However, after veering out 160 fathoms of cable, he was brought up when the rocks were not above two cables length from them. Thus fituated, they were obliged to wait for the tide's ebbing, which did not take place till after midnight. They weighed anchor at eight o'clock in the morning, and a fresh breeze afterwards carried them through the ftreight with great fwiftnefs. There is a fmall island at the mouth of it, which the English called English Island; and to the narroweft part of this ftreight between Cape Tierrawitte and Cape Koomaroo, they gave the name of Cook's Island, which was about thirteen miles broad, and fourteen long. The former of thefe lies in 41° 44' of fouth latitude, and 183° 45' of weft longitude, and the latter in 41° 34' fouth, and 1839 30' welt longitude. They were now facing a deep bay, which was called Cloudy Bay, at the diftance of about three leagues from land. nearer, but this they could not be prevailed on to do. On this account the island was denominated The Island of Lookers on. Five leagues diftant from the coaft of Tovey Poenamoo, they faw an ifland which was call ed after Mr. Banks's name; a few Indians appeared on it, and in one place they difcovered a fmoke, fo that it was plain the place was inhabited. Mr. Banks going out in his boat for the purpose of shooting, killed fome of the Port Egmont hens, which were like those found on the isle of Faro, and the first that they had feen upon this coaft. A point of land was obferved on Sunday the 25th in lat. 45° 35' fouth, to which Captain Cook gave the name of Cape Saunders, in honour of Adm. Saunders. They kept aff from the fhore, which appeared to be interfperfed with trees, and covered with green hills, but no inhabitants were discovered. On the 4th of March, feveral whales and feals were feen; and, on the 9th they saw a As fome of the gentlemen doubted whe- ledge of rocks, and foon after another ledge ther Eahienomauwee were an island, the at three leagues distance from the shore, veffel fteered fouth-eaft, in order to clear up which they paffed in the night to the norththis doubt. The wind fhifting, fhe flood ward, and at day-break obferved the others eastward, and steered north-eat by eaft all under their bows which was a fortunate efnight. The next morning they were off cape; and in confideration of their having Cape Pallifer, and found that the land been fo nearly caught among thefe, they ftretched away to the north-eastward of were denominated the Traps. They called " Cape Turnagain. In the afternoon, three the fouthernmost point of land, the South canoes came off, having feveral Indians or Cape, and found it to be the fouthern exnamented like thofe on the northern coaft. tremity of the whole coaft. Proceeding There was no difficulty in perfuading them northward, the next day they fell in with to come on board, where they demeaned a barren rock about fifteen miles from the themselves very 'civilly, and a mutual ex- main land, which was very high, and apchange of prefents took place. As they afk-peared to be about a mile in circumfered for nails it was concluded that they heard ence and this they denominated Solander's of the English by means of the inhabitants land, of fome of the other places at which they had touched. Their drefs refembled that of the natives of Hudfon's Bay. One old man was tataowed in a very particular manner, he had likewife a red freak across his nofe; and his hair and beard were remarkable for their whitenefs. The upper garment that he wore was made of flax, and had a wrought border under this was a fort of petticoat of a cloth called Aooree Waow. Teeth and green ftones decorated his ears: he spoke in a foft and low key, and it was concluded, from his deportment, that he was a perfon of diftinguished rank among his countrymen, and these people withdrew greatly fatisfied with the prefents they had received. Captain Cook having parted from them, fteered coaftwife, till on the 9th in the morning they discovered that Eahienomauwee was really an ifland. About fixty Indians in four double canoes came within a ftone's throw of the ship, on the 14th of February. As they furveyed her with furprise, Tupia endeavoured to perfuade them to come They discovered a bay containing feveral iflands, on the 13th, where they concluded if there was depth of water, fhipping might find fhelter from all winds.Dusky Bay was the appellation given to it by the captain, and five high peaked rocks, for which it was remarkable, caufed the point to be called Five Fingers. The westernmoft point of land upon the whole coaft, to the Southward of Dufky Bay, they called Weft Cape. The next day they pafled a fmall narrow opening, where there feemed to be a good harbour formed by an ifland, the land behind which exhibited a prospect of mountains covered with fnow. They paffed a point on the 16th, which confifted of high, red cliffs, and received the name of Cascade Point, on account of several small streams which fell down it. In the morning of the 18th the valleys were oblerved covered with fnow as well as the mountains, which feemed to have fallen the night before, when they had rain at fea. Thus they pailed the whole