Anecdote of two Spanish Officers at the Siege of Gibraltar. WHE HEN the English went on board a Spanish fhip to fave their vanquished enemy from the flames, two Spanish officers were found fitting at a table, on which had been placed a leg of matton and bottle of wine, but neither of them touched. Before them was a crucifix, and each held in his hand a large lighted wax candle, with his eyes fixed earnestly on the crucifix. Our men very earnestly conjured them to make hafte on deck, to fall into the boat, and fave their lives. The Spaniards refafed to fir, declaring they would not furvive the lofs of the ship and the difafters of that day. They perfevered, notwithstanding fome gentle violence, in their refolution. Our failors had not time to perfft in their importunities. They retreated into the boats with all that were willing, and that they were able to affift, in making their efcape with them, and foon after the Spanifh veffel blew up. This anecdote is taken from the mouth of a young officer, now in London, who commanded the party that went on board the Spanish fhip, and was an eye witnefs of it. Anecdote of the late Sir William Johnson, Superintendant of Indian Affairs in America. COON after fir William had been appointed fuperintendant Sto the above place, he wrote to England for fome fuits of clothes, richly laced. When they arrived at fir William's, Hendrick, king of the Five Nations of Mohawks, was prefent, and particularly admired them, but without faying any thing at that time to fir William. In a few days Hendrick called on fir William, and acquainted him that he had had a dream. On fir William's enquiring what it was, he told him that he had dreamed that he had given him one of thofe fine fuits which he had lately received from over the great water. Sir William took the hint, and immediately prefented him with one of the richest suits. Hendrick, highly pleafed with the generofity of fir William, retired. Sir William, fome time after this, happening to be in company with Hendrick, told him that he had also had a dream. Hendrick being very folicitous to know what it was, fir William informed him he had dreamed that he (Hendrick) had made him a prefent of a particular tract of land (the most valuable on the Mohawk river) of about 5000 acres. Hendrick prefented him with the land immediately, with this fhrewd remark: "Now, fir William, I will never dream with you again; you VOL. II. 50. 4 C dream dream too hard for me."-The above tract of land is called to this hour "Sir William Johnson's Dreaming Land." ANECDOTE OF LORD NORTH. A Perfon, who by misfortunes in life had been reduced to very low circumstances, and being at a lofs to know how to provide for his family, took it into his head at last to wait on lord North, and afk for a place. The ufual anfwer of "I have no vacancy," was given him; however, this did not prevent him from calling and waiting, and calling and waiting again and again. Upon which his lordship fent for him up, and, with anger, afked him, what could induce him to behave in fo impudent and unprecedented a manner? My lord, that I am impudent, I do not deny, for which I hope my neceffity will plead my excufe; but that I am so without a precedent, I do deny, as this will prove." He then put the following into his lordship's hands: "As prince Maurice was once at dinner, in came a huge maftiff, and took fanctuary under the table. The page beat him out of the room; but for all that Lion (for fo he was called) came punctually the next day, and continued his vifits, though they ftill continued the fame treatment to him. At laft the prince ordered them to beat him no more, and made much of him. From this time the maftiff became a perfect courtier, fol. lowed the prince wherever he went, lay all night at his chamber door, and ran by the coach-fide as duly as one of his lacqueys. In fhort, he fo infinuated himself into his master's favour, that when he died he left him a penfion."-This pleafed his lordship fo well, that in a day or two after he gave the fupplicator a very comfortable birth in the customs. To the PRINTER of the WEEKLY ENTERTAINER. A GREEABLE to the requeft of Mr. Quant, I have endeavoured to tranflate the Latin epitaph in Hinton church, inferted September 15. I am, fir, Your conftant reader, &c. Bristol, November 22, 1783. TASSO. 9 The courteous Earl POULETT, Has caufed this Monument to be BRIDGET COUNTESS POULETT, O thou beft of Mothers. Honour, Virtue, Beneficence, It is better to be beloved than to be ennobled. Anfwer, by J. Geft, of Modbury, to Taffo's Question, inferted September 29. LET x=number of days each travelled; then 4+6+ and 8, &c. to x terms is the number of miles A travelled, 9x the number of miles B travelled. By fumming the feries we have x×4+x-1=9x. Hence we get x=6 days, the time they travelled before they met. Anfwer, by W. Kite, of Stockland, to J. Quant's Question, inferted October 6. AFTER correcting an error, reading one fide whereof is equal to 100 yards," inftead of " 1000," put a = the bale of the rectangle ▲ 100 yards, and e=perpendicular; then aa+ee=17056 yards, per question; and by tranfp. aa we have ee=17056-aa-7056, and thence e84 yards. Then fay, As the bafe 100: perpendicular 84:: radius 90° tang. of the acute 4 at the bafe =400 2' whofe comp. 49° 50' is the other acute required. Now, by the trite rule for finding the area of As, I find the content of this = 4200 yards, 4 Cz Anfwer, Answer, by a Conftant Reader, to Taffe's Enigma, inferted O&ober 27. OFT melting ftrains, their pow'rs confeft, Devotion's fpirit gently raife, When tun'd to great Jehovah's praise ; We have received the like anfwer from J. Reynolds of Falmouth; Tyro, of Cerae; J. Quant, of Hinton St. George; J. Browning, of Bickington; and R. Cuming, of Modbury. A QUESTION, by Taffe, of Briftel SUPPOSING the product of two numbers=a, and the fum of their eighth powersb, it is requested to find them by a fimple equation. A QUESTION, by J. T. Clare, of Mr. Zilkweed ș IF you quadruple two-thirds of half of my months, and SIX of the MUSES enigmatically expressed, by S. M. O. of WO EIGHTHS of a title given to Juno, half of a Twild beaft, a liquid letter, two-fifths of her who was turned into a ftone by Jupiter, and a vowel. 2. Two-fixths of the daughter of Agenor king of Phenicia, half of Progne's husband, and two-eighths of him who was cut in pieces by his own mother and fifter. 1 3. Two-tenths 3. Two-tenths of him who burnt the temple of Diana at Ephefus, half of a boy who was turned into a pine-tree by Cybele, and the initial of a tree confecrated to Jupiter. 4. Three fifths of her who bore the giant Typhæus, a confonant, two-fevenths of him whofe afs frighted the giants, fourfixths of an ancient ferryman, exchanging a letter, and a vowel. 5. Two-fixths of one of the furies, a liquid letter, four-fixths of an Heathen goddess, changing a letter, and two-fevenths of a fhepherd who was turn'd'into a frog by Latona. 6. Three fevenths of the daughter of Lycaon who was debauched by Jupiter, two-fifths of him who was killed by Apollo, a vowel, and two-fevenths of Juno's favourite bird. An ANAGRAMMATICAL ENIGMA, by Tasso, of Bristol. WO rival knights once war did wage, One was o'ercome, as 'tis declar'd, There came to fee the victor knight, But let us leave this piteous fcene, From thefe plain hints, or you're to blame: POETRY. |