fish - what medicine they took. - He brings the CHAP. VII. An unsuccessful effort to gain the summit of the - - An apologue, illustrative of the necessity of em- CHAP. VIII. 129 They project an expedition of discovery - encounter promontory to look out for a sail. - His reflections They descry a canoe approaching the island-how they act on the occasion - incidents attendant on their first intercourse 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 palms. - The ne- groes make some progress in Christian knowledge. Description of the grounds under cultivation. -- The Eliza's birth-day celebrated - Seaward remarks, - - - Guns 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 - 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 treasure - talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- 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 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 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 |