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N the dark ages of antiquity, before Plenty had poured her cornucopia into the lap of Commerce, or Arts and Sciences had illumed the mind of Induftry while Manufactures yet were in a flate of infancy and imperfection, and men were unskilled in difcovering and improving the gifts of Nature-on the golden coaft of Hindoflan, in one of the most fertile and picturesque tracts of that country, the Hindoo, Vendrapedroo, raised his hut, and cultivated a little spot of ground, which had been granted him by the Rajah, on account of fome fignal fervice formerly rendered his family. Here he funk wells, and bordered his 'tanks with spreading trees, for the comfort and convenience of the weary traveller, who conftantly fought their refreshing shade amidst the fervent heats of noon. At a little diftance, the ocean-like Ganges rolled his mighty torrent, in which the oriental beauties performed their morning ablutions, and rofe, like the poetical divinities, dripping from the waves, with their vafes on their heads, to fupply the contiguous temples with the refrigerant element. His excurfions were feldom extended beyond the gunget, whence he procured the neceffaries of life. His mind was untainted by envy, as was his body by intemperance. His humane and generous difpofition, his decent deportment and hofpitality, gained the love and admiration of all who knew him. In this neighbourhood refided an avaricious Chief, named Shamarauze, who, as they lay in the vicinage of his own lands, caft a covetous eye on the little poffeffions of this worthy individual. Vendra * This tale has for its foundation a tradition in the Musulipatam Circar. † Or market. Vendrapedro, rambling one day on the confines of the jungle, with his hunting fpear in his hand, beheld his proud neighbour taking an airing in his palanquin, attended by his flaves; when a roval tyger, fuddenly springing from his lurking place, overiet the carriage, and difperfed the attendants; but before he could feize his prey, the intrepid Hindoo rufhed upon the brindled beaft, and plunged his weapon into its heart. The bravery of this action refounded throughout the country, and Shamarauze long thewed every mark of kindness and gratitude to his deliverer. In process of time Vendrapedroo fell ill of a climacteric difeafe, in which he was advised by a wandering Bramin to make a voyage to fea, as the only method of accelerating his recovery. The envious Shamarauze could not refift the impulse of his predominant paffion; he was impatient to put into prac tice a project haftily formed; and for this purpofe he offered his galley to the unfufpecting man, according to the cuf tom of the times, to coaft along the fhore for a few days; and, to navigate it, put on board fome of his trufty flaves, to whom he gave fecret orders to run into an uninhabited ifland, and there to fet the poor valetudinarian on fhore, in order that he might perish. A ftranger himself to artifice, and unfufpicious of others, Vendraped roo fell into the fnare, accepting the proffered kindness with confidence and thankfulness. Every neceffary preparation was foon made; and after proftrating himfelf at the pagoda, and imploring the favour of all the benevolent deities, he embarked, under the aufpices of a cloudless fky and a reviving breeze. Towards the evening they beheld the floping fhores of the deftined ifland; and, as the unhappy man's malady increased, they propofed to difembark and reft for the night under the thick foliage of the over-arching banyan. For this purpose they ran up a creek, moored their veffel, took fome refreshment, and, making a foft bed of leaves, laid their charge a little distance from the fpot where they betook themfelves to reft, under a feigned anxiety for his quiet. Waiting till the dead of night, the treacherous crew ftole away, got on board, and put off to fea with the greateft expedition and filence, rejoicing in the accomplishment of their purpose, and confident that the unbappy victim muft foon inevitably perish. Many days they coafted along the fhores of the continent, in conformity to their orders not to return till a certain portion of time had elapfed, at the expiration of which, a fabricated ftory of the natural death of the fick man might bear the "faireft femblance" of authenticity. At length, excited by an irrefiftible curiofity to afcertain the event of their ar tifice, they refolved to return by the fame track, and go again on shore, to feck the remains of the deferted exile. It is not eafy to conceive how greatly they were confused and astonished to find him not only alive, but enjoying a better ftate of health than they had ever before known him poffe. They concluded that he must have been fupplied with the means of fufiftence by some supernatural power; and, having no apology to offer for their perfidy, endeavoured to divert his attention by curious interrogations. "Come along with me," faid he, “ and "I will fhew you how I have been fup"plied with food and medicine." They followed, and he led them to