144 OFFICE OF MAGISTRATE. 
Their leading man is a magistrate, who is 
elected on the first of January every year, 
by a general vote of males and females who 
have attained the age of eighteen years. 
Married persons, both males and females, 
though they may be under that age, are eii- 
titled to vote. Two councillors are chosen 
at the same time, one elected by the magis- 
trate, the other by the people. When there 
is any dispute to be settled, which cannot 
well be decided by the magistrate, or by the 
magistrate and councillors combined, a jury 
of seven is called, to whom the matter is 
referred. Then should the matter not be 
satisfactorily arranged, it stands over until 
the arrival of a British man-of-war; and 
there is no appeal against the Captain's 
decision. During the interval the matter 
drops, and no ill-feeling remains. 
It is a principle with them, never to let 
the sun go down upon their wrath. 
What an example is conveyed in the prac- 
tical adherence to this scriptural rule ! How 
simple and effectual a mode of adjusting dif- 
ferences, and preventing the growth of all 
uncharitableness ! 
