The weekly sun., 1861-10-19

started np and looked a. Mss Hyde, ~ ! hea-l
plainly enough the cry, "On deck there-lant
Or I turned round AZ once and walked out OF
the roundhouse 10 the quart 'rleCk, where, two
minutes afer the whole of the pa 'sangers were
crowling r. bolow, the Judge and his d,ugh-
ter already IN the pop Far alOft, upon the
fnre-to'g,llant va-l, IN the no glare of tho sun,
a sailur was standing with his hand over hi,
cyos anl locking 10 the horizon, as ,hs India
man stocd quietly before the light moezs
where away ayi' was tho nox; hail from
lock. Broad on our larboard bow. sir. vas
the answer
"well, maam," continued tho naval man,
on again resuming his narrative, "as tod
Won, the sudden hail Of Land. brought u' all
on deck in twinklng in the midst oi my tick
lish conversation with the Judge. "Itlu' you
aloftl' shouted the chief officer himoii, dye
hear, sirrih, use yaur eyes b.iOre han'ug lno
deck' Gland sii" came falling down again
out Of the sunlight; Land II Is, slr-OrOad away
ON our lart-ard bow, sir.
Ry tbis time it was about half past nine or
ton O'Clock Of the morning. Heading nearly
duo southeast, as We now we're, The lndaman's
bowsprit ran up into tho fall white blaze Of
light, in which her flying jib-boon seemed 10
quivcr and writho far away from her like an eel
| In water.
You d have thought by the glance under to
fore course, over the chips head-pra ings, abe
was travel ling oil quietly INTO sono no-man'-
land or other, where 1t w,lld bo 40 bright we
| should all have to We. reen spec'aCl,R tho
light breeze leing alr irect from nor wost,
aud 10 fairly in her favor with tho help Of her
s'uidng sail. she was making won ierlul pro
gruss for such nero brci h--about four knots
to tho hour, a. reckoned. The air aloh ap-
pearcd in the meantime to bo stoadying and
sucking, though tho water KEEP, smooth and her
bows scarce made any noise in H. the wide 'olt
swells of the sea Just iloited up Of a pale blue.
and lifted her on, Till sho went soothing gently
down into It again; only, if YOU put your head
over the stafhoard side, and listened, you thought
YOU hoard sort dull p,pping ripple coming
along the bends from round her counter. -
| At length the third mato was seen to shove his
spy.g as together in the tup-gtllant crosNtree
and cuuc slowly down ths rigging. We'll
Mr. R,cLc.tI" .aid the chief oHi 'or, meeting
him a, he landed ou deck. "W-l, sir, sail
, Rickot. 1T S LARA af,r ALL Mr.. Finch 20
| The nlta rapp,d ou' an oath, and took
another turn; VI c,oud screwed his mouth
' a, If ho were gJug TO wills le, then pulled
his rcd whist crs iu.'csi, and looked queer
q At Rickctt: Wilde Rickar stood pcor'ng into his
b spy glass, "a, ho would have doNo into his hat,
hud h. sui Drco a iorms.t man. Tho mates
! eve met his tn turned to the passenger, loan
! inF over Il = op railing, aud ihey all thfoo
wilkui go tbs Csp,tnn, whero they he gan "a
! overhaul tic charts, and laid their heads TO-
9 ,e'hcr our "fo ear sh,t
? Wv, whether this said lard just ma out
3 on the northeast, EXTENDED away back to SOUTH
! east as the clearer louk Of tho horizon TO star
: board mplo one think II was hard TO say
= though IN that way Of IL, there were seemingly
= two plans for widening her distance. kuha
= Fincn mi .,ht think i, better 10 keep hold Of Q
u fair wind, aud just edge her oil enough to dror
= the pJid' ON h'r weather q,mrtcr--whcn, q
= cOurac, It things P'ool a. they re, We shoulj
soon set a good stretch Of water botwiN
~ US and tho coat; or else they nigh
r. brace direct Iound on tho other ticl,
I'd aud head right snuihwetard, out y
a, sea again though If We wcro still IN II
= the current would set Us every bi IA much i
j, its own direction ever. Accordingly sidle'
IA nearer to tho capstan, and watched anxioui,
~ for what tho third mate had 10 propose, alto
humming and having Ii tie, and scratching
tr his heod under his cap for half a minute. A
o., any rate, Mr.. Finch, sir, ;" said he, "mOro espl
I'd cialy tho captain being of charge, ! may say
rs why, Id advise yc, sir, to - Here h
ks droppod his voice; hut Finch apparently agroe,
,m to what he said
lst Ready about ship thcro," said the seco Il
NJ ! mate alsud To the boa,swRn forward; and i
MT ten minutes af crwards the Scringapa,aIn WI
get fairly round, as ! had expected, heading at
right angle to her former course, with Il
and brco2o before her starbuard beam, and tho 81
l'cr blazing on the other | walked forw Ard To Il
ups bows, and actually sartod 10 hear how loud a.
