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16. After he had marched, through no pleasant paths, in this painful manner for many a tedious mile; the partys (who were exceflively fatigued) halted to breathe. His hands were now immoderately welled from the tightness of the ligature: and the pain had become intolerables His feet were fo much scratched that the blood dropped faft from them.

- 17. Exhausted with bearing a burthen above his ftrength and frantic with torments exquifite beyond endurance; he entreated the Irish Interpreter to implore as the last and one ly grace he defired of the Savages, that they would knock him on the head and take his fcalp at once, or loose his hands.

18. A French officer, inftantly interpofing, ordered his hands to be unbound and fome of the packs to be taken off. By this time the Indian who captured him and had been abfent with the wounded, coming up gave him a pair of Mocafons and expreffed great indignation at the unworthy treatment his prifoner had fuffered.

19. That Savage Chief again returned to the care of the wounded, and the Indians, about two hundred in number, went before the reft of the party to the place where the whole were, that night, to encamp. They took with them Major Putnam, on whom (befides innumerable other out rages) they had the barbarity to inflict a deep wound with a tomahawk, in the left cheek.

320. His fufferings were in this place to be confummated.. A scene of horror, infinitely greater than had ever met his eyes before, was now preparing. It was determined to roaft him alive. For this purpose they led him into a dark foreft, stripped him naked, bound him to a tree and piled dry brush with other fuel, at a small distance, in a circle round him.

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21. They accompanied their labors, as if for his funeral dirge, with fcreams and founds inimitable but by favage voices. They fet the piles on fire. A fudden fhower dam ped the rifing flame. Still they ftrove to kindle it, until, at laft, the blaze ran fiercely round the circle. Major Put. nam foon began to feel the fcorching heat. His hands were fo tied that he could move his body. He often shifts. ed fides as the fire approached..

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ages muft fhudder, afforded the higheft diverfion to his in human tormentors, who demonftrated the debrium of their joy by correfpondent yells, dances and gesticulations. He faw clearly that his final hour was inevitably come. He fummoned all his refolution and compofed his mind, as far as the circumstances could admit, to bid an eternal farewell to all he held most dear.

23. To quit the world would fcarcely have coft a fingle pang but for the idea of home, but for the remembrance of domeftic endearments, of the affectionate partner of his foul, and of their beloved offspring. His thought was ultimately fixed on a happier state of exiftence, beyond the tortures he was beginning to endure.

24. The bitterness of death, even of that death which is accompanied with the keeneft agonies, was, in a manher paft nature, with a feeble struggle, was quitting its laft hold on fublunary things-when a French officer rushed through the croud, opened a way by fcattering the burning brands, and unbound the victim. It was Molang himself to whom a Savage, unwilling to fee another human facrifice immolated, had run and communicated the tidings.

25. That commandant fpurned and feverely reprimanded the barbarians, whofe noctural Powwas he fuddenly ended. Putnam did not want for feelings or gratitude. The French Commander, fearing to truft him alone with them, remained until he could deliver him in safety into the hands of his master.

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26. The Savage approached his prifoner kindly and feemed to treat him with particular affection. He offered him fome hard biscuit, but finding that he could not chew them, on account of the blow he had received from the Frenchman, this more humane Savage foaked fome of the bifcuit in water and made him fuck the pulp-like part.

27. Determined, however, not to lofe his captive (the refreshment being finifhed) he took the mocafons from his feet and tied them to one of his wrifts; then directing him to lie down on his back upon the bare ground, he ftretched one arm to its full length, and bound it faft to a young tree; the other arm, was extended and bound in the fame manner his legs were ftretched apart and faftened to two faplinga.

28. Then a number of tall, but fiender poles were cut down; which, with fome long bushes, were laid across his body from head to foot: on each fide lay as many Indians as could conveniently find lodging, in order to prevent the poflibility of his efcape. In this difagreeable and painful pofture he remained until morning.

29. During this night, the longest and moft dreary conceivable, our hero ufed to relate that he felt a ray of cheerfulness come cafually across his mind, and could not even refrain from fmiling, when he reflected on this Judicrous group for a painter, of which he himself was the principal figure.,

30. The next day he was allowed his blanket and ccafons, and permitted to march without carrying any pack, or receiving any infult. To allay his extreme hun ger, a little bear's meat was given, which he fucked through his teeth. At night, the party arrived at Ticous deroga and the prifoner was placed under the care of French guard.

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31. The Savages, who had been prevented from glasting their diabolical thirst for blood, took every oppor tunity of manifefting their malevolence for the difap pointment, by horrid grimaces and angry geftures; but they were fuffered no more to offer violence or perfonal in dignity to him.

