A YANKEE TRICK.
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The following narrative, says an eastern
Journal, possesses the interesting quality of
truth; and the captain of whom we speak is
a personal acquaintance of ours now living,
as we'll as majority of the crew, all of
whom are inhabitants of this Cape, and can
vouch for the authenticity of the history,
which we shall attempt to relate without eX-
aggeration.


1t was during the last war, in the year 1915,
when our enterprising seamen were IN the
practice ofpurchasing British licenses to car
ry Yankee notions to foreign ports, unhar-
med by their cruisers, that Captain II. avail
cd himself of bargain of this kind, to keep
himself from the rust of idleness. The ves-
sci which he had provided for his purposes,
was one of those queer rugged nondcscript
things called yatch, formerly owned by the
British, and which had seen much and Sc
we're. Age had weakened her joints, and
the barnaclcs found an undisturbed resting
place upon her bottom, where they quietly
reposed side by side, untroubled by the rude
visits of the scrnher. Taking advantage of
a fair wnd-for she would sail with no other
he, amidst the jokes of his fellow captains
commenced his voyage for Bermuda. 1t


was deadcning sight ta observe her creep
ing and squcaking over the waves, complain"


ing with her timbers. like man afflicted


with the. gout. a fair wind, however, car


ried them to the latitude OF Bermuda, thoug!


the captain found that he was to the lecward


of his port of destination, and he was under


the necessity of beating his vessel there
! against a wind, thing by no means so easily
! done as said.-Having tried this maneuvre
! for three weeks, he asccrtained that he wa!
still farther from that island, than when hi
arrived in its latitude; for his craft, like
man in a fit of intoxication, although sh,
looked strenuousiy in one direction. yet, Pad
dy fashion, advanced backward from thu


point towards which she was aiming at
Finding it in vain to attempt reaching Ber
mudla with head wind, and being out of pa
t tience with the length and fatigue Of the voy