342 



NIMROD OF THE SEA; OR, 



umn, and darting upon the exposed fishes. While he was 

 watching their motions, one of the birds got within influence 

 of the whirl, and with only time for a loud squeak it disap- 

 peared, whether upward or downward the captain could not 



WATBK- SPOUT. 



affirm, but that it was thus suddenly caught* he could not 

 doubt. The bird was plain in sight when caught, and so 

 near that its cry could be heard. 



" But," he continued, " the mystery of the water-spout is 



