BY THE AUTHOR OF "SAM SLICK, THE CLOCKMAKER," &c. &c. T. C. Haliburton Hominem, pagina nostra sapit.-MART. Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1855. NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE. CHAPTER I. A FOGGY NIGHT. THE wind, what there was of it, was off shore; it was a light north-wester, but after we made an offing of about ten miles, it failed us, being evidently nothing but a land breeze, and we were soon becalmed. After tossing about for an hour or two, a light cat's-paw gave notice that a fresh one was springing up, but it was from the east, and directly ahead. "We shall make poor work of this," said the pilot, "and I am afraid it will bring up a fog with it, which is a dangerous thing on this VOL. II. B |