fish what medicine they took. He brings the remainder of their fruits on shore, stows them in the plant-house - goes to work at the cotton-tree plant- ation daily his reflections on shade and sunshine, connected with his places of occupation- discovers An unsuccessful effort to gain the summit of the promontory. Attempts to construct a boat. Catches mullet. He and his wife on the verge of a quarrel. 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 em- ployment to the maintenance of happiness. He contrives to form a fish-pot. - Another trial to reach the top of the promontory. Takes a strange ani- mal.. Some welcome domestic news. They catch mullet by torch-light.- Sand-flies. - Armadillo tamed. Fine shells. Rod-fishing by Eliza and her dog. Seaward drinks too much wine is ill They project an expedition of discovery a herd of fierce animals—a conflict- encounter dispose of the slain, and treat their wounded dog. - promontory to look out for a sail. His reflections They descry a canoe approaching the island-how - - negroes their sympathy and usefulness the negroes spent their first Sabbath on the island. - Description of the grounds under cultivation. The - - - harvest got in. A storm on the 1st of Sept. (1733) -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 the negroes properly clothed. - - heard in the offing. - Seaward puts up a flag-staff on the promontory, hoists the English colours, and An important event occurs. They frighten a Spanish guarda costa.-A Virginian schooner comes in 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 treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- maica. A slight survey of the island's channel. Preparations for departure. Seaward will not allow the vessel to sail on the Sabbath day. - Certificates of freedom 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 The schooner off the northern point of the islands next day. - Observations with respect to the reefs and appearances of the land - puts the SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE. CHAPTER I. BORN of loyal and honest parents, whose means were just sufficient to give a common education to their children, I have neither to boast of pedigree nor of learning; yet they bequeathed to me a better inheritance a stout constitution, a peaceable disposition, and a proper sense of what is due to my superiors and equals: for such an inheritance I am grateful to God, and to them. I had not left school long when I felt an inclination to see foreign parts, and under this impression I desired earnestly to go to sea; but my poor dear mother would not hear of it, and I could not find it in my heart to grieve her, even for a moment: so I yielded up my inclination to my duty, and during two years was content to assist my father in the management of his little farm; taking the diversions of fishing and shooting, in their seasons, by way of amusement and recreation. At the expiration of this time, my paternal uncle sent for me to Bristol, and placed me in his counting-house. Within a year from this event, I lost my dear |