contains the line is in the stern of the boat. Harpoons with square and triangular pieces of plank fastened to them by short ropes, and which are called 'drags,' are frequently used in the capture of a powerful whale.

15. The whole line is often abandoned to the animal, and, in the language of the seaman, he is left to 'fight line.' The object is to exhaust the fish with its own struggles. In most cases, the boats are enabled to approach and commence their attacks with the lance.' As soon as the whale is harpooned, the captain, or mate, as the case may be, changes ends' with the boat-steerer.

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16. The latter assumes the duty his name would imply, by taking the steering oar,' and the officer, who' heads the boat, wields the lance. Of course, the difficulty in killing a whale is in proportion to the disposition and power of the animal-more frequently of the former than of the latter.

17. The capture seldom requires more than five or six hours, nor do a very large proportion of those that are struck escape; perhaps more are lost after they are killed, than get free after they are harpooned. It sometimes occurs, when the whale has ceased to 'go under,' and continues swimming at an easy rate on the surface, that the boat is hauled up in his wake,' just so near as to escape the sweeping or sculling motion of his tail, by which he forces his body through the water.

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18. In this situation the spade' is used to sever the sinews, and if successfully, the animal is no longer dangerous; all the force of the whale being derived from this sculling motion of its horizontal tail. A few well directed blows from the lance soon destroy life. There is a vulgar notion among the seamen, that the whale, when dying in this way, spouts as much blood as the blubber will make oil.

19. This must be ideal, because the thickness of the blubber depends on the condition of the animal, whereas the quantity of blood is usually the same, or differing but little. It is a never failing sign of victory when the fish spouts blood.'

20. His dying struggles are often violent in the extreme, and the boats prudently keep aloof at such moments.-Instances have been known, when the whale was quiet, and thought to be dead, that a spasm or convulsion has proved fatal to its captors

Note. Brazil comprehends all the Portuguese settlements in America, extending from the equator to 35° south latitude. The gold and diamond mines of this country are very extensive, yielding annually nearly twenty million dollars.

SPEECH OF TECUMSEH TO THE OSAGES.

1. WHEN the Osages and distinguished strangers had assembled, Tecumseh arose, and after a pause of some minutes, in which he surveyed his audience in a very dignified, though respectfully complaisant and sympathising manner, he commenced as follows:

2. "Brothers-We all belong to one family; we are all children of the Great Spirit; we walk in the same path; slake our thirst at the same spring; and now, affairs of the greatest concern lead us to smoke the same pipe around the same council fire!

3. "Brothers-We are friends; we must assist each other to bear our burdens. The blood of many of our fathers and brothers has run like water on the ground, to satisfy the avarice of the white men. We, ourselves, are, threatened with a great evil; nothing will pacify them but the destruction of all the red men.

4. "Brothers--When the white men first set foot on our grounds, they were hungry; they had no place on which to spread their blankets, or kindle their fires. They were feeble; they could do nothing for themselves. Our fathers commiserated their distress, and shared freely with them whatever the Great Spirit had given the red children. They gave them food when hungry, medicine when sick, spread skins for them to sleep on, and gave them grounds that they might hunt and raise corn.

5. "Brothers-The white people are like poisonous serpents; when chilled, they are feeble and harmless; but invigorate them with warmth, and they sting their benefactors to death. The white people came among us feeble; and now we have made them strong, they wish to kill us, or drive us back, as they would wolves or panthers.

6. "Brothers-The white men are not friends to the Indians: at first they only asked for land sufficient to build their

wigwams; now, nothing will satisfy them but the whole of our hunting grounds, from the rising to the setting sun.

7. "Brothers-The white men want more than our hunting grounds-they wish to kill our warriors; they would even kill our old men, women, and little ones.

8. "Brothers-Many winters ago, there was no land— the sun did not rise and set: all was darkness. The Great Spirit made all things. He gave the white people a home beyond the great waters. He supplied these grounds with game, and gave them to his red children, and he gave them 'strength and courage to defend them.

9. "Brothers-My people wish for peace; the red men all wish for peace, but where the white people are, there is no rest for them, except it be on the bosom of our mother.

10. "Brothers-The white men despise and cheat the Indians They abuse and insult them; they do not think the red men sufficiently good to live. The red men have borne many and great injuries; they ought to suffer them no longer. They will not: they are determined on vengeance; they have taken up the tomahawk; they will make it fat with blood-they will drink the blood of the white people.

