Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-12-02

/ not lAlFuue on tue Hfst Joys Oh the ihteuh9, put
fastened to the Pastors house, begged my good
most 10 supply me with few TASKS Of rosy wine,
and carried them with me to Demands cottage.
The mother, not without some embarrassment,
placed on the table her little store and when we
had filed our glasses, Bernard began to US now ne
had set of, prepared for two days absence, and
had soon reached particular height whore he
had often been fortunate in the chase. sHere,''
continued he, 81 was in hopes Of again succeed,
ing for scarcely had | crossed the snowy plain,
and climed cautiously up few projecting rocks,
before saw a channels keeping watch on the top
of crag Just above me. It gave the signal for
| fight, and instantly Disappeared. got the
rock as quickly as could but the whole troop
were, by that time, out of my reach, and saw
them eaping, swiftly lightning, over an i'm
mense chasm. A sndden change in the wind had
made the animal aware of my approaches that all
my hopes of success were, for the day, put an end
to, and all could do to go round to the other
side of the chasm, and lie in wait for the reap
pearance of my prey. AS night approached,
betook myself to sleep in the cleft of rock and
having taken sound nap for some hours, l was
suddenly awakened by tremendous storm. The
cold was intense, and was obliged to keep my
self in violent motion, by jumping and leaping, to
avoid being frozen At length the wished for morn
| appeared set out my days work, and dis
covered traces of the game But the appearance
of the morning augured badly for my secession
| all sides there symptoms ola gathering storm;
the air bacame heavy and sultry, and my labors
were toilsome and Disappointing. The chamois
kept leaping about, now this side, and now on
that, then disappearing behind the rocks, and
always GLIDING me as approached them. l was
determined, however, not to give up the pursuit;
till, at length, downright exhaustion compelled
me to repose myself, and unconquerable drowsi-
ness completely overpowered me. How long l
had slept | do not know but certain it is, that
but for the refreshment of this sleep, should
never have been able to support the trials yet in
store for me-
ga loud peal of thunder awoke me from my
slumbers sprang up began to reconnoitre the
spot and discovered three or four chamos stand
! ing together at the rock. All my fatigues were
forgotten-I levelled my piece, and in an instant
one of them was killed, and came tumbling down
the recpice, rafting down the loose stones.
began to look about me for some way of getting
down into the valley; but this found to be ut
terly impracticable. Meanwhile, tremendous
masses of clouds were rolling over the mountains;
thunder, with deaienlng roar, echoed amongst
the rocks frey lghtnings burst through the dark
sky, and glided down the snowy heights while
thick hail storm ratified furiously upon the froz-
en- surface around me. Oh what awful scene
WINS this All nature seemed to have risen up in
rebellion; thunder and lightning peang and
flashing, as If to announce that the end of the
world was approaching. At length reached in
safety, the shelter of a rock, which protected me
from the sharp pelting of hail By degrees, the
hurricane abated ; | commended myself to God,
threw my chamoiS across my shoulders and salli-
ed forward again with thankful heart Though
the descent grew more and more dangerous at
every step, | arrived safely at the edge of the
Black Scalp but to cross this seemed absolutely
impossible. The waters, which were now let loose
came roaring down furiously over the slippery sur
face of this immense fiat rock, and tearing along
with them great masses of stone and crag. The
thought of Maria and my mother, and of their
anxiety about me, gave resolution for every
thing. II began to grow dark--co courage, courage
said TO mysel-on with it--He who rules over
the winds aud halls, and watches over the safety
OF millions, viii keep me free from harm. So
saying, set my foot on the Black Scalp, and
began to with cheeriulness and caution
but when had about half accomplished the per-
Ilous passage, an immense mass of snow came
rushing from above, and at once overwhelmed me
in its course. Good God what tremendous
moment IL lay senseless the whole night, and it
was not till the dawn began to break that became
conscious OF the danger | had run, and the escape
| had experience d and discovered that the sharp
rugged rocks, against which had been whir!ed,
stood on the very brink of a tremendous preci-
pice, and had saved me from the inevitable des-
tructon of fall down the aby S. To nv great
chagrn, perceived that my gun was shattered
to pieces; but very fortunately, my pole, which
had strapped to my hand, my iron crampons and
hammer, remained uninjured. This was not
moment for much consideration had nothing
to do but to try and climb up as well as could
In many places, was obliged to knock away
pieces of rock with my hammer and get some
support for my hands and feet and sometimes,
had to crawl, with no small difficulty, through
narrow chinks and holes
At length after lowering, as it were, between
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