»JI4 na'jal affairs. 'Jan. i8. 



cident the bracelet, which he had brought back, had be- 

 J^bnged to the courtezan. He was well pleased with the 

 "step^fhe had taken, which was a striking proof of her love, 

 and the great regret the lofs of him had given her. He 

 «ent the money that night, for which he had given his note 

 to Nina in the morning •, and from that time, he desisted 

 from his visits. When he saw her by accident, her down- 

 cast look and apparent grief only reminded him of the sor- 

 rows his wife had experienced before he was reclaimed. 

 Our happy pair continued to live in love and harmony to 

 the end of their days, and heaven crowned their union 

 with five more children, who, like the former, promised fair 

 to inherjt their parent's virtue. 



INTELLIGENCE RESPECTING ARTS. I 



Naval affairs. 

 Accident frequently gives birth' to dis'coveries of the 

 highest importance j and it often happens thai mep, ia I 

 very obscure stations in life, are pofsefsed of some useful I 

 branches of knowledge, which the keenest researches of | 

 philosophy have not been able to discover. An instance 

 of this kind occurred some time ago, that ought to be u- 

 niversally known among all the people of a small nation 

 surrounded and intersected by seas, as ours is. 



A vcfsel having sprung a leak in the Atlantic ocean, 

 which admitted more water than could be voided by the 

 pumps, the master and men, to the number of were, 



obliged to betake themselves in haste to their boat, a 

 imall Norway Ikiff, and abandon themselves to the mercy 

 of the waves in that hazardous vehicle. Tliey were tois- 

 ed about for some time, in the most imminent danger, 

 £vcry wave seeming to threaten their utter destruction, — 

 butvrerc providentially preserved. They all watched toge- 



