"THIS peing tone, they tid intend proceeding to "the Sefern Site, put has there is two Paffages and two "Roats to them, there whas a tamin'd Tepate petween "the two Squires which Roat to taak, look you, "till Samuel Saunders tid tell them, that they where cone to the new Paffage, ant pelieved they would "do whell to make hafte, if they intended ofertaking "them pefore they were past. "Now Mifs Whinny and young Squire Price peing "arrifed at Sefern Site, they whas hin creat Trepita"tions, and the Whind whas moft tredfully high, "which tid maak Mifs Whinny tredfully afraid, put "The whas refolfed to pafs over, whatefer whas the Confequence. "HOWEVER, the Whint whas what they tid call apove: Now in that Country there whas no East "Whint, or Wheft Whint, or North Whint, or "South Whint, there whas put two Whints out of "the Heafen, the Whint apove, and the Whint pe low, fo that they whas opliged to ftay till it whas "Haf-tite pefore they coult fet out; now juft has "they tid fet Sail with a tredful Whint, the two Squires tid arrife, and tid learn that the Poat, which whas the only Poat on that Site, hat young "Squire Price and Mifs Whinny Lewis a-poard; it "whas a Pig-heard who tid maak this Tifcovery, "who tid pie Pigs of Squire Lewis, and whas trife "them from Whales, look you, into Englant. "LORT plefs me, how the two Squires tid fware "and tam Samuel Saunders who tid keep them to tine: "and faith hur tid with the two Squires whas cone "fooner for the poor Lofer's fake. "To maak fhort Story of it, the Whint has I tell you, whas tredfully ftormy, hit tid plow ant plow, "ant the Poatman tid fay they should pe oferfet; Mifs Whinny then tid tremple and fcream, young Squire "Price tid fay, clafping her to his Preaft, My tear Whinny, petter for Lofers to tie together, than to "life ant fee each other miferaple in this Worlt; "and with these Worts the Poat whas oferfet: Young "Squire Tavy whaas taak holt of an Hoar, and whot "have fefed hurself fery whell, put when he fee his F 3 lofel ་་ lofely Whinny whas triving with the Tite, Life "whas not worth preferving without his tear Shewef, "he therefore tid leaf his Hoar, and swim like a Duck to hur Affiftance; he tid take hur in one Arm, and fay, my tearest Whinny, we will life or tie tokether; "all this the poor tiftracted Father tid pehold from "the Shore: At laft fwimming long while, and peing "tired with fupporting his tear Whinny, and finding "hur finking, he fait, Heafen hafe Mercy ant receive two faithful Lofers into thy pleffed Manfhons; then clafping hur in his Arms, they tid poth fink tokether, "and Cot, I doubt not, will hafe Mercy on their poor "Souls at the Refurrecfhons. This whan of the Poat46 men, who whas swimming on the other Hoar, put coult not affift them, tid relate to me at the Paffage"house. "HUR fhall not tell you how the two Fathers tid "curfe Whigs and Tories all the Tays of their Lifes, put hur will repeat a little pallad hur tid maak on "the mournful Occafhon." "No, fing it, Parfon," fays the Captain. "FAITH, fays the Parfon, it toes maak me melan"cholis, put hur will fing it to plaise you;" which he accordingly did. It is intitled, TAVY and W HINNY; O R, The LOFERS LAMENTATION. 1. COME and liften to my Titty Lent a Lof-fick Mait your Pitty, Ob 2. Oh what Pains and creat Afflicfbons 3. All pefite the falling Fountain 4. Then to fave her Health and Peauty, 5. Parents then, poth Whig and Tory, Lofely Whinny bat peen pleft; Ob cha vee on her peauteous Preas. PARSON Pugh having finifh'd his Song, the whole Company applauded the Manner and Compofition, Mrs. Rachael excepted; who faid," he was convinced "Mr. Maultext, a Prefbyterian Divine, would not F4 "have "have made or fung a Heathen Song for the World, "but that he made the best spiritual Songs, and fung "them the best of all fhe had ever heard," this the spoke from the State-room, beginning a Prayer for the Company, when Parfon Pugh not being able to bear this Rebuke, cried out, Tam your Presbyterian "Teacher ant your fpiritual Songs to poot; hur will fing with hur for hur peft Coat, py Cot, and play "the Harp pefites, look you." 46 THEN turning to the Company, he said, “This "whas the Ferfes hur tid maak, and there whaas many Shentilmen tid fay, there whas coot Ex"prefhons, and poetic Thoughts, ant fine Tifcrip"fhons; hur cannot fay, Cot knows, put hur tid ་་ pelieve there whas fomething of thefe Matters in "the Ferfes;" which all agreeing to, Macpherson excepted, the Chaplain was extremely pleased, and as gay as a Bird all the Evening after. This Account being pretty long, the Story of the Surgeon was deferred till the next Day; for which Reafon also we fhall defer the Account, and conclude this Chap ter. CHAP. XVII. An un Indian and European Sentiments on the foregoing Story. Oa F all those who were prefent at this Story, none was fo much affected with it as Cannaffatego; he applauded with filent Tears the Refolution of young Price giving up Life to die with her he loved. Lieutenant Probit looking tenderly to Mifs Lydia, who regarded him with equal Sweetnefs, agreed, that their Death was to be lamented; and that every Law must be cruel, which tends to feparate Hearts to truly made for one another. THE THE Captain swore he would have enjoyed her at Brecon, and then given her back again to her Father, to make the most of her; at which Words all exprest their Deteftation of the Expreffion; and Lieutenant Macvalor cried out, 86 By Jefus, and there's more "Cofin Phelims than one in the World." Mifs Lydia in particular looked on him with great Contempt, which perceiving, be doubled his Careffes and fond Expreffions, protefting he adored her, and left no Art untried to win her Affections, and feduce her to Ruin this however he found impoffible, her own original Virtue, fortified with the Paffion which fhe had conceived for Lieutenant Probit, was an infurmountable Obftruction. NOTWITHSTANDING this, tho' he defpaired of obtaining his Defires by fair Means, he was determined to obtain them by Force; but in the Execution of this Defign, he faw it was neceffary to prevail on Mrs. Rachael to be an Affiftant, for as they flept in one Bed, it was impoffible to be perfected. HOWEVER, being milled by the external Holiness of Mrs. Rachael, he was much embarraffed in what Manner to open the Affair to her; this Pain he was foon eafed of by the following Circumftance. It feems the Captain had obferved, that Mrs. Rachael anfwered exactly the Idea which Dean Swift has given us, in his Tale of a Tub, of the Saints of Jack Calvin, in being extremely windy, befides which, he had made this farther Remark, that Mrs. Rachael, in Confequence of this Affinity between herself and the Wind, was always loudest in Prayer, when the Storm was loudeftin blowing; and thus as it increafed or decreased, she kept it gradually company with her Prayers and Ejaculations; by means of which, he never defifted from reminding the Lord of her Goodness when the Wind blew high, and relaxed into a dead Calm of Prayer when the Weather was free from Storins, the customary Times excepted. AT this Time the Weather being extremely moderate, the Captain and Mrs. Rachael being together in the Cabin, the others all upon Deck, he caft his Eye undifcovered on the Book which she was reading, and F 5 there |