, being come over from England, was made mistress of a school of Negroe girls, a charge wherein she acquitted herself extremely well. The effect of their instructions was evident in the conduct of the Negroes; for the ferocity of their tempers, their obstinacy, and that resentful turn of mind, seemingly natural to them, were so softened by religion, that it very seldom happened that any symptoms of them appeared.
By this time Mr. Ellison's brother James had entered into a very tender attachment. The youth no sooner became acquainted with

Miss Reynolds, a young lady in the neighbourhood, than he felt the influence of her charms; she was not insensible of the merits of her lover, and they were so well agreed before Mr. Ellison's departure, that James thought it proper to inform his brother of his inclination.
A long acquaintance with Miss Reynolds had afforded him a good opportunity to discern her merit; his brother could not have chosen a woman he so much esteemed; her fortune, though not considerable, was sufficient to be of some assistance in trade, and her prudence and oeconomy were well suited to his situation. He therefore very sincerely gave his approbation, had the marriage celebrated with great elegance in his own house, and made a present to the bride of all the jewels that belonged to his deceased wife. To his brother he gave a house he had at Kingstown, with all his plate and linen, and the free use of all his furniture; and to 〈◊〉 Hammond he allowed 200 l. per

annum, with the liberty of living in his house, and many other privileges.
Having thus intirely settled, his affairs, he set sail for England, leaving his friends and dependants most sensibly afflicted, and sharing in their grief, though the desire of returning to his native country, of seeing his father and his child, and of repairing a constitution much hurt by the heat of the climate, made the change on the whole very desirable to him.
His voyage was swift and prosperous; and no dangers called off his thoughts from the pleasure he felt in anticipating, in imagination, the joys he expected from his return to his native land; but disappointments too often follow the hopes which have risen to the highest point, and when we think we are just ready to grasp our pleasures, they elude our touch, and leave us nothing but regret.
Mr. Ellison had in his imagination formed many delightful scenes, between himself and

his father; the evening of whose days he hoped would be greatly brightened by sharing his prosperity, and by his assiduous