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Nia W YORK; ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, No. 285 BROADWAY 1856.crn meas errrry titi eed eae | ee pranseeeere prpsereseninenet epee TENET TT Ts psannnnel eee! ssatet Hat eyperendeerehet eer : / sists eT rere ae beh ca haePREFACE, - INTRODUCTION, CONTENTS. oe = - ee = A JOURNEY ACROSS THE DESERT OF ARABIA, ALI BEY IN THE DESERT OF MOROCCO, = ALI BEY ON THE RED SEA, - 5; = 2 GOLOWNIN’S CAPTIVITY, = ~ ~ - GOLOWNIN’S ESCAPE, - - “ e - LOSS OF THE ALCESTE, ~ = - <= ADVENTURES IN AN EGYPTIAN CATACOMB, - ULLOA CROSSING THE ANDES, - - - ULLOA’S VISIT TO PICHINCA, - a a ADVENTURES IN ICELAND, ~ - = ADVENTURES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN, = - A VISIT TO THE ESQUIMAUX, - - ~ A WINTER IN CHARLTON ISLAND, - - = ADVENTURES IN SWEDEN, ~ - «= THE ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN BLIGH, - aS - PITCAIRN’S ISLAND, - - = = fo THE LOSS OF THE WAGER, - ~ + - THE ADVENTURES OF BYRON, - ~ - CONCLUSION, Pageeae eeneyeeniet UTisrssansusea nets tee : on beeeteeestepeen Diebaat i )PREFACE. THE praise bestowed by Dr. Johnson on Mrs. Bar- bauld’s little books for children, is a proof that he did not entirely believe his own assertion, that ‘ babies do not want to hear about babies.”’ How far the super- natural tales that delighted his infant ear, had a ten- dency to check the progress of his vigorous mind, by shading it with the gloom of superstition, this is not the place to inquire. Stories of giants and castles do not accord with the taste of the present day; but surely there is much truth and good sense in the remark of the learned Doctor, that children like to be told “ of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds ;’—something which may open a wider and more elevated range of thought, than can possibly be afforded by the best written stories of children. Some of these are admirable in their kind; but perhaps it may be doubted whether habituating children to seek amusement, almost exclusively, in fictitious narrative, has not a direct tendency to weaken the mental powers. These tales are the novels of childhood; and it is much to be feared that an unlimited perusal of them will exhaust the sensibility, and produce the same listless (v)vi PREFACE. ‘ndifference to the realities of life, observable in older persons who devote their time to this kind of reading. The dose is weaker; but let it be remembered, that it is proportioned to the age of the patient. There is another class of books for children, and some of them executed with great ability, but to which, from their plan, one objection must be attached. I mean all those travels where real descriptions are interwoven with a succession of imaginary adventures. The simplicity of childhood at first associates the idea of truth with the names of countries and persons which are known to be real, and the whole is received as equally authentic. In a little while, some unlucky question or observation elicits the unwelcome truth, that the favourite hero is only an ideal personage. A reaction immediately takes place in the mind of the youthful reader, who indignantly discards the whole, as an imposition on his credulity. I do not speak from imagination, but from knowledge that such has been the fact. When the “ quivering light” of reason dawns on the youthful mind, is not “‘ the chequer’d field of man’’ the natural and most attractive object of its speculation ? Every child hopes to be a man. The business of childhood is. to prepare for the full exertion of the mental powers, when they shall arrive at maturity. Then, will not those unfolding powers be “ stretched and stimulated” in the safest and wisest manner, by following the natural impulse of hope and curiosity ? Let the actions, and enjoyments, and sufferings of men, form the subjects of the contemplation of children.PREFACE. Vil Care, indeed, will be necessary in selecting, not only such scenes and events as they can entirely understand, but such as ought to be presented to them. Examples of courage, of patience, of. fortitude, of generosity and benevolence, and, above all, of reliance on the Supreme Disposer of events, on occasions of danger and distress, will have a natural tendency to strengthen and to elevate the character. But to obtain this desirable end, the actors as well as the events must be real. Children must not suppose that a scene is got up for them, to answer some particular purpose: they must feel that they are treated like reasonable beings, and admitted to the knowledge of the truth, as they are able to understand it. Children whose education is conducted in this manner, are, I believe, less than any others, affected with morbid curiosity. Where no mysteries are made, none are suspected; and, feeling the pleasure and advantage of understanding what they read, they are grateful to the friends who take the trouble of selecting for them, and are perfectly willing to leave, to a more advanced period of education, that which they are told is not suited to the present stage of their progress. The following Tales are extracted from respectable authorities only; therefore, every story that succeeds in fixing a childs attention, will be an accession to his little stock of real knowledge. Some remarks on natural character, &c., not to be found in the works referred to, are occasionally introduced; and most of these passages are taken from the Geographical Delineations of Dr. Aikin. The form of dialogue hasVill PREFACE. been adopted, as affording an opportunity of explaining difficulties, without interfering with the narrative; and also as being generally agreeable to children : for on pleasing them, and engaging their attention, the use- fulness of such a work must entirely depend. If they are not interested by it, it is good for nothing. To them it is therefore committed, in hopes that it may excite a desire for the knowledge of facts, and cherish a preference of truth to fiction.WINTER EVENINGS. I ALAAAAAAAB AA INTRGPUCTIGN. ‘My dear Mamma,” said Lucy, as she was sitting at work one afternoon, “can you tell me why almost all the pretty books we read are about things that never happened ?” ‘“I suppose people who write books for children, think that they will be better pleased with fiction than with truth.” “They are mistaken then, mamma; for after I heard you say that Rosamond was such a natural character, you thought it must be intended to de- scribe a real little girl, I liked the book far better than I did before.” ‘Tam glad of it, my dear Lucy: I wish you may always be distinguished for the love of Truth; and if I am not very much mistaken, there are a great many little boys and girls who love truth, and who would like stories of real things, and real people, ony10 INTRODUCTION. better than anything that could be invented to amuse them, if somebody would take the trouble of finding stories that they could entirely understand.” ‘¢ That is quite true, mother,’’ said Harry, who had been holding the last of his little wooden bricks suspended between his finger and thumb, listening to his mother and sister, instead of putting the finishing piece to a tower, which he had raised with infinite care and dexterity, till it became so much higher than himself, that he was obliged to stand upon a chair to finish it: ‘‘ That is quite true, mo- ther; I like my ‘Stories for Children’ the best of all my little books, for that very reason. They are stories of the real kings of England, and I can quite understand them. I wish we had more such books. Cannot you buy some for us, mamma?” ‘‘T am afraid not, just at present. But the books that you have to read are much more enter- taining, and more reasonable, than children could meet with forty or fifty years ago. Though Rosa- mond and simple Susan may not be real people, they are so much like little girls we know, that while we read about them, we can almost fancy we are acquainted with them.” “Very true, mamma,” said Lucy, ‘‘they are pretty stories; but when we have read them a few times, we do not think much about them, because we know they are only tales.” ** Besides,”’ replied Harry, ‘though I am only aINTRODUCTION. 1 little boy now, I shall be a man some day, if I live: and I do not want always to hear stories of other children. There is not much that a little boy or girl can do; but men and women, especially men, do much more entertaining things. Mother, do you remember how Ceur de Lion was put into a dun- geon, and how his page found him out? I wonder if I should have thought of that plan, if I had been the page.” “¢ Well, my dear children, since I cannot just now do better for you, I will tell you a story that I read in a book of travels; something that happened to real people. But I cannot promise that it will be so entertaining as Rosamond.” “Try, mother, try!” said Harry, and down he jumped from the chair in which he had all this time been standing, with such violence that the whole floor was shaken, and the lofty tower he had taken such pains to build, rocked this way and that way, and at length fell clattering on the floor. ‘Never mind the castle!” cried he, as he caught up his stool, and placed it in what he called his coinfort- able corner, between his mother’s chair and the chimney-piece. “Tt is no longer a castle,” said Mrs. B. ‘TI call it a litter now; and I shall not begin my story till you have collected your bricks, and put them into the box. When you are a man, it will be neces- sary for you to finish one thing before you begin prec12 INTRODUCTION. ~ another; therefore you ought to acquire this habit while you are a boy.” Harry made no reply, but began picking up his pricks as fast ‘asche could. “Lucy, who was an obliging little girl, and very fond of her brother, laid down her work, and began arranging the bricks in rows, in the box, till it was full. Harry then slipped the lid along the groove, put the box into the closet, and returned to his place beside his mother. She smiled. So I suppose you think I ought to fulfil my promise now 2” ‘‘ Yes, mother.” ‘My story is a long one; we had better not begin till after tea, and then we can go on, with- out interruption, till your bed-time.” “Oh, that will be delightful! But do you know only one story, mamma?” ‘Perhaps I may recollect more than one; but I shall tell you only one to-night. Now ring the bell for tea.”’ Tea was despatched in haste. The hearth was swept: the candles were snuffed: everything ap- peared neat and cheerful. The expecting eyes of Harry and Lucy turned towards their mother, but they did not speak. They could always depend on her performance of a promise, and they waited till she was ready. “The first story I shall tell you, my dears,”’ saidTHE DEPARTURE. 13 she, ‘‘ describes the adventures of some travellers who had occasion to cross the desert of Arabia. Lucy, fetch Smith’s Atlas, and lay it upon the table. You and your brother must find the places I speak of in my narrative.” Mrs. B. then began to relate some circum- stances of A JOURNEY ACROSS THE DESERT OF ARABIA. ‘About thirty years ago, a gentleman named Griffiths left England, in order to visit foreign countries. He sailed up the Mediterranean and Archipelago to Smyrna; and after travelling for some time in Asiatic Turkey, he went to Aleppo. In that town he became acquainted with Mr. H., who informed him that he intended to go to India, and earnestly requested Mr. Griffiths to accompany him on this long and dangerous journey.” *“ Why do you say Mr. H., mamma 2?” inquired Lucy: ‘‘I should like to know the rest of his name.” ‘J cannot tell it you, my dear, because I do not know it myself. You know I am telling you true stories. I am not at liberty to invent any thing.”’ ‘< All the better,’ exclaimed Harry. ‘‘ We only wish to know what really happened. You know, Lucy, ‘ Mr. H.’ does quite as well for understand-14 THE DESERT: ing the story. But why was the journey danger- ous, mamma ?’’ ‘‘ Because they were obliged to cross part of the desert of Arabia, where they would not only suffer hunger, thirst, heat, and fatigue, but be likely to wander far from the place to which they intended to go; for in the desert no objects mark out the direction in which people ought to travel. As far as the eye can reach, nothing can be seen but a vast expanse of parched and trackless sand. Some- times a whirlwind raises this loose sand in clouds that overwhelm the affrighted travellers; and in the spot where, a few minutes before, were a crowd of men and camels, nothing appears but a hill of sand, under which the unhappy travellers are suf- focated. Nor is this all. Should they escape these dangers, they have to dread the fury of a scorching wind, called the samzed or the stmoom. Perhaps you may wonder that any one has cour- age to travel in such a country, but many travel- lers cross these deserts every year, and arrive safely at the end of their journey, though, no doubt, they suffer a great deal on the way; and I believe it is natural for men to hope that they themselves may escape from danger, though they know that many perish who undertake such expe- ditions.” ! “TY understand that,” said little Harry, “for I know ships are sometimes wrecked, but if I wereTw CARs VAN 15 going a voyage, I should hope to get safe for all that. Now will you tell us about Mr. Griffiths and his friend ?” ‘“‘Jn order to understand the story, it will be necessary to look at the map of Asia. You know they were going to set out from Aleppo. Caravans frequently arrive at Aleppo from Bagdad and Bas- sora, bringing the productions of Persia and India, which are sold to European and other merchants. At the time of my story, a small caravan was forming at Aleppo, in order to go to Bassora, a town situate between the union of the Tigris with the Euphrates, and the place where these rivers discharge their waters into the Persian Gulf. You know your father is sometimes obliged to go from home, on a journey, when it is very disagreeable to him, and this was the case with Mr. H. The season of the year was particularly unfavourable, being the middle of summer, when, even in our temperate climate, we often suffer from heat. What then must be an Arabian desert, in the months of June and July ?”’ : ‘ —_ Sais Sammanl die Liar taal Pier = i ase a Sasi fe Sor ae as a = Se FIRS Ss A Ls sea pape neh PSI — paggg IRE e mama ET 130 A PROJECT. probably dissolves in the soup. I believe they are the nests of a species of swallow. But to re- turn to Captain Maxwell. He was disappointed on finding that no help was to be expected from these people, who, like the rest of their country- men, when they found the English were not in a situation to punish them for it, began to plunder what they could from the wreck.” “J thought they had burned the wreck long aso,”? “You know they could only burn that part of it which was above water. ‘No relief appeared from Batavia, and the time was fully come when they thought they had reason to expect it. They began to think that their escape must depend on their own exertion. For this purpose they repaired one of their boats, which stood in need of it; and they built a firm raft, to convey those who could not get on board the boats. They intended to put to sea before their stock of provisions should be entirely ex- hausted. ‘On Saturday, the first of March, fourteen more proas arrived from the north, who joined the pi- rates in breaking up the remains of the wreck. At daylight the next day, a still greater force having joined them during the night, the pirates advanced, with twenty of their largest vessels, ‘owards the landing-place of the English. TheyMADAY PIRATES. 13] peat the~ gongs, and making a hideous yelling noise, they anchored in a line, about a cable’s length from the cove. The English instantly armed themselves; but finding, after waiting some time, that the Malays did not attempt to land, an officer went out a little way in a canoe, to see whether he could speak to them in a friendly mnnner. Captain Maxwell wished to persuade these pirates to take a letter to a small settlement called Minto, situated on the north-west point of Banca, explaining the unhappy circumstances of the English, and requesting that one or two ves- sels might be sent to them with necessary supplies. In the mean time, the force of the Malays rapidly increased ; more proas and boats continued to ar- rive, to the number of fifty, and containing at least five hundred men. The situation of the English now became very alarming; and in the evening, when the officers and men were assembled, as usual, under arms, in order to settle the watches for the night, the captain spoke to them with much ani- mation, nearly in these words: ‘¢¢ My lads, you must all have observed this day, as well as myself, the great increase of the ene- my’s force. I have strong reason to believe they will attack us this night. I do not wish to con- ceal our real state, because I think there is not a man here who is afraid to face any sort of danger. «© We are now strongly fenced in; and, armedT32 ENTHUSIASM. as we are, we ought to make a good defence, even against regular troops. What then would be thought of us, if we allowed ourselves to be sur prised by a set of naked savages, with their spears * and creeses? I have not observed that they have any muskets; but if they have, so have we. I do not wish to deceive you as to the means of resist- ance in our power. ‘They cannot, I believe, send up more than five hundred men; but with two hundred such as now stand round me, I do not fear a thousand, nay, fifteen hundred of them. I have the fullest confidence we shall beat them. Let every man, therefore, be active with his arms in his hands; and should these barbarians this night attempt our hill, I trust we shall convince them that they are dealing with Britons.’ ‘“ When the captain ceased speaking, his brave crew gave three loud huzzas. The woods echoed again; and the guards stationed at the cove, and the wells, the instant they caught the sound, joined their cheers to the general chorus. ‘After a scanty, but cheerful repast, the men lay down as usual, upon their arms; but the cap- tain kept watch with the guard all night. In the morning they perceived that ten more boats had joined the pirates during the night. But none of the Englishmen appeared discouraged: they re- solved, when the order should be given, to attack the pirates, and conquer or die.AS RA eM a. a DELIVERANCE. 133 ‘About noon, a Mr. Johnstone mounted one of the loftiest trees on the top of the hill, and looked over the sea towards the south. Ata great dis- tance he descried a sail, which he thought larger than a Malay vessel. The buzz of conversation was in a moment hushed, and every eye fixed anxiously upon the tree waiting for the next re- port, a telescope having been handed up. A dark squall now overspread that part of the horizon, and the distant sail was lost in the gloom; but in about twenty minutes it again emerged from the clouds, and was pronounced to be a square-rigged vessel. ‘Are you quite sure of that?’ was eagerly inquired, ‘Quite certain,’ was the reply. ‘It is either a ship or a brig, standing towards the island under all sails!’ The joy occasioned by this happy sight, and the gratitude of every heart at this prospect of deliverance, may be imagined, but cannot be described. ‘They displayed their colours on the highest branch of the tree, to attract the attention of the approaching vessel.”’ “How did the pirates behave now?” inquired Harry. ‘They took to their boats and sailed off; the English firing after them, but without effect. This flight of the pirates was a most happy circum- stance; for if they had maintained their station, they could have prevented any communication be- tween Captain Maxwell and the ship, because, on134 PME AR TEAETTY, account of the unfavourable wind and current, the ship was obliged to anchor eleven or twelve miles from the position of the English. But as the Malays had taken their departure, Captain Max- well dispatched one of his boats to the ship, which proved to be the Ternate, sent by Lord Amherst from Batavia, to the relief of his friends. Several days were employed in conveying the men, stores, &c. on board the Ternate, where the last party, with Captain Maxwell, who remained in the island till every preparation was completed, arrived safely, on the morning of the 7th of March. They were most hospitably received by Captain David- son and his officers.’’ “The Ternate must have been a large ship, to receive two hundred men, besides its own crew.” “That is well thought of, Harry. The Ternate was too small to receive them all; and a number of the party went to Batavia in the boats, which kept company with the ship.” ““T wonder,” said Lucy, “how Captain Max- well contrived to satisfy everybody about the pro- visions when he had so little to share among them.’’ ‘‘ He adopted a very curious plan, and one that effectually prevented all quarrelling. He ordered the aliowance for the day to be chopped up into small pieces, whether it was fowls, beef, or pork: the quantity of flour he could spare for that dayDANGERS ESCAPED. 1385 was added to the mess, and the whole boiled to- gether. Of this hotch-potch everybody had an equal measure, served publicly and openly, with- out any distinction.’’ “That was an excellent plan; nobody could complain that he was worse off than his neigh- bours in that case.”’ ‘ saidBisa Oe 8 Be Dt ; i HOMINIS neat ae 3 ae 2 SL a ye ee = ee OD aa - = a0 ae . ~ es toe asheneraalnelicaniacesaietaia OR OIA CS Tract: Sse paca: Siewert 2 CAELIIOS ee ERE eae aie é cS : Re Te EE pe a ST SS rere = a Panini RE ee a 154 VAIN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. truth, I suppose the Arabs would have killec them.., “Most likely our travellers were of that opin- ion; but it was not their business to think what would have happened: they knew that the Al- mighty had expressly forbidden us to tell hes ; therefore they should have done their duty, and made up their minds to bear the consequences. But fear deprived them of the power of judging what was for their real good. In the first place, the fear of death prevented them from helping each other ; in the second, the fear of men induced them to offend the Power that there is most cause to fear. But we will go on with the story. ‘They lost no time in mounting their asses, re- crossed the desert, and passed hastily by the village, to regain the ferry of Manfalout : they got safely on board their own vessel by five o’clock. It happened to be the birth-day of Mr. Smelt, and they intended to have regaled themselves on that occasion; but they had no appetite: it was of more consequence to consult what was to be done in their present circumstances. That the Arabs of Amabdi would pursue them, to avenge the supposed murder of their friends there was no doubt ; and as it was very unlikely they would be able to persuade the Arabs that they had no hand in the death of the guides, they all agreed that there was no prospect of safety but in flight.RETURN. 155 They resolved to wait till night, and then sail down the Nile to Miniet, the first garrisoned town belonging to the Turks. It was, however, five in the morning before they weighed anchor: the wind was then contrary, blowing strongly from the north; and they had sailed only two leagues by seven o’clock. ‘‘When men stoop to the meanness and guilt of falsehood, to avoid a present danger, they are cunning, but not wise; for as we can only judge of the circumstances of the present moment, and cannot tell what is going to happen, it is very hkely that our falsehood will bring us into still greater difficulties. It is also certain to deprive us of confidence in the protecting care of Provi- dence, which is the greatest support and comfort in every trouble.” “J do understand this, mamma,” said Lucy. ‘‘T see it is foolish, as well as wicked, to tell lies.”’ ‘Qur story is just going to show you this still more clearly. Four Turks on horseback now made their appearance, galloping towards the river; they were followed by two Arabs on foot ; and as the contrary wind compelled the boat to sail very slowly, they were soon near enough to fire a pistol, and order the boat to bring-to. The travellers were accordingly obliged to stop their boat; and the Turks called to them from the156 SURRENDER. shore, saying they were sent by the Cacheff to bring them to Manfalout, to answer for the mur- der of the Arab guides. The two Arabs on foot were violent in their threats, declaring they would have blood for blood, and that they were resolved on the death of the travellers, though it might cost the lives of twenty more of their country- men.”’ *““T do not know what will become of them now. Ah! it would have been better for them if they had told the truth at first.” *<’They inquired whether the Turks would an- swer for their safety on the way to Manfalout, for I suppose they were afraid the Arabs would attack them; and they agreed to go on condition of being permitted to carry their arms with them. The Turks promised that they should not be molested on their way to the town, and, after some hesitation, permitted them to take their swords, pistols, and double-barrelled guns. “The travellers accordingly went on shore, and walked to Manfalout, under the escort of the Turks. ‘“ When they arrived at the house of the Cacheff, they found him smoking in an outer court, attended by a few Arnaut guards, and surrounded by about forty of the inhabitants of Amabdi. The Arabs received them with a shout of revengeful delight. “The Cacheff, in a stern and haughty manner,Wipe Saji. dip Wy) //4/ ADVENTURE IN THE CATACOMBS Tales of TravPRIENDLY CACHEFF, OF .. cormed them of what they were accused by the people who surrounded them. Barthow, who acted as interpreter, related the story of their adventure in the catacomb, and produced the firman, or pass- port, which they had received from Mohammed Ali, Pacha of Cairo. This passport was written in the usual form, enjoining a]l the governors in the different towns through which the travellers might pass, to afford them every protection and assist- ance. A secretary was ordered to read the firman alond: when he had done so, the Cacheff took it into his own hand, and looking sternly on the pri- soners, said, ‘I do not see that this firman allows you either to maltreat or to kill the Arabs.’ He then poured out a torrent of abuse against them in Arabic, to the great satisfaction of the accusers, and retired into an inner court. The Arabs, who were most of them armed with swords and spears, now surrounded the prisoners with threatening gestures. Happily they were shortly sent for by the Cacheff, and conducted by some of his soldiers into his presence. He now received them in a much more friendly manner than when he was ob- served by the Arabs, and laid aside his angry tone. ‘My good friends,’ said he, putting his ‘ands on the shoulder of the interpreter, ‘I know 1 am, by virtue of your firman, bound to protect you, and my head must answer for your safety. I believe your story; but I have a guard of only Semeur.ae 158 ANOTHER ATTEMPT To SCA P Er. fifty soldiers, and the village of Amabdi is seven hundred muskets strong. Should all the inhabit- ants take a part in this affair and come over, the Consequences must be fatal to you and myself. You must make your escape secretly, and in the mean time I will amuse and detain the Arabs.’ “The travellers thanked the Cacheff for his friendly conduct, and lost no time in making their retreat through a gate at the back of his house. When they quitted their boat, to accompany the Turks to Manfalout, they gave orders that the boat should follow them; and they now found it waiting close to the town. “They again set sail; but, as the wind still blew strongly from the north, they had little pros- pect of escaping from their enemies. The Nile in that part is about two musket-shots broad, and they were continually obliged to tack. Perhaps you do not understand that word—being obliged to tack continually, means that they could not sail Straight forward, which would have been directly against the wind: they steered slanting from side to side, sailing down the river in a zig-zag line, Though they rowed with all their might, they got very little forward, and were scarcely out of sight of the town, before they observed a party of horse- men at aconsiderable distance in the desert, on the right bank of the Nile, whom they took for Bedouin Arabs. Soon afterwards they perceivedRETURN TO MANFALOUT, 159 a number of heads peeping over the sand-hillocks on the same side of the river. At this moment they were nearly in the middle of the stream, and consequently not quite within musket-shot. Sud- denly several Arabs jumped up, and shouted to them to come over, or they would fire. ‘‘' They rowed as quickly as possible to the other bank, and consulted among themselves what mea- sures to take. The danger was imminent. They were surrounded by enemies; the Cacheff at Man- falout was unable to protect them, and the dis- tance to Miniet was seventy miles. If the wind had been favourable, by fast sailing and keeping close to the left bank of the river, they might have escaped from their pursuers; but, under the pre- sent circumstances, they thought it would be mad- ness to continue their course. ‘“‘At length they resolved to return to Manfalout, again claim the assistance of the Cacheff, or en- deavour to persuade the Arabs of their innocence. They quickly reached the town, and had no sooner stepped on shore, than they were assailed by three women, and five or six children. They were in- formed that these were the wives and children of the men who had perished. As they were armed, they reached the house of the Cacheff without much difficulty, and found him surrounded by more than four hundred Arabs, and amongst them the Scheik of Amabdi. Among the crowd they160 COMPROMISE. ebserved the Arab whom they had left in the cata- comb, and whom they supposed to have died there with his companions. The appearance of this man was most wretched: he was not able to stand, and was supported by two of his friends. Barthow related their Story again, and called upon the sur- viving Arab to confirm the truth of it, but in vain: on the contrary, he said that they had by force com- pelled himself and his companions to conduct them to the place. In this falsehood he was supported by the Arab who had remained on the outside of the cavern, who was also present. After some further discussion, the Cacheff proposed accommo- dating the affair by money. This was finally agreed to; and the travellers gladly gave two Spanish dollars to each of the women, and the Same sum to the Scheik of the village. All ani- mosity appeared now to cease, and they were per- mitted quietly to return to their vessel, and pro- ceed on their journey.” ‘“Mamma,”’ said Harry, “you have not told us what became of the poor Arab who was left in the catacomb.’’ ‘“ He escaped by the light of Mr. Smelt’s torch,. so he could not have been far behind them. But when he came to the trench, he was obliged to stay there for a short time, to recover his strength, before he could leap over. If the travellers had had the humanity to wait a few minutes, to assistPHOS PRETUETTIE'S, 161 this poor man, it is most likely that gratitude would have made him willing to bear testimony in favour of those who risked their own lives to help him; and if they had told the Arab who remained on the outside the simple truth, at once, supported by the evidence of his countrymen, there is little doubt that he would have believed them. And thus, it is most likely that the difficulties in which they were afterwards involved, would have been avoided.”’ ‘But, mamma,”’ said Lucy, “if a man were quite sure that telling the truth would cost him his life, would there not be some excuse for him?” ‘‘A man never can be sure of that, my dear Lucy. We know nothing of the future; but if we try to do right at present, we need not be afraid of what is coming. Should you like to hear a short story, or are you tired ?” ‘““Q, no!” exclaimed Harry, “I should like to sit up a little longer.” ‘‘A person of the name of Robert Barrow, em- barked at Jamaica, in the West Indies, intending to go to Pennsylvania. While the vessel was passing through the gulf of Florida, a great storm arose, which drove the ship ashore during the night. It was so dark that they could not see the land, though they were close to it: the sea broke over them and set all the things in the cabin afloat. They concluded to keep in the vessel as long as i’ Ee162 DMN GR: would hold together: and at daylight they found themselves upon a beach, which was dry when the waves retreated. ‘The Indians of Florida were then considered as more cruel and ferocious than any of the tribes bordering on the settlements of the English planters. | “Their brutal character excited great apprehen- sion among these shipwrecked people; and while they were consulting on what was best to be done, one of the company proposed that they should call themselves Spaniards. One of the sailors happened to speak Spanish well, and the proposal was agreed to by most of the company, as the best chance of escaping with their lives.” p ‘“Were these Indians afraid of the Spaniards, then ?”? ‘Yes; the Spaniards claimed Florida as part of their dominions, and had settlements there: of j course the Indians stood in awe of them. : ‘Soon after, the Indians came down to the beach in great numbers, running and shouting. me Most of them went to plunder the vessel; but the a chief, with about thirty men, came furiously to- wards the English, with large knives in their hands, crying out that they were English, to whom, at that time, the Indians of Florida were particularly hostile. Some of these unhappy per- , sons attempted, according to their agreement, to me pass themselves upon the Indians for Spaniards ; ——- ee —ADHERENCE TO TRUTH. 163 but they would not believe the assertion. They surrounded them, placing themselves each behind one of the English: with their knees set against then shoulders, holding their captives by the head: with their arms extended, and knives in their hands, they seemed only waiting for the chief to begin the butchery. At this time the chief appears to have been attracted by the love of plunder; for he left the captives, and proceeded to rifle the trunks which had been brought on shore, the Indians following his example. The next day, the chief came into a tent, which the ship’s company had erected to shelter themselves from the rain, and sitting down amonest them, he again asked whether they were English, directly addressing his question to Robert Barrow. ‘‘Now, though the rest of the company had assumed the name of Spaniards, in hopes it would be the means of saving their lives, some directly telling a falsehood, and others giving evasive an- Swers, this courageous man, who had been accus- tomed to speak the truth from his heart, resolved to do neither the one nor the other; but when the chief demanded whether he was an Englishman, he answered, ‘ Yes.’ ”’ ‘““Then, I suppose, the Indian chief killed him.”’ ‘No, he did not; and this was the reason I told you the story. I think no man could have greater164 ADHERENCE "PO TRUTH: | cause for thinking that if he spoke the truth it would cost him his life; but he was willing to do his duty, at whatever risk; and I think you will be glad to hear, that though he was an infirm old ‘| man, he struggled through all the hardships that rey followed the shipwreck, and arrived safely at i | Philadelphia, where he soon afterwards died in | peace.” bie “T like this Robert Barrow very much, mamma. | Did you know him ?”’ ‘©No; he died before 1 was born. He was one of the Society of Friends, among whom his memory | is still respected.” | ! ‘¢T think, mamma,” said Lucy, ‘‘it seems, from ae | these stories, that when people are so naughty as | P| to tell lies, they get no good by it; and when they ei / have courage to speak the truth, they do not suffer iM | anything in consequence of it.”’ ly if i oe c : tik “Tt very often happens so, but not always: sometimes we may be exposed to inconvenience, and even to danger, by speaking the truth; but aa what would you think of a soldier, Harry, who ran away as soon as he came in sight of the enemy ?” ‘¢T should say he was a coward, to be sure ; and | if I were the officer, he should be turned out of | my regiment, for I could not depend upon him when I was going to charge.”’ “You would do very right, Harry. And heHONESTY THE BEST POLICY. 165 whose word is not to be depended upon, is no more fit to live in society, than a coward is fit to be a soldier. Truth is the great bond of union between man and man.” “IT understand that very well, mamma. If everybody told lies, we could never believe any- body; and it would prevent men from being of any use to one another. Besides, it is so contemptible to tell lies.”’ “Yes, it is contemptible; for lying is the vice of cowards. I believe few men are guilty of false- hood, who have courage enough to speak the truth; and those who have not that courage, would do well to recollect, before they venture to tell a lie, that they can neither control the effect, nor foresee the consequences of it.”’ ‘““T do not quite understand that, mamma,”’ said Lucy. ‘‘ When Legh was induced, through fear, to tell the Arab that the guides were coming, he thought he could escape to his boat and sail away, before the Arab discovered the truth. He did not foresee that the wind would blow from the north, and prevent his boat from sailing.” “< To be sure,’ remarked Harry, ‘ nobody could tell which way the wind would blow.”’ ‘‘And that one circumstance,” replied his mother, ‘‘ made the lie of no use.”’ ‘‘ Mamma,” said Lucy, “I am afraid it wouldaes SS 166 HONESTY THE BEST POLICY: not do for anybody to depend upon escaping as Barrow did: it was much more likely that the Indian would have killed him.’’ ‘It was so; and suppose he had, that good and courageous man would have preserved his inno- cence, and died in peace. If fear had induced him to tell a lie, he would not have gained any present advantage, and the short remainder of his life would have been embittered by remorse.” “‘T hope,”’ exclaimed Harry, “ that I shall never tell lies.”’ “T trust you will not, my dear boy. You must not, if you desire to be hap,y. Indeed you have less temptation to falsehood ‘seu many; for I am sure you are not a coward.’ULLOA CROSSING THE ANDES, ON NI NIN SIND Ne NPS PRE NI SII NIN ‘““Wuat view* is this, mamma 2” inquired Harry. ‘Mountains, great mountains, little hills! [ never saw such an odd picture. What country does it represent ?”’ “Tt is not intended for a view, or scene, in any country. ‘This picture was drawn with the inten- tion of showing how high the different mountains of the world would look, compared with each other, supposing it were possible to place them side by side, as you and your sister stand, when you wish to show me which is the taller.’ ‘““Then this picture does not represent the read situation of the mountains.” “Not in the least: it only supposes that the mountains are come from all parts of the world,. that we may measure their height conveniently. There is, indeed, one distingtion of situation: those mountains which are in the eastern hemisphere are * Smith’s comparative View of the principal Mountains, 167 )TRL ee tacoma 168 VIEW OF MOUNTAINS. placed on the right side of the picture, which in maps, you know, generally represents the east; and those of the western hemisphere are placed on the left, or western side.’’ ‘¢ Then, I suppose,”’ said Lucy, “that the moun- tains of the western hemisphere are really much hieher than those on this side of the world.” “Yes, my dear. Those on the left hand repre- sent the Andes, which, till of late years, were sup- posed to be the highest mountains in the world. Modern travellers assert that the Himalayan moun- tains in Asia are still more lofty than the Andes. They are not represented in this picture, but you may compare the Andes with the mountains in the lower part, which show the height of the loftiest hills in Great Britain.”’ ‘<'There is a wonderful difference, indeed. But look, Harry, look at this droll-looking figure of a man, stuck upon the side of the highest mountain. What can he be doing there ?” Her mother remarked that the figure was in- tended to show the height to which some travel- lers ascended, about fifteen years ago. ‘TY am sure,” said Harry, “they must have had hard work to get up there. Here are marks like a road, too. Surely there cannot be roads over such mountains as these: and the tops of the mountains are white like snow. Dces this picture represent winter ?”’MOUNTAIN CLIMATR. 169 ‘It is winter all the year round on the tops of these mountains; at least, it is so cold, that the snow never melts there.” “Do you know any stories of the travellers who have ventured there, mamma? I should like to hear about them.” ‘*Oh, I know she does, by her smile. Now do, dear mamma, tell us a mountain story !” ‘* Some of them are Strange tales. What should you think, Harry, of a town on one of those high mountains, where two men should meet in the street, one muffled up in all the warm clothes he can get, and still complaining of the cold; the other, puffing and panting, with very little clothes on, and so oppressed with the heat, that he can hardly support himself; while a third man stands by, and says the weather is very pleasant and temperate ?”’ ‘“‘T should think he was the only one who was in his right senses.” It éould not be very hot and very cold in the same place at the same minute.” ‘““ You may be sure, Harry, there is something in this that we do not understand. Can you ex- plain it, mamma?” “SL thinks LE. can!” That mountain is ina very hot country; and in all climates the air on the summits of high mountains is extremely cold. The mountain I was just now Speaking of is in Peru, near the equator; and, therefore, the plain170 ROFE BRIDGES. at the bottom of the mountain must be, like other countries in the torrid zone, excessively hot. Sup eed pose the town is built half way up the ascent from the burning plain to the frozen summit, when the i traveller from the hot plain below arrives there, : he begins to feel chilly; while another person, i coming down from the snowy region at the top, is } i quite oppressed with heat. Do you understand | this?” | ““Yes,”’ replied Lucy; ‘each of the travellers compares what he feels now, with what he felt a little while ago. But how do people travel among these mountains ?”’ ‘““They have many difficulties to encounter, not : only from the steepness and ruggedness of the : roads, but from the deep, rapid torrents, which i. rush down from the mountains with such impetuous | force, as would soon wash away bridges, like those cee we see in England, even if it were possible to build | them. To remedy this inconvenience, the natives, long before Europeans visited Peru, contrived to i make bridges with ropes, which they fixed to strong posts, or to the trunks of trees, on opposite sides of the river. Such bridges are still used in Peru, and though so simple in their construction, h ¢>e found to answer the purpose very well. The ny | largest, or rather the longest bridge of this kind HY which I have heard of, is between Quito and Lima:MULES. 171 travellers may safely pass over it with loaded mules.”’ “TI do not wonder,” said Harry, ‘at men pass- ing over such bridges, because we know how easily sailors climb the rigging — but that such stupid, obstinate things as mules can be made to do it, is very) strange,’’.* ‘You do the mules injustice, Harry. I per- celve you do not know what they are capable of, or you would not call them stupid. If you like it, I will tell you the difficulties which some tra- vellers had to encounter, in a journey from Guya- quil to Quito; and I think, when you have heard my story, you will have a better opinion of mules. ‘The principal persons whose adventures I am going to relate, were two Spaniards, Don George Juan, and Don Antonio de Ulloa. They were ac- companied by some Indians who acted as culdes, and some other persons who travelled with them. A river, the source of which is in the Andes, dis- charges its waters into the gulf of Guyaquil, and thus afforded our travellers the opportnnity of per- forming at least a part of their journey in boats, which conveyed them up this river to the foot of the mountains, where they had ordered mules and guides to meet them. One of the first towns they came to on the mountains was called Tarigagua, where they began to feel the cold in the manner I have described to you; though they observed thatEe Rs BAD ROADS: people who were coming down the mountain thought Tarigagua was a very hot place. After leaving that town, they found they had engaged in a very difficult enterprise; for the steepness and ruggedness of the road were greater than you can imagine. In many places the path was so narrow, that the mules had scarcely room to set their feet. In other parts the road was full of such steep holes, that when the mules set their feet into them, the rider’s legs were drawn along the ground. I do not know what they would have done without these holes, which served as so many steps for the poor mules, preventing them from slipping back, as they probably would have done, on account of the excessive steepness of the mountain, if they had not had such firm resting-places for their feet. However, if the animal does not place his feet properly, the rider must fall; and if he falls on the side of the precipice, he perishes. Where these holes are wanting, the danger is still greater ; for the roads are slippery as well as steep, because the soil is chalky, and the frequent rains make it always wet.” Lucy expressed her wonder that any man would choose to risk breaking his neck by travelling such a road. Her mother took no notice of this little inter- ruption, but went on with the story. “Our travellers undertook this journey byDANGER OF DESCENDING. T73 order of the king of Spain, who had directed the governors of his American provinces to afford them every necessary assistance. They availed themselves of this, and sometimes sent their guides forward wit. spades, to dig little trenches across the road, which lessened the danger of slipping. But after €very precaution has been taken, the precipices are so frightful, that, in travelling this road, even the most courageous tremble. ‘When the poor travellers had, with all this toil and danger, attained the summit of a moun- tain, they found that to descend on the other side was an undertaking equally formidable. Imagine, for a moment, that you behold Don Ulloa and his companions on the brink of one of those steep de- clivities so common among the Andes. Their mules suddenly Stop; and even if their riders are bold enough to attempt to spur them forward, they remain immovable. Indeed, the poor ani- mals have cause to dread the steepness of the de- scent. Now it is that they seem to be actuated by reason; for they not only attentively view the road before them, but they tremble and snort at the danger. On one side of the harrow path rise Steep and craggy eminences: here and there the roots of trees are seen above the soul, the heavy rains having washed away the earth which cov- ered them. The other side of the path is a fright- ful precipice, down which the mule and his ridermeg SESS SSS SSS — meee Hai =] 174 EQ@U PE 1 BR IU OM: must both be thrown, if the least accident should interrupt the steadiness of their motion.” ‘Oh, mamma!”’ exclaimed Lucy, “I am sure I should have come to a dead stop. I could hever venture to guide my mule down such a place.” ‘*’The mule would manage that business better than you could, if you left the direction of it to bin? ‘““"The mule! speak with 15DUNST Ce abe 226 PROGRESS NORTHWARD. her, had a gun fired as a signal. The vessel, on hearing the gun, stopped her course, or brought to as sailors call it. She was returning home, laden with seals; and a gentleman who had embarked on board the Race-horse with an intention of going to the North Pole, being already tired of the voy- age, took that opportunity of returning home; he bade his friends farewell, and went on board the Hamburgh ship. The commodore, with the ships under his command, proceeded on the voyage; and, amidst fogs, gales, sleet, and piercing cold, advanced beyond the 74th degree of latitude. “On the 29th, they came in sight of land, and met with a Greenland ship, called the Marquis of Rockingham. The captain presented them with Some venison, which was very good. They learned from the crew of this ship, which was just returned from the ice, that three whale-ships had been crushed to pieces the day before, by some floating ice suddenly closing upon them. “On the first of July they had light breezes and clear weather at midnight, when the sun shone as brightly as at noon. On the 5th, they were sur- rounded by a thick foo, and were obliged to fire their guns again, to keep incompany. A dreadful crackling was now heard at a distance, which proved to be occasioned by the dashing of the loose masses of ice against each other. Next day the islands of ice appeared: and the fog becomingSPITZBERGEN. 227 thicker, their situation was very alarming. About ten at night the commodore sailed away from the ice; but it continued to trouble him on the follow- ing day, when it was very difficult to keep any regular course; for the ice came in such drifts as to whirl the ships round in an astonishing man- ner.”’ “TY am afraid,” said Lucy, “I should have wished myself in the Hamburgh ship !”’—Her mo- ther, not noticing this little interruption, proceeded with her story. “ Eee te & CONS@CL TATION: 290 ment of a little bread and water, they soon began to feel more comfortable. Then then talked over their melancholy situation, and the captain de- sired every one to express his thoughts freely. William Cole, the carpenter, then gave his opinion, which, no doubt, was listened to with great attention; for he was much beloved, and a very skilful man in his profession.” ‘‘The carpenter must be a very important per- son in such a case,’ said Lucy; ‘‘I should like to know what he thought of their situation.” ‘‘ He gave his companions but poor encourage- ment; for he said that he believed the ship was foundered, and would never be of any further service: he added, that she had been beaten so much against the ice and the shore, that her joints and seams must all be loosened; and that he could not contrive any way of placing her in such a situation as to admit of his getting at the leaky places to repair them. Beside all these difficulties, the rudder was lost; and if he made another, he had no iron-work to hang it on with.”’ ‘‘T did not expect him to talk in that way,” said Lucy; “for my part, I think William Cole is rather a desponding person.’’ ‘¢ He was not alone in the unfavourable opinion he entertained of the situation of the ship. Some of the company said she was run up so high onaei i HH “ec i meld bit :34 ibis Sadek ete WINTER IN CHARLTON ISLAND Tales of TravTHE CAPTAINS SPER ET. 291 the sands, that she never could be got off again } others, that she would be dashed to pieces by the ice; that the anchors, which were under the ice, would be also broken; and many other discour- aging things, ‘At length it was the captain’s turn to speak.” ‘“Come,”? exclaimed Harty; “ nowefor = hes Speech! Jet us hear the captain. What did he siy, mamma?” “* My faithful com anions, be not dismayed for any of these disasters; but let us put our whole trust in God. It is he that giveth, and he that taketh away—his will be done. If it be our for- tune to end our days here, we are as near heaven as in England. We may use all honest means to save and prolong our lives; and in my judgment, we are not yet so far past hope of returning to our native country, but that I see a fair way by which we may effect it. Admit the ship be foundered, yet have those of our own nation and others, when they have been in these extremities, even out of their lost ship built them a pinnace, and been recovered to their friends again. If it be objected, that they have happened into better climes—yet there is nothing too hard for courage- ous minds, which hitherto you have shown, and I doubt not will still do to the uttermost.”