place in heaven for us, while we are yet on earth. The ftage was fully prepared; then was man brought thither, both as an actor and fpectator, that he might neither be idle, nor difcontented. Behold, thou haft prepared the earth for his ufe, the heaven for his contemplation, and himfelf in his foul and body, an epitome of heaven and earth. Even this mortal part, vile as it is in refpect of the other, as it is thine, O God, I contemplate with wonder-for lo, this heap of earth hath an outward reference to heaven. Yet if this body be compared to the foul, what is it, but a mask to a beautiful face, a coarse cafe to a rich inftrument, a wall of clay that encompaffes a treasure? Man was made laft, because he was worthieft: the foul was infpired laft, because yet more precious. O God, who madeft it, replenish it, poffefs it dwell thou in it now, and hereafter receive it to thyself. The body was made of earth, common to its fellow creatures-the foul derived immediately from above. The body lay fenfelefs upon earth like itfelf-the breath of life made it what it is; and that breath was from thee. Senfe, motion, reafon, are infused into it at once. Thou, who by thy breath gavefl thy difciples thy Holy Spirit, didft alfo breathe on the body, and gaveft it a living spirit. To thee only are we indebted, without any intermediate agency, for our nobler part. Our flesh is from flesh-our spirit is from the God of fpirits. How fhould our fouls rife up to thee, and fix themselves in their thoughts upon thee! How fhould they long to return back, to the fountain of their being, and the author of their glory!"

In what manner Mr. Glaffe had, at a very early period of life, caught the ftyle and manner of his venerable mafter, may be judged from the following part of the 103d Contemplation:

"It is yet the refurrection day; and hope, fear, joy, forrow, reign in the hearts of the inhabitants of Jerufalem. The mind of fome of the difciples are yet fupported by hope. The proud Pharifees and priests are convinced, confounded, and afraid. The holy women, with a franknefs of difpofition congenial to their fex, are equally convinced, and rejoice with joy unfpeakable; while many of thy followers, O Saviour, yea, of thine apoftles, are perplexed with anxious misgivings, and their grief is the confequence of their incredulity. I marvel at your doubtings, ye holy men; but I praise not the Pharifees, who, while they are constrained to believe the refurrection of Chrift, would fain bury it in oblivion. Fond and foolish priefts and rulers, fhall the diftribution of your treasures avail againft the determinate counsel of God? Shall a few bribes, difperfed among the terrified foldiers, ftop the progrefs of the gospel? In vain have ye recourfe to your wretched expedients; already the found thereof is gone out into all lands, and its words unto the ends of the world. Alas, yours is the faith of devils; ye believe, and tremble; but ye neither repent, nor adore.

"Was it excess of grief, O thou wife of Cleophas, that prevented thee from attending thine husband in his journey to Emmaus? Or wert thou among the number of thofe whofe fear and anxiety were

difpelled

difpelled by the joyful confirmation of their hopes? Lo, thy poure yet doubteth, lamenteth, almoft defpaireth. He was either himfelf a fpectator, or he had heard thy doleful hiftory of the fufferings of thy Lord. Thou didst attend on Chrift in his journey to Calvary-thou didft ftand by his crofs-at both fad fpectacles thine eyes overflowed with tears, thine heart with forrow. What wonder, if thy fpirit funk within thee, if thou refufedft to be comforted? Yet would I fain think, that thou wert one of thofe pious women, who brought their odours to the tomb of their Saviour. If fo, thou who didst fow in tears, hadft by this time reaped in joy; and thou hadst already that confolation, which was delayed to thine husband.

"Be this as it may, he feeketh elsewhere for a companion in his travel. Woe to him that is alone-for when he falleth, he hath not another to lift him up. "Two of them went together." The difciple naturally directeth his choice to one of his afflicted brethren. There are no associates fo discordant, as the afflicted and the chearful heart. Cleophas is defirous of one, to whom he may pour out the bitterness of his foul, and who will not turn a deaf ear to his lamentations.

