I04 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



tains ; among others, thofe of Piterboth, and of 

 the Three Paps, and their vallies, covered with 

 forcfts ; then, the open Sea, and the Illand of 

 Bourbon, which is forty leagues to the weftward. 

 From this elevation, Paid perceived the veffel 

 which bare away Virginia. He defcried it at more 

 than ten leagues diflance, like a black fpeck, in 

 the middle of the vafl Ocean. He fpent a con- 

 liderable part of the day in contemplating it, and, 

 though it had actually difappeared from his fight, he 

 flill imagined that he perceived it; and when he had 

 entirely loft it in the thick vapour of the horizon, 

 he feared himfelf in this defolate fpot, always agi- 

 tated by the winds, which blow inceffantly on the 

 tops of the palm-trees, and of the tatamaques. 

 Their loud and hollow murmurs refemble the deep 

 tones of an organ, and infpirc a profound melan- 

 choly. 



There, I found Panh his head leaning againft 

 the rock, and his eyes rivetted to the ground. Ï 

 had been feeking him fmce fun-rife, and it was 

 with much difficulty, that I could prevail on him 

 to defcend, and re-vifit his family. At length, 

 however, I brought him back to his habitation; 

 but the moment he caft his eyes on Madame de la 

 T^our, he began to reproach her bitterly, for having 

 fo cruelly deceived him. She informed us, that a 

 breeze having fprung up, about three in the morn- 

 ing, 



