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CHAP, excufe ; yet affuredly my feelings will be forgiven me^ 

 . by thofe few only excepted — who deiight in the prudent 



conducSl of Mr. InclCy to the haplefs and much-injured 

 Tarico at Barbadoes. 



1 next ran to the houfe of my friend Lolkens, who 

 happened to be the adminiftrator of Faiiconberg eftate ; 

 and afking his afTiftance, I intimated to him my ftrange 

 determination of purchafing and educating Joanna.-. 



Having recovered from his furprize, after gazing at 

 me lilently for fome time, an interview at once was pro- 

 pofed; and the beauteous flave, accompanied by a female 

 relation, was produced trembling in my prefence. 



Reader, if you have perufed the tale of Lavinia 

 pleafure, though the fcene admits of no comparifon, . re- 

 ject not the hiftory of Joanna with contempt.— -It now 

 proved to be Ihe who had privately fent me the cordial; 

 and the oranges in March, when I was nearly expiring,, 

 and which Ihe now modeftly acknowledged " was in 

 « gratitude for my expreflions of compaffion refpeding; 

 "her fad fituation ; " with lingular delicacy, however,, 

 fhe rejeded every propofal of becoming mine upon any 

 terms. She was confcious,.fiie faid, " that in fuch a ftate 

 " fhould I foon return to Europe, flie muft either be 

 « parted from me for ever, or accompany me to a part 

 « of the world where the inferiority of her condition 

 " muft prove greatly to the difadvantage of both herfelf 

 « and her benefactor, and thus in either cafe be mifer- 

 able." In which fentiments Joanna firmly periifting, 

 fhe was immediately permitted to withdraw, and return 

 to the houfe of her aunt ; while I could only intreat of 

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