14 TRAVELS through 



*' have not brought me provifions fufliclent CO 

 " treat you all ; I cannot refolve to fatisfy my ap* 

 " petite, whilfl you are flarving :" and as he 

 had Ipoke thefe words, he let the birds fly 

 away. 



An infinite number of other inftances may be 

 added to this, which do no lefs honour to the 

 inhabitants of this ifle. There are feveral that 

 deferve to be recorded in hiflory •, and among 

 thofe that I have been told, I cannot help think- 

 ing the following ftory worth your notice. An 

 old inhabitant of St. Domingo had acquired a 

 confiderable fortune there by his labour, indu- 

 flry, and trade. His condud: and manners re- 

 mained unaltered by profperity ♦, and he only 

 valued his riches, becaufe they enabled .him to 

 ferve others. 



Whenever a fhip arrived from France, he ran 

 to the coall to fee the pafTengers land, and gene- 

 rally conduced them to his home. One day he 

 faw feveral young people, who expeded to make 

 their fortune as foon as they arrived •, they had 

 letters of recommendation, on which they de- 

 pended fo much, that they took little notice of 

 the good planter, who accofted them ; he left 

 them, wilhing them all kind of profperity: 



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