INTRODUCTION- 



timUy of beftowing upon his memory tliat 

 iribute of praife which is referved for thofc 



few 



kecfs ; and one had entirely difappcared, without leav- 

 ing ihe fmallcfl trace that could lead to a difcovery of 

 its £a{c. Xkad bodies were fecu floating amidft the 

 wreck of the fttips i and fuch of the failors a« had 

 cfcaped deatli, ftraggling again ft the trritated waves» 

 wm making uielcfs effort* to peach the ftior«. In 

 fboTt, nothhig prefented kfelf to the light but eorifter- 

 mtk}n» mifcry^ and dlflrefs* The defoladon ui the 

 comitry was no Icfs zBiO:ing ; the matze^ ricc^ and 

 conij were cut and difperfed i the coffee and cotton 

 plants, fugar-cancs, nutmeg and cinnamon trees, were 

 torn np by the roots ; the oldcft trees were overturned, 

 or 'twlftcd by the violence of the wind manufafloric* 

 and work-fhops were dcftroycd j and the gcaii ap- 

 peared dry and withered , as if it had been bwrnt. In 

 oiie of the windward quarters of tlic ffiand, the fca. 

 Lurried along hy the tempeft beyond its ufunl boun cla- 

 ries, rofe more than forty feet> drove the inhabitants 

 to the neighbouring eminences, in order to avoid 

 hsing overwhelmed in their houfes i and extended to 

 the ad|3ce:at plains and woodsn where it Icft^ when it 



retired. 



