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ſouth; and in about an hour and half after that ⟨period⟩, ſo general and perſevering were its ⟨accumulated⟩ effects, that it ſcarcely left a plantain tree, (illegible text), or building, uninjured in the pariſh. ⟨At⟩ about four o'clock, we found it impoſſible to ⟨ſecure⟩ the houſe againſt the increaſing impetuoſity of ⟨the⟩ wind, which began to diſplace the ſhingles, up(illegible text) the roof, to force the windows, and to gain an ⟨entrance⟩ on every ſide: and its haſty deſtruction b(illegible text) too (illegible text)uly proved how ſoon, and how univerſally, ⟨it⟩ ſucceeded! We were now driven from the ⟨appartments⟩ above, to take ſhelter in the rooms below, but there we were followed by freſh dangers, ⟨and⟩ ſtupified by freſh alarms. The demon of ⟨deſtruction⟩ was waſted in the winds, and not a (illegible text) could eſcape its malignant ⟨devaſtation⟩. While ⟨we⟩ were looking with apprehenſion and terror ⟨around⟩ us, the roof rafters, plates, and walls of ſix ⟨apartments⟩ fell in, and immediately above our ⟨heads⟩ and ⟨the⟩ horrid craſhes of glaſſes, furniture, ⟨and⟩ floors, occaſioned a noiſe and aproar, that may ⟨be⟩ more eaſily felt, than the weakneſs of my pen ⟨can⟩ poſſibly deſcribe.
I will not attempt (indeed my abilities and ⟨language⟩ are unequal to the taſk) to awaken the ⟨ſenſibility⟩ of others, by dwelling upon private ⟨misfortunes⟩, when the loſſes of many are entitled to ⟨ſuperior⟩ regard: but egotiſm may be ſurely ⟨allowed⟩ in a narrative of this kind, where general ⟨companions⟩ muſt in ſome meaſure deſcribe individual ⟨ſufferings⟩, and where what one has felt, has been ⟨the⟩ lot of numbers: and where a perſon has ⟨indentically⟩ ſeen, and been involved in the ſame ⟨deſtruction⟩, it is difficult to keep clear of expreſſions that do ⟨not⟩ immediately apply to, and ſpeak the language ⟨oneſelf⟩.
The ſituation of the unhappy negroes who ⟨poured⟩
