tination.

"In the meantime the city was shaken with earthquakes; shock succeeding
shock, till we all imagined that a catastrophe awaited us similar to that
which had taken place at Lisbon. The pestilence killed you by degrees,
and its approaches were sufficiently slow, in general, to enable you to
submit to it with firmness and resignation; but the idea of being
swallowed up alive by the yawning earth at a moment's notice, made you
sick at heart, and rendered you almost fearful of your own shadow. The
first shock took place at six in the evening, with a noise as though a
thousand carriages had dashed against each other. This terrified many
people to such a degree that they paced all night long up and down the
Alameda, or public walk, rather than retire to their homes. I went to
bed a little after midnight, but was roused by another shock about five
o'clock in the morning. It gave the bed a motion which made me fancy
that it moved under me from side to side. I sprang up, and having put on
my unmentionables (we wore no trousers in those days), I ran out, in all
haste, to the Alameda. There the scene was most distressing: multitudes
of both sexes, some nearly in a state of nudity, and others sick at
stomach, were huddled together, not knowing which way to turn or what to
do.

--'Omnes eodem cogimur.'

However, it pleased Heaven, in its mercy, to spare us. The succeeding
shocks became weaker and weaker, till at last we felt no more of them."

A courageous sea-captain at last sailed away in safety, though chased by
the Spanish brigs of war, and after thirty days at sea Waterton landed in
England.

Another uncle had estates in Demerara, and in the autumn Waterton sailed
thither from Portsmouth. He landed at Georgetown, Demerara, in November,
1804, and was soon delighted by the natural history of the tropical
forest. In 1806 his father died, and he returned to England. He made
four more journeys to Guiana, and, in 1825, published an account of them,
entitled "Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United
States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824; with
original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c., for
cabinets of natural history." The two first journeys are now reprinted
from the original text. The book at once attracted general attention,
became popular, and has taken a place among permanent English literature.
Unlike most travellers, Waterton tells