NARRATIVE OF CARLI. 
against the mast, warned the saint, that he must 
remain in that position, till he furnished them 
with a favourable wind* St Antony, not satisfied 
with his posture, granted a slight breeze ; but 
this was inadequate to carry them on with the 
requisite speed. Provisions soon began to fall 
short ; and at length they were threatened with 
the most direful extremities of famine. As soon 
as this transpired, the children began to cry for 
mercy ; the women soon joined them ;^ and at 
length the men " completed the dismal harmony/' 
The father thought this a favourable opportunity 
for reminding them of all their iniquities. It was 
no more, he remarked, than they well deserved, 
for the ill example which they daily set to the 
new converts. The chief cause, however, of the 
present distress, was doubtless the wrath of the 
Blessed Virgin, which had been justly excited by 
their having given her name to the end of a rope, 
with which they were wont to chastise the ne- 
groes ; and he appealed to themselves, whether 
such an application of it had any tendency to 
evidence their belief in her as the mother of God, 
The mariners, on having their sins thus clearly 
pointed out, burst into the most doleful lamenta- 
tions, and implored the missionary to point out the 
means, if there were any, of appeasing our Lady, 
for so little respectful an use of her appellation. 
After some discussion, the father compounded 
