TRAVELS IN 
comm, what infatuation of good company, had 
I been fo long prevented the paying him a yi- 
fit ? Where could I tafte a more pure and ge^ 
nuine plealure than under the roof of this ho- 
neft planter, who, after tiij misfortune at Sal- 
danha bay, when I had loft every thing I pof- 
feffed, and was wandering in a ftrange land, 
without afylum, without money, without 
friends, without any kind ofxefource, faved me 
at once from finking in defpair ? The recollec- 
tion of this virtuous African occafioned me the 
moft poignant regret. I flew to his habitation, 
which received for the third time one of his 
deareft children. The careffes of this charm- 
ing family vv^ere beftowed on me in profufion. 
From the furprife and joy they exhibited, and 
the fudden diforder that prevailed in the houfe, 
one might have fuppofed it to be the celebra- 
tion of an ancient feftival, or the return of fome 
important perfonage from an illuftrious expe- 
dition. Nothing was thought of but how to 
render my abode agreeable to me. The parties 
of plealure that were moft v/ithin their reach 
and my own, were parties of hunting. They 
contrived fuch as were particularly amufing. 
A fober and tranquil excurfion now and then 
Interrupted the labour of this more fatiguing 
employments 
