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the ftrangers with ice, cakes, and other refreshments. The new victim was here feen again, and feemed, by an officious activity difplayed in waiting on her guefts, to be anxious to conceal the dreadful thoughts which probably preffed on her mind. During the whole of this ceremony I experienced the moft painful fenfations, and I could not help re marking, how circumftances of the most dreadful kind may be reconciled by. cuftom, prejudice, and religious opinions. The English affembled on this occafion, feeling both pity for the object of facrifice, and indignation against thofe who were the authors of it, were at one inftant overcome with grief, and the next animated with an enthufiaftic with to rufh forward, and, by force, to refcue the victim of fuperftition from the hands of her bigotted relatives, while the Neapolitans conceiving that they themselves were doing an act of laudable piety in thus devoting this lovely creature to the cloifter, and were likewife enfuring her eternal happiness, fhowed in their manner, their countenances, and their converfation, that they looked on what was paffing as a fcené of joy, not of for IOW. The loud tone of speaking or fcreaming which I have before re marked as prevalent in Italian fociety, was particularly remarkable on this occafion; and nothing, altogether, could be lefs folemn than a ceremony calculated, according to our ideas, to excite the most ferious and moft painful reflections.

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church calls upon all her members once more, to humble themselves by fafting and prayer, in imitation of her Saviour and her faints in every peuod of the world.

Lent, in the old Saxon language is known to fignify the fpring and thence it hath been taken in common fpeech for the fpring faft, or the time of humiliation generally obfer ved by Chriftians before Eafter, the great feftival of our Saviour's refurrection and a man must know little of ecclefiaftical hiftory, or have but a finall acquaintance with the primitive fathers of the church, who doth not acknowledge the obfervance of lent to be moft antient. It may be needful to inquire in what manner we are to obferve this folemn season.`

1. Self-examination is abfolutely needful, accompanied with different acts of mortification. To know ourfelves is the best knowledge, and in proportion as $ we perceive our deferts, we shall confider every fituation as too good for us, and that all fhort of hell is mercy.This fenfibility will humble us in the duft, and we fall keep this feafon with every mark of contrition and humiliation.

2. Self-renunciation is alfo incumbent upon us at this feafon, by which we are to understand the renunciation of fenfual gratifications. To deny felf is always needful, but more especially at this feafon. Agreeable to this, the primitive Chriffians would not indulge themfelves in any kind of luxury; for their diet was very plain, confifting chiefly of dry roots and vegetables. Their drets comported with the occafion-for it was fackcloth; not that we are in this particular to follow their example, but it ought to be plain. All gaudy attire is to be laid afide The cuflom of cafting duft upon their heads and lying in afhes, denoted an utter abhorrence of all fenfual indulgence.

3. It

draw ourfelves as much as poffible
from the fociety of mankind. If a
reclufe life is at any time heedful, it
is at this feafon. In order to effect
this, the primitive Chriftians, after
the example of their Saviour, with
drew into defarts: and folicitude in
St. James's time had fuch charms,
that thofe of large fortunes fold their
ellates, giving all their property to
the poor, and fpending all their time
in pious exercises. Though this
conduct in fome cafes was reprehen
fible, it ferves to reprove modern
Chriftians, who are fo much alive to,
the fpirit of this world, that retire-
ment at any feafon, is thought a
great mifery, and that it would lead
to melancholy.

3. It is needful likewife to with- writes on the manner of keeping lent: The devout Chriftian ought to spend fome of his time in fafting, more in abftinence, according to the circumftances of his health and outward condition in the world; and this with a defign to deny and punish himself, and to exprefs his humiliation before God for his paft tranfgreffions. The ornament of attire may be laid afide, as improper to exprefs the fenfe of mourners; and the frequency of receiving and paying vifits may be interrupted as unfeafonable, when our minds are oppreffed with forrow. Public affemblies for pleafure and diverfion fhould be avoided as enemies to that ferioufnefs we now profefs. Our retirements fhould be filled with reading pious difcourfes, with frequent prayer, and with examining the ftate of our minds. We fhould be liberal in our alms, and very ready to employ ourfelves in all opportunities, of relieving either the temporal or fpiritual wants of our neighbours." Fethard, Afh-Wednesday, March 2, 1808,

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of lent:

4. Meditations and prayer appear very congenial with the obfervance In proportion as we with draw from fociety, we fhall cultivate the fpirit of true devotion. Our minds withdrawn from earthly enjoy ments, we fhall partake of heavenly pleafures. It was this difpofition that animated the primitive church; and there have been thofe of modern

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times, who have difcovered the fame Rural Walk in the Vicinity of New fpirit: for we find from the life of Ambrose, a pious clergyman of Lancafhire, that every year he retired to a hut in a wood for a month, and fpent this time in the moft fpiritual

manner.

5. Liberality to the poor, is ne ceffary to make our humiliation acceptable to the Almighty. Indeed, without charity, all our prayers are of no value; but this concludes a will ingnets to be of fervice, to the utmoft of our power, to all mankind:-fo that a cup of cold water will be noticed, if done from a pure motive. We are to act according to the ability which God gives us, in our day and generation.