north-weft coaft of Tovey Poenamoo, which had nothing worth the obfervation of Ecca our voyagers but a ridge of naked and barren rocks covered with fnow, fome of which they conjectured might probably have remained there ever fince the creation. As far as the eye could reach, the profpects were in general wild, craggy, and defolate; fcarcely any thing but rocks to be feen, the moft of which Dr. Hawkefworth defcribes as having nothing but a kind of hollows, and dreadful fiffures inftead of valleys between them. From this uncomfortable country they determined to depart, having failed round the whole country, by the 27th of this month. Captain Cook therefore went on fhore in the long-boat, and having found a place proper for mooring the fhip, and a good watering-place, the crew began to fill their cafks, while the carpenter was employed in cutting wood. The captain, Mr. Banks, and Dr. Solander, went in the pinnace to examine the bay, and the neighbouring country. Landing there, they found feveral plants of a fpecies which was before unknown to them; no inhabitants appear ed; but they faw feveral huts which feemed to have been deferted a long time before: all the wood and water being taken on board, the vessel was ready to fail by the time that they returned in the evening, and it was now refolved at a council of war to fteer for the coaft of New Holland, in the course of their return by the way of the East Indies. thofe valleys is light, but fertile and well adapted for the plentiful production of all the fruits, plants and corn of Europe. The fummer, though not hotter, is in general of a more equal temperature than in England; and from the vegetables that were found here it was concluded, that the winters were not fo fevere. The only quadrupeds that were discovered were dogs and rats, and of the latter very few, but the former the inhabitants (like thofe of Otaheite) breed for food. There are feals and whales on the coafts, and the English once faw a fealion. The birds are hawks, owls, quails, and fome melodious fong birds. There are ducks, and fhags of feveral forts, like thofe of Europe, and the gannet, which is of the fame fort. Albetroffes, fheerwaters, penguins, and pintados, alfo vifit the coaft.The infects found here are, butterflies, flesh-flies, beetles, fand-flies, and musquitos. "Tovey Poenamoo is barren and mountainous, and appeared to be almoft deftitute of inhabitants. "The fea that washes thefe iflands abounds with delicate and wholesome fish. -Whenever the yell came to an anchor, enough were caught with hook and line only, to fupply the whole fhip's copany; and when they filhed with nets, every mefs in the fhip, where the people were induftrious, falted as much as fupplied them for feveral weeks. There were many forts of fish here which they Lad never before feen, and which the failors named according to their fancies. They were fold on moderate terms to the crew: among the reft, fifh like the fate, eels, congers, oysters, flat-fifh refembling foles, flounders, cockles, and various forts of mackarel were found in abundance upon the coast. They took their departure on the 31ft of March, from an eaftern point of land, to which they gave the name of Cape Farewel, denominating the bay out of which they failed, Admiralty Bay, and two capes Cape Stephens, and Cape Jackfon, (the names of the two fecretaries of the Admiralty board.) They called a bay between the island and Cape Farewel, Blind Bay, which was fuppofed to have been the fame that was called Murderers Bay, by Tafman, the first disco- "Here are forefts abounding with trees verer of New Zealand, but though he producing large, ftrait and clean timber. named it Staten Island, wishing to take pof- One tree, about the fize of our oak, was feffion of it for the States General, yet be- diftinguished by a fcarlet flower, compofed ing attacked here by the Indians he never of feveral fibres, and another which grows went on fhore to effect his purpose. Of in fwampy ground, very firait and tall, this coaft, now more accurately examined bearing fmall bunches of berries, and a leaf by our English voyagers and difcovered to refembling that of the yew-tree. About confift of two islands, we have the follow- 400 fpecies of plants were found, all of which ing account. are unknown in England, except garden night-shade, fow-thiftle, two or three kinds of fern, and one or two forts of grafs.—— They found wild celery, and a kind of creffes, in great abundance, on the fea-fhore; and of eatable plants raised by cultivation, only cocoas, yams, and fweet potatoes.There are plantations of many acres of thefe yams and potatoes. The inhabitants likewife cultivate the ground; and the Chinese paper mulberry-tree is to be found, but in no abundance. 