Page:Account of a dreadful hurricane which happened in the island of Jamaica, in the month of October, 1780.pdf/6

 outh; and in about an hour and half after that, o general and perevering were its effects, that it carcely left a plantain tree, , or building, uninjured in the parih. about four o'clock, we found it impoible to the houe againt the increaing impetuoity of  wind, which began to diplace the hingles, up the roof, to force the windows, and to gain an  on every ide: and its haty detruction b too uly proved how oon, and how univerally,  ucceeded! We were now driven from the above, to take helter in the rooms below, but there we were followed by freh dangers,  tupified by freh alarms. The demon of was wated in the winds, and not a  could ecape its malignant. While were looking with apprehenion and terror  us, the roof rafters, plates, and walls of ix  fell in, and immediately above our  and  horrid crahes of glaes, furniture,  floors, occaioned a noie and aproar, that may  more eaily felt, than the weaknes of my pen  poibly decribe.

I will not attempt (indeed my abilities and are unequal to the tak) to awaken the  of others, by dwelling upon private, when the loes of many are entitled to  regard: but egotim may be urely  in a narrative of this kind, where general  mut in ome meaure decribe individual , and where what one has felt, has been  lot of numbers: and where a peron has  een, and been involved in the ame , it is difficult to keep clear of expreions that do  immediately apply to, and peak the language.

The ituation of the unhappy negroes who