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| amen 
| of the Iflend of Barbados. | - 
{trunient he ftdpt, the fmaller or higher the found was, which he found | 
was by the fhortning of the ftring, confidered with himfelf, how he 
might make fome tryal ofthis experiment upon fuch an inftrument as, 
hecould come by 5 havingno hope ever to have any inftrument of 
this kindto practiceon, In a day or two after, walking in the Plan- 
tine grove, to tefrefh mein that cool fhade, and to delight my felf 
with the fight of thofe plants, whichare fo beautiful , as though they 
left a frefh impreffion inme when I parted withthem, yet upon.a re- 
view, fomething is difcern’d itt their beauty more than I remem- 
bred at parting : which caufed me to make often repair thither; I 
found this Negro (whofe office it was to attend there). being the keep- 
er of that grove, ficting onthe ground, and before hima picce of large 
| timber, upon which he had laid'crofs, fix Billets, and having a hand- 
faw and a hatchet by him, would cut the: billets by little and_little, 
till he had brought them'tothe tunes, he would fit them to; for the 
fhorter they weré, the higher the Notes,which he tryed by knocking 
pon the ends of them with a ftick, which he hadin his hand.. When 
T found him at it, I took the ftick out of his hand, .and tryed. the 
ble, and 'by that mearis I was compell’d:to-make traverfes,up and down 
| in'the wood and was by that in danger to mifs ofthe point, to which 
I was to make my paflage tothe Chtrch,and therefore was fain to take 
a Compa with the,which was.a Citcumf stomake my trayerfes 
the more exa@,and indeed without which,it could not be done,fetting 
up the Circumferenter,: and’obferving the Needle: This Negre Sambo 
| coities to me} and (eeing theneedle wag,. defired to. know. thereafon 
| ofits ftitrring;-and whether it were alive : E told him no, but it {toad 
upon a point, and forawhileit would ftir, but by and by ftand.ftill , 
| which he obletv'darid founditto betmes) <3 eee epee 
| <The next queftion was,why it {tood one way,and would not remove 
_ | toany other point, I told him that it would ftand.no way but North 
Sn 
and South,” andtipon that fhew'd him the four Cardinal points of the 
compat, Eaft,:Welt; North, South,which he prefently.Jearnt by heart, 
‘| ftand Northy I'pave this reafon, becatife of the huge Rocks of Load- 
_ | d¥awTron to its and this Needle being of Iron, and touch’d 
 }Loadftone, it wouldalwayesftand that ways ‘ vik 
aged ra) is 
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and becaufe there were many gullies inthe way; which were impafla- 7 
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compas, | 
and prothis’dtie never to forget it-His laft queftion was,why it would | 
‘| ftone that were in the North part of the world, which hada ae 4 
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1902. 
