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21. It was no time then for indulging nice feelings of delicacy of all those who had knelt before their Creator at the dawn, sixteen only could bow in adoration at evening, to pour forth their thanksgivings to their Preserver, that amid such perils they had escaped unhurt; ten were gone to their final account, and eight were groaning with the agony of mortal wounds.

22. The conjuncture did not admit of delay-while they yet paused, the bullet might be aimed at their own hearts they could not wait longer to pay the last tribute of respect to their dead companions, lest they too should sleep in their last repose-they could not delay to sympathise with those whose life was fast ebbing out, for they might share their fate. Silently they retired, and abandoned both.

23. Some of the wounded gathered strength to crawl from the spot where they fell, to perish more miserably from putrefaction and starvation. A situation more miserable cannot be imagined. They had sustained the labours of the day without food, for their stores had been captured with their packs, at the place of their morning repast, and they endured the cold of night without a covering.

24. The moon shone forth brilliantly, and they lay, faint and expiring, suffering the gnawings of hunger, the tormentings of thirst, and the agonies of pain, abandoned by their friends, forsaken by the hope of escape, while the light disclosed the ghastly countenances and mangled forms of the slain, and the wind bore to their ears the shouts of "the savages, fierce as the shrieks of fiends.

25. Heavily must that long, long night have passed, for those who waited till death, stealing slowly over their exhausted frames, should sooth their miseries; and gloomily rose the dawn on the eyes, which were yet unglazed and undimmed by the thick film.

26. Incidents occurred during the conflict which marked the temper of the combatants. Such was the single combat of Paugus, the chieftain, with Chamberlain, a soldier, both men of undaunted courage of mind and gigantic proportions of body. Their guns had become too foul for further use, and both went down to the water's brink, to wash them, at the same moment.

27. Standing near each other they exchanged words of mutual defiance and loaded their pieces with correspond

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ing motions. It is said, as Paugus forced down the ball, he called out to his opponent, me kill you quick." "May be not," was the laconic reply, and the gun of Chamberlain priming itself, gave him opportunity to falsify the prediction of the savage, whose ball passed over the white man with the erring aim of a dying foe.

28. It is also said, while Chamberlain was taking deadly aim, the Indian called, to acquaint him that he had omitted the motion, whose anticipation was so fatal to the chief; it might have been from a magnanimity, not very consistent with the character of the red hunters; or it might have been the exultation of expected conquest, when he supposed his enemy neglected that so necessary, at a moment when mistake or neglect could not be retrieved.

29. It is also said, that the same instrument that caused the death of the father, in the same hands, proved fatal to the sons, whose filial piety induced them to attempt the fulfilment of what they considered a duty, revenge. It must be confessed that these accounts are traditionary, and perhaps doubtful.

30. Lieutenant Robbins was so disabled as to be unable to accompany the unfortunate survivors. As they departed, he made one last request--not that the tidings of his fate should be told to those who loved him, and that they should know that he did his duty bravely-not the bequest of a helpless family to that country for which he sacrificed life-not that prayers might be offered up for the repose of the soul just on the verge of eternity!-

31. But this it was-that they should leave with him a loaded musket, that he might kill one more human being before he slept his last sleep-and the sullen report, which rung through the forest on the morrow, told to his retreating comrades that his horrible wish was probably gratified.

32. Such was the request of one whose sands were hastening away, who in a few short hours was to stand at the tribunal of the judgment seat, in those moments when the approach of the death angel should still the tumult of all earthly passion, and veil all unholy inclinations in the dread solemnity of life's final close.

33. Captain Lovell, mortally wounded by the shot of the single Indian, at the commencement of the battle, received another ball. He fell and expired with eight more of his company killed by the first discharge, and the command

devolved on Lieutenant Wyman, who sustained the conflict during the day, and survived the hardships of the march.

34. The preservation of a soldier named Kies, was little less than miraculous. Covered with wounds, exhausted with fatigue, and faint from the loss of blood, he rolled himself with difficulty into a birch canoe, providentially laying by the spot, not with the hope of escape, but that his remains might be preserved from horrible mutilation.

35. Unable to use the paddle, he lay almost insensible in the frail vessel, was drifted by the waves, and wafted by the winds towards the stoccade, and when returning strength revisited his frame, he arose and reached his home.

36. At the distance of some time, a party went out to the battle field. They found the bodies of twelve of their friends, and, after covering them with sand, carved their names on the bark of a tree, which has now decayed. Beneath a large mound were lain the slain Indians, and the huge form of the sachem Paugus.

37. Such are the particulars of a battle which was of incalculable advantage to the infant settlements. From that period the slumbers of the cradle were no more broken by the war-whoop, and the father, when he laid his head on the pillow, no longer feared that the shouts of murderous savages would rise around the cottage.

