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upon the platform, and was nearly precipitated into the ocean; I 

 cried aloud for help, but my cry was only answered by some 

 monkeys that jabbered from an opposite cliff. I thought of leaping 

 into the sea, which would have been certain death ; I prayed to God ; 

 I fear I blasphemed; I called wildly and insanely, called upon 

 Emily ; I cursed, and bewailed my fate, and even wept like a child ; 

 and then I sunk down exhausted. Oh ? how I envied the great 

 birds that sailed by, and that sunk down in safety upon the bosom 

 of the deep. The history of one day is the history of all, until weak- 

 ness bereaved me of my powers. Hunger assailed me ; I ate the 

 scanty grasses that covered the platform, and gradually became 

 weaker ; and as the sufferings of the body increased, those of the mind 

 diminished. Reason often wandered ; I fancied that strange music, 

 and sometimes the voice of Emily, mingled with the roar of the 

 waves. I saw the face of Donovan looking at me through the port- 

 hole ; and I fancied that I was married ; and that the flowers in my 

 bosom were my bride, and I spoke to her, and told her not to fear 

 the depth or the roar of the sea. I have kept the flowers, Emily ! 

 I found them in my bosom when I was rescued ; here they are " 



said Captain L , rising and laying them upon Emily's lap. But 



the recital had been too much for her feelings : she had striven to 

 repress them, but they could bear no more control. 



" Hated flowers; " said she, as throwing herself upon the neck of 

 her betrothed, she found relief in a flood of tears. " My sweet girl, 

 my dear Emily, " said the colonel, as he gently raised her from her 

 resting-place, and pressed her to a father's bosom, " 'tis past now ; 

 and 1 propose that next Monday we'll" but Emily had left the 

 summer-house : " next Monday, " resumed the colonel, addressing 

 Captain L , we'll have the wedding. " 



And so it was. Oh* ! how soon are sorrows forgotten. I saw 

 Emily led to the altar ; I saw her afterwards a happy and beloved 

 wife. Between my first and second visit to Gibraltar, the colonel 

 had paid the debt of nature ; but Emily's house is always my home. 

 I found her as beautiful as ever, as gentle and good, as much be- 

 loved. Emily Waring, I shall never see thee more; then God 

 bless thee, thy husband and thy children ! 



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Now it has been discovered that in all places on the 

 surface of the earth, the distance from the equator or 

 the latitude is equal to the elevation of the pole above 

 the horizon of the place 



