,,corrupt, like those of other and older To me, after all my eager pursuits, no folid pleasures now remain, but the reflection of a long life spent in meaning weli, the fenfible conversation of a few good lady ephenreræ, and now and then a kind smile and a tune from the ever amiable Brilliant. Precautions.. to be used by those who are about to undertake a Sea Voyage, When you intend to take a long voyage, nothing is better than to keep it a secret till the moment of your departure. Without this, you will be continually interrupted and tormented by visits from friends and acquaintances, who not only make you lose your valuable time, but make you forget a thousand things which you wish to remember: so that when you are embarked, and fairly at sea, you recollect, with much uneasiness, affairs which you have not terminated accounts that you have not settled, and a number of things which you proposed to carry with you, and which you find the want of every moment. Would it not be attended with the best consequences to reform such a custom, and to suffer a traveller, without deranging him, to make his pre to parations in quietness, to set apart a few days, when these are finished, to take leave of his friends, and to receive their good wishes for his happy return? It is not always in one's power choose a captain; though great part of the pleasure and happiness of the passage depends upon this choice, and though one must for a time be confined to his company, and be in some measure under his command. If he is a social sensible man, obliging, and of a good disposition, you will be so much the happier. One sometimes meets with people of this description, but they are not commen; however, if yours be not of this numher, if he be a good seaman, attentive, careful, and active in the management of his vessel, you must dispense with, the rest, for these are the most essential qualities. Whatever right you may have, by your agreement with him, to the provisions he has taken on board for the use of the passengers, it is always proper to have some private store, which you may make use of occasionally. You ought, therefore, to provide good water, that of the ship being often bad: but you must put it into bottles, without which you cannot expect to preserve it sweet. You ought also to carry with you good tea ground coffee, chocolate, wine of that sort which you like best, cyder, dried raisins, almonds, sugar, capillaire, citrons, rum, eggs dipped in oil, portable soup and bread twice baked. With regard to poultry, it is almost useless to carry any with you, unless you resolve to undertake the office of feeding and fattening them yourself. With the little care which is taken of them on board ship, they are almost all sickly, and their flesh is as tough as lea ther. mare of sun maning All sailors entertain an opinion, which has undoubtedly originated formerly from a want of water, and when it has been found necessary to be sparing of it, that poultry never know when they have Irunk enough; and that when water is iven them at discretion, they general they are unable to ly kill themselves by drinking beyond measure. In consequence of this opinion they give them water only once in two days, and even then in small quantities; but as they pour this water into troughs incning on one side, which óccafions it to run to the lower part, it thence happens that they are obliged to mount one upon the back of another in order to reach it; and there are some which cannot even dip their beaks in it. Thus continually tantalized and tormented by thirst, digest their food, which is very dry,* and they soon fall sick and die. Some of them are found thus every morning, and are thrown into the sea; whilst those which are killed for the table are scarcely fit to be eaten. To remedy this inconvenience, it will be necessary to divide their troughs into small compartments, in such a manner that each of them may be capable of containing water; but this is seldom or never done. On this account, sheep and hogs are to be considered as the |