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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ?^^. ./.-.': iS^" SALT MIXES 97 WIBLITSKA« fl^'it'^jt V '^•Lrsrfi- ■■W^PI "IH" W •■*H*.iAv*-- »•"■"■ AMUSING STORIEils ••<» COLLECTION OF HISTORIES, ADVENTURES, AND i-'-^-"^. /<^ 'DOTES. ^A^Nx . DiAUnt rUHTIO BT D. OKAIIIMRT. 1820. 1 Prifff ihree^penee* ^^v. 1 vl Advcntu tb< Descrip TbcCal Accoiii Sbort i VTondt fc Accov / ., CONTENTS. Adventures of Madam Godiu in the country of the Amazons • • • Description of a Tiger Hunt in India • The Cataract of Niagara ill Canada • perseverance, a Story • • * Account of the Salt Mines of Wielitska Short Account of the Plague in London in 1665 . Wonderful Escape of a Hunter from the Black- feet Indians • • Account of the Earthquake in Calabria in 1638 Muly Moluc • • • • Page 7 19 21 39 44 S$ 64 TO ' ■•'« •Ul«««.»«^t,..«IM* - ■■■*■ WmiVWW I -m t^.. -n . •: Y'mik ^- .^'Mim.Ji^'t^^k ^%\ *-i%uM' rA* ''A -'li Adsen^ur^ qf Madam Godin in the Comtrif qf ^ V _ the Amazons. MADAM GODIN was the wife of one of thr French roathemaucians who were sent u> Peru, in South America, about the middle of the la«t century, for the purpose ot makmg some obser- vation» there, which should im|)rove.our know- ledge of geography. She set out from Biobamba, the place of her residence, with the design of joining her husband at Cayenne, a distance of thirteen or fourteen hundred leagues. The thought of such a longjouriMV, dangerous and fatiguing as she knew it must be, did not frighten this courageous. woman. She was accompanied by two of her brothers, and by a phy^^ician who proposed to travel the same road: she had hUo a male negro servant, several mulatto and Indian women, and a band of thirty*nne Indians, for carrying her baggage. With i\m company she arrived at the village of Cannellos, situated on the banks of a small riwr that falls into the ri- v^r of the Amazons. This place she found al- most deserted; for the small pox, a very fatal d/f«ase^ among: thi) Indians, had made iu appear* A 4 _ f iailce, and carried off great numbers of the in- habitants, while those who escaped the infec- tion had removed from the place. At that time the mode of preventing this disorder, by scratch- ing the arm with a sharp instrument previously- dipped in the matter of a cow pock sore, which is (!:ommuiiicated from the udder of the cow, was not known. Here the Indians of the escort, who had been paid in advance, left her, and re- turned. What was to be done in this unfortu- nate situation ? To return without a body of men to defend her was impossible; and even had it been possible, yet the hope of reaching the river of Amazons, where she might find a Tessel to convey her, to her husband^ whom she had not seen for many years, encouraged her to brave alt dangers; and she resolved, as did. also her companions, to continue her journey. ' Only two Indians remained in the village.- 'they had* not a canoe, but offered to make one and conduct the travellers in it to the settlement of Andoas, a hundred and fifty leagues farther down the river. In a short time, the canoe was finished, and they embarked ; but after sailing two days, having gone ashore to pass the night, the two Indians, who had received their pay- ment before they set out, abandoned the enter- prise like the others. In the^ morning, $he un« fortunate company re-embarked ; and, thoueh without a pilot, the first day passed over with- eut any accident. Next day, towards noon> they # fell in with a canoe^ in which was an Indian who had just recovered from a severe disorder, and who consented to serve them as a pilot; bat this poor man, endeavouring to pick up the doctor's hat, which had fallen into the water, fell overboard ; and his late malady having left him in a very weak state, he was unable to swim, and soon went to the bottom. The canoe being now in the hands of people who could not manage it, soon filled with water ; and the tra- vellers were compelled to land, where they built a small rude hat, lo shelter them from the weather. They were now about six days journey from Andoas, and the doctor offered to go thither and procure assistance. He acoordingly set off, ac- companied by a Frenc^h servant belonging to himself, and Madame Godin'*B faithful negro. After waiting upwards of three weeks, no tid- ings of the doctor were heard, and the lady and her brothers gave up every hope of succour from that quarter. But being still resolved to pro- ceed, they constructed a raft upon the river, on iwhich they embarked with some provisions and eflfects, intending to prosecute their journey by water, because ihiey were afraid of losing them- selves in the woods. The raft, however, being iti conducted, struck against the sunk branch of mAree, ^overset, cmd plunged «be whole cargo into Ibli tiver ; hat as Hhis accident happened idose to Hit 'ba^nk, fio pentsoB perished. a5 10 Madame Godin, deprived of all her effects by this sort of shipwreck, now found herself in a more melancholy situation than ever she had been before. The company now determined to travel on foot along the hanks of the r*ver; and they returned to the hut, tonk the provision^ they had left m it, and departed. They had not gone far, when they found that the windings <»f the river lengthened their road very much ; and to avoid this, they endeavoured to Bnd a passage thiough the woods, but soon lost their way, Fa- tigued with so long a march, their feet bruistd^ their clothes and bodies torn with the briarw a*Hl thorns, their provisions exhausted, and nothiuff to allay their hunger and thirst but ^ome wild fruits; their strength failed, and they sat down on the ground, looking for nothinu but death. Their expectations were realiNed and in a few days they expired, one alter another, leaviog Madame Godin the sole survivor. The heroic lady lay for forry^itrht hours in the midst of the dead bodies, st up ified wiib grief, and in a state of insensibility. At last she reco. vered her senses, and found her«elf tormented with an ardent thirst. Providence, however, gave her strength to make another effort to ex- tricate herself from tbrs terrible situation ; but she found herself without shoes, and her clothes wei e torn to rags. She proceeded forward with all the speed her weak stute would admit ; and in a shot t time, to her jin^at joy» she found a spring of we ' .,■!(,, tel^ For eight days she wandered in the woodsr living upon wild fruits, and the eggK of wild fowls ; but her throat was so contracted by the want of food» that she could scarcely swallow any thing. The agitation of her mind had such an effect on her body, that her hair became gray. If a person were to read in a story book writ- ten to amuse, that a delicate woman, accustomed to the enjoyment of all the luxuries of life, had been plunged into a river, and drawn out of it half drowned ; that she had entered into a wood, with seven other persons, without a road to con- duct her, and travelled in it for several weeks ; that she had lust her way, had endured hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and h. d se«n her t\%o bro« thers and all her attendants ^ho were much stronger than herself, expire before her eyes : that she had survived all these misfortnres, re- gained her strength and travelled in the woods, covered wHh rags, till Providence sent her unex- pected assistance; the author of such a tale would be accused of describing impossibilittes. On the morning of the ninth day, Madame Go* din found herself on the banks of the river Bbbo. nasa ; and she was immediately alarmed by 8 noise, apparently at a small distance from her. In the first emotion of her fear, she (led back in* to the wood to conceal herself; but soon consi- dering that nothing worse could happen to her than she had already experienced, she regained the rifer side, and