Has he done you a favour ?' "'He has,' I replied, 'as great a favour as one man can do for another.' "'Ah,' said he, 'I thought as much.

That's why he is so full of gratitude.' "Dec.

6th .-- Never shall I forget the dawn out of which Ceylon, the land of my promise, arose into view.

I was early on deck to catch the first sight of land.

Very slowly, as I stood gazing into the east, the pitch-black darkness turned to a pale grey, and discovered a long, narrow streak, shaped like the shields one sees in Bible prints, and rising to a point in the centre.