550 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



HYMN. 



1. 



In Sleep's serene oblivion Faid, 



I safely pass'd the silent night ; 

 At once I see the breaking shade, 



And drink again the morning light, 

 2. 

 New born — I bless the waking hour, 



Once more, with awe, rejoice to be ; 

 My conscious soul resumes her power, 



Andsprings, my gracious God, to thee. 

 3. 

 O, guide me through the various maze 



My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; 

 And spread thy shield's protectingblaze, 



When dangers press around my head. 

 4. 

 A deeper shade will soon impend, 



A deeper sleep my eyes oppress ; 

 Yet still thy strength shall me defend. 



Thy goodness still shall deign to bless. 

 5. 

 That deeper shade shall fade away, 



That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes | 

 Thy light shall give eternal day ! 



Thy love the rapture of the skies ! 



planners and Customs of the Tupi- 

 nambas, exemplified in the ex- 

 traordinary Adventures of Hans 

 Stade. [_From Mr. Southeifs 

 History of Brazil.'} 



Hans had a German friend set- 

 tleti at St. Vincente, as overseer of 

 somesugar-works, whichbelonged 

 to Giuseppe Adorno, a Genoese. 

 His name was Heliodorus, and 

 he was son of Eoban, a German 

 poet of great celebrity in his day ; 

 he was from the same country as 

 Hans, and had received him into 

 his house after the shipwreck, 

 with that brotherly kindness which 

 every man feels for a countryman 

 when they meet in so remote a 

 land. This Heliodorus came with 

 another friend to visit Hans in liis 

 castle. There was no other mar- 

 ket where he could send for food 

 to regale them except the woods, 



but this was well stocked. The 

 wild boars were the finest in the 

 whole country, and they were so 

 numerous that the inhabitants 

 killed them for their skins, of 

 which they made a leather that was 

 preferred to cow-hides for boots 

 and chair bottoms. He had a 

 Cairo slave who used to hunt for 

 him, and whom he never feared 

 to accompany to the chase; him 

 he sent into the woods to kill 

 game, and went out to meet hioi 

 the next day, and see what suc- 

 cess he had had. The war-whoop 

 was set up, and in an instant he 

 was surrounded by the Tupinam- 

 bas. He gave himself up for lost, 

 and exclaimed. Into thy hands, O 

 Lord, do I commit my spirit. The 

 prayer was hardly ended before he 

 was knocked down ; blows and 

 arrows fell upon him from all 

 sides ; but he received only one 

 wound, in the thigh. 



Their first business was to strip 

 him; hat, cloak, jerkin, shirt, 

 were presently torn away, every 

 one seizing what he could get. 

 To this part of theprize possession 

 was sufficient title ; but Hans's 

 body, or carcase, as they consi- 

 dered it, was a thing of more con- 

 sequence. A dispute arose who 

 had first laid hands on him, and 

 they who bore no part in it amused 

 themselves by beating theprisoner 

 with their bows. It was settled 

 that he belonged to two brethren ; 

 then they lifted hira up and car- 

 ried him off as fast as possible to- 

 wards their canoes, which were 

 drawn ashore, and concealed in 

 the thicket. A large party who 

 had been left in guard, advanced 

 to meet their triumphant fellows, 

 showing Hans their teeth, and 

 biting their arms to let him see 