perceived two Indian* push- 12 ing a canoe into the water. She went up to them, and implored their assistance in conduct- ing her to Andoas The humane Indians^ touched with her situation, offered to take her into their canoe, and she soon 'arrived at the*^ place of her destination, where she found the re- lief she expected ; her health ivas soon restored, and she easily found means to join her hus- band. i.'i til ' }ilh Description of a Tiger Hunt in India, THE royal Tiger is considered as one of the mostbeautifui amongst c^uadrupeds, but, asif to shew us .the error of prizing h beautiful appear* ance, when it is not recommended by a good dis- position, it is, at the same time, the most cruel, destructive, and rapacious animal in the crea- tion. In India, where it grows to a very large size, it often does considerable mischief, carrying oft* cattle, and lying in, wait near the public roads to seize upon the unwary traveller. Whenever, therefore, this common enemy is discovered near a p<^pulous village, every person iii the country prefiares to follow him into his hau4nt8 ; and (hough he chase is attended with much danger, it is* very seldom tliat he escapes from his pursu- i la I ers, With great people, tiger hunting is a favo- rite amusement, and they will often take the field against these animals mounted on elephants, and attended by considerable bodies of armed men. The following letter was%vritten by an English gentleman to Sir William Jones, and cannot fail to interest, from tht; lively manner in which the hunt is described. It is stated to have taken place upon the banks of theOanges^ in Bengal, in ^he year 1784. % ^ *' As you Could not partake of the pleasure^jdf the hunt, from which I am just returned, I snatch my pen to give you lh« following hasty descrip- tion of the business of the day« " Matters had been thus judiciously ar- ranged : tents were sent off yesterday, and an encampment formed within a mile and a half of the junule which was to be the scene of oar ope* rations ; and in this jungle, the thickets of long rank grass and reeds are, in many places, fifteen feet high. At one o'clock this morning, thirty elephants, with ihe servants, and refreshments of all kinds, were tlispatched : at two we all follow- ed in lly-palanquins ; at a t]uarter after four, we reached the encampment, and having rested near two hours, we mounted our elephants, and pro- ceeded to the jungle. " In our way we met with game of all kinds t httres, antelopes, hog-deer, wild boars, and wild M buflnloes ; but nothing could divert our attentieii ^oin the fiercer animals of the forest. '* At the gray of the dawn, we formed a line of great extent, and entered a small detached jun- gle. My elephant (sorely against my wish ; but there was no remedy, for my driver was a keen sportsmad, and he and I spoke no common language,) passed through the centre but hap- pily no tiger had at that hour nestled there. I saw, however, as 1 passed through it, the bed o f one, in which there was an half- devoured buU lock, with a heap of bones, some bleached, and some still red with gore. ** We had not proceeded five hundred yards beyond the jungle, when we heard a general cry on our left of Baugh, baugh, bauj^hlOn hearing this'eXclamation of Tiger ! we wheeled ; and, forming the line anew, entered the great jungle, when the spot where a single tiger lay having been pointed) on the 'di«charge of the first gun a scene presented itself confessed by all the experienced iiger hunters present to be the finest they had ever seen. Five full grown royal tigers sprung at the same instant from the spot, where thev had been crouching to- gether. They ran different ways, but running heavily, they all crouched again in new co« Ters within the same jungle, and all were marked. We Mlowed, having formed the line into a crescent, so as to embrace either extre- mity of the jungle; in the centre were tht 15 houdar (or state) elephants, wita the ladies, and the niarksmen, to comfort and encourage them. ^* The gentlemen of the party had each an ele- phant to himself. When we had slowly and wanly approached the spot where the first tiger lay» he moved not until we were just upon him: when, with a loar that resembled thunder, he rushed upon us. The elephants wheeled olT at once : and (for it is not to be described by any , quadruped-motion ue know, I must therefore coin a term for the occasion) shuffled off. They returned, however, after a flight of about fifty yards, und again approaching the spot where the tiger had lodged himself, towards the skirts of the jungle, he. once more rushed forth, and springmg at tlie side of an elephant upon which three of the natives were mounted, atone stroke of his paw, tore a poKtion of the pad from under them : and one of the riders, panic struck, fell off. The tiger, however, seeing his enemits in force, returned, slow and indignant, into bis shelter; where, the place he lay in being marked, a heovy and well directed fire was poured in by the principal marksmen ; when, pushing in. we saw him in the struggle of deaths and growling and foaming he expired, " We then proceeded to seek the •then, hav- ing firit distinguished the spot by pitching a tall spear, and tying to the end of it the muslin of a .turban. We roustd the other three, in dote • .. i,;. \\ 16 succession, and^ with little vaiiation of circum- stances, killed them all ; the oldest, and most ferocious of the family, had, however, early in the conflict, very sensibly quitted the scene of action, and escapeil to another part of the couo* try. " While the fate of the last and larcent wai de- pending, more shots were lired than in the three other attacks ; he escaped four several assault«, and taking post in diflTerent paits of the jungle,, ruRhed upon us at each wound he received, with a kindled rage, and as often put the whole line to flight. In his la^t pursuit, hesin^rled out the elephant upon whkh Lady Day, one of the fe* males of the party; was, and was at its tail, with jaws distended, and in the act of rising upon hia liindpaws to fasten on her, when fortunately she cleared the jungle ; and a general discharge^ from the hunters having forced him to^ive Dip the chase, he turned to his shelter. The dtm* ger, I believe, ^was not very gieat; but it ter* ri6ed her very much, and was snffirient to de- termine her against ever again being preseiH at a tiger hunt. <* Thechase beingover, we returned in triumph to our encampment, and were followed by the spoils of the morning-, and by a ^rrat multitude of the peasants from the neig'ht>oiiHng villages, whe pressed roond an t^pen t«nt ki wliich we sat at iH^ftklast, with gratnktions, Messinffs, and * thankigiving. The fowr tigtre were laid iti ir front; ttie natives viewed them with terror, and some wiih tears. There was a very aflTecting inr,, cideivt, which sa fastened upon the iniaginMion of a gentleman present, and so touched his heart, that be means to give it a principal pkce in a picture which he meditates upon the sub- ject. V ^< An old woman, looking earnestly at the largest tiger, and pointing at times to his tusks, and at tiines lifting his tore-paws, and viewing^, his talons, her aged cheeks bathed in tears, iit' broken and moaning tones narrated something to a little circle composed of three brahmins and a youQg woman with a child in her arms. No hnman misery could pierce the phlegm and apa- thy of the brahmmn : with them there was not a feMure softened ; but horror and sorrow were- alternately painted in the face of the fe- male ; and, fr^im her clasping at times her child more dbsely to her breast, 1 guessed the sub- ject of the ohl woman's story, and upon inquiry Ifouttd that I was right in my conjecture. She was widi»wed and childless; she owetf both her misfortunes tt> the tigers of that jungle, and most probably to those which then lay dead be- fore her ; for they, it was believed, had recttntly carried off' her husbatid and her two sons grown up to manhood, and now she wanted food : in the phrenzy of her grief she alternately described her loss to the crowd, and in a wild scream de- manded her husband and her children from the tigers ; indeed it was a piteous spectacle !