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 exorable Amazons, however, refued quarter, but kept puhing and thruting into the murderous hole, till a deadly ilence prevailed within; and not one of the unfortunate mes-mates moved a limb. They then fatened the door, and marched triumphantly into the village.

Six of the aociated fugitives were actually killed outright in this oven kirmih. The imminent danger uggeted to the eventh, who was more cunning or reolute than the ret, a certain method of elf-preervation. He wiely made a retreat in time into the chimney, clambered up through it into the open air, contrived to lide down the roof unhurt and get into the open fields, along which he fled to the neighbouring woods and mountains, where he wandered without any certain track all day long, under the immediate terrors of death. Towards un-et he unk down oppreed with fa-