The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-05-23 00:00:00, page 4

IN the beginning of the sixteenth
century, the Portuguese galleons
fe< fail trom L fbon to Goa,a rich
and flourifhing colony which that na-!
tion poffrfs in the Bast-Indies. In onel
of the largest veffels,no less than 1200
persons had embarked, confiding of
mariners, soldiers, priests, friars and:
other paffengers.l
They met with a good and favour- |
able wind till they had doubled the'
Cape of Good Hope ; but as they'
were bearing from thence northeast
towards the Indian ocean, some gen-<
tleme'n on board who understood g 0-
graphy and navigation, and who had
gone the voyge befo e, on viewing'
their charts, were confirmed in their/
opinion that a large ridge of rocksl
lay in the very latitude in which theyl
were then failing, and could not be
far distant.
This piece of serious intelligence
they communicated to the captain of
the ship, who of course informed the
pilot of it, with orders for him to lay
by in the night, and slacken fail by
day,till they ffiould be palled the dan
ger.
It was in these times the custom of
th? Portuguese to commit the naviga
tion of the vet Tel entirely to the pilot,
who was answerable, with his life,for
the fafe condud of the king's (hips,
and of such as belonged to private
traders ; but he was not bound by any
advice or direction of the captain,tho'
the latter was absolute commander in
every other refpe£l.
The pilot, of whom we are speak
ing, being one of thole felf Efficient
wretches, who look upon every hint
that is suggested by another in the
wav of their profeffion,as an infulc of
fered to their capacity, was so far
from complying with the captain's re
quest, that he actually gave orders for
crowding more fail than the vessel
carried before,and in a few hours they
came suddenly close to the rocks ; but
as it was then day break the ship
might have escaped, bat the pofi ive
and brutish pilot peremptorily refufed
to let her lie by, the consequence of
which was, that the ship struck upon
the ridge.
The feene of horror which this
dreadful aft of rashness must have
produced among twelve hundred per
sons, who had nothing before them
but inevitable death, may not be eas
ily imagined. The captain ordered
out the pinnace, into which having
put a quantity of bifeuit, and a few
• boxes of marmalade, hejumped in firft
himfelf, followed by nineteen others,
who with their drawn fwordt preven
ted any more from following them,
least the pinnace Olbuld be overfet.
In this situation they parted from
the ship, in the midftof the shrieks &
cries of those they left behind, and
—LIVI.
Tranfrofe these letters yet once more,
What bad men do you'll then explore.
— EVIL.
Change it again, and it will (hew,
What all on earth desire to do :
TF you transpose what ladies were,
—VEIL.
Toi!l plainly (hew what harlots are ;
Again if jou transpose the fame,
You'll fee an ancient Hewbrew name,
IM^^^
reflet,
SEAT of the MUSES.
'/be two BROTHERS.
VILE.
LEVI.
ANAGR AM.
launched into the wide ocean, without
a compass to steer by, or any frefh wa
ter but what heaven in its mercy might
fend them from the clouds.
After they had failed 4 days, with
out knowing their course, the captain
who for some time past had been weak
and sickly, expired before their eyes
—a melancholy circumftar.ee, which
considerably increased their misery .
For as they now fell into confufion for
want of a commander, every one was
desirous to govern and none were wil
ling to obey.
This forced them to the necessity of
electing one of their company to the
command, each promising to pay im
plicit obedience to his directions:
And soon after,their small stock ofpro
visions being so far exhausted as not
to be fufficient, at a very short allow
ance, to subsist them above three days
longer, their new captain proposed to
the company to draw lots and throw
every fourth man over board,
The company confided of nineteen
perfons,among those were a friar and
a carpenter ; both of whom they a
greed to exempt,as the one might ab
solve and comfort them in their last
moments ; and the other repair the
pinnace in case of a leak or other ac
cident.•
The fame compliment they paid to
the captain, he being an old man,and
his life of much consequence; he,how
ever, spiritedly and generously refu
fed their indulgence for a considera
ble time, but at last they obliged him
to acquiesce. so that there were four to
die out of the sixteen that remained.
The three firft, after having confel
fed their fins and received absolution
from the friar, submitted to their fate
with resignation. But the fourth was
a portuguefe gentleman, who had a
younger brother in the boat, who fee
ing him about to^ be thrown over
board, embraced him with great ten
derness and besought him with tears
in his eyes to permit him to die in
his room ; urging that he was a mar
ried man,and bad a wife and children
at Goa,befides the pro:e£tion of three
fitters,who absolutely depended on his
generosity! but that as to him elf he
was a batchelor and his life of very
little importance.
The elder brother, who was asto
nished and melted at such unexampled
tenderfiefs,replied, that since the pro
vider.ee of Heaven had appointed him
to fuffer,it would be criminal and unk
just to permit any ocher to die for him,
and cfpecially a brother to whom he
was so infinitely obliged.
The younger, persisting in his ge
nerous purpofe,wou'd take no denial ;
but throwing himfelf upon his knees,
held his brother so faft that the com
pany could not disengage them.
