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and visited most of the islands in the Great
Indian Archipelago. Returning to Europe, he
landed at Cadiz, and passed in a straight line
from that place to Moscow, in his way to Kams-
chatka. Soon after this period, however, all
trace of him was lost. He was in correspond-
ence with several Cornish gentlemen, so late as
the year 1783, when he was supposed to be
preparing to set out for Siberia. A gentleman,
who saw him at Moscow in that year, repre-
sented him as healthy, vigorous, and in all
respects as hearty as other people at forty-six,
though he was in his sixty-sixth year. He was
never heard of after that period, and is supposed.
either to have died suddenly, or to have settled
in some remote corner of the world, whence
intelligence was difficult to be conveyed.”

“« T should have liked to have been his com-
panion in his wanderings, Uncle Thomas.”

“ T know no horse that would have carried
you better, Frank, than a good hackney; but I
must tell you something about the speed for