*' \l r- ■ti ^ \ . 19 ,'ii^ < < < o H < ,4^' ■i'^'xfVi r- - ■'■'' I'}. ^'Tfte Cataract <2f Niagara, tn Canadds s» •■ fc^ " ■ ^sr>^F ctf-^m* i^ ^ THIS amazing fall of water is maHtby ihcri- ▼er St Laurence, in it!< passage from Lake I'ric into the Lake Ontario. The 6t. Laurence is one •f the largcftt niters in die world, and \et the v^hole of its waters is H'schargeil in, this place by a fall of an hundred anair four men break through the fence, and walk up an alley towards the house. I crept out with a spade in tiiy hand and silently followed them. They made a h( le with instruments in the house- wall big enough for a man to enter at. Two of them had got in, and the third was beginning to enter when I rushed forward, and with the blow of my spade clove the skull of one of the rob* bers, and gave the other such a stroke on the shoulder as disabled him. I then made a loud outcry to alnrm the funiily. My master and bis son who lay in the house, got up, and having let me in, we secured the two others, after a sharp conflut, in whnh i received a severe wound with a daguer. My mast«-r, who looked upon nie as h's pr«'server, itad all possible care taken ot me : and as soon as I was cured, made me a pri>stnt of my liberty. He would fain have kept me with him, but my mind was 80 n\uch bent on letnrnin^ to my < ountry, that I immediati ly set outtu the neareHt seaport, and took my pa^sa^e in a vessel going to Gibral- tar. From this place, I returned in the first ship for England. As soon as ^^e ;iriiv»'d in >he Downs, and 1 was rejoicing tt the si^ht ol the wlite clit}g» a man of wai*9 boat came on bmifd and pressed into the Kinj^'s setviceall of uswlio were sea- men. 1 could not but think it hard that this fthoiMd be my welcome at home after a long sla« % 1 ^..•••'•r: m 28 ▼ery^ but there was no remedy. I resolved to do tiiy duty in my station, and leave the rest to Providence. I was abroad during: the remainder of the war, and saw many a stout* feliow sink under disease and in battle. My knowledge of seamanship got me promoted to the post of a petty officer, and at the peace I was paid off, and received a pretty sum for wages and prize-money. With this I set oft' for London. I had experi- enced too much distress from want to be inclined to Squander away my mqney, so I put it into a banker's hands, and began to look out for some new way of life. >^ ->* i v^ •; ^ ^ Unfortunately, there were some things of which I had no more experience than a child« «nd the tricks of London were among these. An advertisement oilering extraordinary advan- tages to a partner in a commercial concern, who could brinjg a snfiall capital, tempted me to make inquiry about the matter ; and I was soon cajoled by a plausible artful fellow to venture my whole stock in it. The business wan a manufacture, libout which I knew nothing at all ; but as I was not afraid of my labour, I set about working as they directed me, with great diligence, and thought all was .going on prosperously One morning, on coming to thd* office, I found my partners decamped ; and the same day, I was ar- rested for a considerable sum clue by the part- nership. It was in vain for rne to think of get- ting bail, So I was obliged to go to prison. ifer6 L.-^ >i ■ I should have been half starved, but for my MoorUh ira^le of mat-makirtg, by the help of which I bettered my condition for some m* nths; witen the creditors, finding that nothing could F^ be got out of me, suffered me to be set at li- beny. I was now in the wide world without a farthinj* or a friend, but I thanked God th^tl had health and limbs left. I did not choose to tru^t the sea again, but preferred my other new trade of gar- dening; so I applied to a nursery man near town, and was received as a day-labourer^ 1 set myself cheertullv to work, taking care t« be in the ({rounds the first man in the morning and the last at night. I aiquainted my employer with all the practices I had observed in Morocco, and got him, in return, to mstruct me in his own. In time, I came to be considered as a skilful work- man, und w^s advanced to higher wages. My affairs were in a fliMiri^hing Ktate. I was well fed and ccmifortubly lodged, and saved money into the baruain. About this time, 1 fell in com- pany with a young woma'i at se'vice, very not- able and well behaved, who seemed well quali-^ fied for a wife to a working man. 1 ventured to make an offer to her, «%hich proved not disagree- able ; and after we had caicuiated a little how we were to live, we married. I took a cottage with an acre or two of land to it, and my wife's sav- ings furni!«ht*d our house and bought a cow. All my leisure time I spent upon my piece of grotind^ b3 -A" 3l6f ' ,. whrich Inlade very productive, d'nd th^ prdfita of ihy cdW, with my Wages, supported us very well. Nb mortal, I think, could be happier than 1 was rfftdr a hard day's work, by my own fireside, with my wife beside me, aiid bur little infant on my knee. After this way of life had lasted two or three years, a gentleman who had dealt largely with my master for young plants, asked him^if he could recommend an honest industrious man for tenant^ upon some land that he had lately taken in from the sea. My master, willing to do me a kind- ness, mentioned nie. I was temf^ted hy the pro- posal, and going down te view the premises, I took a farm upon a lease at a low rent, and re- moved my family and go(ids to it, one hundred' and fifty miles from London. J'h^re was ground' enough for money, but nniih #a8 left to be done for it in draining', manuring, and fencing* Then it required more stock than I was able lo furnish ; 80 though unwilling, 1 was obliged to borrow some money of my landlord, who let me have it at moderate inte^reil. 1 began with a good heart, and worked late aitd early to put things into the best condition. My first misfortune was. that the place proved unhealthy to us. 1 fell into a lin- gering ague, which pulled me down muih, and' hindered my business. My wife g'>t a slow fe- ver, and so did my eldest child (we had now two, and another coming.) The poor child died ; and wlMt with grief and illnesn my wiffe had much I S' I ■i: ;■ ' I adb to recover. Then the rot got among my sheep, arid carried off the best part of my stock. I bore up against distress as vvelj as I could : and by the kindness of niy landlord, was enabled to bring things tolerably abo'it again. We regained orir health; and began to be seasoned to the cli; mate. As we were cht-fi ino- ourselves with the prospect of better tirries, a dteadCul storm arose — ^ it was one ni^ht intebruary — I shall never for- get it->-and drove the spring tide with such fur>^ igaiii'stour sea-bariUs, that they ^ave way. The wat^r rushed iri with such torce, that all was.pj;e- seritly at sea. Two hours before day-light, I was awakened by the noi:*e of the waves dashing agaija^si oiir house', and bursting in at the dopp My wile Hsid Uin iiv about a moiVib, aiid site and I. and ttie tvi'o children, slept on' a ground floor. We hjul jViVt iinie to carry the c lliUiien up stairs, before al) wits afloat in the raiiist Our house, that we thought^ every moment it must fall. We clasped our babies to our breastf?, and expected nothing but jife^eiil death. At length vie spied a boat coni- ikig to us. With a good deal of difficulty, it got under Our windov^, and took qs in wiih a servant- ttiM Knd boy. A few clothes was all the pro-, p'eriy wie saV^d ; and we^ had not lelt the houst 32 r half an hour, before it fell, and in a minute, no- thing was to be seen < t* it. Not only ihe fann- house, but the farm iiseif was o^one. I nas now again what the world calls a ruined man, and what was worse, I Itad three partners in my ruin. My wife and 1 l^okt^d at one ano- ther, and then at our litiie ones, and wept. Nei her of us had a word of comfort to say. At last, thoitglit I, this country is not Morocco, however. Fltre are good souls that will pity our case, and perhaps relieve uv. Then I have a character, and a pair of hands. Things are bad, but they mi^ht have been worse. 