66 They are fituate between the 34th and 48th deg. of fouth latitude, and between 181° and 194° weft longitude. The northern island is called Eahienomauwee, and the fouthern is named Tovey Poenamoo, by the natives. "The former, though mountainous in fome places, is flored with wood, and in every valley there is a rivulet. The foil in N Ο T E. *It was before thought to be a part of The fouthern continent so much fought after. (To be continued.) The The Diary of Chaubert the Mifanthropist. (Continued from page 351.) CHA HAUBERT's narrative proceeds as follows:-"When the English mariner faid he forgave the villain who had ruined him, I defpifed him in my heart for his folly, but when he declared he was happier in his prefent condition, than in his former profperit, I began to ftagger in my opinion, and thought within myfelf there was wifdom in what he faid. I looked him fteadily in the face, and f ontent of mind' impreffed upon his features; I turned my eyes inwards on my heart, and faw it rent with indignatien, anguish and revenge. There is fome profit in refignation, faid I within myfelf; and looking at the youth, who had now again turned towards us, I recognized the features of her whom I had once fo fondly idolized. Tell me, said I, if that youth be not the fon of my once beloved Marianne, deferibing her name and perfon. I was right in my conjecture; my blood boiled with vengeance, and in the bitterness of my heart I exclaimed, accurfed villain as he was, who robbed me of life's only bleffing! for his fake I renounce and hate mankind. You may indeed forgive him, for he only defrauded you of your fortune; towards me his treachery is unpardonable, for he feduced the af fections of the woman, on whom my heart was fixed: but for that villain, I had been married to Marianne. Had you' fo? inter pofed the English mariner, then you have great reafon to thank God for your efcape, for a wretch more infamous than the mother of that unhappy youth, never wore a human fhape; but let her fins die with her, fhe is gone to her account, and the happielt moment of your life was that in which he took her off your hands: if you will turn into my cabin, I will tell you hier hiftory. As he fpoke thefe words conviction flafhed in my face: I was afhamed to look up, for confcience had awakened within me, and repentance began to fosten and subdue my heart. I followed him to his cabin, and as he difcourfed to me of my deliverance, the blood that had been frozen at my heart, began to melt and flow within my veins. I paffed the night in prayer and interceffion. I will return to my native country, faid I, and dedicate my future days to the fervice of God and his creature man: Shall this mariner, who in the very jaws of death blafphemes his creator, and outfwears the ftorm in which he is finking, have the merit of forgivenets and refignation under real injuries, when I am murmuring and reviling in the midst of bleffings? Man walketh in a vain fhadow; he difcomforteth himself for nought; the ways of Providence are fecret and unfeen, and who can find them out? "In the morning I called for the fon of Marianne, and difcourfed with him apart; I found him modeft, humble and refigned; he had no friend on earth but the Englishman, and to him he owed the benefits of a liberal education: he had been trained in one of the public feminaries in England, where their youth get the rudiments of learning from their masters, and the principles of honour, courage, friendship and magnanimity from their playmates: I bade him be of good courage, for that I would be a father to him. He replied, that he had already found a father in the Englishman, and he did not doubt but he could earn a living in the occupation of his benefactor, whom he was determined never to defert, and for whom his heart must ever entertain the gratitude and duty of a 'fon. Oh, Sir, faid he, that man muft have a heroic foul; the injuries he has received from my parents can only be equalled by the bounties he has bestowed on me; and I truft you will not think the worfe of me, if I determine to abide by his fortune, and to dedicate my life and fervices to that country, where I have found fo generous a protector. The long-reprefled emotions of humanity now burst fo violently upon me, that they choaked my fpeech, and I could only clafp the gallant boy in my arms and shower my tears upon his neck. "The fhip had now entered the mouth of the Garonne, and after fome time we found ourselves in the magnificent port of Bourdeaux; I landed with the master of the veffel, whilft young Lewis remained on board in charge of his benefactor's papers and effects. The first object that met our view, was a gibbet erected on the quay before the door of a merchant's compting-house, and the executioners of juftice were in the act of difmiffing a wretched being from life, whofe crimes had made him no longer worthy to remain in it: he had robbed the merchant before whofe door he was about to suffer. My God, exclaimed the Englishman, it is the father of young Lewis! At the word we both fprung forward to the fcaffold, and as we advanced his eyes encountered ours. Oh Chaubert, Chaubert! the poor wretch exclaimed, I pray you let me fpeak to you before I die. My trembling limbs scarce ferved to mount the fcaffold.