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all had their teemings annually , and the children proved strong and healthy . Their family increasing , they were now well satisfied with their i ondition ; for there was nothing to hurt them . The warmth of the climate made it agreeable for them to go abroad sometimes , and they reposed themselves on mossy banks , shaded by trees . Mr . Pine made several pleasant arbours for him and his women to sleep in
during the heat of the day , and in these they passed their time together , the females not liking to be out of his company . Mr . Pine ' s family was increased , after he had lived in this island sixteen years , to 47 children : for his first wife brought him thirteen ; his second , seven ; his master ' s daughter , who seemed to be his greatest favouritefifteen ; and the negrotwelve ; which was all the
, , produce of the first race of mortals in this island . Thinking it expedient to provide for another generation , he gave his eldest son a mate , and took care to match the rest as fast as they grew up and were capable . And , lest they should incumber one another , he appointed his sons' habitations at some distance from him ; for , growing in yearshe did not like the wanton annoyance of young
, company . After having lived to the sixtieth year of his age , and the fortieth of his being in possession of this island , he summoned his whole people together , children , grand-children , and great grand-children , amounting to 565 , of all sorts . He took the males of one family , and married them to the females of another , not permitting any to many
their sisters , as they did at first out of necessity . Plaving taught some of his children to read , he laid them under an injunction to read the bible once a month at theirgeneral meetings . Three of his wives being dead , viz . the negro woman , and the other two who had been servant maids to his master , she who was his master ' s daughter survived them twelve years . They were buried in a place he had set apart for that purposefixing for his own interment
, the middle part , so that two of his wives mi ght lie on one side of him , and two on the other ; with his chief favourites , one on each side , next to him . Arriving to the eightieth year of his age , and sixtieth of coming to this island , he called his people together a second time ; the number of which amounted to one thousand seven hundred and
eighty nine ; and having informed them of the manners of Europe , and charged them to remember the Christian religion , after the manner of those who spake the same language , and to admit of no other , if any should come and find them out ; and praying to God to continue the multiplication of them , and send them the true li ght of his gospel , he dismissed them .
He called this island the isle of Pines , and gave the people , descended from him , the name of the English Pines , distinguishing the tribes of the particular descendants by his wives' names , viz . the Englishes , the Sparks ' s , the Trevors , and the Phills , Philippa being the name of the negro . Being now very old , and his sight decaving , he gave his habitation
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Biography.
all had their teemings annually , and the children proved strong and healthy . Their family increasing , they were now well satisfied with their i ondition ; for there was nothing to hurt them . The warmth of the climate made it agreeable for them to go abroad sometimes , and they reposed themselves on mossy banks , shaded by trees . Mr . Pine made several pleasant arbours for him and his women to sleep in
during the heat of the day , and in these they passed their time together , the females not liking to be out of his company . Mr . Pine ' s family was increased , after he had lived in this island sixteen years , to 47 children : for his first wife brought him thirteen ; his second , seven ; his master ' s daughter , who seemed to be his greatest favouritefifteen ; and the negrotwelve ; which was all the
, , produce of the first race of mortals in this island . Thinking it expedient to provide for another generation , he gave his eldest son a mate , and took care to match the rest as fast as they grew up and were capable . And , lest they should incumber one another , he appointed his sons' habitations at some distance from him ; for , growing in yearshe did not like the wanton annoyance of young
, company . After having lived to the sixtieth year of his age , and the fortieth of his being in possession of this island , he summoned his whole people together , children , grand-children , and great grand-children , amounting to 565 , of all sorts . He took the males of one family , and married them to the females of another , not permitting any to many
their sisters , as they did at first out of necessity . Plaving taught some of his children to read , he laid them under an injunction to read the bible once a month at theirgeneral meetings . Three of his wives being dead , viz . the negro woman , and the other two who had been servant maids to his master , she who was his master ' s daughter survived them twelve years . They were buried in a place he had set apart for that purposefixing for his own interment
, the middle part , so that two of his wives mi ght lie on one side of him , and two on the other ; with his chief favourites , one on each side , next to him . Arriving to the eightieth year of his age , and sixtieth of coming to this island , he called his people together a second time ; the number of which amounted to one thousand seven hundred and
eighty nine ; and having informed them of the manners of Europe , and charged them to remember the Christian religion , after the manner of those who spake the same language , and to admit of no other , if any should come and find them out ; and praying to God to continue the multiplication of them , and send them the true li ght of his gospel , he dismissed them .
He called this island the isle of Pines , and gave the people , descended from him , the name of the English Pines , distinguishing the tribes of the particular descendants by his wives' names , viz . the Englishes , the Sparks ' s , the Trevors , and the Phills , Philippa being the name of the negro . Being now very old , and his sight decaving , he gave his habitation