? ““O, brave captain! he is just fit to manage English sailors !” :Seb that n eek — TT ali sti lebeataseeeait ts foal oeieet ™ PA lle A ge mito te ga LOTT PRADA vacates See tmnt a eae Ses ee ies fant Ease iNa 3 SSeS . Re Ee ees 292 WHVIVING COURAECE. ‘‘Were those the words Captain James used, mamma? Ifso, I think he had an odd manner of speaking.” “Tt did not appear strange at that time, my dear Lucy, because other people spoke in the same manner. I have only told you part of his speech, but have used almost exactly his own words, be- cause I thought you would like to hear what he really said on this occasion.”’ ‘Thank you, mamma: I do like to hear his very own words; for he was a fine, brave fellow. I wish Lucy would not be so particular about it!” ‘Do not be impatient with your sister, Harry. I was pleased to find that Lucy could distinguish a turn of expression so different from our manner of speaking at present.”’ ‘‘But, mamma, I want to hear what the sazlors thought about the captain’s speech.” “TJ believe a disposition to hope for better times is natural to most men; and it is generally easy to convince them of what they feel pleasure in be- lieving. The captain’s encouraging speech gave them all fresh spirits: and they declared their wil- lingness to work to the utmost of their strength, and to refuse nothing that he should order them to do, were it even at the hazard of their lives. He thanked them all, particularly the carpenter, for this cheerful compliance with their duty, and pro- mised to reward those who were active and indus-BLE.A R D-S< 293 trious. They then resolved to build a new pinna ce, with such timber as they could find in the island ; and in the spring, if the ship proved useless, to break it to pieces, and finish the pinnace with the planks and other materials. Having settled these important resolutions, they arranged themselves near the fire, and lay down to rest for the night. ‘Qn the 30th, a service was required from the surgeon, which you may think was not exactly in the line of his profession: this was to cut the cap- tain’s hair short, and shave away all the hair from his face ; for it had become so stiff with icicles, as to be intolerably troublesome.” “Oh, mamma! do you really think Captain James wore a long beard ?”? ‘“‘I do not suppose’ he wore such a long beard as you have seen represented in paintings of the old patriarchs; but, no doubt, he dressed as other people did at that time. Look at this picture of Charles the First. Do you not think, that if icicles were dangling from these mustachoes, and from this tuft of hair on the chin, it would be very in- convenient? How troublesome, too, would this hair be, which waves down his neck, if it was heavily laden with the same appendages !”’ “Troublesome, indeed !?’ said Liueys, Sie icicles would rattle about whenever he turned his head. But how did the other people do, mamma 2”? ‘They followed the example set by the captain,TH Guat” Mads fcr oh ~ eeaeneet ys onal PME Peg ic sora Lene eee cen tne gets TEA TE errr aad te pay ets nes * af i ; peal ete oar = — a res nr SRT Rh Tc gy cng ns dep entey ante i dc Siu Minis a ore aang 294 BUILDING HOUSES. and then prepared to work. The first object they had in view was to obtain such of the clothes and provisions that were left in the ship, as the water would allow them to get at. Great were the suf- ferings of the poor men while engaged in this task : when it was completed they built themselves two houses, and a store-house at a little distance, as they were desirous of securing their provisions from the danger of fire.” ‘“¢ How could they build houses in such a deso- lave splace 07" “The houses were of very simple construction, being merely square enclosures, formed with strong stakes, and thickly wattled between the stakes with boughs of trees. The ends of the houses were defended on the outside by piles of bushes, ten feet high, and six feet thick: the sides of the house were guarded in the same manner by piles of the trunks of trees, six feet thick, and six feet hich. They left a little low door to creep into, with a porch before it, made of piles of wood, to prevent- the wind from blowing into the entry. Near the top of the end walls, they left two holes, to answer the double purpose of windows and chimney.”’ “‘ But the roof, mamma; you have not told us about that.”’ ‘“‘Very true. In the first place they laid.a tree from end to end: this formed the ridge of the roof,INTERNAL ECONOMY. 295 and supported the rafters. When the building was completed, they spread the mainsail of the ship over all, and brought it down to the ground on the outside. The inside was lined with smaller sails; and round three sides of it they drove in stakes, to form their bedsteads, ata proper distance from the wall, and covered the ground thickly with boughs: over the boughs they Spread some spare sails, and placed their bedding upon them. They even contrived curtains for their beds, with such sails and clothes as they could spare for the purpose. The fire-place was in the centre of the house.”’ ‘““T thought what they called their house was only one room. Did they build a chimney in the middle of it?”? ‘The smoke was left to make its own way up to the roof, unconfined by any chimney; it then found a passage through the Openings at the top of the end walls. I hope you admire the skill of our good captain, displayed in architecture: for my part, I think he was an excellent contriver.”’ You said they built two houses and a store~ house, mamma. Were they all built in the same manner ?”? “The store-house, of course, had no fire in it: the other house was almost exactly like that I have described to you, but smaller, being adapted to the size of the fore-sail, which formed its outside coy-oe a3 ictal rt recs cua Baer toi = Meebo list stil (bined) cia iits sin as reesei iitteaii 296 SN OW=G Acs ia eae ering. ‘hey were both erected in the warmest situation that could be found, among a tuft of thick trees, and screened from the north by a rising bank. I suppose it must have been on the southern side of the island. ‘“‘Long before Christmas, their little town, as they called it, was so thickly covered, that they seemed to be living under a heap of snow. They made paths by shovelling away the snow, and treading it down very hard. This formed a kind of gallery, in which the captain and the sick men used to walk, while the snow deepened around them till it was nearly as high as the top of their houses. With great difficulty they also cut a pas- sage through the snow, from the store-house down to the sea-side. ‘This labour was the last they undertook in the year 1631. And with the con- clusion of the year we will, if you please, conclude our conversation.”’ DOD OO eee ‘«‘ Ang you ready, dear mamma,”’ said Lucy, “to begin the year 1632? We wish very much to hear the rest of Captain James’s adventures. Harry, should not you have liked to pay them a visit in their snug little town, and to walk with Captain James in his snow-gallery! I did notELEiGa iis piel einys tiest ye errr eee SEGSaSaEeatS tee TEE eieteteeteeesesih : VER IN THE ‘Ate. 297 expect they would have been able to m comfortable house.” Harry assented—but their mother observed that tre *** snug little town’ was not so comfortable a place as Lucy imagined ; for though every pre- caution had _ been taken, by making very thick walls, and Screening the entrance by a porch, the inside of the house was hung with icicles, and the bed-clothes covered with hoar-frost, though a fire was kept in the middle of the room.” “I thought ice was frozen water: where did the water come from that made these icicles 2” ake such a “There are al Vays watery particles in the atmosphere, though we do not perceive them while they are in a state of Vapour.” ‘IT do not understand that, dear mamma.” ‘You have often seen the steam rising through the little holes*in' the lid: of the feaey What becomes of that steam ?”’ ‘ in rt ” . ati r orn Ss “ — o = es en ae a : —_ - — -- “4 2 io ae EF ao i 7” ae ne ra” erage ener = - nt ‘ = agai csilaree - a ms a - a a em -- a — seen Ti me mw Enos een en apr ” amen = — ee, len . eC a = - - ere Sas =a oe ee a z — ~ = - = sak pee Tne: pratt Salah Ay rll io cum biabbteetias nh) Sats Lor hi oh eeeieeeeeieeabeetes are 304 BVEBON Ss DOG. would much rather live with a good, faithful dog, than with such bad men.’’ ‘‘Byron was not permitted long to enjoy the society of his dumb companion. One day a party of these disorderly men came to the little habita- tion were he and his dog were resting themselves, and declared that they must have the dog to eat, or else they must starve. The affectionate and faithful services of this poor animal made his master very unwilling to part with him, and he tried to persuade them to give up their design. But they would not listen to his remonstrances: they took the dog away by force, and killed him.” ‘¢Oh, how very sorry Byron must have been?’ ‘¢ He was, indeed, Lucy; but his own hunger was so pressing, that when he saw the poor dog was really dead, and that the sailors had prepared it for eating, he sat down with them, and shared their repast.”’ “TI do not like Byron now. If I was ever so hungry, I should not like to eat poor Fido.” ‘¢ Why should it be worse to eat Fido, than the ducks and chickens which you are so fond of feeding ?” ‘¢Oh, mother! Fido has ten times more sense than a duck; and he knows me, and loves me: I could not bear to eat hom!” “You do not know what it 1s to be so hungry as poor Byron was. Three weeks after this, heSUBSTITUTES FOR BOATS. 395 was almost starving; and recollecting the spot where the sailors had killed the dog, he went there, and found the paws and skin, which had been thrown aside: on these, though in a putrid State, this poor lad was happy to make a dinner.” “T could never have imagined such hunger as that” “You have no idea what exertions they were obliged to make, to procure food. When they first arrived, there were a good many shell- fish on the shores of the bay; but there were so many to eat them, that the supply soon failed. One man, whose name was Phipps, was very hungry, as well as the rest: he was also possessed of courage and ingenuity. He took some of the staves out of a water-cask, and then fastened a log of wood on each side of the cask, to keep it steady ; and in this curious kind of boat, he set out in search of food. By this means he frequently supplied himself with wild-fowl; and while all the rest were starving, he secured a 2ood dinner. Sometimes he would venture a long way from shore ; and at last, when he was far out at sea, his cask overset. He was not a good swimmer; but being near a rock, he managed to reach it, though with great difficulty. There he remained for two days, with very little hope of relief, for he was at too great a distance to be seen from the shore ; but fortunately, some of his companions happened Sa eeeSd as a iol ee cae oe ee a et Le antes a rome vom ERE, ez Ss assepneeensaneinst ee abe Riesate science ei dikes ahh ee el Lk) ch es laced 396 + MeN EGE PU: AC T. to go that way ina boat: they saw him making signals, went to the lonely rock, and brought him safely back to the island.”’ ‘“‘T should think he had had enough of going tc sea in a boat of his own invention.” ‘‘ By no means: he soon tried his skill in boat- making again. He procured an ox-hide, which had been used by the gunner for sifting powder, and stretching it over some hoops, he formed a sort of canoe, in which he made several successful voyages.” ‘Oh, that was far cleverer than the clumsy cask! It was almost like the canoe of an Esqui- maux.”’ “I wonder,” said Lucy, ‘‘ they staid starving so long in that miserable island. J should have heen for going somewhere else.” ‘About ten of the people resolved that they would do so; and indeed their companions would have had no reason to be sorry for it, for most of them were desperate wretches. Their dislike of the captain not being restrained by any feelings of humanity, they agreed, before their departure, to perform an act of terrible revenge. For this pur- pose they placed half a barrel of gunpowder close to the hut, laid a train to it, and were just going to set it on fire and blow up their commander, when one of their own party, less hardened than the rest, was struck with horror at the wickednessMURDER OF COZENS. 