32. After having been examined by the Marquis de Montcalm, Major Putnam was conducted to Montreal by a French officer, who treated him with the greatest indulgence and humanity.

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N Officer in the late American army, on his station at the weftward, went out in the morning with his dog and gun, in queft of game. Venturing too far from the garrifon, he was fired upon by an Indian, who was lutking in the bushes, and instantly fell to the ground.

2. The Indian running to him, ftruck him on the head with his tomahawk in order to dispatch him; but the button of his hat fortunately warding off the edge, he was only ftunned by the blow. With favage brutality he applied the fcalping knife, and haftened away with this trophy of his horrid cruelty, leaving the officer for dead, and none, to rglieve or confèle àm, but his faithful dog.

3. The afflicted creature gave every expreffion of his attachment, fidelity, and affection. He licked the wounds with inexpreffible tenderness and mourned the fate of his beloved mafter. Having performed every office which fym pathy dictated, or fagacity could invent, without being able to remove his mafter from the fatal fpot, or procure from him any figns of life, or his wonted expreffions of affection to him, he ran off in queft of help.

4. Bending his courfe towards the river, where two men were fishing he urged them by all the powers of native rhetoric to accompany him to the woods. The men were suspicious of a decoy to an ambufeade, and dared not venture to follow the dog; who, finding all his careffes fail, returned to the care of his mafter; and, licking his wounds a fe cond time, renewed all his tenderneffes; but with no better fuccefs than before.

5. Again he returned to the men once more to try his skill in alluring them to his affiftance. In this attempt he was more fuccefsful than in the other. The men, feeing his folicitude, began to think the dog might have discovered fome valuable game, and determined to hazard the confequences of following him.

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6. Tranfported with his fuccefs the affectionate creature hurried them along by every expreffion of ardour. Prefently they arrived at the fpot, where behold, an officer wounded, fcalped, weltering in his own gore, and faint with the lofs of blood.

7. Suffice it to fay, he was yet alive. They carried him to the fort, where the first dreifings were performed. A fuppuration immediately took place, and he was foon conveyed to the hofpital at Albany, where in a few weeks he entirely recovered, and was able to return to his duty.

8. This worthy officer owed his life, probably, to the fidelity of this fagacious dog. His tongue, which the gentleman afterwards declared gave him the moft exquifite plea fure, clarified the wound in the most effectual manner and his perfeverance brought that assistance, without which he muft foon have perished.

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My dog the truftieft of his kind,
With gratitude inflames my mind;
I mark his true, his faithful way,
And in my fervice copy Tray."

Volcanoes of Iceland, abridged from the Encyclopedia. CELAND is noted for volcanoes, which feem to be

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world. They begin with a fubterraneous rumbling noise," with a roaring and cracking in the place, from whence the fire is to burst forth. Fiery meteors alfo proceed the eruption of fire, and fometimes fhocks of earthquakes.

2. The drying up of fmall lakes, ftreams and rivulets, is alfo confidered as a fign of an approaching eruption; but the immediate forerunner is the bursting of the mafs of ice on the mountains. Flames then ifue from the earth, and lightning and fire balls from the fmoke, and stones and ashes, are thrown to a vast distance. In 1759, a stone 290 pounds weight was thrown 24 miles.

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3. The oft tremendous eruption ever known was in 1783. Its firft fign was perceived on the firft of June, by a trembling of the earth in the western part of the province Shapterfall. It continued and increafed till the 11th day, when the inhabitants quitted their houfes and lay in tents. A continual fmoke was feen to arife out of the earth in the northern parts of the Island, and three fire fpouts broke for th in different places.

4. The fe fpouts of fire afcended to a vaft height, fo as to be visible at the diftance of 200 miles. Immenfe quantities of afhes, fand and other fubftances, were caft up and spread over the country. The atmosphere was fo filled with them as to be rendered dark, and great damage was done by the pumice ftones which fell red hot in large quantities. 5. The fhower continued for many days. The fire' fometimes appeared in a continued ftream, and fometimes in flashes, with a noise like thunder, which lafted the whole fummer. At the fame time fell vaft quantities of rain, impregnated with acid and falts, which corroded the face and hands of the people; in other places there fell fhowers of hail, which did much damage. In places near the fire, the grafs and every green thing was deftroyed: being covered with a cruft of a fulphurous and futty

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6. Such thick vapours were raifed by this conflict of adverfe elements, that the fun was obfcured and appeared like blood; and the whole face of nature feemed to be

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