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ment fucceeded; when his father, looking fted faftly upon him, thus replied, "Ever ready to promote your felicity, I fhall not attempt to reafon you out of an attachment, which you defcribe fo worthy of your choice, in every thing but birth and fortune. You are undoubtedly the fafeft judge in a point of fuch confequence as an inion for life. But a fubject of still more prefent importance now demands your attention. You must in future decide your own destiny:-I no longer can claim from you the duty of obedience: you are the child only of my adoption, but the real, the indifputable fon of a noble and, unfortunate marquis, the heir of princely fortune, the real Henry de Clairville! wronged of your natural rights by an ufurper, who doomed you to a death in early infancy, from which Providence rescued your innocence"

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And who murdered with barbarian hand my honoured mother? (exclaimed Albert, attentive with increafing wonder to the words of the count; and whofe imagination had been wrought up almost to a pitch of phrenfy at the clofe of the fpeech.) This arm (cont nued he) fhall revenge her facred blood in that of an assaffin !

But fuddenly his features foftened to a look of grateful tenderness : recollecting himfelf, and falling at the feet of Bournonville, he thus continued: "Forgive, oh parent

into his family a fervant, difcharged from the caftle of Clairville on the death of the late marquis, and who, being a native of switzerland, had returned to an uncle refiding there in credit, by whom he had been recommended;-that Prevot, interrogated relative to the motive of his quitting France, had given him a circumftantial account of the occurrences which had paffed in the family of the marquis, including the fatal death of the marchionefs, and the lofs of her young fon. Thefe events, (continued the count) I found from Prevot's recital, paffed at a period when I was returning with my wife through France to Switzerland: but fo expeditious was my journey, hat the foregoing circumftances never reached my ears. An infant fon had accompanied our tour; and. by a fudden illness incident to children, it pleafed heaven to recall the gift with which it had bleffed us for a fhort time. The countefs was inconfulable, and I feared grief would have had a fatal effect upon her delicate frame; when an extraordinary incident roufed her attention from the indulgence of her private woes, to exercife it on an object whofe interefting age claimed the offices of humanity from her maternal care.

(To be concluded in our next.)

of my deferted infancy, the force STORY of the EXPLOITS and Death

of nature, that fufpended in my breaft the endless debt of gratitude which I owe you. Here let my heart ever acknowledge the tribute due to filial love, while my fword avenges the blood of murdered innocence; from whofe honoured fource I drew my own existence.--. But fay, my lord, whence do you derive this ftrange intelligence?

of CAPTAIN RAGGADO and his BRAVOS.

(From the Arabian Tales: or a Continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments.)

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UILLARICH cast his eyes all over the earth, and perceiv

The count then informed bim,ing what no human eye could ever that in his late abfence he had taken have perceived by the beft tekfcope. VOL. XXVII.

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-Ah! I fee him he is at hand, but is diverting himself with roafting quails as they fly over his head, and he plucks and eats them.

Very fine, truly (faid Ballayah); the rafcal is finely employed on a review-day, roafting quails in the air, and catching them in his mouth as they fall!And where is that lazy dog Batteniltabour, who should call the roll and force every one to attend his duty?

I fee him too (faid Guillarich); he is fleeping under a broom-bufh, and fnoring till all the earth fhakes again; I am furprised that you hear him not.

See, my friends, (faid Ballayah) if we have not great need for difcipline antong us. Is it not the moft fortunate circumftance in the world, that fortune has fent us fuch a leader? Come, Karaamek, find out where that quail-eater and fnorer are, and bring them hither with all diligence.

fhew thefe brave fellows what they have to do.

The calf was on the fpit, and the cauliflowers were cut into pieces.

But we have nothing to catch the gravy of the roaft, and no plate to drefs the cauliflowers in. Cut off, with your former dexterity, a flice of the bifcuit before the door, and thus provide us with the veffels we

want.

The captain was glad of the opportunity to difplay his addrefs. He drew his fabre, and with the very firft ftroke, cut off a flab half an inch thick, from the whole length of the ftone. Out of it he formed. a dish, to receive the juice of the roaft; and the flab which he had cut off ferved as a plate for the cabbages. The beholders being fo much the readier to admire another perfon, as each of them was admirable in his own way, rendered due praise to the cafe with which he wrought, and the neatnefs of his workmanship.

You fhall fee what fort of rogues
these two are. Our roaster Bazzak-
nar (Blow the fire) will fhew you
a fpecimen of what he can do; he
could fufe a vein of metal in the
bowels of the earth. As to Batten-
iltabour, his talents are moderate
enough, but one which he poffeffes
is very useful to us when we drag
him out to battle, he fpreads ter-green fpot of grass.
rof all around him. By beating
his belly with his ten fingers, which
he rubs upon one another, he pro-
duces a noile equal to that of forty
drums, and raifes dreadful cries,
enough to make the walls of any

Raggado, in his turn, was very curious to fee how a calf could be roafted in a place where he could perceive neither fire, coals, nor wood. Bilamich acted as turnfpit, and the fpit lay upon two great ftones, fet out on the midft of a

town fall down.

