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Feb, l.-We expect to be ready,i.o sail fever

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took sick today. We 'think it ls th

Feb. 0 --\Vind right nilcr us We sn

e of him; and Pope said he had not blacks

‘or Lascarsto deal with. 'The Captain v said he had worse. So they»lo\vered the

tomorrn.Wh\il bi _ I ' " ‘

W Q M a am “S ncsqdone three ships und hailed one of the-ni but boatand Dnvlsion, Norton, and Keating

here (ln Bellini by David Easton, a Scot, and he had everything in a crack.

Feb. P. -This morning anne of the

company _went on shore three orj_lour times to hurry the things on board. The

d t t Mor Ben word won' “pmt” to get wind cameronnd and struck us rlgh

away as soon as possible as there were n number ol new cases of lever. The British Consul was taken with it this

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mom "R y I ‘ an hand" “ere °“ topsail. and we lay till the morning,

board and the broker paid. The people

fro tl ho il ‘ th ii . lonzngli; °:°mB:n( 0;; eyeerimneow nfs; continued line for some days hervu.fler.[ place and so well behaved; they said when Bn1‘3)é,:xfJh::;enlrimifiypgliiiratnlil um brig was bmught' m they did “M” the waterbeln _ shionth il nd ral h know what t° make M It thesans bein” got over°bon.rdK and swam caller :hurl clewed up so -soon' so many men, and _ , _ :'::::.“:,‘:::..“::.s§.°:..‘\i,f:;:~ i`5‘iif€‘i`~3l<°»‘l`3`f°»fJf‘f‘?“°»f»`i\?‘i»‘é°l’55° less than “vent ‘mlnznes we ;m u ship was drifting away from him very under weluh Y re fast. S0 some oi! the men cast nfline over

' with a stick tied to it and he took hold of

' FHL 3"`S““““Yv Wmd mir- R“““i“ll it, and was hauled in.Shortly afteru large

slx`ku0tB. bird called an alhntrosa came flying past

dash' ;i°“;lwlin‘|9 "fm t“3°\` “B-t FiXi“: and S. McCallum ilred and llrokellts wing.

°“ “ “De” R °° ° \`°“ll Some of us vvantedtolower the mat and

W°“¢'h°"~ Au Well- oaiter it but the Captain forbid it.

they dill not understand lhiglisli.

. we left Bahia with fair wind, in latitud

-30.20. Mr. Moore reada sermon and w

nd singing and prayer. In the nlnhtth

and it blew very hard so that we had t take every ~mil oiflhe ship, except ri io

and then set sail again. [The weathe-

‘wcnt uitcr the bird and brought him on

Feb. lil.-'I‘his is the eighth duy since iboard. ilu was nine (set across iroru tip

ci to tip oi wing. [Fair winds und ilne till e the 17th. ] ' “i Feb. 17.-Sunday, at 2 in the morning t rainingnudatair wind, thena sqnail

aback. \Ve hurl all stuilding sails set struck us right ahead, and we had to

o clew up all sail. In blew all day very hard,

not ncloud in thssky, a school oi porpolses came round the ship some as close as ilve

rlor six yards. We had prayers morning ~und evening. I am not very well, nor 'hare I been this good many days but I think I am better than I was.

[Then followed favorable weather till thf

20th. when the wind increased, and on the Zlst. the main yard broke, and had to be cleared away.)

Feb. 2l. It took all day to splice the

ysrd,the sea being almost mountains high with what some would call agale ot wind. The tumbling about is not so slow. Box- es, bags, books, boots, shoes, clothes, hats, one and everything else, and the dog not even exempt. Oh, It is all very well to talk about the sea when on shore. In the

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swell,

twice. '

Feb. Still blowing very hard. -Had

goinn down fast, heavy

cold. Saw a large whsle

to take in the top-gallant sails. The def

very line. -I i Feb. 24. Sunday. Delightful morning. I Not a hrsaiihol wind, lying beoslmed.

.l .i.l‘eb.25. Another bssntltul day, lair

wind, ruimlng all knots with all sails set. A great row in the galley with the cook, and James Hancock resigned and Percival was lnadii chok. The steward had orders to weigh th butter out to each mess, hail a pound a n a week.

