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: causes ; and then , on that day , the wretchedness I felt from the disappointment was indeed cruel . Reader , —that disappointi ment I now consider as one of the most blessed pieces of good fortune that ever enriched me . My next anxiety was the means of returning to San Juan ;
and thence my eyes turned toward the United States , along a coast thirteen hundred miles in extent ; at any point , I cared not where . In my feverish restlessness , I was indifferent to the dangers and difficulties , which , Monsieur B . assured me , must be encountered , if I travelled by land . To go alone was positive insanity , he said ; for in addition to the small probability there
existed of escaping the brigands or Maroons , and other furious bipeds in the passes , the ravines and woods of the mountains were thickly peopled with wolves—such they are called , though they are the wild dogs , descendants of the bloodhounds with which the early Spaniards hunted the native Indians , for the purpose of
converting them to Christianity . * If I would remain with him for a fortnight , I should much gratify him by doing so ; he would make ray stay as agreeable as possible , under the circumstances ;* it would be much better for me ; and by that time a company would be ready to travel with me . ' His proffered hospitality and
remonstrances failed to influence me . But while we were engaged on the subject , a visitor came in , and some allusion being made to 'Captain Jose , ' the visitor said he intended to sail to-morrow . Without informing me of his purpose , Monsieur B . apologised for leaving me a few minutes , and walked out with the stranger . He
very soon returned , and announced to me , ' that Captain Jose would be glad of my society on board the Scintilla , to San Juan . * Of course , I eagerly accepted the conveyance , whatever it might be , before parley ing as to' who is Captain Jose V ' Oh , a very famous fellow , Monsieur Pel ; ' Mayaguez was singing his praises , and
showering sugar plumbs and smiles on him , on account of his having re * centl y arrived there with a cargo of 180 negroes , without losing one on the voyage from Africa—his having been repeatedly chased by , and always eluding the English cruisers—and once giving them a drubbing . This was his third equally successful tnp . f How ! take a passage in a slaver / exclaimed I . i Why not ? ' said B . < It is disgusting to think of / I replied . < What ! Pel , has not your four years residence ' in the West Indies cleared
your eyes of their English film ? ' Not quite , thank heaven , it film it be : my abhorrence of the traffic , and the principle of slavery , is as deep as ever , though I look with other eyes now on the actual physical condition of the slave , and turn with scorn ' rom the reports of those poor and contemptible knaves who , to obtain a reputation for superior sanctity and humanity , circulate such gross falsehoods , and contort all things to the purpose of feeding the gullibility of the pitiable dupes at home . I know that a man who would boldly speak the truth among them ,
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JDallada . 667
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1834, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2637/page/63/
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