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POETRY.
Prom th? Lon ’.on Evangelical Magazine
— fo • \jji ii, 1329.
THE V.VLLEY 3F DRY BONES.
In vision wapt, !>' H' l " nra ’ 1
Th" mV'tic prophet stood;
Ao l «til\ \vh“ r «*»r h 1 1o? ’ b 'tale
W>K Mf-'l»s8 hoo»s tva' ;
No l>aih of a'-, m voice, nor sound,
D > n * 1 .*! fh- awf-O <r’oo n;
B it siN b^rt *a*h, aroutii*
Was silent as th? torn’*.
A 1 ’ n°*th a.'*' > nt’? vo’ceTrom h?a'-’fc-
‘ TT tnn that stifin'*ss Vok?; .
•‘C-o V<e to th«se Ivy bon^ b? s> v ’?
’ IVas thus ih Q v<h?»1 *ook?:
O i '.onhtfo’ nj’ao? 0 Of? ••>r'V'ih?t t|i''°w
*)’ »r »v» r pnnl-lV’nc hone; .
Then n w v-‘ oa 1 •>, w' h rav j ence due,
“That, Le v’, to the? is known l”
C'PV'i nroohesv,” Jehovah sai l,
“Th it e a -h to life shall wake.;”
Th? won ’’ring seer at once obey’d,
\ vl all b-.gan to shake: ^
Now limb to meet its kindred limb,
With strange precision flew;
An*’ "a?h, of late so gaunt an I grim,.
With flesh wascloth’d anew. •
Again the Lout’s command was giv’n,
Upon the wind to call,
To breathe from ev’ry end of heav’n,
\nd animate them all:
The prophet call’d, the breezes blew,
‘Xnd soon, beneath their breath,
A hvtng a'anv sprung to view
Through all that vale of death.
*T;s ahjeet thus, O Lord, and lone,
The sin-hound spirit lies;
An 1 sa less as a moul i’ring bone
All human aid defies:
Or, if b?n°a'h the Gospel-sound,
A shape it seem to wear:
Th? form of hf» alone is bund, . .
The pow’r is wanting there.
But if thy Spirit deign to blow,
A worn! 5 ous change it brings:
At once the soul from death and woe
To life and vigour springs;
W.th :a ture strange the inward eye
Imbibes celestial rays;
The heart With hone and love beats high,
The mouth is fill’d with praise.
O then, if wrapt in slumber deep
Our poor dead soul remain;
L°t thy dear Spirit break our sleep;
And burst each earthly chain;
That fir’d with hope, and fill’d with love,
And freed from fleshly dross,
w e now may spring to life, and prove
Good Soldiers of the Cross! H. E.
nxisaiu.x.ANZiQcrs.
THE TIGER’S CAVE.
An adventure among the JMountains
of Quito.
(Translated from (he Danish of
fllmquisl, and the German of Doling,
by one of the Authors of the “Did
Volume,” “Tales and Legends,”
& c.) *
On leaving the Indian village, tve
continued to wind round Chimboras-
soi’s wide base; but its snow-crowned
head no longer shone above us in clear
brilliancy, for dense fog was gather
ing gradually around it. Our guides
looked anxiously towards it, and an-
nouivvd their apprehensions of a vio
lent storm. We soon found that, their
fears were well-founded, The fog
rapidly covered and obscui 1 * d the
whole of the mountain; the atinos-
E here was suffocating, and yet so
um.d that the steel work of our
watches was covered with rust, and
the watches stopt. The river beside
which we were travelling rushed
down with still greater impetuosity;
and from the clefts of the rocks which
lay on the left of our path, were sud
denly precipitated small rivulets,
that bore the roots of trees, and in
numerable serpents, along with them.
These rivulets often came down so
suddenly & violently that we had great
difficulty in preserving our footing.