the centre of the island, where they entered a little thicket of Sugar Canes. He took one of them, and, bruifing it with a large ftone, expreffed the juice, faying, "Though you left me here to perish of fickness and hunger, from hence have I obtained health and nutriment." The confcioufnefs of their guilt ftruck them dumb; but the generous man relieved them from their embarraffment, by observing that he knew they acted only from compulfion, and was too well. convinced that their Lord was the grand projector of this internal plot. They acknowledged the truth, and deprecated his pardon for the part they had taken. He as readily forgave them, and propofed, that fince a failure in their expedition would inevitably fubject them to the rage of a violent after, on whole caprice their lives depended, they should return without him, as faithful to their truft, while he patiently fubmitted himfelf to his fate. This inftance of unexampled fubmiffion overcame them; and, at their departure, they invoked Heaven to fhower bleffings on his head, and favour him with a speedy release. On their return, their mafter received them with every mark of fatisfaction, and applauded their fidelity in the work on which he had employed them, fhortly after taking quiet poffeflion of the lands of his late injured neighbour. Some months had rolled away, when a ca a cafual circumftance led to a developement of this nefarious ftratagem. The tyranical Shamarauze, for fome petty offence, had doomed one of his late Confidential agents to a fevere chaftifement. The poor menial wished to avenge himfelf, and refolved to feize the opportunity that chance had now thrown in his way. He fled by night to the Rajah, and made an ample confeffion of all he knew. This Chief was naturally a lover of juftice and humanity; and he expreffed the utmoft abhorrence at the difcloture of fuch a scene of confummate villainy. However modern philofophy might have laboured to refine away guilt, and prove Gratitude no Virtue, every honeft heart fpurns with indignation at the idea of ingratitude, from a natural antipathy to its blacknefs and deformity; and we have very frequent proofs of its being viewed with deteftation by the eye of the omniscient and omnipotent Being, by his making it the object of his fearful refentment. The generous Rajah fought the ba nished man in his retreat; and, having a ready penetration, eafily conceived that the Sugar Cane, thus accidentally difcovered, would one day be accounted a very valuable acquifition. Vendrapedroo had naturally a found judgment and a fertile invention: he culivated the Cane with astonishing fuccefs, and had contrived a machine of great powers, on a fimple conftruction, to extract the fugar in large quantities. His patron knew how to appreciate the merit, while he felt juftly difpofed to punish ingratitude. He lavifhed favours H on Vendraped roo, and finally procured for him a grant of the island, as the reward of his deferts. He then turned his attentions towards his adversary, whom he caused to be divelled of his poffeffions, and tranfported to the Fortunate Inland,, to become the flave of Vendrapedroo, and do the drudgery of his manufactories, whofe affiduous exertions foon advanced him to wealth and honour. Sugar*, for its medical and other properties, became an invaluable article of commerce, and the spot which was chofen for his deftruction was foon frequented by traders of every defeription. Succeeding generations refpect his memory, and diftant lands enjoy the benefit of his miffortune. Thus very trivial causes often produce the most important effects, although human forefight is exceedingly circumfcribed, and we are ever unwilling to confider evils as "bleflings in difguife." As we tread the labyrinth of life, we fee not the hand which conducts us, and are ignorant of the goal to which our la bours tend. When the path is fmooth and ftrewed with flowers, we rejoice: but when rugged and planted with thorns, we repine. By fubmitting refignedly to misfortunes, we feel them lofe their force, while the impatient man ftruggles with them like a lion in the toils. Unable to judge for ourfelves, we too often reflect on the proceedings of Providence but, on a retrospective view, our hearts cannot but acknowledge the wisdom and the juftice of this fupernatural Agent, whole eyes penetrate into futurity, and whofe hands poffefs the powers of retribution ! POETRY. FOR THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. ELOQUENCE, an ode. EARD ye those loud contending waves That fhook Cecropia's pillar'd state? Saw ye the mighty from their graves Look up and tremble at her fate? Who fhall calm the angry ftorm! Who the giant task perform, And bid the raging tumult cease? *Sugar was firft imported into Europe in the 12th century from Afia.-It was attempted in vain to cultivate it in Italy. It was not known in America till about the year 1510, when it was carried thither by the Spaniards and Portuguefe, and has fince become, in almost all countries, a capital article of trade.-Vide Robertfon's Hift. Chas. V. |