1 took my ^if'e by the hand, and, knelt down.' She did the same. I thanked God for his mercy in saving our lives, and prayed that he would continue to protect us. We rose up with lightened hearts, ftnd were able to talk calmly about our condition. h was iny desire to return to my former masier, the nursery man ; but how to convey my family so far wi hout money was the difficul y. In- dee«l 1 WHS much worse than nothint^, for I owed m g' od (leal to my landlord. He came down up ii I lie n* ws of my misfortune and though his « wri losses were heavy, he iiot only forgave mv dti)l and released me ftom all obligations, bu^ made me a small pre^env Some charitable neighbours d d the like; but I was moht of all afltcted by the kindness of our late maid servant, tvho insisted upon our accepting of a crown which she had saved out of her wages. Poor 3» €oal ! we had always trealecl Her like one of our- selves, and she felt for us like one. ^ ": '4 . As soon as we got some necessaries, arid the weather v^as tolerable, we set out on our long march. My wife carried her irifant in her arms. I took the bigger child on my back, and a bup- dli of clothes in my hand. We could walk but a few miles a day, but we now and then got a lift m an empty waggon or cart, which was a great help to us. One day, we met with a far- mer returning from market, who let us ride, and Entered into conversation With me. I told him my adventures, by which he seemed much interested ; and learning that I was skilled in ma- naging trees, he acquainted me that ai nobleman in his neighbourhood was making great planta- tions and would very likely be glad to engage me; and he offered to carry us to the place. As all I was seeking Wis ^ living by my labour, I thought the sooner I got it the belter ; so I thankfully accepted his offer. He took us 16 the nobleman's steward, and made known our case. The steward wrote to my oM master for a cha- racter ; and fftceiving a favourable one, lie hired me as a principal inanager of a plantation, and settled me and niy family in a snug cottage near it. He advanced us somewhat O.r a little furni- ture and present subsisi'ei^ce ; and we had once more a home. Sir ! how many blessings are contained in that wii'd', i6i\Mt who Have known ihe waiil 6f it ! u 1 entered upon my new employment with as much satisfaction, as if I was taking pos^essmn of an estate, My wife had enough to do in taking care of the house and children : so it lay witii me to provide for alt, and 1 may say that I was not idle. Besides my weekly pay from the steward, 1 comrived to make a litfle money at leisure times by ptuning and dressing: gem h men's rruit trees. I was allowed a piece of waste ground behind the house for a garden, and I spent a ^ood deal of labour m brmgmg it into order. My old mas- ter sent me down for a present, *ome choice young trees and f1 'Wer roots, which i planted, and they throve wonderfully Things went <»n al- most ai well as I could desire. J he situation being dry and healthy, my w fe recovered her lost bloom, and the children sprung up like my plants. 1 began to hope that > was almost out of the re^h of further misfortune ; hut it was not 80 ordered, ^, . ;i 1 had been three years in this situation, and increased my family with another child, when my Lord died. He was succeeded by a very dissipated young man, deep in debt, who pre- sently put a stop to the planting and improving of the estate, and sent o^-ders to turn f»fi'all the workmen. This was a great blow to me ; how« ever, I still hoped to be allowed to keep my little house and garden, and I thought I could then maintain myself as a nursery man and gar- dener, But a new steward was sent down, with 35 ; with as >.s>iessmn n taking with me was not steward, ire times lit trees, behind ood deal old inas- e young .ed, and t on al- siluation ;red her hke my noH out ui it was on, and J, when f a very i^ho pre. iproving fi'all the e; how> eep my , I could and gar- vn, with directions to raise the *rents upon the tenants, lie asked me as much rent for the plac« as if t\ had found the garden ready made to my hands; I aod when I told him it was impossible for me to pay it, he g«(ve me notice to quit immediately. ^. He would neither suffer me to take away my trees and plants, nr^r allow me any thing for them. Hii* view, 1 found, was to put iri a fa«^ voiirite of his own, and set him up at my ex- pense. I remonstrated against (his cruel mjus- ' tice, but could obtain nothing but hard words. As I saw it would be the ruin of me to be turned out in that manner, I determined, rather hasti- ^ ly, to go up to London and plead my cause with my new Lord I took a sorrowful leave of my ^^ family; and walking to the next market town^ ' I got a place on ihe outside of the stage coach* "^ When we were withm thir»^y or forty miles of London, the coachman overturned ihe carnage* and I pitched directly on my head, and was taken up senseless. Nob«Hjy knew any thing about me ; so I was carried to the next village, where the overseer had m(^ taken to the parish workhotjse. Here I lay a fortn ghi, much ne- glected, bt-fore I came to my senses. As soon - as 1 became sensible of my condition, I was al- most distracted in thinking of the distress my poor wife, who was near lying in, must be un- der an my account, not hearing any thing of mt^ 1 lay another fortnight before I was fit to travel* for besides the hurt on my head, I had V* 'rt»H^,«« "%«- T-'*V ■■ broken a collar bone, and got several bruisei. A|y mon^y had somehow all got out of my p()cket,a^d I|i^dftOQih.er m^ans pf getting away, than % b||(eiqg p^s3^d to rny own parish- I re- turned in s^(^ plight indeed and fbuud my wif<^ very ill in bed. J^(Iy children were crying abput her,' and alujiost stajving. We should npw hiye been quHe Itjst, b^d I ^o^ raised j^ little mopey by'sel|ir)g our ft^r^iture ; fpr 1 was yet unable to woT^^ 'As sdpfi as my vvite was somewhat re- coy e^d, vvf were fojTC^^ 1 crleii like a chucJ on leaving my bjooming gar- den ^ndnourisHiog, plantations, and wa^s almost tempted \m d,e|idorisH tl^eiUi rjaUier than another sh^puk] unjustly rj^ap t^e tr,viit ot my Is^bpurs. Bu^ I cl^ecW^ i"?y ^^''E* ^^'^ ^ '^^P.S!^^ t ^^^' ^^ took Iodgi.og9 \^ a. neigl^i^ouring village, aqd I went rpynd apiong the g^nljlemen of the country io se^' {f Tcbuld get a little ern ploy men t. In the mea^p time, the l^rmer steward. ca^ne down to set- tle accounts with his successor, and was mu<;h concerned to find me in sjuch a situation. He w^ a very able and honest rna^n, and hjad been engaged by anoth^ nojblc^man to superintend a large improveable estate in a distant part of the kingdom. H|e told ipe, if I would try my for- tune with him once more, he would endeavour to procure me a new settlement. I had nothing to lose, and therefore was willing enougb to run any hasiard, but I was destitute of means to con- vey my family to such a distance. My go^ friend, who was much provoked at the injustice 37 bruises. of ciiy igaway, ny wif<^ igabput QW liive 5 mopt^y nable lo rhat re- ouse. 1 ing gar- s almost ajaother labours, lid. We e, aqd I country lo the ^n to set- is much on. He ad been rintend a *t of the my for- ideavour, nothing ;b to run s to CO ly go injustice m of the new steward, said so much to him, that he brought him to make me an allowance for my garden; and with that ] was enabled to make another removal. It was to the place I now in- habit. '■/ ^Ai.