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were fixed upon a particular passage, a voice appeared to say to him, "Read that." The impression made upon his mind was very great; he felt convinced that some dreadful evil was about to befall the ship, and determined at all events to leave, and go on shore among the uncivilized Samoans. At the breakfast table, the following morning, he appeared low-spirited and thoughtful; upon observing which, the captain inquired into the cause, when Mr. Sinformed him of what had passed during the night; stating that he should never be happy again in the vessel, and prayed that the captain would allow him to leave. Mr. Shad forgotten the passage that had been presented to his imagination, but taking up a Bible which was lying upon the lockers, and opening it, his eye caught the words which had been pointed out to him in his dream, and which were, "The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, while the wicked pass on and are punished." perceiving that the mind of Mr. S

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ordinary impression, intimated that he wishes; he accordingly left the vessel, and, on my second visit to the Navigators, I found him there in a state of great destitution. On coming on board the Messenger of Peace, I supplied him with such articles of clothing as my stock would allow, conveyed him to Rarotonga, and subsequently to Tahiti ; where by his medical skill he rendered invaluable service to the Mission families: indeed, humanly speaking, the life of that truly excellent missionary, Mr. Pitman, was prolonged by his skilful attentions. We had been called to consign seven lovely babes to a premature grave; our hopes and fears were again in lively exercise, and it was a matter of no small joy to us to have proper medical aid within reach under those peculiar circumwas with us eight or ten months, and I had every reason to believe that a most salutary impression

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had been made upon his mind; for the Bible was his constant companion, and his conduct was consistent with the strictest rules of propriety.

I am fully aware that some persons regard impressions from dreams as the effect only of a disturbed imagination. I cannot now enter into the philosophy of dreams, but simply add, that I have never read any thing that, to my mind was satisfactory upon the subject. Lord Brougham's observations are inconclusive; neither do I think that the phenomena of dreams can be accounted for by any single cause. Doubtless many nocturnal rambles are occasioned by a disordered state of the body, others arise from the intense occupancy of the thoughts upon any given subject during our waking hours; (and indeed Mr. S-informed me that he had been distressed for months at the unprecedented wickedness of the captain and crew of the ship, and he felt convinced that some signal judgment must befall them, and that the vessel would never reach England in safety.) But in addition to these and other causes, I think that there are abundant facts to induce the belief, and nothing in the word of God to contradict the conviction, that the human mind is frequently operated upon, when the body is in a state of repose, both by Divine and satanic influence: hence those excellent and salutary dreams which bad men occasionally have; and those of a different character, of which the apostle Peter speaks, and with which the best of persons are frequently annoyed but to proceed with the narrative. As soon as Mr. S- left the vessel, the captain made sail for Rotuma, whence he had been driven by the westerly gale. ran into the harbour, and dropped anchor. the number of poor heathen females who went on board the ship, the captain and his crew, in a state of intoxication, hastened to the shore, and were in the act of compelling the chief's wife

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and daughters to go off to the vessel, when the exasperated natives rose upon them, and inflicted summary vengeance by putting them all to death, and taking possession of the ship. Thus, in about thirty hours after Mr. S- left the vessel, were his fearful forebodings realized, and the lifeless bodies of his wicked shipmates lying mangled and bloody on the beach at Rotuma.

Shortly after this event, one of H. B. Majesty's ships of war visited the spot where this tragical event had occurred, and fired upon the natives. Sixty of the latter were reported to have been killed, and many others wounded.

All this loss of property, (for the vessel and cargo are said to have been worth considerably above £10,000,) and of human life, is to be attributed to this ONE circumstance, that intercourse between shipping and the natives had taken place before Missionary influence had reached the island. Had the latter preceded, in all human probability these dreadful and distressing events would never have occurred.

AMOR E PRIMAVERA.

BY ARCHDEACON WRANGHAM.

AMOR Volea schernir la Primavera
Sulla breve durata e passeggiera
Dei vaghi fiori suoi :

Ma la bella Stagione a lui rispose;
"Forse i piaceri tuoi

“Vita più lunga avran delle mie rose !"

"Flores quos medio e sinu profundis,"
Sic Ver est Amor (ut ferunt) locutus—
"Vix fulgore oculos ferire, nares
"Vix contingere suavi odore possunt :
"Quæ nasci hora videt, videt perire !"
Huic Ver contrà, ut in hortuli rosetis.
Ludebat, nimis acriter jocanti
Respondit; "Tua scilicet corolla,

"Quam nectis juvenum choris gerendam,
"Nostris vitam aget heu! rosis negatam."

"Thy flowers," one day cried Love to Spring,

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"Fleet one short month, frown one dark sky,

"They in their very cradle die!"

Lightly sweet Spring the taunt retorted,
As in her bower, all bloom, she sported:

"And will the joys thy reign discloses

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THE SAME, BY LORD GRENVILLE.

VERIS risit Amor rosas caducas;

Cui Ver, "Vane puer! tuine flores,
Quæso, perpetuum manent in ævum ?"

"Poor Spring!" said Love, "unhappy Spring!

"How soon thy flowers decay!"

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"Harsh is thy censure, and unmeet

"For Dropmore's happy bowers; "Where young Affection fix'd it's seat "'Midst never-dying flowers.

"Time hath pass'd on-but, faithful, we

"Here pause upon the wing;

"For Love still smiles unchanged on thee,

"And all thy year is Spring."

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