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 From their preſent ſituation, and of ſeeing once more their native country, and thoſe who were dear to them in it; and he added, hat however loth every one of them might be to yield up his darling liquor, yet he aſſured himſelf their own underſtanding would tell them it was a right and neceſſary meaſure. The moment he concluded, all the ſailors, to their laſting honour, replied, that however they might ſuffer from the want of ſpirits, they were ſenſible that the having easy acceſs to them might tempt them to drink without discretion, and they not only agreed willingly to the Captain's proposal, but were ready to go directly to the ſhip and ſtave every caſk of liquor on board; this they moſt truly performed, and in lo scrupulous a manner did they execute that truſt, that there was not a ſingle man of them who would take even a farewell glass of his beloved cordial.— What do you think of this account, gentlemen and ladies? Think, why my good friend, I think that Captain Wilſon is a prince of heroes, and his men a ſet of noble fellows. They make me feel proud of being an Engliſhman.—I hope the experiment anſwered:—Perfectly well, they ſaid long enough on the iſland to build a veſſel, and when they went away, left the king and people in tears for their departure.

Happy would it be, if ſailors in general. had the ſame command of themſelves in re-