most devoutly. Daylight, notwith- to as a second Chrysostom. In reality, standing, and a little explanation soon my dismissal gave me very little uncleared up the whole mystery. Con- easiness, as my patience was by no sequently, upon this ground, I did means calculated for the office of for a long time deny the possibility teaching children; besides, I was so of what are called spirits, and all that much harassed by the night mare, belongs to them at least I am con- that I was convinced nothing would vinced that numbers of people have tend to my recovery so effectually been brought from a strong belief in as a change of place. them to no belief at all, by similar circumstances. In the mean while, notwithstanding all that Becker and others have written to persuade us that every thing of this nature is false and fabulous, it will not be an easy matter to effect it, unless these writers can persuade us to reject a very great portion indeed of the credibility of history. Soon after leaving the house of Colonel Krog, my mother's brother, Peter Lemm, took me solely under his care; and with him I remained till the unhappy fire at Bergen, of 1702, laid so many houses and public buildings in ashes. In the course of this year my pastor, M. Severin Lintrup, sent me to Copenhagen, where I had no sooner passed my examination than the want of the means of maintenance obliged me to return to Bergen. Soon after that the Provost at Vos entrusted me with the education of his children, notwithstanding I was uncommonly young for such a situation. But besides this event, which contributed to my rising cele brity, whenever M. Lintrup, the rector, was indisposed or absent, I was called upon to preach and officiate in his place. For a whole year also it was a part of my office to correct the scholars, and to be sent upon the mission appointed to preach to the peasantry. In reality, I succeeded much better as a preacher than a pedagogue; for, in consequence of taking too much pains to excite my mistress' eldest son, of whom she was extravagantly ford, to the love of learning, his mother procured my discharge, and I was again thrown upon the wide world. I took nothing with me indeed, excepting the encomiums which the peasantry had heaped, as it were, upon my eloquence; for they compared me with the late Master Peter, who had formerly been the preacher in this diocese, and who had been looked up UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL. XII. I proceeded to Copenhagen with out loss of time, and next to the French and Italian languages, I endeavoured to make myself better ac quainted with divinity; in which I afterwards made such advances in the course of the winter, that I had not the least doubt of passing the public examinations to which divinity students are subjected, I even obtained public comniendation for my industry, and had the pleasure of being classed with the Laudabilem. With these praises, but with an empty purse, I returned once more to Bergen; when, alas! the low state of my finances again compelled me to submit to the yoke of a pedagogue, which I had so recently shaken off. Just at that time, Magister N. Schmidt, lecturer in theology and vice-bishop of Norway, was in want of a tutor for his children, and I was so fortunate as to obtain the situation; but which I had not held many months, before it appeared to me that I had fallen into a state of the most abject slavery. The vice-bishop in his youthful days had travelled for a considerable time upon the continent, and had seen most of the kingdoms of Europe; and with some faint idea of following his example, I availed myself of every opportunity which the intervals of labour afforded me to read his journals, in which he had noted all the remarkable things that came under his observation, till, notwithstanding my want of the means, I was so strongly disposed to follow his example, that, without weighing the numerous obstacles that opposed my design, I gave my employer notice of my intention. He expressed his regret at parting with me, and acknowledged that my pupils had profited under my instructions. But nothing that he or my relatives could urge to the contrary could alter my resolution: it was not to be moved by the anger of the one, or the regret of the other. 20 LOCTOBER My next business was to turn all to give place to a person of my promy property, moveable and immove- fession, as it is the custom in Norway, able, into money: but though I could I have been obliged to stand, and see not, with my utmost exertions, mus- others all besmeared with pitch and ter more than sixty crowns, I remain- tar welcomed by the whole comed firm in my purpose, and set out for pany.