Very oppofite to the foregoing obfervation is the opinion of pious and benevolent Nelfon; who thus

The flip had 'prentice from his master's door,

Had par'd the dirt, and fprinkled round the

floor.

Now Moll had whirl'd her mop with dext'rous airs,

Prepar'd to scrub the entry and the stairs!"

4 COLD and gufty morning had fucceeded a tempeftuous night, when I fet off from the handsome little town of Newton-Limavady, to vifit the wild and mountainous country of Innithowen. Walked through Mroe, a tract of very fertile ground: re-croffed the Roe at Bellavena, on a handfome wooden bridge-entered Magilligan, a country differing in every point of view from Myroe:-the latter a clayey ground, rich in yellow grain, but comfortless to the

foot,

foot, and cheerless to the eye of the traveller the former divided into fandy and moffy ground, valuable in furs, and pleafant to the eye.-The beautiful promontary of Benyeve nagh-its frowning cliffs, ifolated rocks, and turf-covered bafe, arrefts and delights the eye, which after contemplating it with rapture, wanders along the upper lands, beholding the church, villas, farm-houfes, cottages, &c, glancing over the low country, views with pleasure the neat farm houfes which rear not their lofty, but their comfortable, heads amid the fands. About two o'clock p. m. reached the fhore-the day fqually and cold; the ferry, which is hiere a mile in length, extremely roughhowever a fall boat was juft fetting off, and in fpite of the coming guft, in I leaped, gathering courage from the fearless countenances of the boatmen: we plied our oars till we cleared the breakers, then fpread our little fail to the gale which quickly wafted us to the oppofite fhore. Was it my fears that made me look with terror on the day, the fea, the boat, and the, men, while I thuddered at the retrofpect?. They hauled up their boat on the beach, remarked, with true philofophical ftoicifm, that it blew freth that we were lucky in before the fquall again looked at them, and I mentally bleffed that kind Provis dence who had formed the mind of man of fo pliant, fo yielding a natore, that it becomes contented with its country and fituation; but I be lieve that the poorer the country, the harder the means of procuring a fub fittence, we are the more attached to

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the fea foaming, dathing and roaring againft the rocky fhore, and about a miles from land, prefented a terrific appearance, the breakers foaming mountains high on the Ions, threa tening deftruction to the hapless mas riner who dared to approach eitst banks. Ah! ill-fated Sophy,t in an evil hour didit thou view the fhores of old Erin! thy ftrength, thy beauty, thy riches the courage, knowledge, and experience of a thye feamen, were of no effect! foon was thy ftrength weakened-foon thy beauty defaced-foon thy riches dife ipated! the courage, knowledge, and experience of thy feamen were foon buried in the relentless deep! in vain would thy owners anxiously expect the arrival! in vain did the wives and miftreffes of thy fons heave the figh and breathe the prayer of affection for thy fafe retura in vain did the feeling children of lerne, with tearful eyes and woe-fraught hearts, behold thy diftrefs-foon thou fell a victim to the remorfelefs waves, and thy name is all that remains of thee!

The fun had nearly performed his diurnal tafk, when I approached the point of Stroove; and to defcribe the fublimity of the view, and its effect on my mind, is impoffible. Northward the eye was loft in immenfity, and the mind inftantaneously rofe to the Deity, N. eaft, the eye, after fkimming across the great deep, glances on the Downhill, the Sker ries of Portrush, the Giant's Caufe way, &c. N. weft, a fólitary ifle juft feen where the tound æther mixes with the wave, breaks the wild grandeur of the fcene, and recalls our afcending thoughts, which were faft leaving poor terra firma, but loft in fublimity. I forgot that I was a poor mortal, to whom, in fpite

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Slept moft comfortably, arofe in the morning and walked out to view Geen-Cafle, an awful pile of ruins, built on a rocky feite 300 feet long, and about 150 from the fea, loy watch towers, railed turrets, and mouldering battlements, full ftand a melancholy momento of the days of other years.' There is a pentive picafure in contemplating a grand pile of ruins-imagination pourtrays before the mind's eye,' that perica when the clafh of arms, the tremulous foul-melting fong, and fprightly dance, refounded through ofe walls, which now re-echo only the melancholy moaning of the owl, and' the harth croaking of the raven.

