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and that by the means of a feeble vessel, Jared Bundle 

 by name. Down with ye, Sambo down with ye, I 

 say ! Your shoulder and your dingy hide shall be 

 made whole, and your black bones shall be com- 

 forted ! " 



Not a muscle of the Yankee's face moved ; he pre- 

 served the grave and solemn appearance of a man to 

 whom a sacred trust has been confided, and who is 

 fully penetrated with the importance of his mission. 

 Once or twice, however, I observed him give a keen 

 but almost imperceptible glance around him, as if to 

 observe the effect of his eloquence upon his auditors. 



" Down with you, Sambo ! " he repeated to the 

 negro, who had got himself into a sort of sitting 

 posture upon the deck. 



" Down, down ! " cried the men of Kentucky. 



" Down ! " those of Missouri and Ohio. 



"Be quick about it ! " shouted an Illinois sucker. 



"Let's see the Yankee's wonderful cure!" exclaimed 

 a hunter from Oregon. 



And amidst shouts and exclamations and laughter, 

 poor Sambo was seized by half-a-dozen of their bear's 

 fists, and stretched out upon a heap of coffee-bags like 

 a pig that's going to be killed. 



" Boe ! Boe ! " clamoured the negro at the top of 

 his voice. 



" Boohoo as much as you like," cried the Yankee 

 in a. shrill tone, that was heard above all the howlings 

 of the unlucky Sambo. " You'll sing to another tune 



