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 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PIRATE

There was nothing to be done but to take reiuge in the upper passage of Granite House, and leave their dwelling to he devastated; when a deep roar was heard, followed by frightful cries!

Cyrus Harding and his companions rushed to one of the windows.

The brig, irresistibly raised on a sort of water-spout, had just split in two, and in less than ten seconds she was swallowed up with all her criminal crew!—Page 264. Vol. 6.