Disappointed in this, and having spent the little money given him by his brother, and sold or pawned the greater part of his clothing, his next project was to proceed to the United States, and he applied to Mr.Parker for a passage in the only American vessel in port.

He was told that the ship might not leave the harbor for months, if ever.

But as he was suffering from want, he was permitted to make it his home until he could find some other resource.

I did not allow myself to doubt the truth of any portion of Strictland's narrative.

I confided to him the particulars of my own situation.