Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-05-25

dedloyer earth and air. 1t exhibited fal
less commotion than is usual after tht
ieaainoctial tempest. The wind, in.
deed, had lulled early the precedin,
night, and when morning dawned, the
tired pillows were slowly sinking te
repose. Altogether, it was scene te
steal into susceptible heart, soothing
its troubled emotions like theint,uencee
OF sweet opiate-a scene to make one
In love with the beauty Of external ma.
ture, and grateful that his lot was cast
IN SO pleasant a province of this breath.
ing universe.
After breakfast, Ned proposed thai
we should go on fishing excursion a.
mong the nearest islands. Wen take
the rifles along,' said he, SO that il
Neptune proves unpropitious, we may
try what feathed favors Jupiter shall
vouchsafe us. Old Hal shall be our cox
swain, and when we grow weary, we'll
get him to spin US yarn or two by
way OF merry-making: he oceanic me-
mory is a perfect spicery to the palate
OF an uninitiated terrence
Hal had been sailor from early boy
hood; had visited every cline, almost
every port, between the poles; till at
length, worn down by age, rendered
premature by the hardships and jovial
imprudences incident to his perilous
avocation, and unable any longer to
find employment as a seaman, his de-
ISOLATE situation had excited the ready
sympathy of Mr.. Ashton, who bene-
violently gave the old weather-beaten
eosmopolite a home and quiet haven
beneath his hospitable roof. Here he
promptly evinced his gratitude in the
performance of numerous little house
hold offices within the easy exercise of
his shattered powers. He was never
SO happy, however, as when abroad up
on the pillows, which had been to him
as boon companions from his earliest
years. In one of his excursions upon
the sound with Ned, they had picked
up beautiful boat, which had evident
ly been made by a master-workman,
Tor e'sss..o wealthy amateur aquatic a.
musements. 1t was a fairy craft, grace
fully nodded, exquisitcly finished, and
of such airy lightness witha], that it see
med to spring away, at the impulse Of
wind or oar, whit fleetness start
led deer. Ned had happily yclept it
the "Procellaria,' after that swift wing
ed and adventurous bird, whose Ehome
is on the deep whose delight, the
widest commotion of the clements.
This was Halls hobby-his home-his
cynosurc-sthe ocean to the river of
his thoughts Ifhis services were re-
CURED at the house, there was no mis-
taking his whcreabout; for all knew
that Hal and the Procellaria, like Chang
and Eng, were sure to be found in a
fraternal proximity.
Our arrangements having been COM
plctcd, we proceeded to the beach, where
we discovered old Hal snugly enscon-
ccd in the boat, with fine stock of
bait, and a viaticum of substantial re-
Ireshmcnts, adequate to protracted
voyage round Cape Cod.
what have we here, commodoren
cried Ned, as he leaped over the gun
vale, and pumped upon aprodigious
coil of rope.
Nothing but queer kind Of Crap
oling-iron, and aSbit Of spun-yarn to
Keep it from losing overheard in
'qall, replied the good-naturcd tar, with
more than his usual animation. Dye
ice, sir, when / was down to the bo-
'ough this morning, ! heard say there
vas a grampus or SO in the ofiing, and
linking you'd like to see how we do
Kings off Greenland, borrowed har-
'oon for the 'casion, and have rugged
lcr as crank ASH Nan1uckctcr.'
sGood!' shouted Ned, boisterously,
good! my brave Palinure; and If you'll
ust harness our craft to such courscr,
nd give US mornings airing upon
he sound, you shall be sole owner and
aptain Of the Procellaria, forever, and
day after. Give US the oars, and let's
wayy
NO, no, Mr.. Nedward,' returned
Ial, anagrammatically, 4 must take
he oars myself, foT that blamed line {
ale has kept me in bilboessuchadog's
&c, that | long to try how u will feel
0 wing the little petrol again. You
axe the helm, and let your shipmate j
tow himself away there in the bows SO !;
$ to keep her trim, and ifold Hal don't I
how assea-serpent's wake, blame me!
Cast off there, and give me room to I
ct my nets!- as he bowed his =
inewy md still vigorous frame to the
ar fhf. little bark snran0 away as lie IN. 4