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wonder then, that the voluptuous 

 attractions of several objects, thus 

 daily presented to me, should in 

 time allure me into the paths of 

 vice. 



It was not long after I had be- 

 gun to imitate the dress and man- 

 ners of the natives, and join their 

 amusements, before Muikaamair, 

 the chief with whom 1 lodged, per- 

 suaded me to take a wife, a near 

 relation of his. My conscience 

 loudly cautioned me not to be 

 guilty of the sin of cohabiting with 

 a women without the sanction of 

 marriage, and of taking a wife who 

 was a heathen, and perfectly desti- 

 tute of every mental, as well as re- 

 ligious endowment ; who would 

 most probably lead me still farther 

 from tlie right way. But all these 

 reasonings my evil inclinations 

 soon taught me to refute or silence. 

 "iNIulkaamair was my chief friend, 

 and regarded me with |)arental af- 

 fection. I should gratify, honour, 

 and in some measure, repay him 

 for his kindnesses, by taking a re- 

 lation of his for my wife ; and thus 

 also strengthen my interests with 

 the rest of the natives, by forming 

 an alliance with them." Pleased 

 with these considerations, I con- 

 sented. He sent for her : she 

 agreed, and came modestly dressed 

 in her best apparel, at the head of a 

 number of women ; one of whom 

 took her by the hand, and lead- 

 ing her to me, seated her by 

 my side. She was a handsome 

 girl, of the age of eighteen. 

 Muikaamair entertained a large 

 company, assembled on the oc- 

 casion, with a plenteous feast, 

 and they danced and sung till a 

 late hour. 



Literarij Life of Dr. Hatvkcs' 

 tvort/i. [From Dr. Drake s Es- 

 says on the Rambler, 8fc.'\ 



John Hawkesworth was born in 

 the year 1719; his parents were 

 dissenters, and, in the early part of 

 his life, he frequented the meeting 

 of Mr Bradbury, a celebrated 

 preacher of his sect. He was in- 

 tended for the profession of the 

 law, and placed as a hired clerk 

 with Mr. Harwood, an attorney in 

 the Poultry. Soon disgusted, how- 

 ever, with his employment, he de- 

 serted it for the more precarious, 

 though more pleasing occupation 

 of literature. 



In what mode, or at what school 

 he was qualified for the pursuit 

 v/hich he had now adopted, is not 

 known. Sir John Hawkins has 

 affirmed, that he was, a " man of 

 fine parts, but no learning :" his 

 reading, he declares, " had been 

 irreguiurand desultory : the know- 

 ledge he had acquired, he by the 

 help of a good memory retained, 

 so that it was ready at every call ; 

 but on no subject had he ever 

 formed any system. All of ethics 

 that he knew, he had got from 

 Pope's Essay on Man and Epistles; 

 he had read the modern French 

 writers, and more particularly the 

 poets ; and with the aid of Keill's 

 Introduction, Chambers'Dictiona- 

 ry, and other such common books, 

 had attained sucii an insight into 

 physics, as enabled him to talk on 

 the subject. In the more valu- 

 able branches of learning he was 

 deficient.*'' 



There is reason to think that this 

 account does not do justice to the 

 acquiremcntsofHawkesworth,and 



Hawkins's Life of Dr. Johnson, p. 252, 