"It were ftrange, had they difcourfed of ought, but the death and paffion of their innocent mafter. The circumstances of his paffion were fresh in their memories. The perfecutors of Jefus diffembled the perturbation of their fouls, and feemed to enjoy their triumph; while the thought of his refurrection was nearer to his dif ciples' wishes, than their hopes-it was a bleffing, the accomplishment whereof they had not faith abfolutely to expect, yet which they were unwilling utterly to relinquifh. In the mean time, He, who they trufted fhould reign, had worn only a crown of thorns; his fceptre, a poor reed, the inftrument first of his enemies' cruelty, rext of their infolence. He, to whom they had imagined the fovereigns of the earth fhould pay allegiance, was only mocked by the fcornful proftrations of his tormentors. It was no loyal voice that proclaimed,

Hail, King of the Jews!" He cried aloud, he gave up the ghoft, and the expectations of his difciples feemed to die with him. Hope deferred maketh the heart fick. Bewailing their lofs, and lamenting the fruftration of their defires, “ They talked together of all thefe things which had happened."

"Lo, whilst they reafon on the fubject nearest their hearts, Jefus cometh, and joineth himself to their company. Now, may the forrowing difciples ceafe from their painful difquifitions. Their Mafter, for whom they mourn, whom, though left to outward fenfe, they love, appeareth befide them. Thou art always prefent with us, O bleffed Jefus, but never more eminently fo, than when we difcourfe, when we meditate of thee."

In the divifion of this work, the two first volumes contain the Meditations on the Hiftory of the Old Teftament: the wo laft, on thofe of the Gofpel.

ART.

ART. XXI. An Hiftorical Journal of the Tranfactions at Port Fackfon and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries, which have been made in New South Wales and the Southern Ocean, fince the Publication of Phillip's Voyage; compiled from the Official Papers: Including the Fournals of Governors Phillip and King, and of Lieutenant Ball; and the Voyages from the first Sailing of the Sirius in 1787, to the Return of that Ship's Company to England in 1792. 4to. Il. 11s. 6d. Stockdale. '

THE places of which it is the avowed object of these Voyages to give an authentic account, muft neceffarily continue to excite univerfal curiofity; we are, therefore, happy to fee that there is an apparent intention of detailing to the public fuch progreffive information concerning them as can be obtained from the beft authorities.

The Voyage of Governor Phillip, involving all that was then known of the fettlement in New South Wales, the condition of the natives, and the productions of the country, was given to the public in an able and fatisfactory manner. The work we have now before us reprefents, from the moft authentic documents, all the knowledge which has been fubfequently obtained upon the above interefting and important fubjects. It contains four diftinct journals, of which, in their proper order, we shall endeavour to give a fummary account.

The volume commences with the Journal of Capt. Hunter, Tome parts of which might, perhaps, without any detriment to the publication, have been omitted, as they contain a formal and minute defcription of many places and circumstances, already and fufficiently known from the work of Governor Phillip. Some anecdotes are, however, related, and fome facts made known, which will make compenfation to the reader, being not without their portion of amufement. On arriving at the fettlement, Captain Hunter proceeds to give an agreeable account of the place, the natives, and fuch other particulars as appeared to defervé his attention.

In the third chapter we are informed, that fo great were the force and skill of the natives, that Captain Hunter faw a young man throw a lance to the distance of ninety yards-a thing almoft incredible. The people of the country, it is observed, have not yet difcovered any form of religion, or appeared to have any object of adoration. The following account of the fuppofed difcovery of a gold mine can hardly be read without a fmile:

"In this month a report prevailed in the fettlement, which seemed at firt to gain fome credit:It was, that one Dailey, a convict, had discovered

