The ADVENTURES of friend (added he) I advife thee not to difdain the of* fer ; let us go together to the ifland of Majorca ; if we find it agreeable, we will fiay there, and if we ■ {hall be dufpLeiied with our iiiuation, we will return to Spain."

I williingly embraced this propofol ; young Mo- ralez and 1 joined the count’s officers, and let out with them from the inn, before day. Having, by long marches, gained the city of Alicant, I bought -a guitar, and took off a handfome fuit of cloaths #

- before our embarkation ; thinking of nothing- but the ifland of Majorca, and Lewis Moralez was in the fame

• tlifpofition. AVe feemed to have renounced (harping

•altogether. To tell you rise truth, we had a mind to Vpafs for perfons of honour among the cavalds, in t

whofe company we were ; and that kept a check upon our geniufes. At lad we went merrily on board,

• -flattering ourfclves with the hopes of being at Majorca ' in a very little time : but fcarce had wc cleared the j

gulph of Alicant, when a terrible temped arofe. I f

might in this place of my relation, take an opportu- i

mty to make a fine defc.ription of the dottn ; to paint t

the air all on fire, to make the thunder roar, ifie w'inds {

whidle, the mountains-bil low's roll, &c. But all thele 1

- flowers of rhetoric apart, I adure you the hurricane t

was violent, and obliged us to bear away for the

,’jtj point of the ifland of Ca'brera, a defert ifle, in which j-

]| j there is a little fort, at that time gairifoned by an offi- r

cer, and five or fix foldiers, who gave us a very hof- a pitable reception-. c

As w'e were obliged to day there fcveral days, in w

order to repair our fails and tackle, we invented dif- tl

ferent kinds of amufements, to pa-fs the time agrcea- A

bly. Each followed his own inclinations: -fome v

played at primero, others fought different diverfions, d

and I went to walk through the ifiand, accompanied w

by thole who loved fuch exercife. We fltipt from fe

rock to rock ; for the ground was very uneven, full of tli

Hones, and very dcficieut in good foil. One day,

white