The Rev. Mr. Morton implored the blessing of Heaven, and commended the expedition to the care of Providence.


A CHANGE OF SCENE.

Soon the last workshops on the shore gave place to villas, built here and there upon the hills, and the sounds of the city died away in the distance. An hour afterwards, the Duncan passed the rocks of Dumbarton; two hours later she was in the Frith of Clyde; and at six o'clock in the morning she doubled Cantyre Point, emerged from the North Channel, and gained the open sea.


[CHAPTER VI.]