The thunder at length began to roll,
and resounded through the mountain
ous places with the most terrific
grandeur. Then came the vivid
lightning,-flash following flash—above
around, beneath,—every where a sea
oi fire. We sought a momentary
shelter in a cleft of the rocks, whilst*
one of our guides hastened forward to
Seek a more secure asylum. In a short
time he returned, & informed us that
he had discovered a spacious cavern,
which would afford us sufficient pro
tection from the elements. We pro
ceeded thither immediately, and.with
great diffi -ulty, and not a little dan
ger, at last got into it.
The noise and raging of the storm
continued with so much violence, that
we could not hear the sound of our
voi *es. I had placed myself near the
entrance of the rave.and could ob-
seive, through Ihe opening, which was
Straight and narrow, the singular
seene without. The highest cedar
trees were struck down, or bent like
roods: monkeys and parrots lay show
ed upon the ground, killed by the
falling branches; the water had col
lected in the path we had just passed,
and hurried along it like a mountain
stream. From every thing I saw, I
thought it extremely probable that
we should be obliged to pass some
days in this cavern. When the storm,
however, had somewhat abated, our
guides ventured out in order to ascer
tain if it were possible to continue
our journey. The cave in which we
bad taken refuge Was so extremely
daik, that if we moved a few paces
from tbe intrance, we could not see
an inch beferfc us; and we were de
bating as to the propriety of leaving
it even before the Indians came back,
when we suddenly heard a singular
groaning or growling at the further
end of the cavern, which instantly
fixed all our attention. Wharton and
myself listened anxiously, but our dar
ing and inconsiderate young friend
Lincoln, together with my huntsman,
crept about upon their hands and
knees, and endeavored to discover, by
groping, from whence the sound
proceeded. They had not advanced
far-into the cavern, before we heard
them utter an exclamation of sur
prize; and they returned to us, each
carrying in his arms an animal singu
larly marked, and about the size of a
cat. seemingly of great strength and
power and furnished with immense
fangs. The eyes were of a green
color; strong claws were upon their
feet; and a blood-red tongue hung out
of their mouths. Wharton had scarce
ly glanced at them, when he ex
claimed, in consternation, “Good
God! we have come into (lie den of a”
He was interrupted by a fear
ful cry of dismay from our guides, who
came rushing precipitately lowards
us, calling out, “A tiger! a tiger!”
and at the same time, with extraor
dinary rapidity, they climbed up a
cedar tree which stood at 1he en
trance of the cave, and hid them
selves among the branches.
After the first sensation of horror
and surprize, which rendered me mo
tionless for a moment, had subsided,
l grasped my fire arms. Wharton
had already regained his composure
and self-possession; and he called to
■is to assist him instantly in blocking
up the mouth of the cave with an im
mense stone Which fortunately lay
near it. The sense of approaching
danger augmented our strength; for
we now distinctly heard the growl of
the ferocious animal, and \re were
lost beyond redemption if it reached
the entrance before we could get it
closed. Ere this was done, we
could distinctly see the tiger bounding
towards the spot, and stooping in or
der to creep into his deli by the nar
row opening. At this fearful moment
our exertions were successful, and
the great stone kept the wild beast at
bay. There was a small open space,
however, left between the top of the
entrance and the stone, through which
we could see the head of ihe animal,
illuminated by its glowing eyes, which
it rolled, glaring with fury upon us.
Its frightful roaring, too, penetrated
to the depths of the cavern, and was
answered by the hoarse growling of
the cubs, which Lincoln and Frank
had now tossed from them, ’bur fe
rocious enemy* attempted first tq re
move the s*one with his powerful
claws, and then push it with his head
from its place; and these efforts prov
ing abortive, served only to increase
his wrath, lie uttered a tremendous
heart-piercing howl, and his flaming
eyes darted light into the darkness of
our retreat.
“Now is the time to fire at him,”
said Wharton, with his usual calm
ness; “aim at his eyes: the ball will
go through his brain, and we shall
then have a chance to get rid of
him.”
Frank seized his double-barrelled
gun, and Lincoln his pistols, the for
mer placed the muzzle within a few
inches of the tiger, and Lincoln did
the same. At Wharton’s command
they both drew the triggers at the
same moment, but no shot followed.
