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we would not be separated, and that fhe might again find 

 her father. 



" After having, for some day*, wept the lofs of our li- 

 berty, the pleasure of being always together stopped the 

 tears of EUaroe, and abated my despair. 



" In those moments, when we were not interrupted by 

 the presence of our inhuman masters, EUaroe would fold 

 me in her arms, and exclaim, Oh, my friend ! let us en- 

 deavour to support and encourage one another, and we 

 Ihall resist all they can do to us. Afsured of your love, 

 what have I to complain of? and what happinefs is it that 

 you would purchase at the expence of that which we now 

 enjoy ? These words infused into me extraordinary forti- 

 tude J and I had no fear but one, — that of being separa- 

 ted from EUaroe. 



" We were more than a month at sea ; there was little 

 wind, and our course was slow j at last the winds failed 

 us entirely, and it fell a dead calm. For some days the 

 Portuguese gave us no more food than was barely suffici- 

 ent to preserve us alive. 



" Two negroes, determined on death, refused every 

 species of nourilhment, and secretly conveyed to us the 

 bread and dates designed for them. I hid them with care, 

 that they might be employed in preserving the life of El- 

 laroe, 



" The calm continued ; the sea, without a wave, pre- 

 sented one vast immoveable surface, to which our vefsel 

 seemed attached. The air was as still as the sea. The 

 sun and the stars, in their silent course, disturbed not the 

 profound repose that reigned over the face of the deep. 

 Our anxious eyes were continually directed to that uni- 

 form and unbounded expanse, terminated only by the hea- 

 ven's arch, that seemed to inclose us as in a vast tomb. 

 Sometimes we raistook the . undulations of light for the • 