^iimiim'^- . , When. I came here, Sir, all this farm was a naked common, like that you crossed in coming. My Lord got an enclosure bill for this part of it, and the steward divided it into different farms, and let it on improving leases to several tenants. A dreary spot to be sure it looked at first* enough to sink a man's heart to sit down upon it! I had a little unfinished cottagu given me to live in, and as I had nothing to stock a farm^ I was for some years employed as bead labourer and plan- ter about the new ex.closures. By very hard working and Faving, together with a little help, I was at length enabled to take a small part of the ground 1 now occupy. I had various dis- couragements, from bad seasons and other acci. dents. One year, the distemper carried off four out of seven cows that 1 kept ; another year, I lost two of my best. horses. A high wind once 'almost entirely destroyed an orchard I had just planted, and blew down my biggest barn. But 1 was too much used to misfortunes to be easily disheartened, and my way always was to set about repairing them- in the best manner I coulU, and leave the rest to Heaven. This metiM seems to have answered at last. - 1 have now^gone on, '(tlpHdiny years> in a course of continued prosperity, «■ *"*:; \v; S8 \ adding field to field, increasing my stock, and bringing; up a numerous family with credit. My dear wife, who was my faithful partner through so much distress, continues to share my prosper- ous state ; and few couples in the kingdom, I believe, have more cause to be thankful for their lot. This, Sir, is my history* You see it con- tains nothing very extraordinary ; but if it im- presses on the mind of this young gentleman, the maxim, that patience and perseverance will scarcely fail of a good issue in tjie end, the time you have spent in listening to it yvill not entirely be lost. Mr. CarUton thanked the good farmer hear- tfly for the amusement and instruction he had af- forded them> and took leave with many expres- sions of regard. Theodore and he walked home, talking by the way of what they had heard. Next morning, Mr. C looking out of tht window, saw Theodore hard at work in his gar- den. He was carefully disinterring his buried flowers, trimming and cleaning them, and plant- ing them anew. He had got the gaidener to cut a slip of the broken rose tree, and set it in the middle to girc it a chance for growing. By noon every thing was laid smooth and neat, and the bed was well filled. All its splendour, indeed, Ais gone for the present, but it seemed in a hope- ful wa^f^' to revive again. Theodore looked with pleasure ov^r his work ; but his father felt more pleasure in witnessing the first fruits of farmed Hardman's hXory, fis 99 **?•' *• An Account of Me Salt Mines qf WielUska, *:>/■' >>. P:. f^il'.'^j'.rii. ■' ^'''*- 'fi*V' ?• *^^. ' ,^ ■'- ■ s-^' *^ ^-^ '- ' ^ THE earth which we inhabit is known to be an immense gfobeor ball, the ^trth of which is 25,000 miles, and the diameter SOOO From any part et' the surface, therefore, to the centre, is 4000 miles; butaH our efforts have not enabled us to penetrate into the interior one mile, or the 4000th part of the distance. We dig mines to extract iron, tin, coals, salt, and various other ar- ticles, which Providence has thus placed within the reach of our industry ; but th« deepest is no more to the whole thickness of the earth, than the sting of a bee to the whole body of the horse it pierces. What materials may lie at greater depths in the bowels of the earth, we are as igno- rant of, as we are of many of the variouf^ kinds of animals that swim in the ocean. It has been very truly said, that our knowledge is exceedingly small in comparison with our ignorance, and yet we have every reason to be satisfied with what we know, seeing that Supreme Goodness has abun- dantly furnished his creatures with the means of support in this life, and set before them the sure and certain means of attaining to a better. Of all the mines which the labour and|Bdu9l!i try of man have opened, the salt mine of Wielit- ftka, in Poland, is the most extensive, and themost remarkable for the curious appearances it pre- .' ■ - - c 2 ' .' ■ 40 ,..:* s ap- pears like our brown salt. The qviality improves in proportion to the depth ; towards the sides and surface, it is nnxed with earthy or stony parti- ^cles; lower down it is said to be pure, and to re- ' quire no process before it js used. The finest of this grey salt, however, is of a weak quality, when compared ^^ith our coitimon sea sat; it is therefore undoubtedly by no means puie, but blended with other substances, though it serves for .common purposes. _,...! The mine appears inexhau«itible, as will easily be conceived from the account of its dimensions ; the known breadth is 1 115 feet, length 6691, and depth 74-3 ; and 'he best judges on the spot sup- pose, with great probability, this solid body of salt to branch into various directions, the extent of which is unknown. The suide does fif»t*forget to point out to the stranger 8 attention what he considers the most rem^arkable curiof probably gave rise to the accounts of some travel- lers, that these mines contain several villages, in. habited by r'-^onies of miners, who never see the light. There is certainly room sufficient, but the miners have no dwellings under ground, as they do not remain below more than eight hours at a time, when they are relieved by others. We found these mines without damp or moisture ; observing in our whole progress only one small spring of water, which is impregnated with salt. Such an enormous massof salt, exhibits a won- derful phenomenon, in the natural htsiory of the globe. According to Cluctard, who visited these rnine^, and published a treatise upon this subject, live uppermost bed of earth, at the surface, is sand, the second, clay, occasional lymixfd with sand and gravel, and containing petrifactions of marine bo* dies ; the third lime.stone; from which circum- stances he conjectures, that tbii spot was formerly '\M •■■■: "^ I If ' i4 covered by the sea, and that the salt gradually sunk to the bottom* according as the sun's heat carried o(F the water in the state of vapour. These mines have been worked above 600 years, for they are mentioned in the Polish his- tory, 80 early as. 1237, under Powtoloski, the king of Poland; notwithstanding which, there is every reason to believe, that the bed of salt, which still remainsi would aflbrd a supply for as many centuries to come. ^*po A short Account qf The Plague, which prevailed in the City of London, fn the Year 1665. Extracted from the Memoirs qf a Person who resided there^ during the whole Time of the In* fection, AMONGST the calamities with which the Almighty is pleased to visit the children of men, in order to reduce them to a just sense of their weakness, and to an entire dependanceupon him, there are scarcely any more productive of true penitent humiliation, and a sense of what is really eood, and truly evil, than those contagious Clistempers which an oilended God sometimes suifers to rage amongst the people. In the year 1665, the City of London was sorely visited by the Plague : an account of (he progress and etfects of that visitation was kept by a citizen who remained there during the whole tune of the sickness, and who appears to have been can- 45 %• •• ^«- ■»-'-4 did and judicious in his remarks* It is hoped the reader will, in a short description of that me- morable judgment, meet with some lessons of best wisdom, ai\d derive instruction from this close and serious converse with death and the grave. r> The introduction of this contagion in Lon- don was by some goods imported from Holland, which had been brought thither from the Levant. It first broke out in the house where those goods were opened, from whence it spread to others. In the first house that was infected, there died four persons ; a neighbour who went to visit them, on returning home, gave the distemper to her family, and died wiai all her household. The disorder spread, and the Parish Officers, who were employed about the sick persons, being also infected, the physicians perceived the danger, and, upon narrow inspection, were assured that it was indeed the Plague, with all its terrifying particulars, and that it threatened a general in- fection. The people began now to be alarmed all over the town; the number of burials within the city, for a week, was generally about 240 to SOO ; but from the 24th to the 27ih of January^ the printed bill was 474. However, the frost continuing very severe till near the end of Fe- bruary, the bills decreased and people began to look upon the danger as over ; but in May, the bills greatly increased, and the weather becoming hot, the infection spread again in a dreadful manner* c5 ,_:.i: - /-- ju.' /..