By cruel want, beneath the parents' eye,
"In thefe wide wastes their infant race fhall die-
"The happy lover and his bride shall stray
"By night unfhelter'd, and forlorn by day.
"In vain the lover o'er the tracklefs plain
"Shall dart his eyes, and cheer his spouse in vain.
"Her tender limbs, and breaft of mountain fnow,
"Where ne'er before intruding blafts might blow,
"Parch'd by the fun and fhrivell'd by the cold
"Of dewy night shall he, fond man, behold.
"Thus wandering wide, a thousand ills o'erpaft,
"In fond embraces they fhall fink at laft;
"While pitying tears their dying eyes o'erflow,
"And the last figh fhall wail each other's woe."

The children, formerly fo carefully attended, now dying of hunger, without one to help them, in fight of the parents, but particularly the hufband darting his eye o'er the trackless plain, and the mifery of his fpoufe before him, prefent the late cataltrophe as in a picture before us.

The hiftory of this former event, as given in a note by the English tranflator of Lufiad, cannot at this time fail of being interefting:

"Don Emanuel de Souza was feveral years governor of Diu, in India, where he amaffed immenfe wealth. On his return to his native country, the fhip, in which were his lady, all his riches, and 500 men, his failors and domeftics, was dalhed to pieces on the rocks of the Cape of Good Hope. [There was no European fettlement then at the Cape.] Don Emanuel, his lady, and three children, with 400 of his crew, efcaped, having only faved a few arms and provifions. As they marched through the rude uncultivated deferts, fome died of tamine, of thirt, and fatigue; others, who wandered from the main body in fearch of water, were murdered by the favages, or deftroyed by the wild beafts. The horrors of this miferable fituation was moft dreadfully aggravated to donna Leonora: her husband began to discover starts of infanity. They arrived at lat at a village inhabited by Ethiopian banditti [Caffres]. At first they were courteously received, and Souza, partly ftupified with grief, at the defire of the barbarians, yielded up to them the arms of his company. No fooner was this done than the favages stripped the whole company naked, and left them deftitute to the mercy of the defert. The wretchednefs of the delicate and expofed Leonora was increafed by the brutal infults of the negroes. Her hufband, unable to relieve, beheld her miferies. After having travelled above 320 leagues, her legs fwelled, her feet bleeding

X 2

every

every step, and her ftrength exhaufted, the funk down, and with the fand covered herfelf to the neck, to conceal her nakedness. In this dreadful fituation fhe beheld two of her children expire. Her own death foon followed. Her hulband, who had been long enamoured of her beauty, received her last breath in a distracted embrace. Immediately he fnatched his third child in his arms, and uttering the most lamentable cries, he ran into the thickeft of the wood, where the wild beafts were foon heard to growl over their prey. Of the whole 400 who efcaped the waves, only 26 arrived at another Ethiopian village, whofe inhabitants were more civilized, and traded with the merchants of the Red Sea ; from hence they found a paffage to Europe, and brought the tidings of the unhappy fate of their companions."

Aufwer, by a Conftant Reader, to J. S.'s Enigma, inferted July 7.

OST men have ART, beyond a doubt;
M
Aye, you, my friend I've found it out.

We have received the like anfwer from Agathos Pais, of Taunton; J. Drew, of Tywardreth; M. Davies, of Wells; and Tyro, of Cerne.

A QUESTION, by Taffo, of Bristol.

Given x+x3y=40
x2+x+y=80

Required x and y.

PARTS of a MAN's BODY enigmatically expreffed, by J. Geft.

NE fixth of Samuel's mother, a city which was taken by
Fafagero, and the inital of Ifaac's wife.

2. One-third of a woman that was never born, and the second perfon plural.

3. Half of a Roman governor under Tiberius reverfed, 4. Half of the first failor, and half of an antediluvian. 5. Three-fevenths of the brook where Elijah was fed by the ravens, and two-fixths of one of Joshua's lift of kings.

6. Half

6. Half of one of Jacob's wives, and a quarter of Shamgar's destructive weapon.

An ANAGRAM, by Taffo, of Bristol.

PAR

ART of a houfe that first attracts the fight,
Learn rightly to tranfpofe,

A well known meafure you'll then bring to light.
This puzzle pray difclofe.

