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in upon us ſo ſoon as their houſes were ⟨deſtroyed⟩, and whoſe terrors ſeemed to have deprived ⟨them⟩ of ſenſe and motion, not only very ⟨particularly⟩ augmented the confuſion of the time, but very ⟨conſiderably⟩ added, by their whiſpers and diſtreſs, ⟨to⟩ the ſcene of general ſuſpenſe, and the ⟨fluctuations⟩ of hope and alarm. Some lamented by ⟨anticipation⟩, the loſs of their wives and children, of ⟨which⟩ their fears had deprived them; while others ⟨regretted⟩ the downfall of their houſes, of which ⟨they⟩ had ſo lately been the unfortunate ſpectators.
⟨It⟩ will be difficult to conceive a ſituation more ⟨terrible⟩ than what my houſe afforded from four ⟨o'clock⟩ in the afternoon until ſix o'clock the ⟨enſuing⟩ morning. Driven, as we were, from room to ⟨room⟩, while the roofs, the floors, and he walls, were ⟨rumbling⟩ over head, or falling around us; the wind ⟨blowing⟩ with a noiſe and violence that cannot even ⟨now⟩ be reflected upon without alarm; the rain (illegible text)aring down in torrents; and the night which ⟨seemed⟩ to fall, as it were in a moment, ⟨uncommonly⟩ dark, and the gloom of which we had not a ⟨single⟩ ray to enliven, and the length of which we (illegible text) not either ſpirits or reſolution, by converſation, (illegible text) cheer! The negro huts, as; before obſerved, were ⟨at⟩ this time deſtroyed; and the miſerable ſufferers ⟨rushed⟩ into the houſe, and began ſuch complaints ⟨and⟩ lamentations as added very conſiderably to the ⟨discomforts⟩, and much increaſed the almoſt before ⟨unspeakable⟩ diſtreſſes of the ſcene. One poor (illegible text)man in particular (if real philanthrophy would ⟨not⟩ diſdain to make a diſcrimination of colour, (illegible text)s, in a very particular and ſenſible manner, en(illegible text)ed to pity. Her child and that a favourite, was (illegible text)arly buried in the ruins of her houſe that fell ⟨around⟩ her: ſhe ſnatched it, with all the ⟨inconſiderate⟩ impatience of maternal fondneſs, from the
