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Me inquired if his daughter was alive 
and well, with tears in his eyes and 
trembling form, for it was a long time 
since he had received any intelligence 
of her; and hearing of her welfare so 
unexpectedly, quite overcame the good 
old father’s feelings. And here the 
reader will observe, that the pure and 
unaffected emotions produced by pa¬ 
rental affection, are similar among all 
the human species, whether civilized or 
savage. The natives of the Island we 
were then visiting, may be ranked with 
those that have made the fewest ap¬ 
proaches towards the refined improve¬ 
ments of enlightened nations, yet the 
ground work of humanity was discover, 
ed to be the same ; and the solicitude 
of a fond father for a beloved chi'd, was 
manifested in a manner which would not 
disgrace those who move in the most 
elevated circles of eivilized life. The 
old king expressed his regret that he 
had not visited the Mulgraves during 
our stay there* was very sorry we were 
about to return to America, and used 
