered with snow , ati # ioW&mftf above tfte clouds . " ' ' /? V * Tlie squadron lying off Vera Cruz , so much talk ^ ^ tf& | th ^ i whQle of which Captain S was to command ; < pon&T ^ ed of ojie eighteen- «; un brig , and three dirty schoolers / caAwfeg a gun , each . What pompous creatures to call it a ^ aui <| f 8 ff ! Ip ( the evening the Commandant Lara , wfco ha 4 Wthei # O admi raof ill the
acted ^ s l Mexican sea forces , p . ufhe 6 ft powa our frigute to give us greeting . He was one 6 ? 'd&faiWe Ii > dians , and almost black with constant exposure to fliU 8 ^^* His tawdry uniform and lumps of epaulettes sat y ^ ry ^ Utg Sili ' upon his fat and uncleanly person , while his d ? irk jovmt ^ e , tacgp g ° id ear-rings , and matted locks , looked ridiculoyi enolurh ed ^
leader a huge cocked-hat , surmounted all ro ^ indl fy $ wufi / a broad fringe . He was just like the celebrated pegr 6 b ^ g ^ i ^ of London , Hilly Waters . Mr J , our purser , declat-ea ^ at he r ^ cauected this Admiral I ^ ara very well in Hayanaah ^ ten or twelve years before , when he was a notec ( Vipu £ gi $ ir i \ % t ^ 8 ¥£ B «| Ctedf takeover , of doing a little private byisines ^ m . tft ' e
piratical way . Howbeit , he was what is called , % great Wu " uqWt H is language was a sort of Indiah-Span . isji '; \ o ^ ' 1 rafDek e ^ TB ^ Able p 6 a-ppr t Spanish , with an Indian accerit . > 1 ^? w « haipa d ^ wrn iutp the gun-room , and < c made imuch ^ pf ^ j im wfw Various hospitalities ; but in vain , for he contrive ^ , at"tfee 4 eM
of an hour and a half , in defiance of all his potations , to get intp hi ^ boat > vithout any ostensible difficul ty . He had |) eeh ^ aftcompmiied on boardby several officers from the RMtisoh ^ a ^ jil was called , at Sacraficios . Their uniforms consisted or y Wv Goarae blue cloth jackets , turned-up with cuffs , collar * ind taif
edges , of boiled-lobster red , overlaid with pr ^ fupet "bjtfi < HF dm gpld and silver lace , such as we seq in pawnbroker ^ ^ jJ Sh ?" s ^ las m ^ n ' s shops in London , stuck ^ b ^ ut ai r ^ ndo ^ r , gft 3 j ^» - tified by a confused host of frotgaVVy ^ ^ ^ f ^ " ^ W ^ i § yft * S ^ cU qf ifte ? e genUeo ^ p w ^ as ^^(^ . Wa ^ ofd 4 v ^^ digiow ^ lep ^ th ^ The ir clothes were uocoutply ^ Tft . And so , fax f * m fo * wg ^* > ms * 9 * w * 3 ^ ^/^ j ectured they had all changed habiliments expressly to proouce
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 677, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/25/
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