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• " Well done, and cleverly !" said the Cap- 

 tain. " But how is it possible that no one 

 was hurt with all that firing ?" 



" I suppose people do not hold very 

 straight in the dark, when they have no- 

 thing to fire at but the flashes of each 

 other's muskets ; besides, our boys had no 

 particular object to gain, either in hitting 

 or being hit, and I dare say kept their boats 

 at pretty long range." * 



" It must be all up with the establishment 

 now," said the Squire. " Hector will not be 

 having more than two strings to his bow, as 

 he calls it." 



" Yes, I suppose so. He went off by this 

 morning's mail, vowing vengeance against 

 every man, woman, and child, in Bally- 

 shannon." 



"How is he to catch them?" said the 

 Captain. " He could not do it when they 



* Where did all these muskets come from that kept 

 up for two hours this unremitting fire ? The author 

 does not pretend to guess, but he suspects that if ever 

 there should be a serious rising in Ireland, more 

 muskets will be found there than Government knows 

 anything about. 



