ver with the glass, there were but few persons on board; the deck appeared covered with torn sails and timbers, and, black and broken as she was, she presented the most melancholy sight.

But I soon forgot the brig, when I saw the pilot boat, with six men, drifting from her side, and the current or the wind bearing her rapidly into the foaming surge. There are several rocks or reefs south of the bar, over which the breakers dash with horrible fury, and it was not long before I saw the frail bark rolling amidst their foam, and in an instant she was dashed to pieces. Good Heavens! It was a grand, but appalling sight!

The most awful death seemed to await the poor fellows who were struggling with the waves, for to reach the shore I knew would be impossible; they rose and sunk and rose again; they combatted the fury of the surf as it rolled over them, with a kind of desperate energy; they were all negroes, and I imagined I could even hear their cries, as they raised their bare, sinewy arms above the waves, as if to implore

assistance! Hundreds of persons were on the beach gazing on them in speechless terror, without the power to save them;-at that moment, when the last hope seemed gone, I saw a small boat bounding over the waves, with only a man at the helm, and I thought, as I looked at him, if he has risked his life so nobly for those men, he deserves a rich reward; for it was at the positive risk of life that he attempted to save them; and the repeated cries of "no boat can live an instant in these breakers ;—it is madness, they cannot be saved!" seemed to seal their destiny.-But the boat dashed on rapidly and fearlessly; my very breath was for moments suspended; the intenseness of my feelings had become very painful, but they were soon relieved by the hurrahs of the multitude, which rent the air," they are savedthey are saved!”

That gallant man, who is a Captain Sands, rescued every one of the sufferers, and their preservation was little short of a miracle. He was received by the crowd with loud acclamations of applause, and I hope the Board of Ad

miralty will bestow on him the reward he merits but it is the fault of all governments, that those individual exertions made at the risk of life, either for public or private benefit, go unrewarded, and are soon forgotten; but for myself, I consider the man who is capable of such generous and disinterested actions, as worthy of immortal honours.

The brig, by the skill of the pilot, crossed the bar safely, and came into the harbour a very wreck; she had encountered a gale three days before, and her masts had been splintered by lightning.

The scene so awfully impressive, has led me to muse deeply on the attributes and power of that Being who formed all the sublime wonders of creation by the breath of his word, and Mercy, amidst all the terrors by which he is surrounded, stands forth in bright and beautiful colours!

Your injunctions for me "to tell you every thing" are so positive, my dear Julia, that I have great pleasure in obeying you to the very letter of the law," and I have no doubt

my letters weary you, and if it is so, the punishment you inflict upon me is not light.

My mother's health is evidently declining, but I endeavour from day to day to, deceive myself in regard to her real situation, though I read in the anxious looks of Dr. B——, and in the melancholy watchfulness of my lovely friend, the fatal truth. I feel that I have need of more than mortal courage; and yet, I have not fortitude to think even of the future :--but farewell: may the sun of your life shine on clearly and brightly, through the mist of years!

You are not ignorant, my dear Julia, of the apprehensions that are justly entertained by the inhabitants of the West India Islands, of hurricanes; and I believe I told you in one of

of my letters, that many families regularly prepared for them, by having battens for the doors and windows, and sometimes, when they imagine one is near, they have provisions cooked, that in case of a sudden surprise, they may not be left in a state of starvation, for no cooking utensils are kept in the dwelling houses, but in a building at some distance. It is several years, since a severe hurricane has been felt here, but that was so destructive, half of the town was laid in ruins. I am often amused by predictions of coming danger, by some wise heads; but I am not one to anticipate evils, for I love to enjoy the brightness of the present, even if storms do lie behind the clouds!

Last evening as we were driving eastward, we saw the fishermen and the conch divers, busily employed in pulling their boats upon the shore, and securing their turtle crawls; the houses were fastened, and the women and children had gathered round the doors, looking on in fear. We were surprised, and inquired of an old man the cause of it; he folded up his