-Danes as well as natives I Holland without delay. In fact, it found, as if they had agreed together, was upon my learning, and not upon that I was out of my proper place; my money, that I reckoned: and as and the hints and admonitions freI conceived that being master of the quently given me, rendered my situa French and Italian languages, I should tion very unpleasant. I was as un at all times be able to recruit an emp- able to proceed as unwilling to return. ty treasury, I flattered myself nothing My whole supply in money I found more would be wanting; and besides, would not, with the utmost economy, I never easily altered any resolution last me more than a few months: that I had once engaged in. and, at length, being attacked by a Steering for Amsterdam we had continual fever, a medical man, Mr. scarcely made the island of Vliet be- Ivan Brederock, seriously advised me fore we imagined we had met with a to try the waters at Aix la Chapelle. pirate, who, though he did not attack Much persuasion was not necessary us, gave occasion to a very laughable to induce me to take this step; and incident. The cook of our vessel, I was pleased, notwithstanding my being exceedingly alarmed lest this circumstances, to have the shadow pirate should deprive him of the little of a pretext for seeing a strange place. money he possessed, threw the whole I set out for Germany under the of it, closely wrapped up in a dirty idea, that even my temerity might leathern purse, into a large kettle of possibly tend to bring me out of my soup then upon the fire; but scarcely embarrassment. But, contrary to my was the danger over, and the sup- expectation, the journey there cost posed pirate out of sight, when dinner me so much, that I could not con being called for, the cook brought it ceive how it would be possible for me up, and was the first to inform us of to come back again, especially when the expedient he had used to save his I found myself obliged to pay at least money, and seemed to expect appro- four florins for a passport at Rurebation for such an instance of his pru- monde. When I came to Aix la dence. In this, however, the half- Chapelle, six rix-dollars constituted simpleton was not a little disappointed. all that I was worth in the world, Some swore, some refused to eat, and another sorry passport excepted, which very few laughed. At length it was I could with difficulty read; for to proposed, that the cook should be me it appeared more like a satire than tried for a misdemeanour; but the any thing else: it read as follows,whole affair passed off, and we arrived Laissez passer et repasser, le garcon, in safety at Amsterdam. Louis d'Holberg, d'Amsterdam; viz. "Let the lad, Louis Holberg, of Amsterdam, pass and repass.' confess that my youthful appearance often exposed me to contempt, and also induced my fellow travellers sometimes to expostulate with me upon the impropriety of leaving my country at so early an age. One time, entering an inn, a preacher took it into his head to make an enquiry of this kind, when beckoning me towards him very seriously, he said, loud enough to be heard by all the company, "Hoer gy well manche! quando deservisti studia tua?" As this reproach stung me pretty deeply. I interrupted him with such a volley The first fortnight, after I arrived here, was occupied in viewing the public buildings and other curiosities; but I was no sooner satisfied with the sights I had seen, than, beginning to turn my attention to my money concerns, it struck me that my treasury would soon be empty. I knew not where to replenish, and therefore I began to repent of my undertaking. I soon found, from observing the turn and temper of the Hollanders, that they set more value upon a Skipper, than a Salmasius, or even a Grotius. Even in the houses at Amsterdam, used by my own countrymen, instead of finding the company make room I must of Latin words and phrases, that the poor pastor, not chusing to contend, resigned his office of inquisitor, and, getting hastily up from his seat, he exclaimed,-Dic heer ist en theologant; ick gratuleere myn heer. viz. The gentleman is a divine; I congratulate the gentleman." In respect to my appearance, even two years after this, when I was in England, and used sometimes, as the custom is, to smoke a pipe of tobacco at a bettermost kind of public-house, I remember a citizen, who used to sit near me, could seldom refrain from laughing, and once absolutely exclaimed, "Well! this boy, I see, will smoak!" Much the same thing happened to me in France, at a period when at home I ranked as Professor Extraordinarius. My landlord was talking with one of the bourgeois, and the latter asking my age, the other answered, C'est un garcon de dix huit ans. we were very soon abreast of one of them, which proved to be the island of Simboo, in Bougainville's straits. We were uncertain whether they were inhabited till we observed a large canoe coming very fast towards us. We shortened sail to let her come up. There were three men in her, who brought cocoa nuts, bread fruit, and some ornaments made of tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl, and wanted hatchets and hammers in return; as we had not any of these to spare, we offered nails, knives, and old iron; with the last they were much pleased. We saw several more canoes, but making more sail we passed them, and made close in shore off the end of Simboo. The land appeared very high, and covered with trees of a lively green. We sailed along the weather side of the island, and not finding any harbour, anchored with the best bower in sixteen fathoms water within a quarter of a mile of the shore. The ship was immediately surrounded with canoes, with upwards of an hundred natives: we saw but two women amongst them. These people, their canoes, and the country