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who forgetting the transient nature of their abode in this Circean 

 retreat, in the course of a few clays frequently commence and 

 conclude a union, which is to last for life. To those who have 

 been long accustomed to the antelope eyes, jetty locks, and bru- 

 nette complexions of Asiatic damsels, the fair and sprightly nymphs 

 of St. Helena appear in twofold charms. 



During our short stay at St. Helena, three of these entangle- 

 ments took place. One triumphantly carried off his bride from 

 her native rocks, to the fashionable circles in England. Another 

 I believe succeeded in the same manner. The third concerned one 

 of my most particular friends returning from another part of the 

 East in the prime of life, and possessed of a noble fortune. Cap- 

 tivated by one of these blooming beauties, an offer of marriage 

 was proposed and accepted: one of the little quarrels not uncom- 

 mon between lovers, occasioned a procrastination, and the affair not 

 being accommodated so soon as wished for by one of the parlies, the 

 vessel weighed anchor, and the gentleman was reluctantly carried, 

 on board by his exulting friends, who did not approve of the attach- 

 ment. I well knew his feelings on this occasion, and sincerely 

 pitied him. Absence, a sea voyage, and an English beauty, in 

 time reconciled him to a life, which, on taking a last view of the 

 retreating mountains of St. Helena, he thought would be insup- 

 portable. 



The slave that quits his native land. 



And bids for aye adieu, 

 Oft turns to view the barren strand, 



And oft his sighs renew. 