-Father, fays he to a Carmelite friar with whom he had been in prayer, I have yet one confeffion to make to you in the hearing of this injured friend: I have abused the confidence of the moft generous of men, nay more, I have attempted his life by poison, and the woman whose affeétions I feduced, was my accomplice in the attempt. You may remember, Sir, continued he, the very day before you discovered our criminal intercourfe, as you was fitting at your meal with Marianne and me, in the gaiety of your heart that woman gave you a large glafs of wine to drink to your approaching nuptials; your favourite fpaniel leaped upon your arm, as you was lifting the cup to your lips, and dafhed it on the floor: you may remember, Chaubert, that in a fudden rage of paffion, which you was ever prone to, you violently ftruck the creature in a vital part, and laid it dead upon the ftroke: It was the faving moment of your life, the cup was poifoned; a flow but painful death had been your fate, and in that animal you fmote your guardian angel. The next day we repeated the attempt, but you was a fecond time preferved by a timely difcovery of our criminality. Be thankful to God's providence, subdue your paffions, and practife refignation; I die repentant; if it be poffible, forgive me, as you yourself have need to be forgiven." Here ends the diary of Chaubert. I do not mean to expofe my ideas to ingenious ridicule by maintaining that every thing happens to every man for the beft, but I will contend, that he who makes the beft of it, fulfils the part of a wife and good man. Another thing may be fafely advanced, that man is not competent to decide upon the good or evil of many events which befal him in this life; and we have authority to fay, Woe be to him that calls good evil, and evil good! I could wish that the ftory of Chaubert, as I have given it, might make that impreffion upon any one of my readers, as it did upon me when I received it; and could alfo wifh, that I felt myself worthy to add to it the experience of many occurrences in my own life, to which time and patience have given colours very different from thofe they wore upon their firft appearance. When men fink into defpondency or break out into rage upon adverfities and misforzunes, it is no proof that Providence lays a heavier burthen upon them than they can bear, because it is not clear that they have exerted all the pollible refources of the foul. The paffions may be humoured till they become our maiters, as a horle may be pampered till he gets the better of his rider; but carly difcipline will prevent mutiny, and keep the helm in the hands of reafon. If we put our children under refraint and correction, why fhould we, who are but children of a larger growth, grow refractory and complain, when the Father of all things lays the wholefome correction of adverfity on our heads? Amongst the fragments of Philemon the comic poet, there is part of a dialogue preterved between a Mafter and his Servant, whofe names are not given, which falls in with the fubject I am speaking of. These fragments have been collected from the works of the fcholiafts and grammarians, and many of them have been quoted by the fathers of the Chriftian church for the moral and pious maxims they contain. As they lie out of the general track of moft men's studies, and have real merit in themselves, I think the reader will not be difpleafed, if I occafionally prefent him with fome fpecimens from thefe remains of the Greek Comedy, and for the prefent conclude my paper with the following tranflation. Servant. "Whilft you live, Sir, drive away forrow; it is the worst company a man can keep. Mafer. "Whilft I live, Sirrah? Why there is no living without it. Servant."Never tell me, Sir; thewounds of the mind are not to be healed by the tears of the eyes: If they were, who would be without the medicine? They would be the best family-phyfic in nature; and if nothing but money would buy them, you could not pay too dearly for the purchase. But alack-a-day, what do they avail? Weep, or weep not, this ftubborn world of ours will have its way; fighing and groaning, take my word for it, is but labour loft. Mafter. "Granted! for its ufe I will not contend, nor can you, as I take it, dispute its neceffity: It is as natural for the eyes to fhed tears in affliction, as for a tree to drop its leaves in autumn. Servant. "That I deny; the neceffity of evil I admit, but not the neceffity of bewailing it. Mark how your maxims and mine differ, you meet misfortune in the way, I let misfortune meet me. There are too many evils in life that no man's wifdom can avoid; but he is no wife man who multiplies too many by more. Now my philofophy teaches me, that amongst all the evils you complain of, there is no evil fo great as your complaint itfelf: Why it drives a man out of his fenfes, out of his health, nay at laft out of the world; fo fhall it not me; if misfortune will come, I cannot help it, but if lamentation follows it, that is my fault; and a fool of his own making, my good mafter, is a fool indeed. Mafer. "Say you fo, Sirrah? now I hold your infenfibility to be of the nature of a brute; my failings I regard as the prerogative of a man: thus, although we differ widely in our practice, each acts up to his proper character. Servant." If I am of the nature of a brute, because I fear the Gods and fubmit to their will, the Gods forgive me! If it be the prerogative of a man to fay I will not bear misfortunes, I will not fubmit to the