Germany. Have agreed with the captain that he should sing next Sunday, if the Lord spares our life, a Welsh hymn with his crew, to the glory of God. Our ship is a little church upon the great waters.

May 12.-Read Exodus in Hebrew to the xxxvith chapter, and in the Gospel of St. Luke. Began Crooll's Objections to Christianity with Scott's Answer.

The sea seemed to have been angry with me for reading the blasphemies of Crooll; for sitting with the book on deck, the waves came with the greatest violence over the ship, and covered me almost from head to foot with water.

May 13.-Fair wind continued, expounded xiiith chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark; finished Exodus in Hebrew. Read again a part of the Revelations.

May 14.-Arrived at the viith chapter of Leviticus in the Hebrew tongue, and read four chapters of St. John's Gospel.

Arrived off Cape St. Vincent. Finished Crooll's Objections to Christianity, with sighs for the blindness of that man. It is very singular, that here again the swelling waves of the sea came again and wetted the book through for the second time, so that the captain made the observation that I should not read this book again whilst on the sea. Crooll's objections filled my heart with sorrow, for I had a new proof in what an awful blindness the Jews are, and much did I sorrow.

May 16. At four o'clock in the afternoon, we arrived by the grace of the Lord safely at Gibraltar. Two merchants, who were Roman Catholics, came on board to receive letters from my captain. As the captain had no desire to go immediately on shore, and I, on the contrary, wished to go, he desired those merchants to take me in their boat, which they willingly did, and went then afterwards with me to shew me the house of Doctor Parker, who was unfortunately with his lady in the country. One of those merchants did therefore accompany me to the house of the Rev. Mr. Croscombe and Rev. Mr. Rees, both of the

Wesleyan denomination, to whom I had letters of introduction. They received me as their brother in the Lord, and we enjoyed from the first moment true brotherly communion. They procured me a lodging in the house of a pious citizen named Cross. I met beside this, the first evening, a pious gentleman, John Pyne, Esq., who invited me to dine with him next Friday. I breakfast and dine at present with Mr. Rees and Mr. Croscombe. The clever and respectable Jew called Gabay, who had heard of me from Mr. Rees before my arrival at Gibraltar, has invited me to call on him next Saturday at his own house.

May 17.-Made the acquaintance of Dr. Coldstream, surgeon in the 26th regiment.-Being obliged to wait the arrival of Dr. Parker, to whom I am particularly recommended, that he might introduce me to the governor, I thought Christian wisdom required that I should not introduce myself immediately to the Jews, nor be introduced to them, till I had spoken with the governor, and I made therefore the following observations incognito. I observed many poor Jews from the Barbary coast dressed similar to the Moors, called at Gibraltar the Moorish Jews, who left Barbary on account of the degradation in which they are held there: they are a very fine race of people, but extremely poor. Then I saw many others dressed like the Turkish and the English Jews. Their open and decided countenance struck me extremely; although not one of them knows me at present, they looked me in the face with such a firmness and boldness, that I fancied they said to me, We will answer you on the subject on which you intend to challenge us.

Rev. Mr. Rees, the Wesleyan preacher, told me, that the Jew Gabay, who desires to see me to-morrow morning at his house, is a man of business, a very clever man, who has travelled in Germany, France, and in England, where he received his English education. He speaks Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, and English, and learned Arabic from a

Moorish gentleman; he is described by Mr. Rees as am candid and gentlemanlike person: he has read the Gospel. Lieutenant Pollack told me, that they are very obstinate; he mentioned to me the Jew Hassan, who is very rich, and professeth Christianity. Mr. Pyne, above mentioned, will introduce me to him. The richest Jew is Ben Oliel; he is very benevolent to the poor. Carthusi, who is at present at London, has the title of King of the Jews at Gibraltar; he settles all the disputes among the Jews: but in case any one of them refuses to obey him, he brings the matter before the governor, and desires to turn him out of the garrison. The number of the Jews is supposed to be? equal to that of the Protestants. Sanm bonimol a out

Dr. Coldstream told me that my knowledge of lan-guages, and those letters from respectable persons in England and Germany which I possess, assure me a favourable reception from the Jews at Gibraltar. I burn to be introduced to my brethren in this town, but I am firmly decided not to go to them until Dr. Parker's return.

