As a variety, we propose in this series to give a page or 
two of poetry, although the subject may not be applicable to 
the story. In the present instance, it may be considered to 
be in place — as we may easily imagine those “"fond recollec- 
tions,” so feelingly described in the song of u The old oaken 
Bucket,” to overwhelm those hardy sons of New England 
while pursuing their long and hazardous journey on the 
deep } and while deprived of all sight of land for months, 
their thoughts would naturally revert to the scenes of their 
©hildhood and to “the old oaken bucket.” — See page 24. 
