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372 kirby’s wonderful museum.
“ He began the world with a hen and chicken, with the
profit of which he purchased an ewe. The sale of this
procured him a ragged colt (as he expressed it), and then a
better; after this he raised a better and a few sheep, and
now occupies a small farm.”
For accounts of some other individuals, remarkable for
the same kind of deficiencies and talents as those enume-
rated in this article, see Vol. II. of this work, p. 1, and
Vol. III. p. 89-
NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND EXTRAORDINARY
DISTRESSES OF THE CREW OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
BRIGANTINE, ON THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON, IN
A VOYAGE FROM QUEBEC, 1780. BY S. W. PRENTIES,
ENSIGN OF THE 84TH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
In a preceding volume of this miscellany (Vol. II. p. 96.)
has been given an authentic account of the adventures of
Alexander Selkirk, which furnished the materials, or at least
suggested the idea, of one of the most engaging books in our
language. The misfortunes of Ensign Plenties and his
companions are equally calculated to excite the most lively
interest. In one of the most respectable of our critical
journals (see Monthly Review for August, 1782), the narra-
tive of that gentleman is thus characterized :
“ The resources to avoid cold and sustain life amidst this
scene of wretchedness almost realize the fictions of Defoe
in his Robinson Crusoe, and probably exceed the contriv-
ances of Alexander Selkirk, the genuine hero of that ad-
mired story. The present narrative is very interesting. It
is related with moderation and good sense. The author
hath given us a striking example of unshaken fortitude, and
at the same time hath displayed a fertility of invention
“ He began the world with a hen and chicken, with the
profit of which he purchased an ewe. The sale of this
procured him a ragged colt (as he expressed it), and then a
better; after this he raised a better and a few sheep, and
now occupies a small farm.”
For accounts of some other individuals, remarkable for
the same kind of deficiencies and talents as those enume-
rated in this article, see Vol. II. of this work, p. 1, and
Vol. III. p. 89-
NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND EXTRAORDINARY
DISTRESSES OF THE CREW OF THE ST. LAWRENCE
BRIGANTINE, ON THE ISLAND OF CAPE BRETON, IN
A VOYAGE FROM QUEBEC, 1780. BY S. W. PRENTIES,
ENSIGN OF THE 84TH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
In a preceding volume of this miscellany (Vol. II. p. 96.)
has been given an authentic account of the adventures of
Alexander Selkirk, which furnished the materials, or at least
suggested the idea, of one of the most engaging books in our
language. The misfortunes of Ensign Plenties and his
companions are equally calculated to excite the most lively
interest. In one of the most respectable of our critical
journals (see Monthly Review for August, 1782), the narra-
tive of that gentleman is thus characterized :
“ The resources to avoid cold and sustain life amidst this
scene of wretchedness almost realize the fictions of Defoe
in his Robinson Crusoe, and probably exceed the contriv-
ances of Alexander Selkirk, the genuine hero of that ad-
mired story. The present narrative is very interesting. It
is related with moderation and good sense. The author
hath given us a striking example of unshaken fortitude, and
at the same time hath displayed a fertility of invention