difcovered a piece of ground, wherein he had found a confiderable quantity of a yellow coloured ore, which, upon its being tried, appeared to have a certain proportion of gold in it; at this time the governor happened to be abfent on a fhort excurfion into the country, to the northward: the report having been made to the lieutenantgovernor, he, of course, examined the man who had made the difcovery, and who told his story with fo much plaufibility, that it was not doubted but an ore of fome kind had been found. Dailey was interrogated as to the place; but this he refused to give any information of until the return of the governor, to whom he would give a full account of the discovery, provided he would grant him what the difcoverer confidered as but a fmall compenfation for fo valuable an acquifition; this reward was (as there were fhips upon the point of failing) his own, and a particular woman convict's enlargement, and a paffage in one of the fhips to England, together with a specified fum of money, which I do not now recollect. The lieutenant-governor infifted, that as he had already mentioned the discovery he had made, he should alfo fhew what part of the country it was in, otherwise he might expect punishment, for daring to impofe upon thofe officers to whom he had related this business: the fear of punishment difpofed him to in cline a little, though apparently with much reluctance; he propofed to the lieutenant-governor, that an officer fhould be fent down the harbour with him, for the mine, which he said was in the lower part of the harbour, and near the fea-flore, and he would shew the place to the officer: accordingly an officer, with a corporal and two or three private foldiers, were fent with him; he landed, where he faid the walk would be but short, and they entered the wood in their way to the mine foon after they got among the bushes, he applied for permiffion to go to on one fide for a minute upon some neceffary occafion, which was granted him; the officer continued there fome hours without feeing the discoverer again, who, immediately on getting out of his fight, had pushed off for the camp by land, for he knew the road very well, and he had cunning enough to perfuade the officer to fend the boat away as foon as they had landed, as he fuppofed he would not choose to quit the place until a good guard came down for which purpose the officer was to have difpatched a man by land, as foon as he arrived at the place, and was fatisfied that it merited attention. The convict arrived in camp pretty early in the afternoon, and informed the lieutenant-governor, that he had left the officer who went down with him in full poffeffion of the gold mine; he then got a few things out of his own tent, and difappeared; the party, after waiting for fome hours whooping and fearching through the woods for the cheat, left their ftations, and marched round to the camp, where they arrived at dufk, heartily tired, and not a little chagrined at the trick the villain had played them. The want of provifions foon brought him from his concealment, and a fevere punishment was the neceffary confequence of this impofition: however, he ftill gave out, that he had made the discovery which he before had mentioned, and that his reafons for quitting the officer who went with him was, that he thought, if he gave the information to the governor himfelf, he

Thould certainly get what he had afked. When the governor returned, another officer was fent with him, although every perfon now believed that there was no truth in what he had hitherto reported. This officer informed him, in going down in the boat, that he would not fuffer him to go three yards from him when landed, and that he would certainly fhoot him if he attempted to run from him; for which purpose he fhewed him, that he was loading his gun with ball; this fo terrified the cheat, that he acknowleged he knew of no gold mine. He was then interrogated refpecting the ore which he had produced, and he confeffed he had filed down part of a yellow metal buckle, and had mixed with it fome gold filed off a guinea, all which had been blended with fome earth, and made hard. The man who tried the ore was bred a filverfmith, and upon feparating the different parts, he discovered that it contained a fmall quantity of gold: the inventor was, of course, well punished for his trick."

It is proper, and indeed an act of juftice, to remark, that the care with which the Obfervations for the Longitude have been made, and the Tables for the Winds and Weather kept, throughout this work, entitle the author of this Journal to the highest praife, and cannot fail of being highly acceptable and ufeful to all future navigators in the fame track. Captain Hunter was difpatched from Port Jackson to the Cape of Good Hope for provifions. His voyage is accurately described; it was painfully tedious and laborious, and alike evinces his feamanfhip, refolution, and perfevering care to accomplish fuccessfully the object of his miffion. The chart, given at page 126, of the Southern hemifphere, and the track of the Sirius, must be of great importance.

The natives, at prefent, feem inclined to take every poffible advantage of fuch of our countrymen as they happen to meet without arms, attacking and destroying them with the most barbarous ferocity.

Chapter VII. gives a particular account of Norfolk Island. This is likely to become a very valuable fettlement: it produces Indian corn to great advantage. It is exrremely well watered: the foil is every where remarkably fine, luxuriant, and deep and the opinion is generally received, that it will maintain 2000 inhabitants. Subjoined to this chapter is a valuable table, by Captain Bradley, of the days when landing at this ifland was good, and when otherwife, from March 1790 to February 1791.

Governor Phillip, who manifefts on all occafions an excellent and amiable character, received a fevere wound by a fpear, in an interview, when he was endeavouring, by little prefents and the kindest demeanour, to conciliate the good-will of some of the natives. It is thus defcribed:

Just as the governor and his party were going, Ba-na-lang pointed BRIT. CRIT. VOL. I. MAY 1793.

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