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28 FOG IN ST. GEOKGE S CHANNEL.

had joyfully seen tbe light in the head of old Kinsale ; afterwards the harbor of Cork, and the mountains of Bungannon revealed themselves, and were lost Then .rapped in a thick curtain, we went on fea, ully, w lt h con inued soundings. A chill rain occasionally fell, - and the winds moaned and cried among the shrouds, Sin&quot; creatures. The faithful and attentive cap-

��took refreshment or repose. At midnight, n te we heard his voice cheerfully announcing that a bnght Ihtfrom TuscarKock was visible, that our course Its right, and that all might retire to res,, free from

^morning dawned, I lay waking, and listening to soutds that seemed near my ear and even upon my pillow. They were like water forcing its way among Ltructions, or sometimes as if it were p.ou re hissing upon heated stones. At length I spoke to the fnend Jho shared my state-room, of a suppressed voice of Iddies and whirlpools, like what is often heard m pass ing Hurl-Gate, when the tide is low. She thought me motive; but on hearing that I had long been rea sonfn&quot; with myself, and yet the sounds remained, hr won her dressing-gown and ascended to the deck The fo- was still heavy, and all things appeared as lal. = Soon the carpenter, being sent aloft to -ak some repairs, shouted, in a terrible voice, &quot;^^ breakers!&quot; The mist lifted its curtain a little and lo. a rock, sixty feet in height, against wh,ch he sea was breaking with tremendous violence, and

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