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rest fled at the mere noise of our guns. |
Thus we went on our way from town to town, and now and then met some |
of these wild hordes, whom we had to fight and I need not add that each |
time we had the best of the fray. At last we made our way to the chief |
town of the North Seas at the end of a year, five months and three days, |
from the time when we left Ching. When I had been there six weeks, and |
had bought some more goods; I took ship and set sail for the land of my |
birth, which I had left, this time, for ten years, nine months and three |
days. |
And now I must bring this tale of my life to a close, while at the age |
of three score years and twelve, I feel that the day is at hand, when |
I shall go forth on that sea of peace and love, which has no waves or |
shores but those of bliss that knows no end. |