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conferred upon them, the grateful favages Conferred? brought him every kind of food which their country afforded, built him a hut, and fhewed him every demonstration of gratitude and kindness.

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27. But the rich man, who poffeffed neither talents to please, nor ftrength to labour, was condemned to be the basket-maker's fervant, condemned. and cut him reeds to fupply the continual demands for chaplets. After having paffed fome months in this manner they were again transported to their own country, by the orders of the magistrate, and brought before him.

transported?

28. He then looked fternly upon the rich contemptible. man, and said, having now taught you how helpless, contemptible, and feeble a creature you

are, as well as how inferior to the man you in- reparation? fulted, I proceed to make reparation to him for the injury you have inflicted upon him.

29. Did I treat you as you deserve, I should take from you all the riches that you poffefs, as you wantonly deprived this poor man of his whole fubfiftence; but hoping that you will become more humane for the future, I fentence you to give half your fortune to this man, whom you endeavoured to ruin.

wantonly?

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acquire.

30. Upon this the basket-maker faid, after thanking the magistrate for his goodness-I, having been bred up in poverty, and accuftomed to labor, have no defire to acquire riches, which I fhould not know how to use: humanity? all, therefore, that I require of this man, is to

put me into the fame fituation I was in before, and to learn more humanity..

31. The rich man could not help being af generofity? tonished at this generofity; and having acquired wisdom by his misfortunes, not only treated the basket-maker as a friend, during the rest of his life, but employed his riches in relieving benefiting. the poor, and benefiting his fellow creatures.

Take Heed to Yourself.

In imitation of the "Whistle" by Dr. Franklin.

Heedlefs?

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W

HEN I was a child at feven years. old, and upward, being of a heed

mifchievous. lefs and mischievous difpofition, my parents ufed frequently to chastise me, and often ended by adding next time, Take heed to yourself. Thefe lectures as may well be fuppofed, gave me more pain than pleasure, infomuch that I cried for vexation.

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impression?

beed.

tempted.

Fiftless?

indulgence? appetite.

itinerant?

perfuade.

2. They were, however, afterwards of use to me; the impreffion continuing on my mind, fo that whenever I was tempted to do any thing which I ought not, I would fay, Take beed to yourself, and fo faved a drubbing. Being grown up and come into the world, I find I can fee many, very many, who, with my. felf, have much reafon Totake heed to themselves.

3. If I fee a perfon spending away his time, month after month in "Liftlefs idlenefs," unhappy man fay I, you are expofed to danger from every fide, deftruction and misery are in your path, and the way of peace you know not, 'tis time, high time for you to Take heed to yourself.

4. If I fee a perfon by frequent indulgence, contracting an appetite for ftrong drink, alas! fay I, you are really to be pitied; your eftate, your reputation are all at ftake-You have the moft urgent reafon to Take heed to yourself.

5. When I fee people flocking together to hear certain itinerant preachers, who labor to perfuade them that fin is not of infinite malignity, that the cafe is not fo bad with them as they had been accustomed to fear, and that they will all go to heaven at last, do what malignity? they will, good people fay I, you have great reafon to Take good heed to yourfelves.

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6. When I hear a perfon treating the bible with contempt, calling it a cunningly devised fable, and pronouncing the great Author of our holy religion an impoftor, deluded man, fay I, you have a hard fide to maintain, you have infinite reason to Take heed to yourself.

Fable?

deluded?

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7. If 1 fee a perfon wilfully tenacious of tenacious? his own preconceived notions, whofe mind is unfufceptible of conviction as the nether mil

stone, alas! say I, you are in a dangerous fitu- nether? ation, you know nothing yet as you ought, you have fufficient caufe to Take heed to your

felf.

8. When I fee a perfon whofe health is im- impaired? paired, buying roots, vegetables, &c. of ftrolling Indian quacks,and attending with a liftening ear to whatever they fay, without enquir ing from whence they came, or whither they are going, unfortunate people fay I, I pity liftening. you, you are in danger of being impofed upon, I fear you will spend your money without gaining your health, unless you Take good heed to yourselves.

9. When I fee people putting off the con- prefumption? cerns of futurity till a more convenient fea

fon, faying any other time will do as well, aftonishing prefumption, fay I, what if death.

fhould intervene ! for your foul's fake Take intervene? beed to your felves.

10. In fhort, I conceive that most, if not all the calamities and mifchiefs which man

kind actually do, or ever will fuffer, may be calamities attributed chiefly, if not altogether to this fin

gle caufe, They do not take heed to themselves.

Mount

Mount Vefuvius.

An original letter by an American Gentleman.

Vefuvius.

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majefty?

expedition?

rough.

VER fince my arrival at Naples we ·E have had in contemplation a tour to

the top of mount Vesuvius.

It is as I have

before obferved in full view from this city, and adds not a little to the majesty of other objects, which together form fo noble a profpect, on entering the bay of Naples.

2. Early yesterday morning we formed a party of eight or ten perfons, took carriages, and fet off upon this interesting, tho fatigu ing, expedition. At Potici, about four miles, from lience, we left our carriages and took jack affes, as we had to afcend about two or impracticable? three miles along a rough and uncouth road, which was impracticable for wheels.

uncouth?

cavalcade?

afcent.

devaltation?

eruption?

lava ?

bermit?

folitary?

explore?

3. Behold us, then thus gallantly mounted, forming a respectable cavalcade, (if that be a proper term for a company on afs-back) proceeding along up the lava paved afcent to Vefuvius. Altho this mount fo often makes devastation around it, yet it is finely culti vated for a confiderable way up-beautiful vineyards and gardens adorned each fide the rough road which we paffed.

4. At every eruption, the lava takes a new courfe, and we croffed over feveral different ftreams of it, in the ftate in which it cooled and raged, uneven, like waves of the fea.

After afcending in the manner described for about two miles, we came to the hermit's houfe, fo called, becaufe fome perfon generally refides there alone, and leads a folitary life, to accommodate and refresh travellers, whofe curiofity leads them to explore thefe elevated regions.

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5. At prefent, however, we found no body The old man who was the last tenant of this hofpitable dwelling, and who refided there five years, I have teen often in Naples. He is a pandre, and a very intelligent and well informed man-has travelled all over, and speaks all the languages of Europe.

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6. He fhewed me a very fine collection of ridge. different fpecies of lava, which he made whilft hermit of the mount; fome of which were highly curious and very beautiful. The fituation of this house is on a high ridge, with indicate? a deep valley on each fide, fo that it is not fo dangerous a dwelling, as from a diftant. view, its near approach to the mountain seems to indicate.

7. The lava, fhould it flow out from this crater? fide the crater, in its defcent, muft take the course of one of these vallies, and leave the old man to look down with aftonishment at enviable? the flaming torrent as it paffed by him--but

even in this cafe, his fituation would not be

enviable, as he must be nearly fuffocated with fuffocated? fmoke and hot vapour.

8. When we had ridden about half a mile

along this ridge, and which was the beft groping? road we had come, we fuddenly found an end to it, and were obliged to difmount and leave our jacks; as it, required a no lefs active animal than man to clamber up the reft congealed? of the way. After groping over congealed waves of lava half a mile further, we reached the foot er bafe of the peak of the mountain.

It thence rifes in a fmooth and regular Smooth. cone to the crater, and now we had the most laborious part of our undertaking to encoun

ter.

The afcent is extremely steep, and the encounter? furface, a light loofe fand or cinders, which flipping from under our feet, occafioned a Reep. flow

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