The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-01-15

preternatufal frenzy nude Tor the boH
his enormous laws distended to then
utmost limits aud ms tremendous tail
now earving upwards, ard ybfating like
a light-house IN an earthquake, ana
anon falling with horrid lap upon the ie-
vel bosom of The sounding deep. The
stonshed sailors were inlmctyelv IT,
bout To rush overheard, when, with Il
cunvulsivn bound, lit was The leap Of Il
mountaIn--lhclaccra mons,erspfanp
entirely over the boat, his unoarthly
dimensions striking principally upon The
opposite SIDE, and putty upon the fra
glle thing itself, splitting lis contents and
grinding lis lrame 10 splntcls.
The men were all good swimmers,
NJ, save one, betook Themselves wirh-
on farther calculation, and with cxrm-
pllry prceipltaney, Ia the formidable OK
efcse of their arms and lcgs--wherebv
thev soon reached the boats of lheh
comrades, and were OUT of danger.-
Not SO with poor Jonah. In the umull
he moment he had become cntanplod
n ne tortuous coli attached 10 his hal-
pom. Not IN instant had been allowed
Inn, wherein he meht have seized the
pdt,aei, ol unshelthed his laekniie, and
freed himself from 81 uneracious pre-
dieameut. He fell hlmsels drawn, by
an irresistible power, down, AMIDST IN
'ermnable caverns, and betlomlcss pro-
inndltleS. What greatly surprised HIM,
was his ability stll to breathe aud 10
see. I 'ssing with tho rapidily ol thought,
alone imme Nureable distances, he hid
oppur ml G. 10 SC but Il few Of the
wonders ol those vast CULTS. Here lay
IN extensive forest OF coral, inhabited
by shapes Observation-Disclosures moved
II immense mass OF gclannous matter,
comprised by myliads of suhmarln,
prod1ecS, 20 plscINorous man hitherto
unknown. The sea devil, with hi, en-
ertld horns the tartMcan crab, w,th
million oi claws, clch inrlong IN
length; the ponaorous symmesion oys-
'er, whose shell opens vide enough :.
limit seVenly-tuuf: the thousand c,-
ell dragon Whose head, studded " l.
d1hzIing Gems, and whose every eve, Sc
II countless diamonds, may he seen r..
.nr depih five hundred fatboms /; Sea
#orgons, h)drs, "rflms, phunixs, an
II mnucf oi brandul reptiles, wore
pnefy feeding ~ ifolckinu without any
noise, IN those unsearchablc regions.
And here, some philosopher, my BE-
lSPosed 10 obtude a donbl, ront hine
honest Jonnh's capacity of vision and q,
separation the Whuie.-l}u let il be IL
fmet, whcther 80 huge 4 body, dartino
I ronah the So, wiz .nrh outrageous
eoIcriY, my not have lei behind u sOfi
oil v4eullg, aiiprdlng medium wherein
the hide anmll IN hls rear miph'
{ q lsc those t,cul.osl And, regard
~ thc accelerated progress of TIN
monster, il my be apdy accounted for
~ purely philosophical principles cy-
Try body know how Clsl a dog will lun
wrh tin kcttlr-# ".t*
B0 70 ON .Ic--lei rs hasten to the
Ga astrophc. Aljcf beng rrr ed l.
suoh a ma -, our almost exhausted he
70, iounI msclf on the ascent. ILL.,.
Wlld and turbulent conductor was apain
mounting 20 the upper would. Embra-
eng = moment Of respite, while the
whale WIS in he ac' OF turning upon IL
SIDE, hc SOUGHT his kmie--bui IL VAN
1t new motion disturbed hin---hc W.
waved to and fro wllh an mpctuols re-
aoarlty--hi, lungs laborcd, and his
s.ght grew mdlatnrt--his breath went.
and came and went, to return moi with
ont inhoIug also draughl OF the saline
MUD. Alas thouglhc, am drowned
foeey imagcs foatcd on his bran, and
gradually iaded into utter oGuscation.
lie apol,c upon The qulrtcr dcch Of h
own ship, under he operation Of siimn-
lltIve cordlils aud " I'm towels having
been cast upon the surface during lhe
whales dying struggle, and picked ~
near the place of his descent, by ms
auxiou, cumrades--ro whom he VS.
shorfly eaabicd to lend hand in cut
ting il and trying out hi, ninety barrell-
ed tormentor.