The tiger, wno seemed aware that
the flash indicated an attack upon
him, sprang growling from the en
trance; but, feeling himself unhurt,
immediately turned hack again, and
stationed himself in his former place.
The powder in both pieces was wet;
they therefore proceeded to draw the
useless loading, whilst Whartort and
myself hastened to seek our powder-
flask. It war so extremely dark,
that wo tvere obliged to grope about
the cave; and, at last, coming in con
tact with the cubs, we heard a rus
tling noise, as if they were playing
with some metal substance, which
We soon discovered was the canister
We were looking for. Most unfor
tunately, however, the animals had
pushed off the lid with their claws
iiiid the powder had been strewed
over the damp earth, and rendered
entirely useless. This horrible dis
covery excited the greatest conster
nation.
“All is now over,” said Wharton,
“we have only now to choose whe
ther we shall die of hunger, together
with these animals who are shut up
along with us, or open the entrance to
the blood thirsty monster without,
and so make a quicker end of the
matter.”
So saying, he placed himself close
beside the stone, which for the mo
ment defended us, and looked un
dauntedly upon the lightning eyes of
the tiger. Lincoln raved and swore;
and 1* rank took a piece of strong cord
from his pocket, and hasted to the
further end of the cave—I knew not
with what design. We soon,_Jiow-
ever, heard a low, stifled groanin'*;
and the tiger, who had heard it also,
became more restless and disturbed
than ever! He went backwards & for
wards before the entrance of the cave
in the most wild and impetuous man
ner, then stood still, and stretching
out his neck in the direction of the
lorest, broke forth into a deafening
hoivl. Our two Indian guides took
advantage of this opportunity to dis
charge several arrows from the tree.'
He was struck.more than once, but
the light weapons hounded back harm
less from his thick skin. At length,
however, one of them struck him*
near the eye, and the arrow remained
sticking in the wound. He now broke
anew into the wildest fury, spran** at
the tree, and fore it with his claws,
as it he would have dragged it to the
ground. But having at length suc
ceeded in getting rid of the arrow, lie
became more calm, and laid himself
down as before in front of the
c-ive. ,
Frank now returned from the low
er end of the den, and a glance show
ed us what die had been doing. In
each hand, and dangling from the end
of a string were the two cubs. He
had strangled them; and before vve
were aware what he intended, he
tliiew them through the opening to the
tiger. No sooner did the animal per
ceive them, than lie gazed earnestly
upon them, and began to examine
them elqseiy, turning them cautiously
(rom side to side. As soon as lie'be
came aware that they were dead, he
uttered so piercing a howl of sorrow,
that we were obliged to put our hands
to our ears. When I upbraided mv
huntsman for the cruel action he had
so rashly committed, I perceived by
his blunt and abrupt answers that he
also had lost all hope of rescue from
our impending fate, and that under
these circumstances, the ties be
tween master and servant were dis
solved. Fur my own part, without
knowing why, I could not help believ
ing that some unexpected assistance
would yet rescue us from so liorilile a
fate. ^ Alas! I little anticipated the
sacrifice that my rescue was to
cost.
i’he thunder had nOw ceased, and
the storm had sunk to a gentle gale;
the songs of birds were again heard
in the neighbouring forest,and the sun,
beams sparkled in the drops that hung
from Ihe leaves. We saw through
the aperture how all nature was re
viving after the war of elements
which had so recently taken place;
but the constrast only made our situa
tion the more horrible. We were in
a grave from which there was no de
liverance; and a monster, worse than
the fabled Cerberus, kept watch over
us. The tiger had laid himself down
beside his whelps, He was a beau
tiful animal, of great size and strength,
and his limbs being stretched out’ at
their full length, displayed his im
mense power of muscle. A double
row of great teeth stood far enough
apart to show his, large red tongue,
from which the white foam fell iu
large drops. All at once another roar
was heard at a distance, and the ti
ger immediately rose and answered
it with a mournful howl. At the
same instant, our Indians uttered a
shriek, which announced that some
new dangers threatened us. A few
moments confirmed our worst fears
for another tiger, not quite sp large as
the formef, came rapidly towards the
spot where we were.
