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264must be supposed to have stoodhigh in his conndef.\ce.A'lld thei;sitûationhe was placed in, as protector andconductor of the British 'eth...hassy, indicates as much, and may weIl be supposed to have beenconferred for the purpose of bestowing a bonus on a favonrite.Bu.tas the sâme object strikes the faculties of differentpersons,eachone hlhisown way, sorne were inclined to ascribe his bfJn!wmmie, his zeaJ, hisattention, and activity, togeneral pbiJanthropy; to a sense of thenatural fitness of things; to pure disinterested IO'feandaffettio.n to theBritish nation, which he never saw;-·to lany tlüng, in short, except tawishto put a nloderate sum of cash illto his own pocket, in remunel'atioIJ.for a considerable appropriation of time and trouhlein attendançeupon the puhlic service.Great disappointment wasconseqnently incurredin important quarters, when any appearance indicated· the0btrusionof this collateral cause of action into his conduct.He was avery good -dispositioned man, spoke Spanish fluently, and; in.confor~rnity with the cusfoms of ancient oriental desc.ent,~was sOlÏle~hatbyperboUcalin his compliments, which, however, to British eats; unusèdto makeaIIO\,:ance in this article, sounded lItote like matter offaet thanthe strain was intended to verify.Some doubt was in consequenceentertained, if any thing in the way of the tender of a present wouldnot either overwhelm his feelings, or rouse his in,dignation.But atlength resolution was plucked up, and it was determined, coute qU,ecoute, that the experiment should be trjed.Due care was taken, howerer,that it should not he of a very oppressive nature-two hûndreddollars. The poor Alcaid's feeJings were thrown into astàte of agitâtion,desperate indeed upon the occasion, but bya cause very differen.tfrom tllat surmised.He declared with the most violentemotion,onseeing his tendered treasute, that he would immediately hurryof'wifhit to bis lord and master, lay it at his feet, and sunlmon:hiswitnf]5s.es