Note. Maine is situated between 43° and 48° north latitude; and is bounded east by the river St. Croix, which divides it from Nova-Scotia, west by New-Hampshire, and north by Canada. Saco, a large river of Maine, rises in the White Hills, in New-Hampshire, and discharges into Saco Bay. It is navigable for large vessels to the falls, six miles from the ocean.

WHALE FISHERIES.

1. WHALING vessels are of three classes;-two-boat, three-boat, and four-boat ships. The former carry three, the second four, and the latter five boats, one in each case being kept in reserve. As the second class is by far the most numerous, we will select that for our details.

2. The vessel is generally a ship of about three hundred tons. If intended for the coast of Brazil, she is provisioned for about fifteen months, and is manned with a crew of twenty-two men, including all her officers, viz. the captain, two mates, three boat-steerers, cook, steward, shipkeeper, and seamen.

3. Three sets of cranes are erected for her boats on each quarter, and the other on her larboard waists. The decks are less lumbered than those of an ordinary trading vessel; the boats are in constant readiness to be lowered into the sea, and room is found to build the "try works " and roll casks to and fro, for the purpose of cooperage and storage.

4. Two large iron pots, made to hold from 60 to 120 gallons each, are placed over brick arches, a short distance behind the windlass, and secured by wooden knees bolted through the deck and beams of the vessel. A wooden case is made around the whole, and a lid is placed over it, when not in use, like a hatch.

5. As this is to try out the oil from the blubber, every precaution is taken to prevent accidents from fire, the greatest calamity that can befal a vessel when at sea. Thus equipped, and provided with 'harpoons,' lines,' 'lances,' spades,'' cutting gear,' &c. and with the hold filled with casks to contain her oil, the ship proceeds on the voyage.

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6. The harpoon' is made of the best of iron, is about three feet in length, sharpened, and of the triangular form of a dart at one end, with a socket to contain a 'pole' at the other. The sharp end is sometimes barbed; the shank or stem of the weapon is small, and so pliable as to admit of being doubled and straightened without breaking.

7. A short rope is fastened to the shank of the harpoon, and stopped' to the pole when inserted, and its end spliced to the 'whale line.' The handle, or pole, is 6 or 8 feet in length, and is intended to assist the direction and momentum of the blow.-As soon as the harpoon is in the fish, his velocity bends the part of the weapon which is out of the wound close to his body, by which means there is less danger of its being shaken loose.

8. The use of the harpoon is to fasten the boat to the whale; although a powerful blow from it sometimes proves fatal. But usually the animal is to be killed with the 'lance.' This is a kind of sharp spear fastened to a long pole, and

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is darted,' or held in the hand as occasion may require. With this the whaler pierces the vitals of his foe.

9. The 'spade' is a broad chisel, with a handle several feet long. The whale line is a small rope well made, and of 7 or 800 feet in length. Several are often spliced together when whaling in deep water.-When the whale rises to breathe, he forces a stream of water many feet into the air, and it is by this means he is generally discovered.

10. The cry in such cases is generally, 'a spout.' The different species of the whale 'spout' in different manners, so that the seaman knows immediately what kind of a whale he has met. The 'spermaceti' throws the water in a bushy form forward, and makes two spouts-the right whale, more arched, higher, and but one. All the different species of the whale are gregarious, and it is seldom one is taken without others being seen.

11. They rise every few minutes to breathe or spout, and it is at these moments that the experienced seaman places his boat in such a manner as will enable him to approach and fasten to his game by the means of the harpoon and line. There is no visible organ of hearing to the whale, and the sense itself is very dull.

12. By rowing up directly behind the animal, or in front, (as its eyes are so much on the side of the head that it cannot see forward,) the whaler, nine times in ten, in good weather, succeeds in striking the fish. The harpoon is commonly thrown, and when two are fastened to the line, in quick succession, at a distance of from ten to twenty feet; but sometimes the fearless fisherman pulls directly on the back of the whale, and the 'boat steerer' forces the weapon through the blubber before the boat touches him. 13. It is seldom the 'right whale' resists, or strikes with his tail at the blow of the harpoon. His common resource is flight. Fatigue and want of air soon compel him to rise again. So long as the motion of the whale is too rapid to be followed by the boat, or too perpendicular to be checked, the line is suffered to 'run out,' the constant motion renders it necessary often to throw water on the place of friction, to prevent fire; but the rate at which the whale runs seldom exceeds 8 or 9 miles an hour, and is commonly much less.

14. It often happens that the whole of the line is taken from the boat, and in such cases it is cut before the end appears, to prevent danger to the men; for the tub that