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Show 200 cunA. circumstances, which from time to time, turned up for his deliverance, often through 'the intervention of intrepid women, and he is now one of the most respected and useful servants of the Queen Regent. Of the accomplished education, liberal view~, and benevolent intentions of that royal lady, he gave us an excellent account.-Of course we did not fail to implore the exertion of his inflnence with her, for the actual suppression of their already legally abolished slave trade. Our voyage was one of nine days, and although of longer duration than it was reasonable to expect, was remarkably pleasant. One circumstance alone threw a gloom over the circle-the extreme illness of two of our passengers, in whom the genial climate of Santa Cru7. had failed to arrest the progress of consumption. One of these individuals has since finished her mortal career, in the faith and hopes of the christian. Every morning after breakfast, we assembled on deck, for the audible reading of a portion of scripture, on which occasions no one was a more willing or attentive auditor than our friend the Spaniard. He is a Roman Catholic, as to his habits and connexions, but of very liberal views. Our scripture reading was generally followed np by the Governor's school. Ig· norant as we were, even of the right sounds of the letters, he kiudly undertook to teach several of our party Spanish; and certainly, if he manifests in his political duties, the same orderly and perspicacious intellect which he then applied to the instruction of his pupils, he must be a valuable agent under any government. He so far succeeded that they presented to CUUA. 201 him, before we sepaPated, a short add . h' I h. h ress m ts own angnage,. w tc may serve 'a s a memorandum f pleasant mtercourse. 0 our Gentil maestro humano ;laro, benigno, sano, Tu sabcs que lo vano Solo cs de arena un ~rano. Por tu noble entereza PcligrO tu cabcza, ' Mientras horrible guerra Agitaba la tierra· Mas Dios te ha p~eservado Dal enemigo hado, Y Ia gran llcyna bella QuisO poner la estrell~ Que cl solo honor ha hccho Sobre tu illustre pccho. Oh, muy feHcc fucra Por tener un CAnRE~A l · The weather was delightfnl.' ,,m d t h e contemph twn· odf the ever varying beauties of ocean scenery o'c-cupte many an agreeable hour, as we gradually :nd~ progress on our voyage. One d ' of speckled white and brown fo:~dahheron or crane, ri in . ' cr rest on our gg g • at another time a nu b f' I . a bri h ' m er 0 arge btrds of g t scarlet hue were seen fl . . distance fro th ' ymg 111 a row at some m e vessel. The cimens of th 1 . . Y were probably spe-c scar et tbts-o h . Schools of p . r per aps flammgos. the ship . ol rpOtses were often seen from on board ' .tnc ne,·er seen 'th smooth ·r· . '' 1 out amusement· -'the a<>J 1ty of th I · ' 1 0 e eap wtth which th · c moment out of tl ey r1se wr a rapidly on I Je water, and at the same time move ware on their J·o · the idea of " b nrney, Impresses one with ' penect odily en'o I . that we shoull 'I . . . ~ yment. was 111 hopes c saJ Wtthm sight flf the Isle of Pines, |