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her hull , her sails, and her rigging. He urged on th e
post-boys with redoubled vehemence : he kept them
going at a furious rate.
5. He was within three miles of the vessel ; another
half-hour would see him safe on board, and th enhurrah
for I ndia I But sudd enly a str ong northerly
wind sprang up; th e sails of the brig swelled out
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before it, and poor Waghorn, wit h his panting, jaded
horses, was left far behind. Th e chase was hopeless
now, so he went back to Trieste, exhausted with
fatigue and disappointment.
6. Two days afterwards, he sailed from Venice on
board a Spanish ship. Aft er a voyage of sixteen
days, he arrived at Alexandria, where he hired donkeys