The two warriors arrived, while Ballayah was giving this account of their abilities to Raggado.

Batteniltabour, (faid Ballayah) do your duty; you perceive that we want not our roafted meat burned, but need a gentle fire to act upon it all equally; do it as it fhould be. The other was a man rather of deeds than of words, and exhaled his flaming breath, in fo fuitable a proportion, that it had rather the appearance of gilding, than of roafting the large mafs of meat before it as the gravy drop

Drummer, (faid the dervife to the one) go found a call to arms; (and then turning to the other)ped upon the cabbages, he gave foaft that calf on the fpit. Then tirem a due quantity of fire, to turning to Raggado, general, (faid bring them to boil. The captain hey it now remains with you feemed to be very well pleased with

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the roafter's abilities, and fhewed an impatience to give them more and more proofs of his own. He faw that they could not fer a table within the dervife's grotto, on account of a rock of granite fix feet high, which stood in the middle of

it.

Stand off (faid he to feveral people about him); I am going to give this little ftone a few ftrokes, and the pieces which are broken off may perhaps fly into your eyes; give us room.

At the fame time he ftruck the rock with his fabre fo dexteroufly, that each piece he cut off, feemed a marble table; wanting nothing but the laft polishing.

What a dreadful arm and cutting fword! cried they who witnelfed this exploit.

Brothers, (faid Ballayah) that arm and fword must open to us the path of glory and gain.

The place, when cleared of all that fhapeless and inconvenient block, was foon made ready. The moft fuitable pieces were fet round, as feats, about a table which four or five strokes with the captain's fabre made perfectly square, and at the fame time fo hollowed it below as to make room for their legs.

We never had a comrade (faid Ballayah) of fuch diftinguifhed abihties. Batteniltabour stroked his belly in token of his admiration, till the cavern re-echoed with an awful noife. In the mean time the cloth was laid. Bazzaknar brought the roaft to the table. Wine, wine, (cried Ballayah, and at the fame time fet down a bag with fifty pounds of cakes.) Bilamich then went for the cafks, but Kaggado, afraid of the dervife's thirst, thought proper to remind him of his obligations.

Holy man, (faid he) is your penance ended?

No (replied Ballayah); I must drink off a few cups of hydromel;

but yet I referve a pitcher of wine to rinse my mouth.

The company fat down to table, and every one did honour to the entertainment. They held very little converfation. From time to time, however, one or other of the guests threw out fomething in his own way; it was always wonderful. About the middle of the entertainment, Ballayah, having fomewhat foothed the rage of his appetite, looked about him.

Brother, (faid he) our number is not complete. We want Thalahava (Catch-cloud), and Ilnafac (Swell-all): however they have their orders, and Battèniltabour has founded the alarm fo that it might be heard at a distance.

As Ballayah was making this reflection, the two heroes entered the grotto.

You deserve not a crumb (faid Ballayah). I value men of abilities when they are exact in performing their duty. If you fail to-morrow, you fhall anfwer to an abler general than I. In the mean time, fit down and drink. After dinner you fhall know wonderful things. You are before a very great mafter, the illuftrious captain Raggado. We have chofen him for our general, and we are about to pafs in review before him For my own part I am exhibiting a fpecimen of my powers as you fee, and, as he fpoke, he fwallowed up the whole pitcher of wine. "The new-comers having no anfwer to make, modeftly bowed, and the company proceeded with the dinner.

Come, brothers, (faid Ballayah) we must pass our review now, fince our dinner is ended, and may begin with providing food for our fupper. Guillarich! Nadhertavil! Karaa

mek! attend.

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and young gazelles. Let all be very tender, and easy of digeftion Guillarich put himself in a proper pofture. His looks at first femed to be confined to the grounds in the neighbourhood; but he gradually widened his fphere of vifion, and his eyes roved over the whole earth. Ah! (cred he) I have found what you want behind that hill, ten leagues from hence.

Nadhertavil then drew his bow. Ten leagues faid he to Guillarich. And thirty paces, added the other,

The arrow was launched. larich looked after it.

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well to drink ice. The cloud was at a very confiderable height in the air. Thalahava' took out of his pocket a clue of filk, and threw it at the cloud; the clue divided and one end hung down. This the man feized, and the vapour feemed to draw him upwards with astonishing velocity,

Comrades, (faid Ballayah) let us fet out our pitchers to receive the water which is going to fall; and, as we have no change of clothes, we ourselves must keep within the grotto.

The whole troop obeyed: the cloud lowered; Thalahava condensed it, and, by me ns of his thread, came down with rain.

