Having thus settled my Affairs，sold my Cargoe，and turn'd all my Effects into good Bills of Exchange，my next Difficulty was，which Way to go to England：I had been accustom'd enough to the Sea，and yet I had a strange Aversion to going to England by Sea at that time；and though I could give no Reason for it，yet the Difficulty encreas'd upon me so much，that though I had once shipp'd my Baggage，in order to go，yet I alter'd my Mind，and that not once，but two or three times.
It is true，I had been very unfortunate by Sea，and this might be some of the Reason：But let no Man slight the strong Impulses of his own Thoughts in Cases of such Moment：Two of the Ships which I had singl'd out to go in，I mean，more particularly singl'd out than any other，that is to say，so as in one of them to put my things on Board，and in the other to have agreed with the Captain；I say，two of these Ships miscarry'd，viz. One was taken by the Algerines，and the other was cast away on the Start near Torbay，and all the People drown'd except three；so that in either of those Vessels I had been made miserable；and in which most，it was hard to say.
Having been thus harass'd in my Thoughts，my old Pilot，to whom I communicated every thing，press'd me earnestly not to go by Sea，but either to go by Land to the Groyne，and cross over the Bay of Biscay to Rochell，from whence it was but an easy and safe Journey by Land to Paris，and so to Calais and Dover；or to go up to Madrid，and so all the Way by Land thro' France.
In a Word，I was so prepossess'd against my going by Sea at all，except from Calais to Dover，that I resolv'd to travel all the Way by Land；which as I was not in Haste，and did not value the Charge，was by much the pleasanter Way；and to make it more so，my old Captain brought an English Gentleman，the Son of a Merchant in Lisbon，who was willing to travel with me：After which，we pick'd up two more English Merchants also，and two young Portuguese Gentlemen，the last going to Paris only；so that we were in all six of us，and five Servants；the two Merchants and the two Portuguese，contenting themselves with one Servant，between two，to save the Charge；and as for me，I got an English Sailor to travel with me as a Servant，besides my Man Friday，who was too much a Stranger to be capable of supplying the Place of a Servant on the Road.