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Domestic and foreign. 



castle stoutly, and bandies the busy-body' 

 informer, himself a magistrate, who also 

 executed, lor the nonce, the office of constable, 

 pretty roughly ; but eventually the case 

 comes before the new court under two in- 

 dictments ; and Natty being found guilty of 

 assaulting a magistrate, is sentenced to fine 

 and imprisonment. The judge, on a prin- 

 ciple of Roman justice, resists the appeals of 

 his daughter, and his own feelings in favour 

 of her preserver, but directs her to enable 

 Natty to pay the fine. To the prison she 

 flies ; the old man refuses to accept assis- 

 tance, and resolves to go and shoot beavers 

 to make up the sum. He and a companion, 

 an old sailor, in the judge's service, who, in 

 the course of the story, furnishes some coarse 

 but humorous scenes, and who had need- 

 lessly thrust himself into Natty 's embarrass- 

 ments, are preparing to break prison; and 

 lie begs here as the only favour he will ac- 

 cept, not to betray them, and to bring him, 

 the next morning to a particular spot, a 

 canister of powder. In his flight from the 

 prison he is aided by the mysterious Young 

 Eagle, who had previously shewn, in indig- 

 nant terms, his contempt for what he con- 

 ceived the judge's unfeeling conduct to Natty, 

 and renounced his service. The next morn- 

 ing, in fulfilment of her engagement, Miss 

 Temple goes to meet old Natty, when, sud- 

 denly, she finds herself wrapped in a circle of 

 flame, and presently the youngster comes in 

 sight. He is astounded at the sight he him- 

 self had, it seems, kindled the flame, and now 

 makes every attempt for her rescue. The 

 fire strengthens and advances ; the lady re- 

 signs herself to her inevitable fate ; he makes 

 n hurried and passionate declaration of his 

 admiration of her, and refuses to despair. 

 Just, however, as all hope, even with him, 

 was vanishing, Natty appears, and with his 

 usual promptitude rescues them both. The 

 eclaircissemeut quickly follows. The youth's 

 grandfather had been concealed in Natty's 

 hut for what purpose is not explicitly 

 stated- he now comes forth, and proves to be 

 the father of Temple's friend. That friend 

 himself was dead, and Temple had believed 

 the family extinct. Temple had, however, 

 been honest, and in his will had given to his 

 executors, in trust, one half of his estate for 

 the Effinghams, should any survive. He 

 now promptly resigns that portion of his pro- 

 perty to the Young Eagle, who has not a 

 drop of Delaware blood in him ; he was 

 Indian only 03- adoption ; and the young lady 

 can no longer resist. They are, of course, 

 happy. 



Though inferior, very decidedly, we think, 

 to the Prairie, here are some capital scenes 

 of description such as the pigeon shooting, 

 when the air is darkened by their numbers, 

 and dragging the lake for fish ; and the con- 

 flagration. The attempts at humour are of 

 the Smollett cast, and not unsuccessful. 



The Linguist, or Instructions in the 

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Thus the present work possesses all the 

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The first fable in the book is the Le 

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The work is the very thing of which 

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