decrees of the Gods, let the Gods anfwer that for themselves! I am apt to think think it no great mark,of courage to defpair, nor any fure proof of weakness to be content. If a man were to die of a difappointment, how the vengeance does it come to pass that any body is left alive? You may, if you think well of it, counteract the defigns of the Gods, and turn their intended bleffings into actual misfortunes; but I do not think their work will be mended by your means. You may, if you please, refent it with a high hand, if your mother, or your fon, or friend fhould take the liberty to die, when you wish them to live; but to me it appears a natural event, which no man can keep off from his own perfon, or that of any other.You may, if you think it worth your while, be very miferable, when this woman mifcarries, or that woman is brought to-bed; you may torment yourself, becaufe your mother has a cough, or your miftres drops a tear, in fhort, you may fend yourself out of the world with forrow, but I think it better to ftay my time in it and be happy." Modern State of Athens defcribed. In a Letter from the Abbe de Lifle, at Confantinople, to Madame Tranflated from the original, lately pub lifbed in the Hague Gazette.) at Paris. T is at once the duty and confolation of I the banished, wheurtyar they are then by fate, religioufly to celebrate the folemnities and feafts of their country. You know how facred the Tuesdays have ever been to me. I can no longer celebrate them with you, but I join my body and mind with thofe who enjoy that happinefs. I alfo recall to memory certain Mondays, the objects of very fcrupulous attention, and the week appears very long, fince it has these two days lefs in it. If you take intereft enough in us to be defirous of knowing news of our navigation, you will forgive the length and nonfenfe of this letter, and will bear in the lump what you would have borne by pieces on the Tuesdays, if we had remained together. Our voyage was very fortunate. The wind carried us to Malta in five days, by the fineft wind, and under the fineft fky imaginable. I was very curious to fee this city; its fuperb port, its great white walls, (which in a week would have made me quite blind) and its fine ftreets paved with hewn ftones, which form beautiful ftaircafes, by which you afcend them, ftruck me with admiration; but I was ftill more defirous to be acquainted with its manners and constitution. We left Malta for a more barbarous, but more interesting country, the beautiful land of Greece, where regrets are at least a little foftened by recollections. The first island we meet with is Cerigo, fo well known by the name of Cythera. It must be allowed, that it ill deserves its reputation. Our writers of romances and operas would be a little furprifed, if they were to know that this ifland, which is fo delightful in their writings, is only a barren rock. In truth, he did well who first placed the temple of Ve nus there; for without a little love, there would have been no great amusement in the place. The other islands deferve their reputation better; the fruitfulness of their oil, the advantage of their pofition, the beauty of the fky, and the foftnefs of the climate, heightened by every thing that is interefting in my thology and history, present one of the most fplendid fpectacles that ever ftruck the human eye: but, alas! I could not enjoy it as the reft did; and all my companions encreafed my affliction, by defcribing to me the beauties which they faw. There, faid they, is the country of Sappho, of Anacreon, of Homer. Alas! I was blind like the latter, and never had felt more cruelly the lofs of my fight; ftill, however, I made faw things a little better than I had done in fhift to make out the fituation of places, and my books. Finally, a contrary wind obliged us to put in; if that can be called a contrary wind which gave us the time to fee Athens. I will not attempt to give you an idea of the pleasure which I experienced on setting foot on this celebrated land. I wept for joy. I faw what I had hitherto only read; I recognized what I had known from my infancy; all was at once familiar and new to me; but what I shall never forget is, the fenfation I experienced on the fight of the firft monument of this ever-interesting country.' You may have obferved, Madam, that when we read all the wonders told us of the ancients, a mixture of incredulity, at least of miftruft, creeps in, which spoils our pleafure, and makes us uneafy under our admiration; the very greatnefs of the things is against them, and we are apt to think that there may be a little more fable than hiftory in what we are told. In confequence of this prepoffeffion, many a traveller has gone into Egypt, with a doubt of all that had been told him concerning its ancient magnificence;-but the pyramids are standing; they bear fufficient witness to all the rest, and there is no incredulity which thefe enor mous blocks do not fhiver to pieces. Such were my feelings at Athens. It is lefs gigantick indeed in its monuments, but more truly great than Egypt. It is true, that the manners, the cuftoms, the government, alas! even the city of the Athenians, |