“This enemy will prove more cruel
than the other,” said Wharton; “for
this is the female, and she knows no
pity for those who deprive her of her
young.”
I lie howls which the tigress gave,
when she had examined the bodies of
her cubs, surpassed every thing of
horrible that we had yet heard; and
the tiger mingled his mournful cries
with her’s. Suddenly her roaring was
lowered to a hoarse growling, and we
saw her anxiously stretch out her
head, extend her wide and smoking
nostrils, and look as if, she were deter
mined te discover immediately the
murderers of her young. Her eyes
quickly fell upon us, and she made a
spring forward with the intention of
penetrating to our place of refuse.
Perhaps she might have been ena
bled, by her immense strength, to push
away the stone, had we not, with all
our united power, held it against her.
Dhen she found that all her efforts
were fruitless, she approached the
tiger, who lay stretched beside his
cubs, and he rose and joined in her
hoi ow roarings. They stood to
gether for a few moments, as if in
consultation, and then suddenly went
off at a rapid pace, and disappeared
from our sight. Their howling died
away in the distance, and then entire
ly ceased. We now began to enter
tain better hopes of our condition; but
Wharton shook his head. “Do not
flatter yourselves,” said he, “with the
belief that these animals will let us
escape out of their sight till they have
had their revenge. The hours we
have to live are numbered.”
Nevertheless, there still appeared
a chance of our rescue, for, to our
surprise, we saw both our Indians
standing before the entrance, and
heard them call to us to seize the
only possibility of our yet savin'* our
selves by instant flight, for that the
tigers had only gone round the height
to seek another inlet to the cave, with
which they were no doubt acquaint
ed. In the greatest haste the stone
was pushed aside, and we stept forth
from what we had considered a liv
ing grave. Wharton was the last
who left it; he was unwilling to lose
the double-barrelled gun, & slopped to
take it up: the rest of us thought only
of making our escape. We now
heard once more the roariug of tigers,
though at a distance; arid following the*
example of our guides, we precipi
tately struck into a side path. From
the number of roots and branches of
trees with which the storm Lad
strewed our way, and the slipperi
ness of the road, our flight was slow
and difficult. Wharton, though an
active seaman, had a heavy step and
had great difficulty in keeping pace
with us, and we were often obliged to
slacken our own on his account.
We had proceeded thus for about a
quarter of an hour when we found that
°W Vay . l ed a,on S the edge of a rocky
clifl, with innumerable fissures. We
had just entered upon it, when sud
denly the Indians, who were before
us, uttered one of their piercing
shrieks, and we immediately became
aware that the tigers were in pursuit
of us Urged by despair, we rushed
towards one of the breaks, or gulfs,
in our way, over which was thrown a
bridge of reeds, -that sprang up and
down at every step, and could be trode
with safely by the light foot of the
Indians -alone. Deep in the hollow
below rushed an impetuous stream,
and a thousand pointed and jagged
rocks threatened destruction on every
side. Lincoln, my huntsman, and
myself, psssed over the chasm in safe
ty’ bl i l ) V|, arton was still in the mid
dle of (he waving bridge, aiuf endea
vouring to steady himself, when both
the tigers were seen to issue from the
adjoining forest; and the moment thev
descried us they bounded towards us
vn h dreadful roarings. Meanwhile,
..hartun had nearly gained the safe
side of the gulf, and we were all clam
bering up the rocky c , iff exf>
Lincoln, who remained at the reedy
bridge to assist*his friend to step up
on . firm ground. Wharton, though
the ferocious animals were e|o se
upon Inin, never lost his coi’raee •>-
presence of mind. As anr, n , ,
f ined th, edge of.he diff „ k, el
down, and w.th his sword divided,!,
fa temnss by which the bridgewall
attached to the rock. Ho expected
,1 T ' h-rrior would thus
he put to the farther progress of our
pursuers; but he was mistaken; for he
had scarcely accomplished his task,
when the tigress, without a moment’s
pause, rushed towards the chasm,
attempted to bound over it. It \yfj s
fearful sight to see the mighty amor’
suspended for a moment, in the a
above the abyss; but the scene passeu
like a flash of lightning. Her strength
was not equal to the distance: she fell
into the gulf, and before she reached
the bottom, she was torn into a thou*
sand pieces by the jagged points of the
rocks. Her fate did not in the least
dismay her companion; he followed
her with an immense spring, and
reached the opposite side, but only
wi Ill'll is fore claws; and thus he dun®
to the edge of the precipice, endeavor*
ing to gain a footing. The Indians
again uttered a wild shriek, as if all
who hope had been lost. But Wharton,
was nearest the edge of the precipice,
advanced courageously towards the ti*
ger, and struck his sword into the
animal’s bleast, collected all his
strength, and with a violent effort, fix.