Raggado wondered to fee fuch

The calf is killed, faid he. Come, Karaamek, faid he, put on your flippers, and go, bring us this game. The order was initant-prodigies. ly obeyed. Ballayah had three times repeated the command; and, within half an hour, the four pieces he wanted were brought to Bilamich, who flayed them, and put them upon the fpit.

Ballayah brought the fack with the bread.

How! (faid he) have we only thirty pounds?

Guillarich looked out for fresh bread. In Mafr, (faid he, is enough of bread, piping hot; and the baker has juft turned his back to fweep his oven. Here is a good opportunity to buy his bread for nothing; go, Karaamek, take with you the fack, and make your market.

The order was inftantly obeyed; and the bread in the grotto before the baker could fee what was a-doing.

You fee, general, (faid the dervife) we are filling the pantry. Ah! if Billamich had wings, we might have wine; muft we always die for thirst? Come, Thalahava. feize that paffing cloud, and force it to pour down here its uncomfortable contents If you give us hail among it, fo much the better; I like very

You must allow, general, (faid Ballayah) that under your command, fuch brave fellows may hope for the moft fplendid fuccefs.

I never faw in my life before (faid Raggado) an affemblage of fuch rare talents so well met. No enterprise can be too hard for us. I have already fome plans in my head. Stay. but fpeak not; otherwife you will difturb my meditations.

I have forgotten fomething effential; as we have only water to flake our thirft, we should at least have a few bottles of ftrong liquors. Three hours of day yet remain, let us want for nothing. The dervife now called his fervants.

Guillarich, (faid he) and thou Karaamek, go, find us a few bottles of ftrong liquors. You know they are commonly fet out upon terraces, to receive the influence of the meridian fun. Make an excurfion for thofe liquors; what cannot be brought away at once, you can fcure at a fecond expedition.

This order was executed; and within a quarter of an hour, they had four large flaks of excellent strong liquors.

This Karaamek is a dexterous, fubtle, active fellow (faid Ballayah); pity but his reins were stronger, for then we might derive inconceivable advantage from him.

By Mahomet, faid Raggado, I fhould have ha the gripes in my belly all night, had it not been for this little affiftance he has given us. But, my good dervife, cannot we have fome figs?

Yes, from any part of the world you like beft.

I take you at your word (replied the captain); let me have fome of the best African figs.

Come, Karaamek, you hear what the general defires. Take a baker under your arm; pick out the very beft figs you can find, and let us fre you again within half an hourat fartheft, for we may want you here.

Karaamek disappeared.

The venifon was put on the fpit; Bilamich turned it; Bazzaknar roafted it, and Battenitabour had in the mean time gone to inore at fome hundred paces diftance, to avoid disturbing any perfon. He made himself heard however.

Here (faid Raggado) is rather a troublesome fnoring fellow.

gan to be impatiently expected. Ballayah was uneafy.

Holloa, Guillarich, (faid he) look you through the vineyards and orchards of frica, and find, if you can, Karaamek, who has either loft himself, or forgotten his errand.

Guillarich looked sharply.

Ah! the rogue, (aid he) he has eaten more figs than he has gathered; he is near Damafcus; he is fleeping befide his basket; the Arabs who are rowling about will rob him, and take away his flippers, and we thall fee him no more. A large bird is perched upon a branch of the tree under which he refts; if Nadhertavil would shoot the bird, the noife of its fall would awaken karaamek...

At what distance is this bird ? faid Nadhertavil.

Seventy-five leagues exactly. Nadhertavil then took his aim, drew his bow and shot. Guillarich looked to obferve the effect of the arrow.

The bird is fallen (faid he); the fleeper is awakened, and now comes homeward.

Within a few moments after, the figs were in the grotto.

Be not angry with our purveyor (faid Raggado to Ballayah); this accident has given us a new proof of the abilities of Guiliarich and Nadhertavil.--But I believe fupper is ready, let us fit down at table. Let us

Let him reft, (replied Ballayah.) His extreme plumpnefs confiitutes his greatest merit, and keeps his belly tight. Befides, he keeps us merry, and amules us by beating on his cheeks like a drum.

make the most of all his talents.

Right; but who is this fellow with his arms a kimbo? I am as yet unacquainted with his qualifications.

He takes care of our lodging when we go out upon a campaign, and, with very trifling means, makes very important fe of every thing. His name is Inafac. His profefion is a very laborious one, of which you will form a better idea when you fee him at work,

In fuch converfation they fpent the time till Karaamek's return be

Not, if you pleafe, (replied Ballayab) till we have firft formed our camp, and i have made a retreat to be founded according to the cufto:n of men of war.

He at the fame time called Ilnafac, who obeyed the tummons.

Have you taken your meafu: es, and chofen your ground? We will be this night in the tent, in which we may be at our ca e.

The ground is before you, (re. plied Tinata) your lodging is in my breast, and its extent depends upon the force of my lungs.

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