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The Departure of the “Duncan”

           Thismanwasendowedinaneminentdegree,notonlywithordinaryanimalcourage,thatphysicalbraveryofthebattle-field,whichissolelyduetomuscularenergy,buthehadwhatisfarnoblermoralcourage,firmnessofsoul.IfhehadanyfaultitwashisbeingsointenselyScotchfromtoptotoe,aCaledonianoftheCaledonians,anobstinatesticklerforalltheancientcustomsofhiscountry.ThiswasthereasonhewouldneverserveinEngland,andhegainedhisrankofMajorinthe42ndregiment,theHighlandBlackWatch,composedentirelyofScotchnoblemen.

           AsacousinofGlenarvan,helivedinMalcolmCastle,andasamajorhewentasamatterofcoursewiththeDuncan.

           Such,then,wasthePERSONNELofthisyacht,sounexpectedlycalledtomakeoneofthemostwonderfulvoyagesofmoderntimes.FromthehourshereachedthesteamboatquayatGlasgow,shecompletelymonopolizedthepublicattention.Aconsiderablecrowdvisitedhereveryday,andtheDuncanwastheonetopicofinterestandconversation,tothegreatvexationofthedifferentcaptainsintheport,amongothersofCaptainBurton,incommandoftheSCOTIA,amagnificentsteamerlyingclosebesideher,andboundforCalcutta.Consideringhersize,theSCOTIAmightjustlylookupontheDuncanasamerefly-boat,andyetthispleasureyachtofLordGlenarvanwasquitethecenterofattraction,andtheexcitementaboutherdailyincreased.

           TheDuncanwastosailoutwiththetideatthreeo’clockonthemorningofthe25thofAugust.Butbeforestarting,atouchingceremonywaswitnessedbythegoodpeopleofGlasgow.Ateighto’clockthenightbefore,LordGlenarvanandhisfriends,andtheentirecrew,fromthestokerstothecaptain,allwhoweretotakepartinthisself-sacrificingvoyage,lefttheyachtandrepairedtoSt.Mungo’s,theancientcathedralofthecity.

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