return, and, on such occasions, I cannot tell you how often my thoughts wander to W. Long was I there an attendant on sacred ordinances, and now, in imagination, I can bring the passing scenes to immediate view. May this be a day of sacred peace and ardent devotion with that beloved church, in whose sacred enclosure I number most of my dearest relatives and beloved Christian friends. May our dear pastor long be continued to that people, experience continual accessions of grace and strength, and press forward, with unwearied vigor and untiring ardor, in his labors for their salvation. How should I rejoice to hear, in a distant, heathen land, that abundant success is there attending the means of grace, and sinners are pressing into the kingdom of heaven. We have yet no public religious exercises.

The sailors are, to-day, reading the tracts which have been given them. They are civil in behaviour, and their general appearance is, perhaps, as good as we could expect. O that divine grace might be displayed here in their conversion!"

Would all Christians feel and pray, as Mrs. A. did, for the church which has received them into its bosom, it is believed

that they would be visited with refreshings from the presence of the Lord.

"20th. We have little variety of scenery. The eye is greeted with no verdant landscapes-with no trees, fruits, or flowers. There is sometimes one curiosity seen in the dark evening, which affords quite an amusing spectacle. It is the sparkling, fiery appearance of the ocean, when its surface is agitated by the winds or the motion of the vessel through it."

Respecting this, she writes, in another part of her journal,-" Its luminous appearance is proportioned to the darkness of the night, and the quantity of spray thrown up by the restlessness of the waves. Last evening was a season favorable for exhibiting and viewing the phenomenon, and we were much amused. I thought, as I often do, how much I should enjoy the company of American friends in viewing this curiosity. The vessel looked as if surrounded with a zone of floating gems, or little stars emitting a palish light; in the train followed an extended sheet, several yards in length, of the same appearance, or rather resembling the light of a torch. In every direction, far as the eye can reach, little spots were seen, where the motion concentrated so as

to throw out the spray, illuminated as with fire. There was some resemblance to the streets and windows of a city, lighted in a dark evening. The scene was beautifully pleasing, and reminded us of that verse of Watts :

Would you behold the works of God,
His wonders in the world abroad,
Go with the mariner, and trace
The unknown regions of the seas.'

"28th. The weather, for a few days past, has been delightfully pleasant. We have not advanced very rapidly. Yesterday was a calm-the surface of the ocean almost unruffled. The sky and clouds, especially in the western horizon, at sunset, forcibly remind me of summer evenings on land, and recall many loved associations of past endearing scenes. These I expect no more to enjoy personally on earth, and the idea is not indulged, you will believe, without emotion. Yet I am not disposed to regret that I have left them; I would still listen to the admonitory language,-"This is not your rest,' and seek a better country.' I feel myself under daily renewed obligation to my heavenly Parent, for the multiplied mercies with which his providence is filling my cup. We are now proceeding with great rapidity in our cours

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Last night we passed the tropic and we are to-day two degrees in the torrid zone.

"July 4th.-As natives of America, we shall ever feel an interest in the anniversary of her freedom. But we hear not the clangor of bells, or the roar of cannon. We pass through the same round of outward ceremonies as on other days, yet our thoughts visit America; our prayers and thanksgivings for her can rise as acceptably from this remote region, as if accompanied with every outward expression of joy.

"6th.-A few evenings since, I was walking with Miss Farrar on deck, in the twilight, when suddenly something struck my shoulder with considerable force. It was a flying fish. They are very numerous in these regions, and, I am told, know not where they alight in the dark. When pursued for prey, they fly for safety, and sometimes I suppose they do it for pleasure: They frequently rise out of the water, like a flock of birds, which they very much resemble. Their wings are placed in their side, and look like fins, but can be easily extended or folded.

"Our latitude is about eight degrees. The sun rises a little before six o'clock,*

* That is, about three o'clock, according to our time.-Ed.

but that is an hour and a half before it shines on the mountains and vallies which bless your sight. We usually rise early and walk on deck, to enjoy the fresh air.

"9th. In the evening of my last date, we experienced another tempest, which exceeded anything I have ever seen. The cloud arose suddenly, and spread over us rather unexpectedly, so that the time of preparation was short. On such occasions, the sails must be taken in, or we are liable to be capsized. Captain H. exercises great care and presence of mind, and, as soon as he found it necessary, he called all hands to work, setting the example himself, and, by the manifest solicitude of his voice and manner, inspired activity and zeal in every sailor. It was dark, and we could not be out to see, but we could hear enough to fill a timid heart with dismay. The sound of feet running in every direction, the captain's voice resounding till it became hoarse, the wind roaring, together with the vast depth of the water beneath and around us, conspired to render our situation solemn and awful. Yet our apprehensions were not much excited. We thought of the description of Scripture, when the disciples came to Jesus, and awoke him, saying, Carest thou not that we

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