Were treated by our surgeon the same as our own tars;
For when they struck no time was lost, to the Primrose they were sent,
And arms and legs, and broken heads, strict ordeal underwent.

Our chief was badly wounded, likewise the master too,
One midshipman, the boatswain, and nine of our ship's crew;
Besides three seamen killed outright, who thus resign'd their breath,
And in the hour of vict'ry gained a patriotic death.

So now my story to conclude, although beyond my might,--
I write these lines to let you know, how loyal tars can fight;
So toast the health of those brave lads that bore the palm away,
And beat the Spanish ship Velos on the coast of Africa.

_United Service Journal._

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SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.

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VENTRILOQUISM.


The art of the ventriloquist is well known: it consists in making his
auditors believe that words and sounds proceed from certain persons and