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vigorous play and hang down ; his legs too sank into 

 the same pendent posture, and his head dropped upon 

 his breast with the face submerged. Thus he con- 

 tinued to float for a short time, but moved no more. 

 He had been subject to occasional swooning fits, from 

 a severe blow which he had received on the head some 

 time before; and his brother, from Avhose mouth I 

 received these details, conjectured that one of his at- 

 tacks had suddenly come upon him, his pre-disposi- 

 tion being perhaps aggravated by his having gone out 

 without having broken his fast. 



The tide soon carried the body away out of sight ; 

 efforts were made as soon as practicable to recover it 

 by dragging ; and it was once hooked and brought to 

 the surface, but before it could be hauled into the 

 boat it sank again, and it was not till more than a 

 fortnight after that it was found at Comb-Martin, 

 some five miles to the eastward. 



Nothing could exceed the distress of the lady at 

 the death of her courageous deliverer ; for awhile she 

 appeared inconsolable, and the effect of the whole 

 transaction is said to have been a permanent melan- 

 choly. Her gratitude was shown in providing for the 

 widow and children of her benefactor, who continue 

 to this day her pensioners. 



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On a coast where the sublime and the awful almost 

 everywhere are characteristic, where the scenery gene- 

 rally is such as the savage genius of Salvator Kosa 

 would have revelled in, — there are some parts where 



