renown of so great a man as peter should depend upon the pen of so little a man as and now having refreshed ourselves after the and perils of the field it us to return once more to the scene of and inquire what were the results of this renowned conquest the fortress of being the fair metropolis aud iu a manner the key to new what is immortal fame its capture was speedily followed by th entire of the province this was not a little promoted by the gallant and courteous of the peter though a man terrible in battle � yet in the hour of victory was he with a spirit generous merciful and he not over his enemies nor did he make defeat more by � for like that mirror of virtue the renowned he was more anxious to do great actions than to talk of them after they were done he put ho man to death ordered no houses to be burnt down no to be on the of the and even gave one of his officers a severe with his walking staff for having been detected in the act of a hen he moreover issued a inviting the inhabitants to submit to the authority of their high but declaring with that whoever refused should be lodged at the public expense in a goodly castle provided for the purpose and have an armed to wait on them in the bargain in consequence of beneficent terms about thirty stepped forward and took tlie oath of in reward for which they were graciously permitted to remain on the vol lu op banks of the where their descendants reside at this very day but i am told by divers observant travellers that they have never been able to get over the chap fallen looks of their ancestors and do still from father to son manifest marks of the sound given them by the sturdy the whole country of new having thus yielded to the arms of the triumphant peter was reduced to a colony called south river and placed under the of a lieutenant governor subject to the control of the at new this great was called william or rather man who derived his as did of from the dimensions of his nose which projected from the centre of his countenance like the of a he was the great of die tribe of the one of the most ancient and honourable families of the province the members of which do gratefully the origin of their dignity not as noble families in england would do by having a glowing in their but by one and all wearing a right goodly nose stuck in the very middle of their faces i thus was this perilous enterprise peter s triumphant return terminated with the loss of only two men � van home a tall spare man who was knocked overboard by the boom of a in a flaw of wind and fat van who was suddenly carried off by an however were as having bravely fallen in the service of their country true it is peter had one of his limbs terribly being shattered to pieces in the act of the fortress but as it was fortunately his wooden leg the wound was promptly and effectually healed and now remains to this branch of my history but to mention that this hero and his victorious army returned to the where they made a solemn and triumphant entry bearing with them the conquered and the remnant battered crew who had refused v for it appears that the gigantic had only into a at the end of the battle from whence he was speedily restored by a wholesome of the nose these captive heroes were lodged according to the promise of the governor at the public expense in a fair and spacious castle being the prison of state of which the conqueror of bay was i at new � ed governor and which has ever since remained in the possession of his descendants it was a pleasant and goodly sight to witness of the people of new at beholding their warriors once more return from this war in the wilderness the old women thronged round van who gave the whole history of the campaign with accuracy saving that he took the credit of fighting the whole battle himself and especially of the stout which he considered himself as clearly entitled to seeing that it was effected by his own stone the throughout the town gave holiday to their little who followed in after the drums with paper caps on their heads and sticks in their breeches thus taking the first b k on in the art of war as to the sturdy thronged at the heels of peter wherever he went waving their greasy hats in the air and shouting hard for ever it was indeed a day of roaring and a huge dinner was prepared at tlie in honour of the where were this castle very much altered and is still in being and stands at the corner of facing slip l a in one glorious the great and the little of new there were the and his � the with their at their elbows � the officers at the elbows of the and so on to the lowest on of police every having his rag at his side to finish his pipe drink off his heel and laugh at his of immortal in short � for a city feast is a city feast all the world over and has been a city feast ever since the creation � the dinner went off much the same as do our great and fourth of july loads of fish flesh and fowl were devoured of liquor drank thousands of pipes smoked and many a dull joke honoured with much fat sided laughter i must not omit to mention that to this victory peter was indebted 