they inhabited, found a striking contrast to those we had so recently left. The greatest beauty our New Caledonian friends possessed, at least in our opinion, was the unsullied whiteness of their teeth, whereas the whole of these people had their teeth, probably from their constant use of the beetle nut, dyed as black as their skins, which were some shades darker than those of the New Caledonians. It was, perhaps, owing to the same cause that their eyes were all much inflamed. Their stature was considerably below the New Caledonian standard, but their limbs had a roundness that gave a great neatness to their persons, which were very clean. Many of them had their hair powdered. This powder was excessively white, and was supposed to be made from lime; it gave many of them a terrific appearance, by their eyebrows being filled with it, and longitude E. 156° 25′ 38′′ circles being likewise drawn round ON N Tuesday, the 28th, saw land, their eyes and mouths, made them, at being two hummocks; distance a little distance, look like masks. about seven leagues, which we sup- They also wore small shells strung posed were the islands called the like beads, as bandeaus, necklaces, Brothers. The wind being very fresh, earrings, and girdles of the saune, But to return. I lived at Aix la Chapelle with such frugality that no one could accuse me of imprudence. However, necessity at length induced me to take a step, which otherwise would never have entered into my head. I privately packed up all I had, and thought to have left the place and my host for the present unpaid; but, to my shame and confusion, I was detected, and compelled instantly to pay the last farthing. This event likewise, for a long time, made such an impression on my mind, that, sleeping as well as waking, I frequently thought mine host was again in the act of detecting and detaining me in my intended flight. [To be continued.] VOYAGE from PORT JACKSON to [Continued from page 194.] At Sea, July 30th, 1803. latitude S. 8° 36′ 117 with bracelets of pearl round their number of them came on board, and arms and legs. Their weapons were others clung to the sides of the ship. spears and bows and arrows. With Though the utmost vigilance was ob these they must do dreadful execution served to prevent any depredation, from their having a long barb of the several things were stolen out of the tail of the sting-ray, which has a officer's cabins. One of them having sharp point, and is jagged on each snatched a small spying-glass out of side with notches like teeth. The one of the cabins, the window of the island bore the appearance of a garden port was fixed in, which had six panes in high cultivation. The ascents of the thickest crown glass; however, were steep but covered with cocoa they found an opportunity to break nut, bread fruit, and banana-trees one of them, unfasten the window, down to the water's edge; and the aud snatch a large handsome dirk, huts of the natives were just discern with the belt to it, that was hanging ible in various places in the midst of up in the cabin. This was so great a the trees. A fine aromatic smell prize to make off with, that notice came wafted by the breeze from off was instantly given to the rest, who the land, which we found very re- all (to the number of two hundred as viving; as the weather had been in- near as I could compute), sprang tensely hot for some days. It was once from various parts of the ship extremely mortifying to be so near to into the water, through which they such an inviting spot, without being darted with surprising velocity, and, able to take a ramble on shore; but getting into their canoes, made off. one interview with the natives con- Amongst the canoes was a warvinced us that this would be too hazardous to attempt, unless we had some other object besides mere pleasure in view. The activity of these people surpassed every thing I ever saw, and I doubt whether in any other part of the world they are excelled in dexterity in thieving. They fairly run up the sides of the ship without any difficulty, and notwithstanding there were several men, a petty officer, and the second lieutenant on the quarter deck, one of them snatched up two bayonets, jumped upon the railing, and thence over the side of the ship into the water, swam to a canoe that lay a little distance off, deposited the bayonets in her, sprang in, and, with two other men in her, paddled off with incredible swiftness. No boat that I ever saw could overtake one of these canoes; they are long, very sharp, with a prow that has a fine curve at each end, and very high. Many of them are ornamented in a neat style with shells and motherof-pearl; the sides are studded with the latter like stars, or devices of fish; and birds, and hunian faces appear for figure heads. The paddles which are small and delicately formed, are made of a light wood resembling yellow-wood, with coloured rings. Soon after day-light the next morning, there were sixty canoes off, containing some hundreds of men. A canoe, with one of their chiefs on a high seat in the centre of the canoe, which had fifty men on board, with several musical instruments made of reeds; and a great quantity of spears and arrows, very few of which they would part with. This