-.; — • 46 " * < I lived, (says the author,) vvithout Aldgatty and as the distemper had not reached to that side of the city, our neighbourhood continued easy ; but at thtt other end of the town, the consterna- tion was very great : and the nobihty and gentry^ with their familes, thronij>ed out of' the town in an unusual manner. Nothing was to be seen, but waggons, carts, and coaches, with ^oods and people, and horsemen attending them, hurrying away ; then ehipty waggons and carts ap- peared w hich were apparently returning to fetch more people ; besides innumerable crowds of people, on horseback, fitted out for travelling. This wag a very melancholy prospect ; indeed there was nothing else ot moment to be seen ; it filled my mind with very serious thoughts of the misery that wa^ coming upon the city, and the unhappy condition of those who would be left in it. By the end of July, the contagion had spread and increased to a great degree : sorrow and sadness sat upon every face; and though some parts were not yet overwhelmed, all look- ed deeply concerned. London might well be said to be all in tears. The mourners did not go abouttbe stroets, for nobody made a formal drtss of mourning for their nearest relations; but the voice of mourning was, indeed, heard in the streets : the shrieks of women and children at the windows and doors of their houses, where their dearest relations were dying, were so fre- quently heard, as we passed, that it was enough to pierce tht stojitest heart. Tears aivl lamenta- 47 tions were perceived in almost every house, «6- pecially in the first part of the visitation ; for, towards the latter end, people did not so muci ooncern themselves for the loss of their friends, expecting that themselves would be summoned the next hour, -^tyt^^i^^ I4;.i;* tjv « * The inns of court were now all shut up, there were but few lawyers to be seen in the city ; indeed there was no need of them, for quarrels and divisions about interest had ceased; every body was at peace. • • y * It was also worthy of observation, as well as fruitful of instruction, to remark with what ala- crity the people, of all persuasions, embraced the opportunities they had of attending upon the public worship, and other appointed times of de- votion, as humiliations, fasting and public confession of sins, to implore the mercy of God, and avert the judgment which hung over their heads. The churches were so thronged, that there was often no coming near; no, not to the very door of the largest churches. There w^re also daily prayers appointed, morning and even- ing, at which the people attended with uncom- mon devotion. ' < All plays and interludes, which had lately be^un to increase amongst us, were prohibited ; and in short, all places of amusement were shut up and suppressed, finding no trade ; for the minds of the people were generally humbled and agitated with other ibiogs. Death was'befere / !• • ■ 4^ / . their eyes, and every body began to think of their graves. '■'■ ^ ' The infection stili gradually increased till the middle of August, when there died a thousand a day, by the account of the weekly bills, though they never gave a fnll account, by many thou- sands: many of the parish officers were taken sick themselves, and died when their account was to be given in. The parish of Stepney alone, had, within the year, one hundred and sixteen sextons, grave diggers, carriers of the dead, &c. Indeed the work was not of a nature to allow them leisure to take an exact tale of the dead bodies, which were all throvvn toe^ether in the * dark in a pit, to which no man could come near without the utmost peril. ,'w '^-i^xim ' I had (says the author) the care of my bro- ther's house, which obliged me sometimes to go abroad. In these walks, I had dismal scenes be- fore my eyes, particularly of persons falling dead inTthe streets, and heard terrible shrieks of wo- men, who, in their agonies, would throw open their chamber- windows, and cry out in a sad and aiiecting inanjner. It is impossible to describe the variety of posture in which the passions of the poor people would express themselves. — Passing through Token-house Yard, of a sudden, a case- ment violently opened just over my head, and a woman gave three frightful shrieks, and then cried, — —'Gh I Death, death, death!'— *which struck me with horror, and caused a chillioeu in my very blood. There was nobody to be seen ifl the whole street, neither did any window open, for people ha^ no turiosity, now, in any case. I went on to pass into Beil Alley, where there was still a greater cry: I could hear women and children run screaming about the rooms like distracted persons. It is scarcely credible, what dreadful cases happened in particular families every diay ; people in the rage ot the distemper, . or in the torment of the swelling, which was' indeed intolerable, becoming raving and dis- tracted, oftentimes laid violent hands upon them- selves, or threw themselves out of the windows, or breaking out of the houses, w«uld dance naked about the streets, not knowing one ecstacy from another ; others, if not prevented, would run di- rectly down to the river, and plunge into the wa- ter. ' Some died of mere grief, and some of fright and surprise, without having receivtd the infec-* tion. It often pierced my very soul, to hear the- groans and cries of those who were thus torment- ed. But the symptom of swelling was accounted the most promising particular, in the whole infec*"^ tion ; for if these swellings could be brought to break and run, the patient generally recovered ; whereas those who were struck with death at the beginning of the distemper, and had spots come upon them, often went about tolerably easy, till a little before they died, and some till the moment they dropped down ; such would be taken sud^ denly very sick, and would run to some conveni- ent place, or to their owiTbouses if possible) and tbere sit down, grow faint, and die* 4> ¥■' . V m ' The method the magistrates fell into, of look-' ing up the doors of people's houses, where any had taken the distemper, and setting watchmen there, night and day, to prevent any going out to spread the infection, looked hard and ciuel, as, perhaps, those who were sound in the family, might have escaped^ if they had been removed from the sick : but the public good seemed to jus- tify such a conduct, and there was no obtaining the jeast mitigation by any application to the ma- gistrates. This put people, who thought them- selves well, upon many stratagems to get out of their confinement. Going out oAe morning, 1 heard a great outcry, which prompting my curi- osity, I inquired the cause of a person who looked out of a window. A watchman had been employed to watch at the door of a house which was infected and shut up ; both himself and th« day watchman attended there a day and two nights. All this while no noise had been heard, nor lights seen in the house: neither had they called for any thing. It seems that, iwo or three days before, the dead-can had slopped there, and a servant maid had been brought down to the door, dead, wrapped only in a rug, which the bu- riers had put into the cart and carried awi^y . The next day, the watchman heard great crying and screaming in the house, which he sup|)08ed was occasion .d4>y some of the family dying just at that time; upon which he knocked at the door a great while ; at last onft looked out, and said with an angry^-^quicktone, and the yoiee of one 51 who was crying, ' What d'ye want V He answered, 'I am the Watchman: How do 'you do?