be- clear the ripple hui got unier them Of n su
den meeting hor with plash, as IT 4he we
1do making six or seven knot Roadway, while q
p% canvass seemed tu draw much stiilar alOf
To you'd have supposed the breeze had fre,l
'fo. cnod as soon as the helm was pu
lck down. Tho mates looked over the sid
i'le and alon, rubbing their hands and ling
tlll Zach other, as much a. To say how fast she "
nd hauling OIL the bal neig hbJrhood the wa, il
in Il ough the heat was as great a. ever and yu
a didn't feel a breath more air below, nor see th
lds water ruilo. To my notion, in fact, IL was ju
at the sot ofths current az lins her that sccmin 4
ireshcnod her way, the sh p Icing now dlr,c, Il
nd IT. teeth 80 thai, Of course II would keep bear
ing her pp all tho time away nofthe ,Stwac
id #uh h"t own leo way TO help il; AID to l..
could ary or notice the din renee bet Eixt III
'c .hia. going pa, her side, and her passing IN
81 water. THIS tack Of hers, which IL ckett, II
ot doubt lh.rgrt such safe plan, might DO III
a Ncrr orc a. PIT hrr IN really dangerous va
a vet; for "hpu they did discover this unlcrtos
Il how were they 20 take her out of IT, after all
l'll Probably hy trying to Stand fair across IN
'trealu OF It 20 southwark, which, wi h1lt thr
A. times the wind we ba :, 'yOull at best take 1
u out many miles nearer the land it act upon, o
De leave us, perhap', bgcalmod in the midst of It.
The truth was, that althou Ih hadn't ies
X what like the land was, and couldn't have said
ng 10y the chart wtere We were, ] be gan to have
he notion Of whereabouts we possibly soon migl
m. he, from what romembercd he tring an ol
ng quartormaster in the Iris say, couple Of yea
he bciorc, regarding particular spot ON tho sOutl
west coast, where tho currents at some season
>to as he ph-asod it, made II regular race.cour
w, Meeting. The old fellow gave me also at Il
time, some bcirngs Of the nearest coast wi
~ the Ian, mnk' at tho mouth Of river a lit
The farther npIth--whCh, he said, he would know
ad you st i'm down there Of a dark night thauu
lr be h4d been in his bed at Gosport the mintl
or btiore, II Ihtr1 was Just right streak Of sky
lu' the eastwaid-n mely, big black rock iii
N two steps and block at the foot OF them, soul
the what the shape OF clipped holy-stone, runnif
down on one side ont Of high headland Iii
- al admiral 3 cooked hat, with six mop head,
~ Trees upon the root Of the rock, for a
la, the world like hairs OH wart. Here
- rocOilecicd how my worthy authority point
- nlVdcstly for example to case Of the kind
~ his own nose. The opposite shore Of its mou
i was ta' with a hoayy white suit; but il shut
u, 20 tar upon tho other, he said, that, steelit
ny rom the south ard, one would never know the
nj; was river there at all. The Bimhar no calf
gh il; but II he meant the Bembarooshe, We cou
wn scarcely be near Il. Cr that much toward beiI
gn abreast OF St. Helena. For all saw, indeo
n we might have nothing TO eastward OF us sa,
H. hand coast, or else tho sandy coast flrth
u down, shnalng out of sight Of land! At al
er, rate knew we must have got into the tail
hy The great sea stream from round the Cape
!! Cool Hope, which would, no doubt, spit o.
ily at sea on Nlpna's Bank, ani turn partly
'er north-eastWard thcredbOuts; 50 that il wasn't
\, very bad que S TO suppose We were getting |
ln somewhere near Cape Frio the likeliest pla
Is in the world To- find old Bob Martina "maz,
ry which we used to joke about so in the Iris
~ What was dono, though, required u be dor
uuill.lV aTl 1 ln.LnI IL, 1, w.