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groes who efcaped out of a Guinea Ship that was 

 caft away unfortunately there many years ago) 

 abounding in Veins of Sulphur and Brimftone 

 blew up at once, viz. Woods, Rocks, &c, all to- 

 gether, which muft be allowed to caufe a moft 

 dreadful Explofion, As I was always curious in 

 things of a rare nature, I took notice that very 

 day (as I was riding in Gingerland Parifli,) That 

 I heard fix or feven dull bounces of noife refemb- 

 ling thofe of Cannon at a great diflance pretty 

 quickly following each other at the exad: time 

 of this Explofion : as the Sky was quite clear in 

 the eye of the Wind, and as none of my ac- 

 quaintance there took the fame notice of the 

 thing, I durfl: not venture to infift much upon 

 hearing thofe dull bounces till I had feen Mr. 

 Boyd, I fuppofe the Weather to be fomewhat 

 thick and hazy, which might be the true reafon 

 why Mr. Boyd and the Sloop's Crew did not fee 

 Land ; for they muft certainly be nearer to Saint 

 Vincenf% than they reckoned themfelves to be. A 

 Narrative of this uncommon affair (with more 

 circumftances attending it) was fhortly after tranf- 

 mitted home to England and printed, perhaps a- 

 mong the Philojbphical I'ranja^fions, 



40. During my ftay at Nevis (where I re- 

 ceived the higheft ads of Generofity and Friend- 

 fliip from every body) which was upwards of five 

 years, I felt feveral (at leaft a dozen) Earthquakes, 



but 