* The person replied, — ' Stop the dead cart/— This was about one o'clock ; soon af- ter, he stopped the dead-cart, and then knocked again, butnobodyansvvered. He continued knock- ing, and the bellman called several times — *Bring out your dead ;' — but nobody answered; and the man who drove the cart, being called to other* houses, would stay no longer, and drove away. In the morning, when the day watchmen came in, they knocked at the door a great while ; but nobo-^ dy answering, they got a ladder, and one of them went up to the window, and looking into the room, he saw a woman lying dead upon the floor,| in a dismal situation : but though he called aloud^^^ and knocked hard on the floor with his staff, no- body stirred or answered. This they made, known to the magistrates, who ordered the house to be broken open, when nobody was found in it, but that young woman ; who having been infect- ed, and past recovery, the rest had left her to die^ by herself, and were every one gone, having found some way to elude the watchman, and go out. As to those cries and shrieks, which he; heard, it was supposed, they were the passionate cries of the family, at the bitter parting, which to be sure it was to them all; this being thesis- , ter to the mistress of the family. ' Many more instances might be given : but these may suffice to shew the deep distress of that day. Death did not now hover over every t ->!.'. ' ' • ■ ■ ■ One's head only^but lobked intp their housed a^ct chambers^ and even stared in their very faces; and tho* there were some stupidity and dulness of mind, yet there was a great deal of just alarm sounded in (he inmost soul ; many consciences were awakened ; many h'ard hearts melted ; many a penitent confession was made of crimes long concealed. People might be heatd, even in the streets, as we passed along, calling upon God for mercy, through Jesus Christ ; and say- ing, — *— • */ Aare be)m a thief,* *I havt been an * adulterer,* *I have been a murderer,' and the like; and none durst stop to make inquiry into such things, or to administer cHimfort to the poor creatures, who, in the an- guish both of soul and body, thus cried out. M&ny were the warnings that were then given by dying penitents, to others, not to put off and deUy their repentance to a day of dis- tress : that such a time of calamity as this, was not the best time for repentance. I wish (says the author) I could repeat the very sound of those groans and exclamations, that I heard ffom some poor dying creatures, when in th6 hiiiirhtOf their agonies and distress; and that t1 could make him who r^ads this, hear as I ima- gine I now hear them ; for the sound seems still to ring in my ears. inting nurses and apothecaries to sup- ply them with what tUey wanted. Thus giving; their blessings to the poor, in substantial relief, as well as hearty prayers for tliem. I will not undertake to say, thai none of these charitable riople were suftiered to die of the Plague ; but this may say, that I never knew that any of them did miscarry in their pious work : which I men- tion for the encouragement of others, in cases of like distress. And doubtless, if they that ■ ■ ' Give to the poor, lend to the Lord, and he will repay it i' .those who hazard their lives to give to the poor, and to comfort and assist them in such a misery as this, may hope to be protect- ed therein. ' From the middle of August to the middle of September, the infection still increased, and spread itself with an irre<te»i' >. ■i-.f-.t. i^^m"- ' COLTERS ESCAPE FROM THB INPIANS, 60 fct countries are corered by the care of Providence, ih% wild and »avage inftnliei*s of the natives ren- der^ eytreini^iy dangiBfous for alt^ European, nm- pl4^#db jituwe a« a hunter, to separate hiiiiself ffoai hti j;HNilpSMiy> ds ho i* not likely to receive any nMiMi^otld b« come across a party of hostile . '*frfPGa|k The following is an account of the wotild0rful escape of a hunter, named Thomas Colter^ who saved his life by his intrepidity and prcff^nce of mind, as related by Mr. Brad berry, in bit %1'avels through North America. This loan came to St. Louis in May 1810, in a small ca- noe^ fram the head waters of the Missouri, a dis- taii^e of 3000 miles, which he traversed in thirty days* I saw him on his arrival there, and receiv- ed from him an account of his advetitares, after he had separated from Lewis and Clark's party. One of iheie, from its singularity, I shall relate. —On the arrival of the party, on the head waters of the Missouri, Colter, observing the appearance of abundance of beavers beiii;^ there, got per- mission to remain and hunt for some time, which he did in company with a man of the name of Dixon, who had traversed the immense tract of country from St. Loui« to the head waters of the Missouri, alone. Soon after, be separated from Dixon, and trapped in company with a hunter nened Potts; and aware of the hastility of the Black-feet Indians, One of whom had been killed by Lewisy they set their traps at night, and took 61 them up early in the morning, remaining con- cealed during Jil »y. They we." -ramining their traps early one laorning, in a tieek abn»at six miles from that branch of the Mi^piiri, cal)e<|^^i.. Jefferson's Fork, and were ascending'^a canoe^ '^ when they suddenly heard a great noii6v^|^^-" bling the trampling of animais ; but they^ii^d:'. not ascertain the fact, as the high perpehdicdtar banks on each side of the river impeded their view. Colter immediately pronounced it to be occasioned by Indians, and advised an irtstant re> treat, but was accused of cowardice by Potts, who insisted that the noise was caused by buffaloes, and they proceeded on. In a few minutes after, wards, their doubts were removed, by a party of Indians making their appearance on both sides of the creek, to the amount of Bve oi* six hun- dred, who beckoned them to come ashore. As retreat was now impossible, Colter turned the head of the canoe to the shore ; and at the mo- ment of its touching, an Indian seized the rifle belonging to Potts; but Colter, who is a remark- ably strong man. immediately retook it, and hand- ed it to Potts, who remained in the canoe, and (m receiving 't, pushed ott' into the river. He had scarcely quitted the shore, when an arrow was shot at him, and he cried out. ^* Colter^ I am wounded" Colter remonstrated with him on the folly of attempting to escape, and urged him to come ashore. Instead of complymg; he instant- -m :«* «2 ,lv levelled his rifle ,»l^n,lnd}(^nj ^d ti^liptyhmi (fead on the spot. This q9n4u<^^ rSijt^M^t^d f^"^ he .was* may appe;artobriiv^)}c^A^«^.9^oi'iiiadrLe8s; .but it wa9 d<^A]biless the.eQfct of {^u^i^Qn^^nd, as be tho|^?ht it, ,^o^o/d jea^pni^g^tpr, 'if ,\fiHen ,jaliY^, he muit have .expected to be to^lur^U to ;death, accord ii>g to , their. cMStoin- H® W^^ in- .staotly pierced with; (arrows-50,ftui|^ero|U8„ that, to .u^e the |axi|(U^ge,ef,CoU^r, **Jie y!lr9SJ(^ade.a.l^id• , d le of." They, pow ^sejx^d CoUor, .