Feb, H. ir' wind all night. Running

in for the d southwest by west. At one o'eiock sngsd course south, and are running on yet, beautiful breeas on our quarter. hundreds of birds. Lati~ tude 4750, March 2.

as it could

his morning it was as calm and we did not sail ons mile

all the all th llrst part of the day, but we ' saw land ah d, very high. The Captain said it was Staten Island, at the point oi Cape Horn. Got Soundings at sixty-ilve iuthorus. We intended to go through the Strait-8 ol_ Le Mare. `

liilarchil. Sunday. Comingon to blow

we wore ship and ran for shelter under the land. Saw a large barque, and two or

three sails'-one a isége ship the other a topsnil schooner. e lay under land all night; it blew hard with iupualls and hall. The land is tremendous h gh, with lofty peaks as white as snow. t was bitter cold. I had to lie in my hammock or walk up and down the deck to keep myssli

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HEaci.orsln the incident whio . the late Cyrus Shawnsed to re- late to which you made reference

in your columnua ahort_tirue ago-were two men and their wives with two in-» iantsln arms. The children were candi- dates for baptism. The elders were their parents' and sponsors. The oélnpanyi bslongedto Three Rivers, from which

piaoctoilharlottetown the _iourneywss made on foot in the winter nsason.Betors‘

entering upon the narrative :lt will be necessary to preiaceit with u. short history of the active figures, as well as thecsuscs and events leafllnil up to its iulillment.

During the opening years of the last

century, there emigrated ,from Perth- shire, Scotland, a man named Peter Campbell, who settled on the Southern shore oi the Montague River. He was accompanied by his wife-whose maiden name was Jessie Dewar-and live atirrdy sons, all oi whom had a local distinction,

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Aiew years ago when the Montreal

Witness oifered aprile to the school ohildrcnol Canada lor ths'»hsst storm descriptive-ol ‘life in “Pioneer times," aslster ol the writer oi this sketch took lor her themes the' exploits doin' ‘.°9Fisli. ni-om¢n..~"i‘nn iam-mlugvf-°o‘»w°¢i-ea' inthecoiemnsoi’ thewitnssoaod nu. 'oopiedin|A\o1»h0r0umdls:n Journals.

Among-others whioh‘ths»-¢?sam= of fres- dom and indspandsncsnhld attracted to our aborcswvere two brothers James and .Donald-Dewar. .They were from Perthshire and on arrival took up land on the southern side ol the-Montague, where they carved -out homes that are still in possession of their. desenzlsnuai' Donald had married Elisabeth Irving; he had thrss sons and several daughters.

His daughter Margaret married Duncan Campbell one ot the “live brothers." His sons Donald and Elder Robert- lived at

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are his descendants. ' -

Duncan Campbell and his wife who,@ts twol#-l'bs_dblhil\lflio!»Our story, iivbd ona1¢ss»,ahssr.awa mem em. or More ag." snare. 'run bwniml miduui wistohisznnwpoonplsd iprths widows

theiateioleoh-~D.-and Gsorga Oa icons oLthe ohio! attractions of s d V hliliilrinl--llon|»gqwssGoorgetown.' , James Dewar married Annie Farlsne; he had three sons and daughters. One son '~known as “Big Rosen." smna on ms. nomuma. John located at New Perth, a‘nd»Donald one _d the pilgrims oi ourstol7»lliade a hold! M the |out‘iurn hsnk ot--Bradsnsll Bit* Rs married Mu1sret-Stewart. dsngiifll' oi a Perthshire Elder, a woman o! religious convictions. Peter Stewsrt,laM o! New Perth, father ol W. D. Stowart, was her brother.

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The En_g_lisl} l_°`lag.

“Above the portico a ilag-staff, bearing

the Union Jack, remained Butler-lug in the ilames for some time, but ultimately when it tell the crowds rent the air with shunts, and seemed to see signiiicance in the incident."

Dau.v rarnas.

Wmns ot the World, give answsri They

are whimpering to and iro-

And what should thev know of England

who only England know i--I

The poor ` little street-bred people that

vapour and fume and brag,

They are lifting their heads in the stillness

to yslp at the English Flag!

Must we borrow a clout from the -Boer-

to plaster anew with dirt?

