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(illegible text)ual deſpair. It is the natural providence of man to (illegible text)ffer; it is an appendage of his condition: but it ⟨requires⟩ a ſomenthing more to learn to ſubmit, and (illegible text) patient ſubmiſſion, without complaint, to bear.
It is natural to ſuppoſe that the ſtorm above ⟨deſcribed⟩ muſt have given riſe to many diſtreſſing ⟨and⟩ pathetic ſcenes; muſt upon ſome occaſions have (illegible text)rrowed up the ſoul, and upon others, have ⟨introduced⟩ a tenderneſs and pity. Huſbands and wives, (illegible text) parents and children, were in many places ⟨ſeparated⟩ by the terrors of the night and ⟨ſeparated⟩, as before obſerved, to meet no more: but ⟨upon⟩ theſe dreadful ſcenes I ſhall not attempt to ⟨dwell⟩, as their remembrance will ſurvive the ⟨description⟩ of my pen, in the melancholy perpetuity (illegible text) domeſtic afflictions; and which numberleſs ⟨families⟩, more or leſs, to the deſtruction of their ⟨hopes⟩, and the diſcomfort of their lives, will long, ⟨very⟩ long, have cauſe to lament.
I ſhall never forget the deſolate appearance my ⟨houſe⟩ made immediately after this cataſtrophe, nor ⟨the⟩ many circumſtances of diſtreſs and ⟨commiſeration⟩ that alternately ſhocked and ſoftened the mind. ⟨Here⟩ a poor infant was ſeen extracted from the ⟨ruins⟩, and its lifeleſs body confined to the care and ⟨lamentations⟩ of its deſponding parents; there fat a ⟨group⟩ of negroes bewailing with heavineſs of heart, ⟨and⟩ all the ſilent eloquence of ſtreaming eyes; and ⟨streached⟩ out hands, the total deſtruction of their ⟨little⟩ fortunes, in the wrecks of their houſes, the (illegible text)n of their effects, and the demolition of their (illegible text)ounds; while others ran confuſedly here and ⟨there⟩, without knowing upon what errand they were bent, or where to begin, or how to ſet about ⟨the⟩ reſtoration of their loſſes, or by what ⟨philoſophy⟩ to conſole their minds.
There wre many who wiſhed to be employed (illegible text) rendering our ſituations more comfortable, but