Thus they difpa ted for a while,th<
elder brother enjoining the youngci
to be a father to his children, and re
commending his wife to his protefti
on and requesting he would take care
of their fitters ; but all he could fay
was infufficient to perfaade him from
infilling—and at last the constancy of
the elder brother yielding to the ten
dernefs of the other, he acquiesced,
fuffering the generous youth to supply
his place, and he was accordingly
thrown into the sea.
Being a good swimmer hefoen over
took the pinnace, and getting up to
the stern eagerly caught hold of the
rudder with his right hand—upon
which one of the failors,who fat abaft,
immediately struck it off with an ax,
or sword, and the gentleman again
funk into the water, but recovering
inftantaneouily, seized the rudder
which experienced the fame fate with
the other
Tbo' deprived of both his hands,he
made ffiift to keep himfelf above the
water with his feet and the assistance
of miserable slumps, which he held up
alternately, flreaming with blood,
while he implored the companion of
the company.
This produced the desired effe&—
those in the boat all cried out, be it
The expectation was fully
answered; the spur, in a Zhort
time, began to grow in its new
fituation,and in due time attain
ed the fame proportion which
would have belonged to it upon
the legs ; and prelented the cu
rious fpeftacle of a cock, with
a horn abfolurely growing on
the fore part of his head.
It is, however, to be observed,
that the trarfplanted spur, tho'
it attained the proportion, never
assumed the confiftency,belong,
ing to it in its natural fituat on,
but always continued of rather
a foft texture. This, perhaps,
in some degree arose from the
different kinds and degrees of
nutriment, conveyed to the fu
periour and interiour parts of
the animal; and partly in all
probability, from its not being
exposed to those habits and ac
cidents,to which thelegs of birds
may in some degree be indebt
ed for their hardness and com
parative infenfibilitv.
but a max kt us endeavour to save him.
He was accordingly takn in, and his
bleeding wrists dressed and bound up
as well as the circumstances of the
moment would permit.
The next morning soon after sun
rise, as if heaven was determined to
reward the courage and affection of
this worthy young gentleman, land
was difeovered. It proved to be the
mountains of Mozambique in Africa,
and not far from a Portuguese colony.
At this colony they arrived, and con
tinued there for some months, when a
ship from Lribon conveyed them all
to Goa, where both brothers lived for
many years.
THE possibility of engraff
ing members of the ani
mal form cn parts where they
did notoriginajJy grow,has been
often afferted' bhpatural philo
fophers ; and foreknown ex
periments, particulars on the
teeth, which are often {ranf
planted from one mouth to an
other,have tended so far to fup
pert the practicability of this
art,as might fuffi( iendy encou
rage future attempts to illus
trate the extent to which it
might be carried.
T he following curious circurr^
stance deserves to be diffemina^
ted, and may tend to encourage
the experimental inquiries of
the curious.
Some years ago, Mr. Cline,
the celebrated Operator, and
AnatomicalLt&urer atSt. Tho
mas' Hospital, (conceiving that
if a p^rt of the animal body
could be transposed, before its
vital powers were become ex
tinft, to any other part recently
prepared for its deception, it
might probably cement, & con
tinue to imbibe vital nutriment
fufficient for its growth) cut off
the bud of the spur of a young
cock, and having peviaufly
made an incision with his lan
cet, inserted it in the comb.
07 03 <07'03 0 0703 03 0303 03 03
CURIOUS EXPERIMENT
Os engraffing the spur of a Cock
on its Comb.
R ANaway from the
A'fubfcriber,onTuef
day the Sth instant, an
indented man, about 4
th^a 50 or 60 years old, by
the name of William Peatk —
All persons are forbid harbour
ing or trusting him on my ac
tounr.
DANIEL HOIT.
Stra ham, May 15th,,79:.
WILL COVER,
T HE "fo
^^Ml ' inofeafon,
/Wit a'the stable of
^^^^^^^ the fubfe riber,
A likely JACK, at the mo
derate price of One Dollar a
leap, or Two Dollars for the
feafoh.—Twenty Dollars a piece
will be given for likely Mules,
at twelve months old.
Daniel watson.
Epping, May Bth, 1792.
A LL persons indebted to,
or *ho have any demards on
the ertate of THOM AS LEAVITT.'
late of Hampton, cordwainer, deceas
ed, are requested to exhibit their ac
counts for settlement, to
• DANiEL PHILBRICK.
Hampson, April 24, 1792.
"FLAX,
OF A VERY GOOD QUALITY, TO BE
SOLD BY
%& T.Odiorne.
ExMer,lo Mar.iygi.
WANTED immediately,
A Quantity of long Horse and
A Cattles' HAIR, for which
Cash will be given, by '-
S. S BENNETT.
Exeter, 8h May, 1792.
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ROCKINGHAM—ff.
NTOTICE is hereby given,
1 ™ to the heirs of MICHA
EL SHUTE, late of New
market, deceased, that the ac
count of JOHN SHUTE, of
hts AdminiJlration of the Es
tate of said deceased, is lodged
in the Probate Office for J aid
county, and that the exami
nation of the fame is appointed
to be on Monday the 18th day
of June next.
By order of the Judge.
Wm. Parker, Reg.
Exeter, May 15, 1792.