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20 like smock, and the head of the giant Galligantus, was then sent to King Arthur.

The knights and ladies rested that night at the old man's hermitage, and next day they set out for the court. Jack then went up to the king, and gave his majesty an account of all his fierce battles.

Jack's fame had now spread through the whole country, and, at the king's desire, the duke gave him his daughter in marriage, to the joy of all his kingdom. After this, the king gave him a large estate, on which he and his lady lived the rest of their days in joy and contentment.

BRITISH INTREPIDITY.

following incident, which took place at Calais in April 1817, is translated from a French newspaper.

On the 17th, the wind blowing from N. N. E. with extreme violence, had rendered the sea frightful, and all approach to the coast dangerous, when about eleven o'clock,, the time of high water, there was seen a small French vessel (the Leonora, from L'Orient, of 72 tons, with seven men, bound from Nantes to Dunkirk, with a cargo of grain), beating up painfully against the fury of the waves.

The captain, Huard, thinking no doubt that it