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party-coloured Feathers of Fowls, which that World afforded..

To make his Confinement more tolerable, fhe would carry him in the Dusk of the Evening, or by the Favour of Moonlight, to unfrequented Groves and Solitudes, and fhew him where to lie down in Safety, and fleep amidft the Falls of Waters, and the Melody of Nightingales. Her Part was to watch and hold him awake in her Arms, for Fear of her Countrymen, and wake him on Occafion to confult his Safety.

In this Manner did the Lovers pafs away their Time, till they had learned a Language of their own, in which the Voyager communicated to his Mistress, how happy he should be to have her in his own Country, where fhe fhould be cloathed in fuch Silks as his Waistcoat was made of, and be carried in Houses drawn by Horfes, without being expofed to Wind or Weather. All this he promifed her the Enjoyment of, without fuch Fears and Alarms as they were then tormented with.

In this tender Correfpondence thefe Lovers lived for feveral Months, when Farico, inftructed

ftructed by her Lover, difcovered a Veffel on the Coaft, to which fhe made Signals; and in the Night, with the utmoft Joy and Satiffaction, accompanied him to a Ship's Crew of his Countrymen, bound for Barbadoes. When a Veffel from the Main arrivés in that Ifland, it feems the Planters come down to the Shore, where there is an immediate Market for the Indian and other Slaves, as with us of Horfes and Oxen.

To be fhort, Mr. Thomas Inkle, now coming into English Territories, began ferioufly to reflect on his Lofs of Time, and to weigh with himfelf how many Days Interest of his Money he had loft during his Stay with Tarico. This Thought made the young Man very penfive, and careful what Account he hould be able to give his Friends of his Voyage. Upon which Confiderations, the prudent and frugal young Man fold Yarico to a Barbadian Merchant, notwithstanding that the poor Girl, to incline him to commiferate her, pleaded her Condition; but he only made ufe of that Information, to rife in his Demand upon the Purchaser,

I was fo touched with this Story, (fays my Author)

Author) which I think fhould be always a Counterpart to the Ephefian Matron, that I left the Room with Tears in my Eyes; which a Woman of Arietta's good Senfe did, I am fure, take for greater Applaufe, than any Compliments I could make her....

OBSERVATION S.

MISS Sally having finished her Character of Arietta, the whole Affembly feemed highly delighted therewith, thinking that fhould either of their Brothers, in their Letters to them, fay any Thing against the Ladies, they should now have an Opportunity of obtaining a compleat Victory.

Their Governefs fuffered them to go on with these, and fome other innocent Reflections; but finding their little Larums beginning to ceafe, fhe thought, it was her Turn to fpeak, and to give them to underftand, that they were to make a quite different Ufe of what they had heard.

You fee, my little Pupils, (faid their Governefs) in the Character of Mr. Inkle, the fatal Effects of early Prejudices: the Love of Gold, which he had been taught to confider

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as the principal of all human Acquifitions, poisoned in him the Seed of every Virtue; and, what fhould have fprung up in Love, Pity and Humanity, produced only thofe perni cious Weeds, Self-Love, Avarice, and Cruelty. Who can read of the hapless Yarico, without dropping the tender Tear of Compaffion? Who can read of the faithless and perfidious Inkle, without recollecting fome worfe Monster, than a Nero or a Bajazet ? The Name of Yarico will be pitied and revered by future Pofterity; the Name of Inkle will never be repeated, but when Mankind are at a Lofs for an Epithet to call fomething by, that is too horrible to be told by its own Name. Take Care, my dear little Pupils, how you feel your Hearts, in your early Years, against the foft Impreffions of Humanity, Generofity and Benevolence. The moft effectual Way to avoid this, is to preferve among yourselves a mutual Friendship, and to make it a l'oint of your Study, which fhall do the other the greatest Kindneffes; this will accuftom you in your Youth, to what you will not forget in your riper Years. I have at prefent nothing further to say, than that,

that, as there will be only one Saturday Night more, before your Breaking-up for the Holidays, I would propose to you Mifs Nancy Goodwill, as a very proper young Lady for your next Night's Entertainment.

Mifs Nancy bowed her Head and blushed: The Question, however, was put, and carried without a fingle diffenting Voice.

THE NINTH NIGHT. My dear Schoolfellows,

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HE kind Manner, in which my Governess and you were pleafed to appoint me to this Night's Office, however confcious I may be of my Inability in giving Rules for the Conduct and prudent Behaviour of others, is nevertheless a Mark of your Approbation, which calls aloud for my Return of Gratitude. I know not how better to convince you of the Sense of the Obligation, than by my employing this Night to your Advantage. As we fhall next Week each of us feparately vifit our Parents, and confequently have much Time on our Hands, I will

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