Meanwhile they had provided a pleasure yacht, in which they proposed
to treat them with an excursion upon the Maese. This being almost
the only diversion that place affords, our young gentleman relished
the proposal; and, notwithstanding the remonstrances of Mr. Jolter,
who declined the voyage on account of the roughness of the weather,
they went on board without hesitation, and found a collation
prepared in the cabin. While they tacked to and fro in the river,
under the impulse of a mackerel breeze, the physician expressed
his satisfaction, and Pallet was ravished with the entertainment.
But the wind increasing, to the unspeakable joy of the Dutchmen, who
had now an opportunity of showing their dexterity in the management
of the vessel, the guests found it inconvenient to stand upon deck,
and impossible to sit below, on account of the clouds of tobacco
smoke which rolled from the pipes of their entertainers, in such
volumes as annoyed them even to the hazard of suffocation. This
fumigation, together with the extraordinary motion of the ship,
began to affect the head and stomach of the painter, who begged
earnestly to be set on shore.
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