ing one of his hind legs upoir the edge
of the cliff, he seized’Wharton by the
thigh. That heroic man still pre*
served his fortitude; he grasped the
trunk of a tree with his left hand, to
steady and support himself,- while'
with his right he reached, and vio* v
lently turned the sword that was still
in the breast of the tiger. All thif
was the work of an instant . The lit*
dians, Frank, and myself, hastened
to his assistance, but Lincoln, who
was already at his side, had seized
Wharton’s gun, which lay near upon
the ground, and struck so poweiful a
blow with the but end upon the head
of the tiger, that the animal, stunned
and overpowered, let go his hold, and
fell back into the abyss. All would
have been well had‘it ended thus-
but the unfortunate Lincoln had not
calculated upon the force of his blow-
lie staggered forward, reeled upon
the edge of the precipice, extended
his hand to seize upon any thing to save
himself—but in vain. His foot slipp
ed: for an snstant he hovered over the
gulf, and then was plunged into it to
i ise no more!—Edinburgh ' Liter writ
Journal A y
From the morning Courier
ANECDOTE OF AN EAGLE.
A boatman, while engaged in con.1
veying salt on the Onondaga Lake, a
few years since, saw a large grey ea**ie
cutting his gyrations in the air, appar
ently noticing some 'prey in the lake
beneath. In a moment he poised,
and darted from his altitude into the
water, from which lie was unable to
rise. A continued flapping with his
broad and extended pinions kept him
from being drawn under, and proved
that his diamond eyes had not mistak
en their object. He approached the'
land slowly, the unknown creature be*
low acting as propellant and helms
man. The boatman giew interested
in the affair and landed. The eagle,
on touching terra firma, showed him
self fastened to a fine salmon. Our
hero, thinking it time to take his share
of the plunder, cut himself a stout
cudgel, and approached the imperial
bird of Jove; which, having his talons
last, was unable to rise, advance or
recede. Three times was the club
raised to strike, but the noble bear
ing of the regal bird, and his undaunt
ed front, made even the boatman quail
He could not assault imprisonei
majesty. The eagle exhibited m
signs of fear, but occasionally nibblei
the gills of his prize, and indignantly
glanced at the intrusive boatman
At length the talon; of one leg becami
released, and by a dexterous turn
those of (he other, when ' (1P
r”i‘\. his »-hi
the l, S J he mi ' C l coveted Mlmon t«
i boatman, who, on weighing it
found it to balance 2G pounds!* S
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
An Irish soldier once waited on hi<
commanding officer, with what he
|f' med a ver y serious complaint
“Another man,” he said, “had 1
S , £t^r U “ t -«-»S
Jcifr >han Bhe SdV.
sides Ip u u r Wany bad nanhe8 b <*
mention v '' ouid b e ashamed tc
mention to his honor.”—Colonel.-
CM, my good fellow, have you anv
Sr.llL tha <!r y? i nre married^
Soldier .-“Faith, your honour, I have
the best pro.-f m the world.” Here
he took off his hat, or rather cap, and
exhibited a cut skull, saving, “Does
your honour think I’d beafteV taking
wife?”" 6 abUSe f, ‘° rn any body but a
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