A CHRONOGRAM, by J. S. of Shepton Mallet.

A

British poet, gents, must first be nam'd,

Who's greatly for his erudition fam'd;
Next, her whole fon Acrifius' blood did fpill;
A Perfian king who did his brother kill;
And her whom Ajax took against her will;
A foreign city where it never rains ;

Laftly, a plant that's found on Albion's plains.
Range the initials july, then the year-
Which gave me birth will inftantly appear.

A REBUS, by Taffo, of Bristol.

HREE-SEVENTHS of complete; one-tenth of a fruit;
You laftly a dipthong muft nanic;

And thefe, when connected, without a dispute,

Will difcover a nation of fame.

An ENIGMA, by W. Weftcott, of Clift St. George.

W

HEN from my parent I derive my birth,
I at that inftant upwards from her fly;
Sure fuch a being's not again on earth;
I'm born, and feen, and in a moment die.

POETRY.

POETRY.

STRAIT HAIR:

A

POEM.
Written at about Seventeen Years of Age.

ET others praife the hair that curling flows,
And from the head defcends in crooked rows;
That leaves a train of odours far behind,
And careless wantons in each gale of wind:
Let fome the enormous club and pigtail wear,
With effence scent it, and with grease befmear:
Such let them have 'tis ftrait hair moft I prize,
Which filthy grease and effence does despise.
If in the morning you on this bestow
Two minutes care, it well all day will go;
And look as fmooth, as soft, as clean, as fair,
And more fo too, than any modern hair.

There's Torifmon! two hours every day
Beneath the frifeur's hand he throws away:
He throws away;-for by this dogg'rel rhime,
"Tis neither more nor less than murdering time.
The two hours o'er, and Torifmon comes out,
Powder'd his head, his back, his very snout ;
Now his huge curls look tolerably well,
But O ye danghills! how that head does fmell!
More fragrant far are your afcending steams
When upwards drawn by Sol's exhaling beams.

Here hufh, ye fair! for yours ftill worse appear;
Horfe hair, old fhoes, or cotton, ferve to rear
Your tow'ring heads;-they like wild chaos feem,
Ere the fun's radiant, all awakening beam,
Call'd forth creation, beauty, order, all,
And deck'd divinely fair this earthly ball.

As

As wild confufion then was chac'd away,
And ftrait on earth appear'd delightful day,
So would good fenfe and learning far remove
Those childish trifling ornaments you love.
Within, without, your heads are very light,
As far from beauty as the day from night:
The outfide deck'd with ribbons, lace, and fancies;
The infide stuff'd with novels and romances;
Patch'd with fongs, comedies, and such like stuff:
But ceafe, my mufe; of this there's quite enough.
There are, I know, there are thofe lovely fair,
Who make more lafting ornaments their care;
Who ftrive in all that's worthy to excel,
In fpeaking justly, and in acting well.
Go on, ye fair! propitious onward go,
Shine a Macaulay, Montague, or Rowe!
Then shall your name when you are dead furvive,
And your inftructive works long as the world fhall live;
While thofe gay triflers to the grave defcend,
And with their lives their flimfey labours end.

But let's again to Torifmon return,

Whofe hair by this time has been four hours worn
Since it was drefs'd;-but now, alas! how chang'd!
Not now in order are his curls arrang'd;

Some ftand upright, while others fly behind him,
Hang o'er his ears, his eyes, and almost blind him ;
Here fticks a dab of lard, there wire, here paper;
In short, it is the oddest thing in nature!

O what a mess is this! delicious crop !
It looks exactly like a ragged mop!

But reader fay, what think'st thou can compare,
To a delightful, uncurl'd head of hair,

Which ftrait defcends, and o'er thy fhoulders flows,
Not in loose ringlets or ftiff curling rows,

But abfolutely ftrait from top to bottom,

With nought put in to ftink 'em or to rot 'em?
Nought but the comb and fciffars enter there,
No pins or wire to keep it in repair.

Strait down thy neck they gracefully defcend,
And, beautifully fmooth, abruptly end.

What numerous charms! charms beyond all compare,

Attend a ftrait, uncurled head of hair.

Let