7. Twenty-five men were also sent across the valley, to steal, in like manner, along the river-bank that bordered the opposite side, and to station themselves among the trees. A third party, of about the same number, was to form a line, stretching across the lower part of the valley, so as to connect the two wings.

8. Beatte and our other half-breed, Antoine, together with the ever officious Tonish, were to make a circuit through the woods, so as to get to the upper part of the valley, in the rear of the horses, and drive them forward into the kind of sack that we had formed, while the two wings should join behind them, and make a complete circle.

9. The flanking parties were quietly extending themselves out of sight, on each side of the valley, and the residue were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy, -snuffing the air, snorting, and looking about. At length, they pranced off slowly toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank.

10. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from among the trees; unluckily, however, we had our wild-fire, Jack-o'-lantern, little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right side of the valley, to get above the horses, the moment he saw them move toward the river, he broke out of the covert of woods, and dashed furiously across the plain in pursuit of them. The halfbreeds and half a score of rangers joined in the chase..

11. Away they all went over the green bank. In a moment or two, the wild horses re-appeared, and came thundering down the valley, with Frenchmen, halfbreeds, and rangers, galloping and bellowing behind them. It was in vain that the line drawn across the val

ley attempted to check the fugitives; they were too hotly pressed by their pursuers. In their panic, they dashed through the line, and clattered down the plain.

12. The whole troop joined in the headlong chase, some of the rangers, without hats or caps, their hair flying about their ears, and others, with handkerchiefs tied round their heads. The buffaloes, which had been calmly ruminating among the herbage, heaved up their

huge forms, gazed for a moment at the tempest that came scouring down the meadow, then turned and took to heavy, rolling flight. They were soon overtaken. The promiscuous masses were pressed together by the contracting sides of the valley, and away they went, pell-mell, hurry-skurry, wild buffalo, wild horse, wild huntsman, with clang and clatter, and whoop and halloo,

that made the forests ring

13. At length, the buffaloes turned into a green brake on the river-bank, while the horses dashed up a narrow defile of the hills, with their pursuers close at their heels. Beatte passed several of them, having fixed his eye upon a fine Pawnee horse that had its ears slit, and saddlemarks upon its back. He pressed him gallantly, but lost him in the woods.

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14. Among the wild horses was a fine black mare, which, in scrambling up the defile, tripped and fell. young ranger sprang from his horse, and seized her by the mane and muzzle. Another ranger dismounted, and came to his assistance. The mare struggled fiercely, kicking and biting, and striking with her fore feet; but a noose was slipped over her head, and her struggles were in vain.

15. It was some time, however, before she gave over rearing and plunging, and lashing out with her feet on every side. The two rangers led her along the valley by two strong lariats, which enabled them to keep at a sufficient distance on each side to be out of the reach of her hoofs; and whenever she struck out in one direction, she was jerked in the other. In this way, her spirit was gradually subdued.

16. As for Tonish, who had marred the whole scheme by his precipitancy, he had been more successful than he deserved, having managed to catch a beautiful creamcolored colt, about seven months old, that had not had strength to keep up with its companions. The mercurial little Frenchman was beside himself with exultation. It was amusing to see him with his prize. The colt would rear and kick, and struggle to get free, when Tonish would take it about the neck, wrestle with it, jump on its back, and cut as many antics as a monkey with a kitten.

17. Nothing surprised me more, however, than to wit

ness how soon these poor animals, thus taken from the unbounded freedom of the prairie, yielded to the dominion of man. In the course of two or three days, the mare and colt went with the lead-horses, and became quite docile.-Washington Irving.

EAL on, peal on,

PEAL

The old church ding-dong, soft and clear!

The welcome sounds are doubly blest

With future hope and earthly rest.

Yet, were no calling changes found
To spread their cheering echoes round,
There's not a place where man may dwell
But he can hear a Sabbath bell.

2. Go to the woods, when Winter's song
Howls like a famished wolf along ;
Or, when the south winds scarcely turn
The light leaves of the trembling fern,-
Although no cloister chimes ring there,
The heart is called to faith and prayer;
For all creation's voices tell

The tidings of the Sabbath bell.

3. Go to the billows,

let them pour

In gentle calm, or headlong roar,
Let the vast ocean be thy home,
Thou'lt find a God upon the foam;
In rippling swell or stormy roll,
The crystal waves shall wake thy soul;
And thou shalt feel the hallowed spell

4. The lark upon his skyward way,
The robin on the hedge-row spray,
The bee within the wild thyme's bloom,
The owl amid the cypress gloom,
All sing, in every varied tone,
A vesper to the Great Unknown;
Above, below, one chorus swells,

Of God's unnumbered Sabbath bells.

ELIZA COOK.

XIX. — A DAY ON CARYSFORT REEF.

WE

E started from Key West, on board the steamer Bibb, for a cruise in the Gulf Stream off the Florida coast. We were intending to make soundings, that is, to ascertain the depth of the water in certain parts of the Stream, and to see what were the strength and direction of the currents, and, at the same time, to dredge on the ocean bottom for any animals which might be living there.

2. I say we, because I was looking on, and so it seemed to me as if I were helping; which is the way with a great many people who stand and look on, and feel as if they did all the work. But, in truth, I did nothing except to follow the operations with a great deal of interest, as, I dare say, you would have done; watching, especially, when the dredge came up, to see what beautiful things it brought from the ocean depth.

3. The dredge is a strong net fastened upon an iron frame, so heavy that it will sink very far in the water, and, when loaded, may fall even to a depth of several thousand feet. Being thrown over the side of the vessel, it drags on the bottom, and scoops up whatever comes in its way.