of any high-raised thoughts, food and in their place leaves nothing but poreft were abfolutely neceffary-for- lifhed, falfe, and worthlefs profeffigot that night was faft approaching ons? If fo, Heaven keep us that I had three miles to travel in a frange country quickly defcending the mountained read my deps to the ferry-huey here, wale geung cay dimser, ed. was Antled, nor by the melody slabe human scioc divine,' but by the hoarse rough, brogne of the n-tive diman. By Ja-s and ramnation to my shoul, accompanied by no very pleasant gestures iffued with energy from every mouts, blows foon fucceeded-in short, 'twas the bayle of the Centaurs and the Lapathæ ;' peace, ever follows war, and plenfant, doubly pleafant is the calm, that fucceeds the storm; again the honourable company were feated, and I had leifure to take a furvey of them: ferry-men, failors, Countrymen, and one elegant female, formed this interesting groupe:Bring us in one oder half pint,' faid one of them; and the entrance of the whiskey restored ferenity to every countenance, Paid for my dinner, and enquired from one of the men if he knew an acquaintance of mine who lived near that place: Arrah! by Japers that I do,' fays he and an honeft decent fellow he is. Will you be kind enough to direct me to his house, friend?' faid I. Oh! hat I will and welcome,' fays be well then, go on the road till you come to the bridge: pafs it and the first little white houfe, till you come to the big haw bulh; then take through the field and follow the rodden, which will lead you to the door. After thanking him for his directions, proceeded to the houfe of my friend, where I received a maft hearty welcome.

Thefe people far exceed their more polished neighbours in hofpitality, which is truly, faid to be a favage virtue. Is it that riches, opening views to our ambition, vanity, &c. diverts and destroys the focial affections, and March, 1808,

Returned to my breakfast, without which, the most striking ruins would foon become infipid, and once more vendred my fweet felf' on the liquid element; but on! what a change from yesterday!' not a breath of wind agitated the glaffy furface of the waters, while, by the heat which Sol imparted, he feemed to have forgot that it was February: the rough boatmen were even touched, who, as they lazily lay on their oars, raifed the ruftic strain. About half way across the channel, the fcene was truly delightful; the fpreading lough embellithed with boats paffing and repaffing, while a thip, whole white fails the gentle zephyrs fcarcely feemed to breathe on, floated majestically through the great deep,'

The thore we left prefented an interefting landfcape, efpecially from the church to the old caftie, (about a quarter of a mile); the former a neat white modern building: thelofty, black, and rocky walls of the latter frowning, an old ocean finely contrafts it, while the intervening foreground, adorned by neat white houses, gives relief to the fombre

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colouring of the mountains, which clofes the view. Landed at the point of Magilligan, and arrived in the evening at Newton, after spending two, not unpleasant, days, though in the month of February, in the wilds of Innishowen.

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The Warriour of the Ohio.

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ny of her biographers, to have been a lady of the moft amiable endowments, though born among favages, perfon was fomewhat above the middle fize of women, her face was peculiarly expreffive, and her walk inimitably majestic. The beauty of her. mind correfponded with that of her perfon, for by means of her mother The had received a competent eluca tion: hence he defpifed the do's of IT was at the time, when the her country, and her heart pantal afEnglish and the French contended ter communion with the living and for the poffeffion of the Ohio, that true God Him The was to happy Jamjamjam, a chief of the Cherokee as to know in his faving power, for Indians, acquired fo much renown he refufes his grace to none, who in the western world. Then was gives their hearts to him, and seek difplayed the tranfcendant genius of Be faved from every falfe way: hence the immortal William Pit, after- fhe was habitually cheartul, and a wards earl of Chatham, in watching pattern of good works to all around over the interests of the British empire her. and making its cuemies tremble.Jamjamjam took an early and decided part with the gallant Englith, as well from interest and affection, as from the juftice of their caufe. In feveral engagements with the enemy, he de haved with fo much skill and brave ry, that at the termination of hoftilities, when the French were not only repelled from their encroachments on the English fettlements, but alfo difpoffeffed of Canada, he retired from the fcenes of combat with the pompous appellation of the warriour of the Ohio, unanimoufly conferred on him by the British officers. He was however, at first, not fo fortunate in love as in war, as will appear from the following narrative, faithfully compiled from American documents. There refided among the Miamis a nymph, whose name was Zahaba na, fprung from one of their most diftinguifhed families; her father was a native Miami, and her mother was a provincial. All who have collected the incidents of her life, fay fhe was fair; a dashing writer of Philadelphia fays, the was fairer than the driven, inow be that as it may, the appears from the concurrent teltimo

Such and fo lovely was Zahabana of the Miamis; the fame of her accomplithments was fpread over the new world; numerous fuitors, accordingly, folicited the honour of her hand in marriage; the warriour of the Ohio was one of them. He had come to negotiate fome political bufinefs with the rulers of the Miamis, and had carried his point in their public, affembly with infinite cafe, when. the firft beheld him. Struck by the dignity of his demeanour, and the force of his eloquence, the followed him with admiting eyes: he notices of the ladies are never loft upon foldiers, he instantly returned the compliment. Nor was it long before he had an opportunity of declaring his paffion to her, when he compared her to the flamings; he defcribed in glowing colours the advantages of his country, and urged her to come, to a speedy determination concerning him, as he muft fhortly return to. give an account of his miffion to the governors of his nation. Press me not fo clofely,' the replied, on a point of fuch infinite moment to my happinefs. Marriage is a ftep, which, requires deliberation. Return to your,

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