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treme, and the officers and crew, oppreS- sed with the scorching rays of an almost vertical sun, sought refuge under the avn ings, beneath which gentle air passed as the ship rode over.the smooth undulating waves, which rolled on without one ripple upon their calm blue surface.

 As the sun went down, the atmosphere assumed gloomy appearance and tho no breath of wind was yet stirring, and the ship lay listless and unmanageable on the heaving ocean, yet the topsailS were reef ed, and the courses close hauled up. Du- ring the first watch the weather still looked more portentous, and there was but one ominous interruption to the darkness which had spread around it; it was

 A little glooming light, much like shade,"

 which hung oyer dreary spot on the western horizon. A gentle breeze from that direction soon filled the sails, and the gallant ship began to breast the waves, which threw up their white fringes against her vanished bows. Haul on board the fore tack! ]" called the officer of the watch; and instantly the released sail futtered in the increasing breeze but scarcely was it set,when Q sudden glare of lightning, broad and bright, illumined the whole concave arch of the heavens, and showed the ropes pcncilled in gilded strings among the tall masts and gleaming sails. Then came a tremendous crash of thunder, and the rain fell fast and in large drops. Luff!" cried the officer, as the ship began to feel her canvass but no sooner was the order is- sued, than there was rush of wind upon the waters, and the ship heeled almost on her beam-ends, trembling under the force ofthe gust that roared among the tackling. Y" Let fly the topsail sheets up with the helm'' vociterated the same voice that had before called " "Luff;" but the loud blast, bowling amidst the gloom, drowned all less powerful sounds. Then came the tempest whirl, and took the sails aback, the topmast went by the board, and the whelming brine rushed over the deck, sweeping tho unprepared to watery grave. One sudden flash of light show ed them struggling with the stifling waves, ,and shen they were forever hidden by their curling tops, which sparkled in the deep obscurity of night.

 The hurricane soon passed away, but left this late so beauteous object, as a work of art,a wreck upon the troubled wa ter.

 Daylight came, and all was calm and still while the remainder of the harras- sed crew, so recently poised 'twixt life and death, were again at work, with cheerful voice, equipping their floating home. Tales of the Sea.