11. "Brothers-My people are brave and numerous, but the white people are too strong for them alone. I wish you to take up the tomahawk with them. If we all unite, we will cause the rivers to stain the great waters with their blood. 12. " 'Brothers-If you do not unite with us they will first destroy us, and then you will fall an easy prey to them. They have destroyed many nations of red men, because they were not united, because they were not friends to each other.

13. "Brothers-The white people send runners among us; they wish to make us enemies, that they may sweep over and desolate our hunting grounds, like devastating winds, or rushing waters.

14. "Brothers-Our Great Father, over the great water, is angry with the white people, our enemies. He will send his brave warriors against them; he will send us rifles, and whatever else we want-he is our friend, and we are his children.

15. "Brothers Who are the white men, that we should fear them? They cannot run fast, and are good marks to

shoot at: they are only men; our fathers have killed many of them we are not squaws, and we will stain the earth red with their blood.

16. "Brothers-The Great Spirit is angry with our enemies-he speaks in thunder, and the earth swallows up villages and drinks up the Mississippi. The great waters will cover their low lands; their corn cannot grow, and the Great Spirit will sweep those who escape to the hills, from the earth, with his terrible breath.

17. "Brothers-We must be united; we must smoke the same pipe-we must fight each other's battles-and more than all-we must love the Great Spirit-he is for us-he will destroy our enemies, and make all his red children happy."

MOUNT LEBANON.

1. MOUNT Lebanon, or Libanus, celebrated in Scripture poetry, is a mountain of Syria, on the northern borders of Palestine. It extends nearly north and south, and on the east is a parallel chain, called Anti-Libanus or Anti-Lebanon; Colo-Syria being comprehended between them.

2. Mount Lebanon is composed of primitive limestone, which presents frequently the appearance of towers and castles. The greatest elevation is estimated at nine thousand five hundred and twenty feet. It is composed of four inclosures on ridges of mountains, which rise one upon the other.

3. The first is very fruitful in grain and fruits; the second is barren, abounding in nothing but thorns, rocks, and flints; the third, though higher, enjoys perpetual spring, the trees being always green, and the orchards filled with fruit.

4. It is, indeed, so agreeable and fertile, that some have called it a terrestrial paradise; the fourth is so high as to be almost always covered with snow, and is uninhabitable by reason of its great cold. Lebanon is inhabited chiefly by the Maronites, Druses, and wild Arabs.

5. The convent occupied by the Maronite patriarch consists of various grottos, of which the church is the largest, and is cut out of the rock. Near Damascus there are im

mense caverns, one of which is capable of containing four thousand men. A few specimens yet remain of those magnificent cedars, for which Lebanon is so celebrated in the Scriptures.

Note. Syria is a province of Turkey in Asia, east of the Mediterranean. Its capital is Damascus. Palestine is a part of Turkey in Asia; it is called also Judea, Holy Land, and Canaan. It lies south of Mount Lebanon, west of Mount Hermon, and east of the Mediterranean. Its capital is Jerusalem.

INTEGRITY.

1. AMONG the prisoners taken at the battle of Hoosac by the Americans, was an inhabitant of Hancock, in the county of Berkshire, a plain farmer, named Richard Jackson. This man had conscientiously taken the side of the British in the revolutionary contest, and felt himself bound to seize the earliest opportunity of employing himself in the service of his sovereign.

2. Hearing that Colonel Baum was advancing with a body of troops towards Bennington, he rose early, saddled his horse, and rode to Hoosac, intending to attach himself to his corps. Here he was taken in such circumstances as proved his intention beyond every reasonable doubt. He was besides too honest to deny it.

3. Accordingly he was transmitted to Great Barrington, then the shire town of Berkshire, and placed in the hands of General Fellows, high sheriff of the county, who immediately confined him in the county jail. This building was at that time so infirm, that without a guard no prisoner could be kept in it who wished to make his escape.

4. To escape, however, was in no degree consonant with Richard's idea of right, and he thought no more seriously of making an attempt of this nature, than he would have done in his own house. After he had lain quietly in jail a few days, he told the sheriff that he was losing his time and earning nothing, and wished that he would permit him to go out and work in the day time, promising to return regularly at evening to his quarters in the prison..