canoe, though much larger, was made like the others, and notwithstanding its size, was light and elegant. I was greatly entertained with the dexterity the natives displayed in the water. They really appeared quite as much at ease in this element as when out of it, and are entitled to the epi thet of amphibious. They wrenched some iron work off from one of the boats, pulled a scuttle from its hinges, and in short seemed determined to take whatever they could carry off, even the children they saw; with one of these, a boy of about ten years of age, son to the gunner, one of these fellows would have jumped overboard, had he not been prevented by an officer, who observed him making the attempt. This circumstance prevented me from enjoying a moment's peace of mind, during our stay, which was prolonged till the ensuing morn ing by its blowing a heavy gale of wind. Previously, however, to making sail the next morning, in heaving the cable, we carried away the messenger, and the anchor having hooked a rock, after having hove a great strain on the cable, we were obliged to cut away, and of course lost the anchor. Here was a prize for the natives could they have raised it; for no doubt, as they so often dive, they would find it; but as it will be an unattainable object, it will cost them much labour without any profit. I suppose, by its beginning to grow dark. These canoes seemed to be hollowed out of trees like those of New Caledonia. On the beach opposite to the ship a number of natives were observed walking along, and as soon as those in the canoes had joined their companions, two large fires were made on the beach. The next We had light airs, and proceeded day four canoes came off with six very slowly along the islands called natives in two of them, and four in the Brothers. These islands with each of the others. They advanced some others that lay contiguous, were with great caution, and when within called by the natives of Simboo, Bel- a hundred yards of the ship, the two lalla, Ganunga, Peteranna, Sappa, foremost waited for the others to join and Java. Several canoes came off, them, and then proceeded slowly all exactly of the same construction as abreast. After advancing to within the former, and the people resembled half that distance, they made another the others in size, colour, and cos- halt, all of them continuing perfectly tame, but appeared milder in their silent. We held out whatever we dispositions. The next morning we thought would entice them to come saw Solomon's islands, and shortly on. A silk handkerchief being thrown after Bougainville's. The whole of to them, they ventured near enough them were covered with trees, and to pick it up, loitered a few minutes, presented beautiful outlines. About and then returned as fast as possible three o'clock P.M. we were alarmed to the shore. They had come merely by the water becoming suddenly shoal to gratify their curiosity, without over a sandy bottom, which could bringing even a cocoa nut. They be perceived over the side of the ship, were large athletic people, of a dark whilst a reef of rocks appeared at no copper colour, and entirely naked. great distance. By good management, As we proceeded along, some more however, we cleared this danger, and canoes came off with natives from were in a few minutes out of sound- Antieve of Dampier and Boucage, ings. At the moment of alarm, one two islands of New Ireland, who reof the men fell from the mainyard semble those just described, in size into the chains, and was much bruised; and colour, are free from timidity, and had he fallen overboard, he would, in deal with honour and honesty. I am all probability, have been devoured by not, however, without some suspicion five large sharks that were passing of their being cannibals, from the ciron that side of the ship just as he fell. cumstance of there being amongst July 2d. Part of Bougainville's the curiosities I collected from them, island in sight, towering above the two human bones: one of these, a clouds apparently as high again as the large arm bone, is fixed as a handle island of Palina. The next islands to a spear with six rows of human we made were Lord Anson's and Sir teeth round it. Charles Hardy's. We sailed abreast of the latter at a very little distance. It is twelve miles long, of equal height, rather low, and entirely co vered with trees. We had the company of these islanders almost the whole of yesterday, and I could not help observing that every part of these pretty persons was totally neglected, but their preJuly 5th. On the 3d, we were off cious heads, on which they bestow a New Ireland, and the islands of Bour- world of pains. Their bushy hair is nand and Oraison. In the evening cut in the form of a helmet: the we observed two canoes coming off: centre part from the neck to the forein the largest were nine people, and head, is loaded with a red powder rein the smallest three. The small sembling brick dust: the hair on Canoe turned back after approaching the ship within half a mile, and the largest turned towards the shore within a quarter of a mile, occasioned, each side is cut close to the head, and on one side is a thick plaister of a yellow composition, and on the other one of white, with long peaks that |