397 of the design, and persuaded his companions to relinquish their cruel purpose. ‘‘After this they rambled about for some time in the woods ; but finding they could not escape from the island, they settled about three miles from the captain’s party. They soon after contrived to make themselves two boats, in which they sailed away, and were never heard of more.’ ‘And a happy thing that they did! I am sure I should have been very glad to get rid of them. Did the captain behave better, after they were gone ?” “Captain Cheap was unfit to govern others, for he had not learned how to govern himself. His conduct was frequently marked by passion and cruelty. One instance of this I will tel] you. A midshipman, whose name was Cozens, had, like many others, been intoxicated and quarrelsome: for this he was properly punished by a short con- finement. Soon afterwards Cozens had another quarrel with one of his companions; and the cap- tain, hearing the disturbance, ran out of his hut with a cocked pistol in his hand, and, without ask- ing any questions, immediately shot poor Cozens through the head.” “Oh, how very wicked, to kill him without asking who was in the wrong!” ‘‘Byron thought that the captain shot Cozens under a mistaken apprehension that he was going- a we — ret ee er io a ra BN west bien saute seemeneienes ere ewe oe « Pee ere =i SS eney ee tapetio ie ee dell nas ta a Saree ele tities ae er TS t a ass 398 MURDER OF COZENS. to mutiny; but even if he had, that was no ex- cuse for such rash and violent conduct. What follows is, if possible, still more Shocking. Co- zens was not immediately killed; and as he lay bleeding on the ground, he appeared quite sensible, and took Byron and others by the hand, shaking his head, as if he meant to take leave of them. This very much affected everybody except the in- human captain. The eyes of all were fixed, with an expression of deep concern, on the dying man, who was greatly beloved. At last his messmates begged as a favour, that he might be removed to their tent; but even this poor alleviation was re- fused, and the unhappy victim was suffered to Jan- guish for some days on the ground, with no other Shelter from the weather than a piece of canvass thrown over some bushes. In that situation poor Cozens expired.” “Oh, that wicked, cruel captain! When he had shot him in a mistake and a passion, I thought he would have been so sorry, and have tried every- thing to save him. Well, I know one thing ; whatever Captain Cheap may suffer, I shall be glad; and I will not feel the least bit of pity for Dim,” : ‘Softly, Harry. Do you wish to resemble Captain Cheap ?”’ ‘Who? I! I wish to. resemble him! Mother, why do you ask such a question ?”ANAL ER 399 “If you could see Captain Cheap in a state of great suffering, without feeling ‘the least bit of pity,’ you would be revengeful and unforgiving, hike him. ““Some time after this unhappy affair, Byron was sent in the barge, with three of the officers and ten men, to examiné the coast to the south- ward. In this expedition they suffered from the bad weather usually experienced in that stormy climate; and on the third day they were obhged to take shelter in the first creek which presented itself. When they had secured the barge, they went ashore, and pitched a tent, to shelter them- selves from: the rain. The ‘tent “was not large enough to hold them all; and Byron having ob- served a deserted Indian wigwam, or hut, at about two miles’ distance from the tent, proposed going there with four of the people. They went accord- ingly; and having lighted a fire they lay down, hoping to forget their hunger in sleep. They had not long composed themselves, before one of the company was disturbed by some animal blowing at his face; and, on opening his eyes, he was as- tonished to see, by the glimmering of the fire, a large beast standing over him.” ‘‘T should have been almost frightened out of my senses at that,”’ said Harry. “Tf the sailor had been frightened out of his senses, perhaps the beast might have devouredee ae pa cae enaenon see: iss 2 a apenabendinnt Sremestaeel ie tenets eee ee an +P feast RES eens egg se” aaa =3 all eee libel d ealaaadts 400 PRESENCE OF MIND: him; but he acted with as much presence of mind as the lady showed who drove away the tiger.” ‘“‘How could that be? I dare say the sailor had no umbrella.”’ ‘He had what answered the same purpose: he snatched a brand from the fire, and thrust it at the nose of the animal, who made a hasty retreat. When the creature was gone, the sailor wakened his companions. They saw his horror-struck countenance, and for a moment they shared his apprehensions: but they were so very tired and sleepy, that they soon composed themselves to rest again, and slept the remainder of the night with- out disturbance. Perhaps they might have con- sidered the whole affair as a frightful dream, if the next morning they had not traced the footsteps of the beast in the sand: the impression was deep and plain, of a large round foot, well furnished with claws.”’ ‘“‘T should have felt like Robinson Crusoe, when he saw the print of a man’s foot. Well, what happened next ?” | ‘“‘ Byron and his companions returned to Wager Island. ‘They could not proceed with their voy- age of discovery, on account of the tempestuous weather. ‘“‘'They found the old cabals and mutinous pro- ceedings still going on; and soon after their re- turn, eighteen of the ship’s company, who had gotMUTINEERS DEPART. 401 possession of the long-boat, determined to return to the southward, and endeavour to find their way home by the Straits of Magellan. These muti- neers seized on the captain, on pretence of taking him to England, to be there tried for the murder of Cozens; but afterwards finding themselves Straitened for room and provisions, they set him at liberty. At length, eighty-one left the island in the long-boat, cutter, and barge. Byron em- barked with them; but when he found that Cap- tain Cheap was left on Wager Island, he took the first opportunity of returning to his commanding officer, to whom he seems to have resolved to be faithful, let what would happen.” ‘“‘T am sure, so would not I. A cruel, passionate fellow: I would not have been faithful to lnm? ‘That is not a good feeling, Harry. We should always try to do our duty, let other people deserve kind treatment or not. Byron would have had but little merit in behaving well to such a captain as Maxwell or Golownin; but in acting as he did to a selfish tyrant like Cheap, he set an excellent example to all young officers. ‘The company in Wager Island, after the re- turn of Byron and some others in the barge, con- sisted of twenty persons. They were now, by the departure of the mutineers, left at liberty to adopt the plan of Captain Cheap, which was to go to the Island of Chiloe, there seize a Spanish vessel, 26nes ns Our onl peenenians Pee a SS hegrbtereenianiians seebemercn irs s enehenaeene ati ee sae iameninear ss 402 CAPTAIN © HAP 2S Pk AN. and then sail away, in search of Commodore Anson and the rest of the squadron.” Lucy asked how they could know where to look for them. 7 ‘Anson had appointed several places of meet- Ing, in case the squadron should be separated by storms : among others, the beautiful island of Juan Fernandez. But so much time had been lost, that the chance of finding Anson was much diminished. Seven months had now elapsed since the shipwreck ; and on the 15th of December, when the days were nearly at the longest, as it was almost midsummer, the people told Captain Cheap they wished to embrace that favourable season to set out on their voyage.” “Stop, if you please, mamma. How could it be midsummer in December 2?” ‘“* Because, when the sun is in the tropic of Capricorn, it is midsummer in the southern hemi- sphere.’ ‘And then it is our winter, and the North Pole is dark. J can show you that on the globe, to- morrow, Harry, for mamma explained it to me ; but let her go on now, for I want to hear about this voyage.” ‘Wager Island is about the same distance from Chiloe, that Pulo-Leat is from Batavia; but seven months were wasted before Captain Cheap at- tempted this only rational means of preservation.ORDER AND DISORDER. 403 Lord Amherst and Captain Maxwell arranged their plan, and began to put it in practice, in nearly the same number of hours. Pulo-Leat presented a scene of order and harmony, of cheer- ful obedience and well-regulated authority: Wager Island, an affecting example of the terrible con- Sequence of indulging selfish and violent passions. Many lost their lives from drunkenness ; many perished with hunger ; others sailed away on some wild scheme of their own, and were never heard of more; and several were murdered by their companions, besides poor Cozens, whose miserable end I have related. “Thus you see, we cannot judge of the degree of any misfortune, merely by the circumstance which happens. It is on the manner in which people conduct themselves, when in difficulty, that the event will probably depend.” “T see that people who are good and reasonable, suffer less even when they are shipwrecked. Mother, I intend to cure myself of going into a passion, for fear it should bring misfortunes.” “You are quite in the right, Harry. Passion 1s the cause of many misfortunes, though we may not happen to be shipwrecked. ‘For more than a month, Captain Cheap and his few remaining men laboured hard to get round a cape to the northward of their former station, consisting of three high headlands. From Byron’sa & pow De rey Fee lee parce ne A hima yey mearrerenename ae eta ae eed 3 ateetanenil ngs oy nets Foil co Maheteaee 4st 3777 eh ci, L4 di ct amen caren TM Ss 5 . rare 404 FRUITLESS EFFORTS. description, I should think it must be that which is called in the map, Peninsula of Three Mountains. After suffering incredible fatigue, losing one of the boats, and abandoning four of the party, who were left on a small island, to shift for themselves, they gave up the project, and returned to Wager Island in despair, about two months after they set out on this unfortunate expedition. ‘“¢ While they were out on this disastrous voyage, they went up a creek, in hopes of finding either seals or shell-fish. For this purpose they disem- barked, and rambled along the shore in detached parties. “Mr. Ellict, the surgeon, happened to be by himself, when he discovered a pretty large hole, which appeared to lead to some den within the rocks. Elliot’s curiosity was strongly excited, for this opening was not so rude as to appear en- tirely the work of nature; but he hesitated whether he should venture into this recess, not knowing what kind of reception he might meet with. At last, curiosity prevailed, and he determined to make the attempt. He entered, creeping on his hands and knees, on account of the lowness of the passage, and proceeded in that posture for a con- siderable distance. He then arrived at a spacious chamber, but whether a natural cave, or hollowed by art, he could not determine. This apartment was lighted by an opening at the top; and in theBURIAL-PLACKE. 405 centre of it there were two platforms, raised one above the other: the upper one was about five feet from the ground. It was a sort of frame-work of sticks, supported by props. On this, and the one beneath it, many human bodies were extended : they appeared to have been there fora great while, but were in a state of complete preservation.” Lucy asked whether these were American mum- mies. ‘They were wrapped in bandages, like the Egyptian mummies, but were destitute of any covering. The flesh of these bodies had become perfectly dry and hard; but whether this was pro- duced by art, or was the natural effect of the dry- ness of the cave, Elliot could not guess. ‘lo con- fess the truth, the surgeon was very hungry; and he was too earnest in his pursuit of something to eat, to spend his time in any particular examina- tion, either of the cave or the dead bodies. Therefore he crawled back through the passage by which he had entered, and told the first person he met what he had seen. Several others had the curiosity to go in likewise; and Byron conjec- tured that this might be a burying-place of the In- dian chiefs, though there were no traces of any settlement in the neighbourhood.” “Did the English see no inhabitants, during all the time they were on the coast?” “Soon after the shipwreck, some Indians with aerate sacrum memmnnn casa hc tae cnc een eK tee spe aoa vase miSit a teieiee uit ek S21 1 4 hs c ae Lh nee nea ieee eS 406 VISIT FROM their families came into the bay, where the Eng- lish had taken refuge. The people appeared to be of friendly dispositions; but they had reason to be dissatisfied with the selfish, ungovernable spirit of our countrymen, and suddenly departed, taking away all that belonged to them. “‘Had the English behaved well, it is very probable that these friendly Indians would have guided and assisted their escape; but the infatu- ated captain and riotous crew, do not appear to have thought of so obvious an expedient. ‘‘ After their return to the bay where they had first landed, they suffered the most terrible famine. ‘They could no longer find either seals or shell-fish, and were reduced almost to the last extremity. At this time Lieutenant Hamilton found some pieces of beef, which had been washed on shore from the wreck; and though the meat was In a state which would have been rejected by a nicer appetite, it was a treasure to this poor starving man. With a generosity of which Wager Island affords few examples, he scorned the idea of concealing his discovery, and shared his prize with his distressed companions. *“‘ About a fortnight after Cheap and his people returned to the island, a party of Indians came there in two canoes. Among them was an Indian chief of the tribe of Chonos, who lived in the neighbourhood of Chiloe. This man had someRS SEL ETS area teases ease disid SHUG HIE! si THE INDIANS. 