CONTENTS TO VOL. I.

CHAPTER I.

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Parentage and boyhood of Sir Edward Seaward. He sails

for Virginia. — Returns to England. — A proposal to go to

the Bay of Honduras. Revisits his home. Eliza Gold-

smith her affection for Seaward, and the dawn of her

peculiar excellency of character. His uncle at Bristol.-

The marriage at Awbury. Seaward and his Eliza, with an

attached little dog, quit their native village, 1733.

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Port Royal. - Kingston. ·

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of the Island of Jamaica.

Prepares for his voyage to the Bay of Honduras.

negro market.

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Sunday

He sails from Kingston-encounters a
hurricane- the brig is wrecked-he, with his wife and
dog, preserved

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CHAP. III.

Their emotions on making the shore. How they proceed

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they venture from the vessel-

apprehension of savages-

discover a fountain of water an alarm

the surviving live stock, &c.

Jamaica

CHAP. IV.

Their first Sabbath on the island.

Seaward's subsequent

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occupations. A cavern discovered in the promontory.

He sows various seeds. Sees mullet near the rocky point.

- A variety of incidents.

region. Discoveries.

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Penetrates into a wooded

Begins building a house with

Subsequent proceedings.

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planks from the ship. ·

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ward and his Eliza seem to exist like our first parents in

Paradise. Discover an eligible situation for erecting a

permanent dwelling. See a magnificent silk-cotton tree.

An interesting scene with a turtle. - Some casuistry on

killing a large fish. They explore the isthmus to its

northern extremity. - Resumes his labour

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CHAP. V.

Various arrangements on board the vessel.

Their exultation

on seating themselves in their wooden palace on shore.

He occupies himself in providing for the future. - A sudden

tempest their conduct on the awful occasion. A return

of boisterous weather

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they revisit the shore

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CHAP. VI.

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The rising sun. The beach covered with deposits from the

late storms. - He takes a large cray-fish-

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live stock from the vessel to the shore-plants yams and
coccos, melon and pumpkin seeds-lays out a plantation
near the silk-cotton tree. They are sick from eating the
cray-fish-what medicine they took. He brings the re-
mainder of their fruits on shore, stows them in the plant-
house goes to work at the cotton-tree plantation daily —
his reflections on shade and sunshine, connected with his
places of occupation · discovers the chocolate-nut near the
finds an old military belt there

CHAP. VII.

An unsuccessful effort to gain the summit of the promontory.

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O Catches mullet.

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Attempts to construct a boat.

and his wife on the verge of a quarrel.

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Young goats.— A

contrivance to get at the cocoa-nuts without cutting down

the trees. - Eliza tries to make a basket. - A project sine

die. An apologue, illustrative of the necessity of employ-

ment to the maintenance of happiness. — He contrives to

form a fish-pot. - Another trial to reach the top of the pro-

montory. Takes a strange animal. Some welcome do-

mestic news. They catch mullet by torch-light.- Sand-

Armadillo tamed. - Fine shells. Rod-fishing by

Eliza and her dog.—Seaward drinks too much wine — is ill

flies.

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in consequence

again

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They project an expedition of discovery — encounter a herd of

fierce animals -a conflict. how they dispose of the slain,

and treat their wounded dog. — Seaward explores a hidden

scruples about appropriating what is found. They

ascend the promontory to look out for a sail. - His reflec-

tions on the present state of his mind and feelings. - Pro-

jects new undertakings-works at them daily

They descry a canoe approaching the island - how they act on

the occasion incidents attendant on their first intercourse

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with the strangers -a party of negroes - their sympathy
and usefulness-how the negroes spent their first Sabbath
on the island. Their visit to a second island just opposite
-they accomplish the circuit of the first island. A turtle
feast. Harvest the product of Seaward's labours got in.
— May rains. — Cabbage plants. The negroes make some

progress in Christian knowledge. — Seaward begins to build

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CHAP. X.

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Description of the grounds under cultivation. — The negroes'

story of themselves, and escape from shipwreck. — Many

excellent reflections. - Negroes' harvest got in. — A storm

on the first of Sept. (1734) — Eliza's birth-day celebrated. —

Seaward remarks, it was then he began to write his Diary.—

The new mansion finished — their first night there, they call

it Plantation House. — Eliza resumes her English attire —

the negroes properly clothed. Seaward arranges his fire-

arms-account of his library. - A place stoccadoed off for

the live stock. - Christmas-day. The negroes circum-

navigate the second or western island. - Hurricane. —

Guns heard in the offing. Seaward puts up a flag-staff on

the promontory, hoists the English colours, and takes pos-

session of the islands in the name of the King of England

-calls them Seaward Islands

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CHAP. XI.

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An important event occurs. They frighten a Spanish guarda

costa. - A Virginian schooner comes in the captain's

story. They reconnoitre the Spaniard — fear an attack. —

A night rencontre with an armed boat from the guarda costa.

-Two Bermudian blacks taken.—Seaward secures his trea-

sure-talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage

to Jamaica. A slight survey of the island's channel. —

The schooner repaired. Seaward bargains with him to

take him and his wife to Jamaica
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CHAP. XII.

Preparations for departure. Seaward would not allow the
vessel to sail on the Sabbath day. - Certificates of freedom

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given to the persons left behind. — A marriage solemnised
-some clerical scruples. Embarks his treasure. He
and his wife part kindly from the people. He notes the
landmarks while sailing out of the harbour. Latitude
observed at noon. The schooner off the northern point of
the islands next day. Observations with respect to the
reefs and appearances of the land—puts the schooner's head
to the north for Jamaica, and takes a temporary leave of the
islands

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