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We did not forget a medicine-chest . On August 28 we received word from Captain Branscome that he had taken berths for us on the _ Townshend _ packet , commanded by an old friend of his , a Captain Harrison . She was due to sail on the 1st . Accordingly , on August 30 we travelled down by Royal Mail to Falmouth , Mr. Rogers following that same noon by the _ Highflyer _ ; spent a busy day in making some last purchases , and a sleepless night in the noisiest of hotels ; and went on board soon after breakfast , to be welcomed there by Mr. Goodfellow , who had got over his parting three days before , at Plymouth , and professed himself to be in the very jolliest of spirits . At the head of the after-companion Captain Branscome met us and conducted us below , to introduce us to our quarters and be complimented on the thought and care he had bestowed in choosing them and fitting them up -- for the ladies ' comfort especially . He himself lodged forward , in a small double cabin which he shared with Mr. Goodfellow . I will spare the reader a description of our departure and of the passage to Jamaica , not only because they were quite uneventful -LRB- we did not even sight a ' privateer -RRB- , but because they have been celebrated in verse by Plinny , in a descriptive poem of five cantos and some four thousand lines , entitled `` The Voyage : with an Englishwoman 's Reflections on her Favourite Element , '' a few extracts from which I am permitted to quote -- `` We sailed for Kingston in the _ Townshend _ packet .