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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
the chocolate-nut near the cavern - finds an old
military belt there
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CHAP. VII.

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.

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- 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
in consequence - how he is recovered - goes to
work again

CHAP. VIII.

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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 cave - scruples about
appropriating what is found. - They ascend the

Description of the grounds under cultivation. -- The
negroes' story of themselves, and escape from ship-
wreck. - Many excellent reflections. - Negroes'
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
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 circumnavigate the
second or western island. - Hurricane.

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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

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