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"and returned in a fhort time with a very fine "fifh, which having caused to be half broiled "upon fome embers, fhe gave me for fupper. "The rites of hofpitality being thus perform- "ed towards a ftranger in diftress, my worthy "benefa([c?)]tress, pointing to the mat, and tell- "ing me I might fleep there without apprehen- "fion, called to the female part of her family, "who had ftood gazing on me all the while "in fixed aftonishment, to refume their tafk of "fpinning cotton ; in which they continued to "employ themfelves great part of the night. "They lightened their labour by fongs ; one "of which was compofed extempore, for I "was myfelf the fubje[(c?)]t of it. It was fung "by one of the young women ; the reft join- "ed in a fort of chorus. The air was fweet "and plaintive, and the words, literally tranf- "lated, were thefe. ' The winds roared, and "the rains fell. The poor white man, faint "and weary, came and fat under our tree. He "has no mother to bring him milk ; no wife "to grind his corn. Chorus. Let us pity the "white man ; no mother has he,' &c. &c. "Trifling Juvenile Letters. 91 "Trifling as this recital may appear to the "reader, to a perfon in my fituation, the cir- "cumftance was affecting in the higheft de- "gree. I was oppreffed by fuch unexpe[(c?)]ted "kindnefs, and fleep fled from my eyes. In "the morning I presented my compaffionate "landlady with two of the four brafs buttons "which remained on my waiftcoat, the only "recompenfe I could make her." I am, with much efteem, Dear Matilda, Your fincere friend, LAURA LYTTLETON. Miss Matilda Maitland. P. S. The above Song, turned into Eng- lifh verfe, reads thus : I. "The loud wind roar'd, the rain fell fast ; "The White Man yielded to the blast : "He sat him down, beneath our tree, "For weary, sad, and faint was he ; "And ah ! no wife, or mother's care, "For him, the milk or corn prepare. CHORUS.
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