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tke fate of his valuable cargo. In fo delicate 

 and difficult a fituation what courfe could he 

 purfue ? Ought he to have made ufe of hia 

 authority to difarm thefe Grangers ? But his 

 ihip was weak, and badly equipped — ought 

 he in fuch a cafe to have rifked tlie property 

 of his employers, and to have expnfed his 

 life and his liberty agarnft robuft, refobte, 

 and enterprifmg men, who had every thing 

 to gain and nothing to lofe ? The flighteft 

 pretence might have given rife to a quarrel, 

 and produced an infurredion which it was 

 prudent to avoid* M. de St, Hylaire 

 weighed all thefe matters in his mind, like 

 a wife man ; and, forefeeing his danger, re- 

 folved, d£ti^ mature deliberation, to watch 

 privately all the motions of his paiTengcrs. 

 He even did more: he pretended to pay 

 ^t^reat honour, and to fhew much deference 

 and refpetl: to Count Benyowfki. This ad- 

 vcriiurer then adcd the man of importance ; 

 4 exhauftcd 



