Connecticut western news., 1920-07-29

W law. but I would be satisfied ~ only with going to sea, and being one day at Hull and one of my companions about to go by sea to Lon- don in his fathers ship, nothing would serve me but must go with him-this on September 8, 1851, and being then nineteen years of age,
 The ship was no sooner out of port than the wind began to blow and the sea to rise in the most frightful man. ner, which made me most terribly sick In body and frightened in mind. In my agony vowed that if God would spare me through this one voyage I would go, immediately set foot on land, directly home to my good par ents and be ever after guided in my conduct by their advice.
 But next day the wind was abated and the sea calmer, and the sun went down to a perfectly fine evening and when to that was added bowl of punch made by shipmate, forgot my resolution to return home after the voyage; and such has been my habit, to my great misfortune, all my life {: to disvow in the hour of peril the hsadstrong actions which have brought me to peril, and when the danger is past to forget all vows and plunge headiong once more on my needless cuurseS.
 Various were my adventures after tisat first tempestuous voyage. Trad Ing tD Guinea in Africa I was cap tured by Turkish rover and sold into davexy, from whence after many periLs I escaped oO the Brazils, where set myself up for a sugar planter Gad was snjoying a fine prosperity tfereat, when fell a victim to temp tatiGn. Help being scarce in the Bra ztfs and some planters there knowing that had traded with the slave coasts uf AfDica they beguiled me into a voy- age ,t0 those parts with the intent to secure slave labor for our plantations.
 OaFN evh does ever come of evil eeuRsfa, Our ship was wrecked on an7unknuwn island off to the northeast of South America, and of all the siifpR tcon1pany I alone, by the bless Ing oftGod. was allowed to escape throifsh ,f1se high surf to the shore. All LaeeSsessed at the time was a knife, a pipe and Ia. little tobacco in n box. W1ssfdhS talong the shore, when I. had reeByeFed Sufficiently in strength so to waIkssd f6and fresh water a great joy. Hazdsg drunk and put'a little tobacco against shsfhunger in my mouth, took up nay lodging in thee and did there sMepste my great refreshment through but Fhe night.
 Next R1crning the weather was clear nnut uttae sea, mild, but what pleased me most was. the sight of the ship which, as theFHrle ebbed, lay so close to the shore that I found no trouble in swim mbag out toit! No living thing except a dog, afidf two cats were left on the ship; but theEe was a store of neces- stiles, ana such took. building q raft for the purpose of transporting them to an inlet in the island where was fresh Iwater and q flat high place for my hahitation. On the night of the thirteenth day. my work of transpor- tation being done, I lay down in my usual fear of wild beasts. hut also Of thankfHlness in the knowledge that I was prepared for some time to come against the barrenneSs of this island.
 There were wild fruit trees on the island. but 1t was many days before discovered them. There were also goats running wild, but without the firearms nnI nrr.Lal-aiIia [ l.-..l -.s,-.-s--u