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John Coustos, For Freemasonry,

quences with Avhich my confinement might very possibly be attended . ' . . ' I passed a Avhole day and tAvo ni ghts in these terrors , Avhich are the more difficult to describe , as they Avere heightened at every little interval by the complaints , the dismal cries , and hollow groans ( echoing through this dreadful mansion ) Of several other prisoners

neih-, my g bours ; and ivhich the solemn silence of the ni ght made infinitely more shocking . At this present it appeared tome tliat time had lost all mation , and these threescore hours seemed as so many years .

' [ To be continued . J

A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .

IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . - ' ( Continued from Vol . II . Page 3 6 . /

ESSAY V .- Voyages to Iceland , Greenland , & c . FROM the voyages to Greenland there is a long chasm , fill 13-44 , AvhenAA'e have an account that one Macham , an Englishman , having stolen a Avoman , Avith whom he was in love , and intended to fly Avith her into Spain , Avas by a storm cast upon the island Madeirain

thirty-, tiA'o degrees of north latitude . Going ashore there Avith his mistress to refresh her after the toils of the sea , the ship taking the opportunity of ~ a favourable gale sailed aAvay leaying them behincl . The lady soon ' died for grief of bein g left in that desolate island ; and Macham , with what companions he had , erected a little chapel and hermitage , under ¦ the invocation of the name of Jesus , to bury her . This done ,

theycontrived a boat mac [ e of one single tree , in which they got over to the coast of 'Africa , Avhere they were taken by the Moors , and presented to their king for the rarity of the accident , He , for the same reason , sent them to . the king of Castile , Avhere , giving an account of Avhat had b ' efall e ^ them , it moved many to venture out in search of this island . This story we find in Hakluyt , vol , II . page 1 , where he quotes Anthony Galvaqj

a Portuguese author , fork ; and D . Antonio Manoelin his works , among his Epanaforas , has one en this particular subject , which he calls Epanaf jra Amorosa . Upon this information , as was' said , several adventurers went out , but to no effect that Ave can hear of , till anno 134 S v / hen John Betancourt , a Frenchman , obtained a grant of king John the second , of Castile , and went to conquer the Canary islands , long fefore discovered , and made himself master of ' five of them , but coukl

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE MASONRY EXPLAINED. Article 11
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 19
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 22
ON THE PROPRIETY OF MAKING A WILL. Article 24
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. Article 29
EXTRACT FROM AN ESSAY ON INSTINCT. Article 33
THE ORIGIN OF LITERARY JOURNALS. Article 35
LETTER Article 37
LETTER Article 38
ON MAN. Article 38
ON JEALOUSY. Article 40
ON YOUTHFUL COURAGE AND RESOLUTION. Article 41
INVASION. Article 42
ANECDOTES OF JAMES NORTHCOTE, ESQ. Article 48
SURPRIZING INGENUITY. Article 51
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE PHYSICIANS OF ANCIENT EGYPT. Article 52
INSTANCE OF THE POWER OF MUSIC OVER ANIMALS. Article 53
PLAN OF EDUCATION. Article 53
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 56
REMARKS ON THE MUTABILITY OF FORTUNE. Article 57
LONDON CHARACTERIZED. Article 59
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Article 59
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 60
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 69
A CURIOUS FACT. Article 72
POETRY. Article 73
FREEMASON PROLOGUE. Article 74
PROLOGUE WRITTEN FOR THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN, Article 75
RURAL FELICITY: A POEM. Article 76
TO FRIENDSHIP. Article 77
IMPROMPTU Article 77
ON CONTENT. Article 78
ON AN INFANT Article 79
EPITAPH. Article 79
EPITAPH ON A NOBLE LADY. Article 79
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 80
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John Coustos, For Freemasonry,

quences with Avhich my confinement might very possibly be attended . ' . . ' I passed a Avhole day and tAvo ni ghts in these terrors , Avhich are the more difficult to describe , as they Avere heightened at every little interval by the complaints , the dismal cries , and hollow groans ( echoing through this dreadful mansion ) Of several other prisoners

neih-, my g bours ; and ivhich the solemn silence of the ni ght made infinitely more shocking . At this present it appeared tome tliat time had lost all mation , and these threescore hours seemed as so many years .

' [ To be continued . J

A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.

A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .

IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . - ' ( Continued from Vol . II . Page 3 6 . /

ESSAY V .- Voyages to Iceland , Greenland , & c . FROM the voyages to Greenland there is a long chasm , fill 13-44 , AvhenAA'e have an account that one Macham , an Englishman , having stolen a Avoman , Avith whom he was in love , and intended to fly Avith her into Spain , Avas by a storm cast upon the island Madeirain

thirty-, tiA'o degrees of north latitude . Going ashore there Avith his mistress to refresh her after the toils of the sea , the ship taking the opportunity of ~ a favourable gale sailed aAvay leaying them behincl . The lady soon ' died for grief of bein g left in that desolate island ; and Macham , with what companions he had , erected a little chapel and hermitage , under ¦ the invocation of the name of Jesus , to bury her . This done ,

theycontrived a boat mac [ e of one single tree , in which they got over to the coast of 'Africa , Avhere they were taken by the Moors , and presented to their king for the rarity of the accident , He , for the same reason , sent them to . the king of Castile , Avhere , giving an account of Avhat had b ' efall e ^ them , it moved many to venture out in search of this island . This story we find in Hakluyt , vol , II . page 1 , where he quotes Anthony Galvaqj

a Portuguese author , fork ; and D . Antonio Manoelin his works , among his Epanaforas , has one en this particular subject , which he calls Epanaf jra Amorosa . Upon this information , as was' said , several adventurers went out , but to no effect that Ave can hear of , till anno 134 S v / hen John Betancourt , a Frenchman , obtained a grant of king John the second , of Castile , and went to conquer the Canary islands , long fefore discovered , and made himself master of ' five of them , but coukl

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