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At length , the expected haven came in sight ; and we entered it -- safe but sad enough , the Good Intent entered the Water of Leith at morning tide , and my childish wonderment was strangely excited by what seemed to my inexperienced eye a forest of masts and `` leviathans afloat , '' as we were towed through among the vessels in harbour , until , amidst bawling and swearing on board and ashore , the Good Intent got a berth at the Coalhill of Leith . The emigrant party were all speedily taken on shore , and conveyed to a small inn , where soap and water , and clean clothes , and breakfast , revived , in no inconsiderable degree , the spirits of the whole party , after the exhaustion of such a voyage : and the youngsters , especially , were very speedily interested in the rude bustle which the shore of Leith usually exhibits . Leaving the little colony at Mrs. Monro 's ship tavern , on the Coalhill , my father proceeded to the dwelling of his cousin , Mr. Pearson , who resided in one of the western suburbs of Edinburgh -LRB- where he and his were expected -RRB- , in order to announce the advent to a temporary home . It was after noon ere he returned with his cousin to conduct the rest of the family ; and the whole party proceeded on foot up Leith Walk , and through a part of Edinburgh , towards Mr. Pearson 's hospitable abode , astonished and bewildered in a scene so new . There we all received a warm welcome from the good old man and his daughters , and experienced every attention and kindness which good hearts and the ties of kindred could suggest . Before proceeding to Greenock , to make the necessary arrangements for the final emigration , Mr. Douglas , while his family were refreshing with their relatives for a longer voyage than they had already encountered , paid a visit to an old friend , a clergyman in the country , in whose parish was situated the noble mansion of Earl H -- . The countess of H -- was a relative of Lady B -- , to whom Mr. Douglas had long been known as an exemplary clergyman , and who , in the day of his adversity and unmerited persecution , had taken a lively interest in his fate .