An Irish liar’s bandage, or an English

coward's shirt?

We may not speak oi England; her Flags

to sell or share,

What is the Flag of England? Winds of

the World, declare l

The North Wind blew:-‘From [Bergen

my steel-shod van-guards go;

‘I chase your lazy whalers home from the

Disko lice;

‘By the great North Lights above me I

work the will oi God,

‘And the liner splits on the ice-iield or the

Dogger dlls with ood. `

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“Whatisthe Flag of England! Ye have

‘Strayed amid lonely isiets, mnzed amid

~ ‘The reeling junka behind me and the

-I barred my gates with iron, l shattered

my doors with flame,

‘Because to force my rsmpsrta your nut-

shell navles came;

'I took the sun from their presence, I out

them down with my blast,

‘And they died, but the Flag of England

blew (ree ere the spirit passed.

‘The lean white bear hath seen it in the

long, long Arctic night,

‘The musk~ox knows the standard that

Bouts the Northern Light:

but my bergs to dare.

‘Ye have but my drifts to conquer. Go

forth, tor it is therei'

Tlie South Wind sighed:-“From the

Virgins my mid~sea course was ta'en

‘Overathoussnd islands lost in an idle

main,

‘Where the sea-ogg iiames on the coral and the long-backed breakers croon ‘Their endless ocean legends in the lazy,

looked lagoon.

outer keys,

‘I waked the palms to laughter-I tossed

the scud inthe breeze#

‘Never was isle so little, never was ses so

lone,

‘But ovsr the send and the palm-trees an

Englishmag was iiown. '

‘I have wrenched it free from the hsliiard

to hang tor a wisp on the Horn;

‘I have chased it north to the 'Lizard-

rlbboned and rolled and tom;

‘I have spread its told o’er the dying,

_adrift in s hopeless sea;

‘I have hurled it swilt on the slsver, and

seen 'the slave set free. `

‘My basking suniish know it, and wheel-

ing alhstrosa,

‘Where the lone wave iills with are be-

neath the Southern Cross.

‘What is the tiag of Englanrll Ye have

but my reefs to dare,

‘Ya have but my seasto furrow. Go iorth.

for it is thsrel'

The East Wind roared:-‘From ths

Kdriiss, the Bitter Sass, I come,

*Ann me msn call the Home-Wind, lor I

bring the English home. "

‘Look-look well to your ahippingl By

the breath of my mad typhoon

,‘I swept your close~packed Praya and

beached your best at` Kowlooni

racing seas before,

ered Singaporvl

‘I raped your richest roadstesd-I piund-,

‘I set my hand on the Hoogii; as A hooded

‘Man or woman or suckling, mother or

bride or maid-

‘Because-on the bones oi the English the

English Fisg is stayed.

‘The desert-dust hath dimmed it, ths ily-

ing wild-ess knows,

‘The soared white leopard winds it scroll

the taintless snows.

‘\Vhst inthe Flag ol! England? Yo ha"

but my sun to dare,

‘Ye have hut my sands to travel. Go

forth, mi- it n taser' '

The West Wind called:-‘In squsdmtil'

the thoughtless galleons ily

‘That bear the wheat and cattle 106|

street- bred peoplsdie. _

‘They make my might their porter, they

make my house their mth,

"rnl 1 low my wx from msn ruddlt

and whelm them all in my wrath. I

‘I drsw the gilding (og-bank as a anaka il

drawn from the hole,

‘They bellow one to the othsr, the fright'

ed ship~bells wil, ‘

‘For any n a firming mm un 1 mu and

shroud with my breath, -_

‘And they see strange bows above than

and the two go looked to death.

But whether in calm or wraok-wreath,

whether by dark or day,

“I heave them whois to the oonger or rip

their plates sway,

‘First oi the scattered legions, under

shrieking sky,

*Dipping between ths rollers, the Engliabf

Flag goes hy.

‘The dead dumb tag hath wrapped it-the

frozen dswl have kissed- - `

‘The naked stan havd seen lt, a hliovn

star in the mist.

‘What is the Flag nl Englsndi Ya kavs

but my breath iodsrs,

‘Ye have but my waves to conquer. GU

forth, for it is thcrsi'

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