The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-05-22

himself on horseback. ahont 10 prm-rrl to a
spot where he would have plenty of >ho=,,ir.r
and kangaroo huntint a< we'll a> ri,l:so 1ficr
wild cattle. h" WAS in rcrv HIGH spirits. The
day was very hot: and when. ut a turn nr,bc
road. he found himself on the very vrr,r,. nf
the cool blue wafer. no wordrr he fell inrlin
cd TO lathe. The servant however. remind
ed him that they had sixty miles vet 10 ride.
and >houll lose nn time: h. resolved tI,rr,-
fore. TO bathc his feet only. which were Very
hot. He di>monnfcd aS dil also the man.
and pulling off his shoes and stn ki,,> b,.
seated himself on fiat lc,lrr oi' rock. rbcr.
the water was very deep, and dipped his feet
in' 1t was much the sam" AZ iti lr.r>"ir ,rIS-
pended his feet over the side of lp7t when
IN deep wafer. His head was turned toward,
the man, with whom he wa> AT the moment
speaking. when small ground shark. about
five feet long. rose suddenly AMI >ri.in.s him
10y the calf "t' Ike lc--, drag.r him of the
rock int" the water. The man had seen the
fish rise: tout 81 rapidly WAS the poor lad
S"'zcd. that ere he could spring forward To
grasp HIM. th" shark hal already h,rmr him
shrl''kIng AWAY ~ In the last mentioned
case. the l""kcr-on Was brave and true heart
ed. He lcaprd into the water. l-.inr 4 GOOD
swimmer. fortunately; and. tho,l-h with ,,,nr.
difficulty, succeeded in rcarhin. and takinr
hold of I'll" boy; for when shark has :, Iar.,c
hoiv in as Jaws. II ycncrsil, ru~hrs 10 and fro
on the surface ni the wafer For A na, time
did they struggle. the man rnl,a,orin, to
reach the shore and rh" shark rushing some
times IN that direction. and at others IN III.
opposite AT i,u.;h, however they reached
a >l'"t some thir;v vaI'i> or - tul;.lrr up the
shore, and "hcrc the water shaded >utiicirmt-
" t" i"r'mt the man to plant hi> feet Tor an
instant "n the ground. The m,,m,.n, ihis
happened, OWING 10 the greater Resistance, ul-
tcrcd, the flesh instantly separated from The
bones, ami the shark swain oil with the piece.
IN his JAWS He got the poor lal. who WAS
halt drowned and nearly n~cn<ih!.. safely oa
shore; AMI had a>>i>ttil.-c hrcn at hand. his
life might ultimately Ilavc been preserved
liut the nearest aid WIS >lNt, ml!,., oil. aud
the limb WAS ~ drea,iinly yy,,unl,ri, tn. whole.
OF the back portion "t the lee hciur either
torn oil or separated iniin the bone that,
carr, i'm. him before him in 1l,. saddle. he WI,
Obliged 10 tr-lycl very SLOWLY. Wor>,. than
this, hc hal {" cu,an;, one. i, NOT Two ui.h,s
IN the woods. before. rr,rhinr tia. >,,t;,u
The poor lal died from t,.;.,puS. ,r l.,.k-i,x
a lew ,lav> after the occurrence.
A few yeas a.o ! >,J ,..,.nrr,p,, toll
place on the .,nast ,,r,;l, al S,,l,,,.y 10
sci had been wrecked >su,xl,rr,. near Two
fold ;ay; all her r,,,,.,,.t,.rs and ,b,. ,,.w b,
cS,,a,sd safely to ih, ,bor,.. and X ,l,., b,d
recovered some provisions. and had the rr, :
,cct, alter few DAYS tray,lip, alonr ,b,.
coast oi reaching settlement. they were all
III high spirits Thcv had no boats. Tor all
belonging 10 the vessel had been DESTROYED
III Inc Time Ui her WRECK. tnIn1 10 tins
want. they met often with rrrat ,litl;culri,.s
in crossing the numerous creeks or rivers
which tall into the SEA in different parts of
the coast they were rrucccdin": h.in.s oticn
Compelled 10 make lonw circuits TO 80 round
, wade across them All difficulties, however,
OF tins nature had now Nearly been >ullnonnt-
cd-thcy were not lar IRON the settlement;
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'"ii'''''''> seeing Inc pioneer reach Ike n'id-
dic "i the crccA without ihc water r1slns a
hoFe their wal>t-l repaired I" hollow IN b"iy
when >"ddrni! one "i their ="ii'S' ut''nnS
ioud shrek, disappeared hcadi"mS t'nca'h
the surface Ills c"lnradc' who was only
lew Iari> "if, turned his head /" ascertain
the o'''ier' hni he was instantly >rIzc'i, aud
the as"nized spectators "az"d on, unable IN
the least TO All their unfortunate companions
VIII" were bcim" torn Ia pieces before their
eyes For some few minutes the rushing
rlav ot fins and tails with now and then DOT