^tripp^d fii m entirely naked, ^f^d thegan to c^Pfi^if o^ >he. ^an- 4«fr in which , he jihould be . pi^t.,tOr:4#ath. Tlvey .were Briit incliped to, set .hiuin9P;,9iBia .fnai^kto shoot at ; but the chi«|f , ia(^rf^rfd« ^a^nd , ^eiz- i^g him by Ihe j|boui4fBr} ^^d rhim it* he .coul^ run fajst ? Coher, who.h^d bc^en.^opae .time amongst the JveeTkat^sa* or Qrwv Iiriii^ps, /had , i n a considerable d(|gis^e,r?cq m red (hn ^l^^k- rfeet lajpiguage, and .>wa8,aif(> ,w^Mi?cqu^int(if|d tvvjth vindiian customs ; be knew, that , h^ bad> Qvw to fTun for hisjife, .wi;h the drj^^dful pdd'^pr.tpve^or i9\x hundred t^gainst him v,aiidytb(>'erarm/^d lm^'\' ,,ans; he therefoj^e repUed, that he waaa,yerv^bad runner. althoMgh he,was.^c;9i^jder^d by the hun- ters^ as reciarkably swift. .The chief no/w . iLom- ,manded the party to remain stia^ioi^ary, .i^nd ied .Colter out Oil the pr^r^ie, |br^« or fppr .bm^dred jvards, and released him, bt^dipg h.^tn >" ^^^^ ; bimaelf if he ipould. At th^tt-m^taot ihr bprnd rV»r>-wJhpop<|iOQn4€id> in Ibe A^rs of poor^.Q^lter, en' who urged' TfHtB'tfc^ hopt of flMServing'tife, rin ^ \9U\i a srp^ed' ^t Mh\ch he' ^a^ hi'fkiself diirprised. ; He pl-oceerfed' towards the Jeftersdn Fork, hav- irt^ tky traversed a' plkin si* mifes in l^readth,. al&iin'dihg wiiH the prickfy pear, ort wbidh he \^2^ t^ety itiiitant treading With hi^ naked feet. Hc'r^rin rttiarly half way aiit'oss the pla.ii' before, hi^' vehftuted to lo(>k^^er his shoulder, when he pedleived that th^ Indtahs were very much scat* teY^d; aiid that he had maimed gmUnd to a con. sidei^atHe distance fronri thf niain body ;, but on« Fndr^, who cai^rkid a spear, wait much before ^^Ithe' rest, s^nd* hot ni6re thai^ a hundred yards from hiitt. A faint ^leam of hope now cheered th'€ heart ed wil- ling to cross our design, for we were obliged to continue three days at Pelorus, on account ot the weather; and though we often put out t6 sea, yet we were as often driven back. At length, wearied with the delay, we resolved to prosecute our voyage ; and although the sea seemed more than usually agitated, we ventured forward. The guU oFCharybdis, which we approached, seem- ed whirled round in such a manner, as to form a vast hollow like a funnel, verging to a point iu the centre. Proceeding onward, and turning my eyes to Etna, I saw it cast forth large volumes ok* smoke, of mountainous size, which entirely co» vered the island, and blotted out the very shores from my view. This, together with the dreadful noise, and the sulphureous stench which was strongly perceived, filled me with apprehensions that some more dreadful calamity was impending. The sea itself seemed to wear a very junusual ap- pearance : they who have seen a lake in a violent shower of rain, covered all over with buj^bles, will conceive some idea of its agitations. My surprise was still increased by the calmness and serenity of the weather ; not a breeze, not a cloud, which might be supposed to cause these unusual and terriBc appearances. I therefore warned my companionsi that an earthquake was 67 approachinf; : and, after some time, making for the shore with all possible (JiliL;ence, we landed at Tropoea, happy and ihartktul for iiaving es- cap"ed the threatening dangers of the sea. But our triumph on land was of short duraticn ; jor we had scarcely arrived at the Jesuits' college;, in that city, when our ears were stunned with a hor- rid sound resembling that of an infinite nuniber of chariots, driven fiercely forward, the v he^ls rattling, and the thongs cracking: soon after this, t most dreadful earthquake ensued; so that the whole tract upon which we stood, seemed to be tossed about, as if we were in the scale of a ba- lance that continued wavering. This motion, how- ever, soon gre V more violent : and being no long- er able to keep my legs, I was thrown prostrate upon the ground. In the mean time, the universal ruin lound me redoubled tiiy an^-z-ment. The crash of falling houses, the tottermg of towers, and the groans of the re halt* )wn, (J to eath I'ard »nd, an approaching earthquake, which we, by this time, were grown acquainted with, alarmed us for the consequences ; it every moment seamed to grow louder, and to approach nearer. The place on which we stood n<»w began to shake most dreadfully ; so that, being unable to stand, my companions and I caught hold of whatever shrubs grew next to us, and supported our- selves in that manner. After' some time, this violent paroxysm ceasing, we again stood up in order to prosecute our voyage to Kuphoe- mia, which lay within sight. In the mean time, while we were preparmg for th s pur- pose, I turned my eyes towards the city? but could see only a frightful dark cloud, that seerned to rest upon the place. Vti'x^ the more surprised us, as the weather was so very serene. VVe waited, therefore, till the cloud had parsed away, then turning to look for the city it was totally sunk. Wonderful to tell ! nothmg but a pu- trid lake was seen where it but just before sttwd. We looked about to find some one that could tell us of its sad catastrophe, ')ut could see no person. All was become a melancholy solitude ; a scene of hideous desoiaiion. Thus, proceed- ing pensively along in quest of some human be- ing that could give U3 a little information, wc at length sa^v a boy silting by the shore, and ap- pearing stupified with terror. Of htm. therelore, we inijuired concerning the fate of the city ; but he could not be prevailed on to give us an an^ 70 swcr. We entreated him*, wltli every expres- sion of tenderness and pity, to tell lis ; but his thoughts were quite occupied with the danger he had escaped WeotFered him some victuali,but he seemed to loathe the sight : ^ e still persisted i|^ our offices of kindnesH, but he only pointed to the pface of the city, like one out of his souses ; and then runaiAg up into the woods, was never heajpd of after. Such was the fate of the t:ity of fiuphcemia. — As we continued our me- laacholy course along the shore, the whole coast', for the space of t\nfo hundred miles, presented nothing but the feniains 6f cities, and men scat* tered without a habitation over the helds. Pro- ceeding thus along, we at length ended our dis- tressful voyage by arriving at Naples, after hav- ing escaped a thousand dangers, both by sea and! land. MULT MOLUC. WHEN Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, hid invaded the territories of MuLy Moltc, cm- perof of Morocco, in order to dethrotie hiini and set his crown upon the head of his nephew, Moluc was wearing away with a dsiemper which he himhelf knew was incurable. How- ever, he prepared fur the reception of so for- midable an enemy. He was indeed so far spent n with his sickness, that he did not expect to live out tne whole day, when the last decisive battle was given ; but knowing the fatal consequences to his children and people, likely to occur in case he should die before he put an end to the war, he commanded his principal officers, thai if be died during the engagement, they should conceal bis death from the army, and should ride up to ihe litter in which his corpse was car* ried, under pretence of receiving orders from him a» usual. Before the battle began, he was carried through all the ranks of his army, in an open litter, as they stood drawn up in array, en- couraging them to fight valiantly in defence of their country. Finding afteywards the battle going against him, though he was very near his last moments, he threw himself out of his litter, rallied his army, and led them on to the charge; whch afterivards ended in a complete victory on the side of the Moors. He had no sooner brought biick his men to the combat, but finding himself utterly spent, he Was again placed fn his litter, when laying his Bnuer on his mouth, to enjom secrecy in his officers standing about him, he died, a lew moments after, in that posture. FINIS. Price three penee.