40% knowledge of Spanish. Mr. Elliot could also speak it a little, and he contrived to make the In- dian understand that the English wished to reach some of the Spanish settlements; and that if he would undertake to conduct them in their barge, he should have both that, and whatever it con- tained, as soon as they arrived at the destined port. To these conditions the chief, after much persuasion, consented. ‘The number of the English was now reduced to thirteen, who embarked in the barge with this Indian chief and his servant, whose name was Emanuel. The two Indian canoes accompanied them for some days, and then left them to proceed on their voyage alone.” ““Come,”’ said Lucy, ‘‘I hope the worst is over. Now they have obtained a guide, I think they will do.’’ ‘They had still many hardships to endure: some of them, the necessary consequence of their situation; and some arising from the unhappy state of their own minds, and the want of kind- ness and consideration for each other. But it grows late, and Harry’s eyes look heavy. We will reserve the conclusion of their adventures till to-morrow evening.” oc egret 29 ie IR A EA eto = 4 2 = :& Bey: 7 cane eens ii ~~ 7 ae es 2 cascbhoniaeh perereeremeersets nL.” Meth hii helen Et oe te a oe * . * “teen . nares acme Rinites . so et ee at amas OT Tae - a Dicsgginiiersist 2 Dies iiiapehiniaiaial oe ee eae Ys ik ad SU al sa repinberenene sri { ADVENTURES OF BYRON. OOOO eae “Now, dear mamma, how did Byron and _ his companions get on with their Indian guide?” “On the third day of their voyage they came to the bottom of a great bay, where the Indian had left his wife and two children in a hut. Here they staid for two or three days, constantly em- ployed in seeking for shell-fish. When they were ready to proceed on their voyage, they took the guide’s wife and children into the boat, and at- tempted to ascend a river. They laboured all day against the stream, but made hardly any pro- gress: at last one of the sailors expiring from fa- tigue, Byron, who had hitherto steered the boat, was obliged to row. While he was thus employed, another of the men, who was rowing beside him, dropped from his seat, saying that his strength was quite exhausted for want of food, and that he must shortly die. As he lay in this affecting state in the bottom of the boat, he every now and then expressed the most earnest wish for a little food, ( 408 }HARD-HEARTEDNESsS, 409 saying, that two or three mouthfuls might be the means of saving his life. Could you believe that any man had a heart so hard as to re sist such an entreaty ?” Harry said he could believe anything that is cruel of Captain Cheap. ‘It is true that we have heard some sad stories of him, but in this case I ¢ annot help wondering at the hardness of his heart for it does not appear that poor Bosman had done anything to offend him, and yet, when he lay at his feet, expiring for want of food, and earnestly begging a morsel to Save his life, this inhuman man, who had at the time a large piece of boiled seal’s flesh beside him, would not give the smallest portion of it to the dying sailor.” “How very s0cking |”? said Lucy. “T hope there are not many such men in the world.” “Young Byron had very different feelings: he was shocked at the cruelty of the captain; and though he had only five or six dried shell-fish in his pocket, and did not know how long it might be before he could procure a fresh supply, he could not resist the entreaties of poor Bosman, but from time to time he put one of his shell-fish into his mouth. The little store was presently ex- hausted, and soon afterwards the unhappy sufferer was released from his misery by death. They continued rowing till the evening, when theycd cd ee ae i res ars rs ? ee ————— rs ee Pt nln ahadesee ipeeneteseec sent sce Seah 1 i helt eedal as Nee ie tse oe eae ere w es 410 DESERTION. landed, and made a grave in the sand for the twa sailors. Afterwards Captain Cheap brought out his great piece of seal’s flesh for supper, but suf- fered no one to share it with him, except the sur- geon, who happened to be in favour. The sailors observed this with vehement indignation, and de- clared that he deserved to be deserted by all his people on account of his savage conduct.” “Ah,” said Lucy, ‘how differently Captain Bligh behaved, who shared his morsel of bread and water with his people, and took no more of anything himself, than he gave to everybody in the boat!” ‘The Indian chief now departed in a canoe with his family, in hopes of obtaining some seals. He left his servant Emanuel to show the English where they would be likely to meet with shell-fish. They continued their search for some time, with very little success, and began to think of returning to the barge. At this moment, six of the men and Emanuel were walking a little way before the offi- cers :. they reached the boat first, jumped into it, pushed out to sea, and left them to return no more. And now, all that Byron and his companions had hitherto endured, seemed light in comparison of what they expected to suffer from this treachery of the sailors, who, with the boat, had taken away everything that belonged to them, except a little powder and one gun, which Byron happened toEsizigitstestateteareteareteseset | SiS ELE RE HOPE REVIVES. 411 have with him. They watched the departing boat with feelings of hopeless regret, and most of them yielded to despondency. At this time the sea was very rough, and the waves broke furiously on the shore. As he strolled along the beach, without any prospect of relief, or any object of hope, By- ron’s eyes were continually attracted by the ever- changing appearance of the restless waters. Now and then he fancied he saw something black on the edge of a distant wave, and then he lost it again. He observed it more intently. At last he thought it was a canoe; but reflecting how unu- sual it was for the Indians to venture in so rough a sea, and at such a distance from land, he con- cluded that his sight must have been deceived. Presently, a rising wave brought this dark object still nearer; and he was then convinced, beyond all doubt, that it was really a canoe. He wished his companions to share in the pleasure of this dis- covery. ‘They were at some distance behind him on the beach, and he ran back as fast as he could, to tell them what he had seen. Their Spirits were So completely sunk by their melancholy situation, that at first they could not believe his assertion ; but when they were at last convinced of its truth, they hastened to strip off some of their ragged clothing, to serve as a signal, which they fixed upon a long pole. This had the desired effect. The people in the canoe seeing the signal, madeeh nnasnenamns cece oe an ea ° 5 + eee Td ha eee ae we att Pines i helenae rate Nain caudate uifh 1, bil cakise bicisaineeiieteennaenm tat nil En aa inca Se re we 412 THEOG AIN GOF A OSS. towards the land, at about two miles’ distance from our distressed travellers. At that place they were able to approach the shore; for a projecting ledge of the rocks broke the violence of the waves, and sheltered a small cove, into which the stran- gers guided their canoe. Captain Cheap and By- ron walked along the beach to this cove, where they arrived about the same time that the persons, whose approach they had so anxiously desired, had effected their landing.” ‘< Who were these persons in the canoe, mam- ma ?’’ ‘‘They proved to be the Indian guide and his wife, who had left them a few days before.” ‘‘T am glad to hear that, for I thought they were quite abandoned, and would ail die misera- bly, one after another.”’ ‘‘They expected it themselves, when the trea- cherous sailors went off with the boat: yet this was one of the many instances, which prove that what we consider as a misfortune, is often the hap- piest thing that could befall us.” ‘¢Like Bernard Gilpin breaking his leg !”’ said Harry. ‘“ But what advantage did these people gain by the loss of their boat?” ‘You have seen that their barge was very ill calculated for being rowed against the stream of those rapid rivers, the attempt they had already made having proved fatal to two of the men. TheGOOD FROM EVIL. 413 barge was too heavy to be carried over the shal- lows and points of land, as the Indians carry their canoes; and, if they had attempted to double the capes and headlands on that stormy coast, you may see, by what Captain Cheap and his people suffered in the expedition they undertook before they met with this Indian, that they must have sunk under the fatigue of such an enterprise. So that losing their boat was, in fact, being relieved from an incumbrance; and eventually it proved the means of their preservation.” “T am glad they did escape at last,” said Harry; ‘but I should like this story much bet- ter, if Captain Cheap had been a good man.’ “It is certainly pleasanter to hear the adven- tures of good people; but we have the comfort of knowing, that, under the wise xovernment of Providence, even the crimes of bad men contribute to the general good.” ‘If you could only explain that, dear mother, I should not be so much vexed at this captain’s behaviour.”’ ‘It is not possible that I should know all the TE good which resulted from the misconduct of the ay captain and his crew; but it appears that, amidst the trials and privations arising from that miscon- duct, young Byron acquired the patient forti- tude which afterwards distinguished his cha- racter. And I told you last night, that thess epee Miia tT) | iad paneer emceemaassaas Per Tt 2 biphpeehpesssenPhear itt lahabibeameseennnil te - Pe ae ee Dd Si is sien ibbaiiemmis. Iaith <3" AG tik Lae dhienialali 414 ANOTHER ATTEMPT. excesses of which the crew of the Wager were guilty, occasioned the enactment of that law which secures the authority of the captain in case of shipwreck—thus preventing a multitude of crimes and misfortunes.” “IT think I quite understand that. You mean that we may improve, even by what we saffer from the faults of other people; and that the dis- tresses of a few men were the means of safety to a great many.” ‘“¢ But, mamma, was not the Indian very angry, when he found that the barge was gone? You know, Mr. Elliot had promised him that he should have it for his trouble.”’ “As the boat was to have become his property, he was, doubtless, vexed at its loss: but his first inquiries were after Emanuel, whom he suspected the English of having murdered. Captain Cheap and Byron could not converse with the guide, on account of their ignorance of Spanish, and there- fore they took him to Elhot, who was too ill to walk to the cove with them. To him the Indian repeated his inquiries after Emanuel; and Elliot at length succeeded in removing hig suspicions. A few days after, Emanuel, who had escaped from the sailors, returned to his master. “‘ After this Byron went with the guide on an expedition in search of some other Indians, who might be willing to assist them in their journey.Be ht Poppe s 415 On his return he found poor Eliot very ill, and Hamilton and Campbell almost starved. Captain Cheap fared better than the others, for the Indian occasionally supphed him with food, a favour which he never bestowed on the rest. ‘When they were joined by the Indians, whose company the chief and Byron had been soliciting, they embarked in canoes and put to sea. Camp- bell and Byron were obliged to row. Hamilton was a soldier, and did not understand this busi- ness. Captain Cheap did not attempt it, and the Indians appear to have respected his dignity too much to employ him in any servile offices. Elliot Was very near the end of his sufferings, and lay almost insensible at the bottom of the canoe. The weather proving unfavourable, they landed, with- out having been able to make much progress ; and here poor Elliot, quite exhausted by fatigue and hunger, expired. He had been a very strong, active young man, and in the beginning of these misfortunes seemed, from his vigorous state of health, more likely to struggle through difficulties, than many of the others. Indeed, he had endured amazing exertion, and he and Lieutenant Hamilton were the best shots in the company; and while the ammunition lasted they never spared them- selves, but went out with their guns, in search of seals or wild fowls, and in great measure provided for the rest. But his labours and sufferings wereai id Fe Ve onus en maid Creat: Re cd aay aren ss at hd + tena BERT etnmens: “iF MONET LEA EIST TREE EPH EO eee came 416 CARRY UNGSPT ACE Ss, now terminated; and his surviving companions scraped a hole in the sand, where they deposited his remains as decently as they could.” (xh, poor Wiliot! I am-sorry for him. “He was one of my favourites, and I was in hopes he would discover some more caverns. It was a pity tney could not do anything to save him, poor fellow, when he had worked so hard to obtain food for them all.” Lucy interrupted her brother, by inquiring what became of the party after the death of Elhot. “They set out again a few days afterwards, and proceeding westward, they came to the mouth ofa river. ‘They rowed up the stream for several leagues, and at night landed on its banks, in a perfect swamp, and without any protection from the rain, which fell heavily. The Indians had provided themselves with seal’s-flesh; but our poor countrymen had nothing to eat except the root of some plant, which had a very unpleasant taste. ‘““The next day they were no better off, but were obliged to labour at the oar, pulling all day against the stream. On the following day they came to a carrying-place.”’ Harry asked, ‘‘ What is meant by a carrying- place ?”? ‘““T have told you with what dreadful fury theCARR ¥YIRLG-PLaA CEs, 417 waves break upon this rocky shore. Many capes HH and headlands run out into that raging sea; and ih it being impossible to get round them in an open a boat, the Indian canoes are made in such a man- ner as to admit of being easily taken to pleces. When the Indians have occasion to go over the land, either to avoid one of these stormy capes, or to pass from one river to another, they take their canoes to pieces, and each man or woman carries a plank. The spots where they are obliged to have recourse to this expedient, are very naturally called carrying-places. ““ Everybody, except Captain Cheap, had some- thing to carry. He was so helpless, that he was obliged to be assisted by others, or he must have been left behind. Byron was one of the last: he waited for some Indians who belonged to the canoe in which he came. ‘‘ When they were ready to set forward, he was obliged to carry on his head a piece of wet, heavy canvass, which contained some half-putrid seal’s flesh, belonging to Captain Cheap. It was a load sufficient, in such dreadful roads, for a strong man in health; but to a poor half-starved lad, like Byron, it was a grievous burden. However, he was forced to trudge on with it, as well as he was able, through this swampy wood, mostly up to his knees in the mire, and _ often up to his middle. Besides the fatigue occasioned by this, he was odes Sipe SL aE wy as rilit sun ddaiaieamse.iawik <=) 3il cc hprekandhieeeneeeannentaat 418 BYRON LEFT IN THE FOREST. often treading on the stumps of trees, which could not be avoided, as they were covered with water; and having neither shoes nor stockings, his feet and legs were sadly wounded. Before they had proceeded half a mile, the two Indians, who were more accustomed to this kind of travelling, left him. He continued to make the best progress he could, fearing that if he did not reach the other side of the carrying-place in good time, they would all desert him. A tree happened to lie across the road, and in scrambling over it, his foot slipped, and he fell into a very deep swamp, where he narrowly escaped drowning, owing to the weig ht of the burden on his head. It was a long time before he could get out, and when he had accom- plished it his strength was quite exhausted. He sat down under a tree to recover himself, and there indulged his melancholy thoughts. Alone in the wild solitude of an American forest, wet, cold, and half-famished, his naked feet and ankles covered with wounds, with no hand to help, no eye to pity him, sat this unfortunate son of an English nobleman.’’ ‘Poor fellow!’ said Lucy. “I did not know he was the.son of a nobleman: that made his case still worse, because it is not likely that he had been used to hardships.” ‘* Happily for Byron, whatever might have been the delicacy of his education, he possessed a strongiin, «fr NA AN op y e OW VA AANA > SN / = SEAL - jlo ALONE IN THE: WILD SOLITUDE OF AN AMERICAN FOREST, WET, COLD, UNFORTUNATE AN AND HALF FAMISHED, HIS NAKED FEET AND ANKLES COVERED SON OF SAT THIS ENGLISH NOBLEMAN. WITH WOUNDS, Tales of Tray.le gras ee eae ‘ih andi kL Pet nics ca aaesandieueieadeie aeFARTHER TRIALS. 419 mind. He soon recollected, that bewailing his misfortunes could not do him any good : and rising from the ground he observed a great tree, so situ- ated that he thought he could find it again. He felt quite unable to carry Captain Cheap’s bundle any further, so he deposited it under this tree. He then set out again, in hopes of overtaking his companions: it was, however, some hours before he came up with them. They were sitting down under a tree, and Byron sat down beside them in silence. No one noticed him for some time. At last Captain Cheap inquired what had become of his seal and canvass? Byron told him of the mis- fortune that had happened to him, which indeed the captain might easily have guessed, from the condition of the poor lad’s tattered clothing and wounded feet; but instead of pity for his suffer- ings, Byron heard nothing but grumbling and re- proaches. forthe loss of the seale ” Wiersma? 4 lesson of fortitude: he profited by it, and made no reply to this unreasonable man. After having rested a little while, he got up and walked back into the wood, at least five miles, to the great tree under which he had left his bundle. He returned again, just in time to deliver it to the captain, be- fore he embarked with the Indians ona great lake, the opposite side of which appeared to wash the feet of the Andes. Byron wished to go with them, but they told him that he must wait for some otheree pi pee OE ees - - or Fide Penis eeeieeme ene s coeeieheheni a a ond Aa ee nn tel: ses bdaneeieemnies sia A "2 Nid Sake kh 2 aie 420 FARTHER TRIALS. Indians who were going to follow them. He did not know where these Indians were to come from: he was left alone on the banks of the lake, and night was approaching. The unfeeling captain did not give him even a morsel of the seal that had caused him so much suffering.” ‘Mother, whatever you may think of it, I can- not bear this selfish man.” ‘‘Tf you cannot bear selfishness in another per- son, my dear Harry, be sure you never indulge it in yourself. ‘‘ Byron kept his eyes fixed upon the canoes, as long as he could distinguish them, and then went back into the wood, and sat down upon the root of a tree. He had eaten nothing all day but the stem of a plant resembling an artichoke. Quite worn out with fatigue, he fell asleep; and, waking before day, he thought he heard the sound of voices. When it was light, he perceived a wig- wam or Indian hut, and immediately went towards it. Stooping down to enter the low opening that served as a door, he received a kick in the face, and heard the voices of the inhabitants quarrelling. On this he thought it prudent to retire, and waited at the foot of a neighbouring tree, till an old woman peeped out and invited him to enter. He obeyed, and was happy to be allowed to sit a few minutes by their fire, for he was quite benumbed with cold. The old woman put a piece of seal’sCONTINUANCE OF HARDSHIPS. 42] flesh on the fire, and when it was warm through, (which, in the opinion of these people, is cooking sufficient,) she gave a little piece to Byron, who swallowed it whole, in his eager desire to satisfy his craving appetite, for indeed he was almost starved. “He did not know which way these Indians were going; neither did he care, so as they would but take him with them, and give him something to eat.”’ ‘Poor creature! what a dismal situation he was in!”’ “Tt soon appeared that the Indians were going to the north; and when they had joined together the planks of their canoe, they put all their bag- gage into it, making Byron row. They crossed the lake, and then entered a rapid river, where they went ashore. Byron passed a melancholy night, as the Indians would not suffer him to come near the wigwam which they had erected for them- selves; neither had they given him the least bit of anything to eat since they embarked. In the morning they set off again, the current carrying them down the river at an amazing rate; and just before night they landed on a stony beach. ‘*The Indians hauled up their canoe, and went away, leaving Byron quite alone. It rained vio- lently, and was very dark. He thought it was as well to he down on the beach, though his bodyTe cnanebthigrer wmeeeemreir ctl": | sasnemameness ee Sener ~y “ aoe — ie eidiaitiorian iat) | lea deinen A a ! 499 CONTINUANCE OF HARDSHIPS. rust be partly in the water, as to sleep in a swam. under a dropping tree.” “I should have been puzzled which to choose, both places were so uncomfortable.” ‘Poor Byron had only the choice of evils; bu he was so tired, that he soon fell fast asleep on the beach. In three or four hours he woke jn such agony with the cramp, that he thought he must have died. However, he retained his usual pres- ence of mind, and tried to change his posture and to rise. After many ineffectual attempts, he got upon his hands and knees; and perceiving a fire at some distance in the wood, he crawled to it with great difficulty, and almost threw himselt into it, in hopes of relieving the intolerable pain he was suffering. The intrusion offended the Indians, who immediately got up, and drove him away with kicks and blows. A little while after, he contrived to place himself so as to re- ceive some warmth from the fire, and his cramp left him.”’ ‘What cruel creatures these Indians were, to beat and drive poor Byron from the fire, and to starve him too. I do believe he had nothing to eat, but the morsel of seal’s flesh that the old woman gave him, for two whole days.” “It is surprising that he did not smk under such continued hunger, cold, and fatigue, but you(SULLY E OF Ter “Cx Pr AT N. 423 lad must observe, Harry, that his Jortitude never for- sook him. ‘¢’Two days after the circumstances I last men- tioned, Byron rejoined his countrymen, but no pleasure was expressed on either side at the meet- ing. Indeed, while he blames the conduct of the captain, Byron honestly confesses that the hard- ships and disappointments which they were con- tinually suffering, produced unpleasant effects on all their minds—deadening their feelings, and making them neglectful both of each other and of themselves.” “J thought, mamma, you said that Byron’s sufferings were useful to him.” “IT believe they were in the end; but it is not unlikely that his temper might sometimes be ruffled by the unkind, tyrannical treatment he experienced. ‘¢ After he rejomed his companions, Byron, and also Campbell, were kept to hard labour at the oar, and were obliged to work like galley-slaves all day; but depioraple as was the situation of these young men, it was better than that of their captain. His body was ina most dreadful state, with thousands or insects crawling over it—a tor- ment which Le took no pains to lessen, having ap- parently lost the use of his understanding: he could ne? revcllect the names of the officers who were constantly with him, nor even his own.eT, aT we Cn ened eating Se ebee ne papensdnaient teneereewe il: Tet seas eeeaprmrrereeee ca = ai ai ee Fk a hieleeernr aL hile tes ddimataaetesiaich Mil Seid doeedcaseemmenanelanen anne ndas ae 424 DANGEROUS PASSAGE. His beard was grown very long, and that and his face were covered with train-oil and dirt, from having accustomed himself to use for a pillow, the bag in which he kept the scraps of seal’s flesh, which the Indians sometimes gave him. He took this precaution, for fear the officers should make free with any of his meat while he was asleep. Thus, his selfishness survived the rest of his feelings.”’ “*Qh, what a poor wretched creature he must have been!’ “The sufferings of our travellers were now happily drawing to a close. They reached an island about thirty leagues south of Chiloe. Here they remained two days, waiting for a favourable opportunity of crossing the channel between these islands. ‘The very thought of this undertaking ap- peared to terrify their Indian guide; and, indeed, he had great reason to be afraid; the sea was tremendously rough, dangerous for any open boat, and much more so for the slight canoe that was to take them over. At length the Indian sum- moned up sufficient resolution to make the at- tempt. He made a clumsy sail, out of some pieces of blanket, and then they put off from the shore. The bottom plank of the canoe was split, and it opened on every wave. The water rushed continually over the gunnel; and the canoe wasfis US AND. OF 24a) i tol of Suuentle Banks. JEANTE MORRISONS Or, 2. 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