May 18.-The Lord prepares me now for my work in a most marvellous manner; Lieutenant Bailey, who was t thirty years in the Levant, and who is well acquainted with the manner of travelling in the East, called on me, and gave me advice how to travel in those parts of the world, and he offered me rooms in his own house.

May 19.-The Rev. Mr. Rees and the Rev. Mr. Croscombe introduced me to Mr. Gabay, who is considered by the Jews themselves as the most learned man among them, and is styled by the Jews, "The wise man." He was just interpreting to two Jews a rabbinical book; and, surrounded by his wife and children, he received us all with the greatest kindness.

He tried me first in Italian, then in Arabic, and in Hebrew, and shewed me after this the travels of Niebuhr translated into the French language, which language he understood pretty well. On my asking for an Arabic Bible, he brought

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me the Arabic translation of the Old Testament, published by the Bible Society, and we read together a great part of the first chapter of Genesis.

Gabay. Do you understand Persian?

I. A little. May I ask you about the state of the Jews at Gibraltar?

Gabay. With pleasure.sg-edges

I. How many Jews are at Gibraltar?
Gabay. Three or four thousand.

I. Have they a Rabbi?

Gabay. Yes, one Rabbi, his name is Rabbi Joseph from Morocco.

I. Is he a learned man? 8375.
Gabay. In the Talmud only.

I. Are the Jews at Gibraltar all Talmudists or Caraites? Gabay. No Caraites, all are Talmudists; we learn there are some Caraites at Morocco.

I told him then of Mr. Lewis Way's conversation with the Caraite Jews in the Crimea, and Mr. Way's journey to Aix-la-Chapelle, with which account Gabay was very much pleased, and said, Love produces more effect than any other thing. We all agreed with him. I continued then, and said, that true Christians in every age have loved the Jews, and Mr. Croscombe observed, We are obliged to love the Jews, for we are so much indebted to them.

I. Is the account true, that the Jews at Gibraltar have a king?

Gabay. No; for the Jews are now without king, and without prophet, and without ephod. ad holyte

I. Are the Jews at Gibraltar in connection with the Jews in Germany? ad aablids bepe eit

Gabay. No.

I. Have you any notice of that new synagogue, which the Jews in Germany have established?on sur lovsys

Gabay. What are their principles? want don grif

I. They are, alas! Deists, viz. neither Jews nor Christians.
Gabay. They are the beast spoken of in the Revelation

of St. John. He shewed me then a Hebrew Bible with the commentary of Jonathan, (Targum Jonathan.)

1. Has Targum Jonathan the same authority among the Jews here, as the Targum Onkelos?

Gabay. Yes; for Targum Jonathan is written by inspiration of the Holy Ghost.

1. How may this be proved?

Gabay. By tradition.

I. By what tradition?

Gabay. Of that of the Rabbies.

HI. How do you prove the truth of that tradition of the Rabbies?

Gabay here broke off, and turned the conversation to another subject.

1. How many synagogues have the Jews at Gibraltar? Gabay. Four.

I. Of what rites is their worship?

Gabay. Of the Spanish rites.-Do you understand Kimchi's dictionary?sorts

I. A little. Gabay took out of his shelves Kimchi's writings, and desired me to read; I read a portion of it, and asked him whether he would have any objection to read the Bible with me on the Sabbath day in the Spanish tongue, of which language Gabay is perfect master.

Gabay. With great pleasure. He shewed me a Spanish Bible, and desired me to read and to translate the thirtyeighth chapter of Job: which I did, he then shewed me the New Testament in Hebrew, which he had in his possession.

After I had shewed him the sermon on the mount, I asked, How do you consider this doctrine?

Gabay. I consider the whole as a history.

I. Do you approve of it? sol

Gabay. I like fine and good words. He broke off again, and I did not press upon him, and offered him the History of the Jews written by Hannah Adams, with which offer he was much pleased. A Jew from Barbary entered: I began