dominions. I continued sailing for five days. successively, till such time as the wind shifting to the southward, made me conclude that if any vessel was in chace of me, they would proceed no further.

After so much fatigue and thought, 1 an chored at the mouth of a little river, I knew not what, or where, neither did I then see any people. What I principally wanted was fresh water; and I was resolved about the dusk of the evening to swim ashore: but no sooner did the gloomy clouds of night begin to succeed the declining day, than we heard such barking, roaring, and howling of wild crea tures, that one might have thought the very strongest monsters of nature had their residence there. Poor Xury, who was almost dead with fear, entreated me not to go on shore that night. "Suppose I don't, Xury," said I, "and in the

morning we should see men who are worse "than those we fear, what then?" "O den

we may give dem de shoot gun," said he, laughing, "and de gun make dem all run & "away." The wit, and broken English which. the boy had learned from myself, for we had. passed a great deal of our time together, pleased me entirely, and made me still fonder of him than before. We could get but little sleep all the night for the terrible howlings they made; and indeed we were very much affrighted.

The next morning, I was resolved to go on shore to get in fresh water, and ventured myself among the beasts or savages, should either

attack me. Xury said he would take one of the jars, and bring me some. I asked him why he would go and not I? The poor boy answered, "If wild mans come, they eat me, you go away." This, indeed increased my affec tion for the child." Well, dear Xury," said I, we will both go ashore, both kill wild mans, "and they shall eat neither of us.' So giving Xury a piece of bread to eat, we waded ashore, carrying nothing with us but our arms, and two jars for water. I did not go out of sight of the boat, as dreading the savages coming down the river in their canoes: but the boy seeing a low descent or vale about a mile in the country, he wandered to it; and then running back to me, with great precipitation, I thought he was pursued by some savages or wild beasts; upon which I approached, resolving to perish, or protect him from danger. As he came nearer to me, I saw something hanging over his shoul ders, which was a creature he had shot like a hare, but different in colour, and with longer legs; however, we were glad of it, for it proved wholesome and nourishing meat; but what added to our joy was, my boy assured me there was plenty of water. and that he " saw "no wild mans." And greater still was our comfort, when we found fresh water in the creek where we were, when the tide was out, without going so far up into the country.

In this place I began to hope that I should meet some of the English trading vessels, who would relieve and take us in.

The place I was in was, no doubt, that wild country. inhabited only by a few, that lies between the Emperor of Morocco's dominions and the negroes, It is filled with wild beasts, and the Moors use it for hunting chiefly.From this place, I thought I saw the top of the mountain Teneriffe, in the Canaries, which made me try twice to attain it, but as often was I driven back, and so forced to pursue my fortune along shore.

Early one morning we came to an anchor under a little point of land, but pretty high: and the tide beginning to flow, we lay ready to go further in; but Xury, whose youthful and penetrating eyes were sharper than mine, in a soft tone, desired me to keep far from land, lest we should be devoured; "For, look yon-. "der, muyster, and see de dreadful monster "fast asleep on de side of de hill." Accordingly looking where he pointed, I espied a fearful monster indeed. It was a terrible great. lion that lay on shore, covered as it were by a shade of a piece of the hill. "Xury," said I, you shall go on shore and kill him." But the boy, looked amazed. "Me kill him" says he, he eat me at one mouth," meaning one mouthful. Upon which I bid him lie still, and charging my biggest gun with two slugs, and a good charge of powder, and pulling in shore, till we had come within musket shot of the place where he lay, I took the best aim I could to shoot him through the head, but his reg lying over his nose, the slug broke his kuce bone. The lion awaking with the pain,

got up, but soon fell down, giving the most hideous groan I ever heard; but taking my second piece, I shot him through, the head, and then he lay struggling for life. Upon this Xury took heart, and desired my leave to go on shore, "Go then," said I. Upon which, taking a little gun in one hand, he swam to shore with the other, and coming close to the lion, put a period to his life, by shooting him again through the head.

But this was spending our ammunition in vain, the flesh not being good to eat. Xury was like a champion, and comes on board for a hatchet to cut off the head of his enemy; but wanting strength to perform it, he cut off and brought me a foot. I bethought me, however, that his skin would be of use. This cost Xury and me a whole day: when spreading it on the top of our cabin, the hot beams of the sun effectually dried it in two days time, and it afterwards served me for a bed to lie on.

And now we sailed southerly, living spar-. ingly on our provisions, and went no oftener on shore than we were obliged for fresh water, in hopes to meet some European ship. If Providence did not favour me, my next course was to seek for the islands, or lose my life among the negroes; in a word, either I must meet with some ship, or certainly perish.

One day as we were sailing along, we saw people standing on the shore and looking at us; we could also perceive they were black, and stark naked. I was inclined to go on shore; but

Xury cried, No, no; however, I approached nearer, and I found they ran along the shore by me a long way. They had no weapons in their hands, except one, who held a long stick, which Xury told me was a lance, with which they could kill at a great distance. I talked to them by signs, and made them sensible I wanted something to eat; they beckoned to me to stop my boat, while two of them ran up into the country, and in less than half an hour came back, and brought with them two pieces of dry flesh, and some corn, which we gratefully accepted; and to prevent any fears on either side, they brought the food to the shore, laid it down, then went and stood a great way off, till we fetched it on board, and then came close to us again.

But while we were returning thanks to them, being all we could afford, two mighty creatures came from the mountains, one as it were pursuing the other with great fury, which we were the rather inclined to believe, as they seldom appear but in the night, and both these swiftly passing by the negroes, jumped into the sea, wantonly swimming about, as though the diversion of the waters had put a stop to their fierceness. At last one of them coming nearer to my boat than I expected, or desired, I shot him directly through the head, upon which he sunk immediately, yet rising again, he would have willingly made to the shore, but between the wound and the struggling in the water, he died before he could reach it.