y fatigued, by a fruitless pursuit of some of these goats,
he sat himself down on the side of a hill, and looking with desponding
eyes towards the sea, he flattered himself that he saw something like a
sail at a great distance; after gazing attentively for several hours,
without once suffering his attention to be diverted from the wished for
object, he was at last, to his unspeakable joy, convinced that it was a
ship, and that she was making directly for the land: about five o'clock
in the evening, they came to anchor at a small distance from the shore,
and having hoisted out their boat, rowed directly into a little creek
near the edge of a wood, where King Pippin, having descended from the
hill, had concealed himself: as soon as they had landed, perceiving as
well by their dress as their language, that they were his countrymen, he
discovered himself to them, and was received with the greatest kindness
and humanity; and to add to the happiness of his delivery, he found upon
enquiry, that they were going to the same island for which he had been
originally bound, but had been driven so far out of their course by a
violent storm which they had encountered a few days before. Having
repaired their vessel, and procured such refreshments as the place
afforded, in about a week they again set sail, and arrived at their
destined port without any farther accident.

Immediately upon their arrival, King Pippin took upon him the care of
Sir William Worthy's estate, and adopted such prudent regulations in the
management of it, as rendered it in a few years almost double in its
value; in return for which care and assiduity, he was taken into
partnership by Sir William. This good fortune, however, did not fill his
mind with that pride and ostentation too frequently attendant on success
in life; King Pippin still continued the same engaging respect to his
acquaintance, and the same courteous affability to his inferiors, which
had marked his character in every sphere of life, nor did it pass
unrewarded; for the governor of the island falling a sacrifice to those
pestilential diseases which are common to hot climates, the inhabitants
unanimously joined in a petition to the King requesting him to appoint
King Pippin his successor to the government, recommending him as a
person, endowed with every qualification requisite to the happiness of
his subjects. Though virtue is generally a poor recommendation at court,
in this instance it succeeded,