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A SINGULAR DELIVERANCE.
Acuity, she got up a high bank, where she was compelled
to remain all that day, the next night, and till eight o’clock
the next morning, before she was seen. By this time, the
waters had gained so much all round her, that there was
only a very small space left about her that was uncovered ;
and having no boats in those parts, some of her friends who
attempted to reach the spot upon a fine gelding, were
obliged to return. At length, as they happened to con-?
ceive, that two broad troughs in which they had used to
salt bacon, could be fixed together, the experiment was
tried ; two men got into them with long poles, and happily
getting to the bank on which she stood, nearly overcome
with hunger and cold, she was miraculously saved :—But
the most singular circumstance attending this adventure,
and which was witnessed by the two men sent to fetch her,
was, that the hill or bank upon which she stood, “ was so
Covered over with wild beasts and vermin that came thither
to seek for succour, that she had much ado to save herself
from taking of hurt by them, and keep them from creeping
upon and about her. The beasts and vermin there, were
dogs, cats, moles, foxes, hares, rabbits, and even mice
and rats. And that which is more strange, not one of
them once offered to annoy the other, though they were
deadly enemies by nature ; yet in this danger, in a genteel
sort, they freely enjoyed the liberty of life which, in
mine opinion, says the author of the pamphlet, was a most
wonderful work in nature.
A MODERN ANCHORET.
The name of Hermit, though formerly the ideas attached
to such characters were comparatively common, is at pre-
sent seldom found, excepting in the annals of ancient his-
tory, or romance. Still though the denomination, equally
with the qualities of a hermit or solitary person, have been
so
A SINGULAR DELIVERANCE.
Acuity, she got up a high bank, where she was compelled
to remain all that day, the next night, and till eight o’clock
the next morning, before she was seen. By this time, the
waters had gained so much all round her, that there was
only a very small space left about her that was uncovered ;
and having no boats in those parts, some of her friends who
attempted to reach the spot upon a fine gelding, were
obliged to return. At length, as they happened to con-?
ceive, that two broad troughs in which they had used to
salt bacon, could be fixed together, the experiment was
tried ; two men got into them with long poles, and happily
getting to the bank on which she stood, nearly overcome
with hunger and cold, she was miraculously saved :—But
the most singular circumstance attending this adventure,
and which was witnessed by the two men sent to fetch her,
was, that the hill or bank upon which she stood, “ was so
Covered over with wild beasts and vermin that came thither
to seek for succour, that she had much ado to save herself
from taking of hurt by them, and keep them from creeping
upon and about her. The beasts and vermin there, were
dogs, cats, moles, foxes, hares, rabbits, and even mice
and rats. And that which is more strange, not one of
them once offered to annoy the other, though they were
deadly enemies by nature ; yet in this danger, in a genteel
sort, they freely enjoyed the liberty of life which, in
mine opinion, says the author of the pamphlet, was a most
wonderful work in nature.
A MODERN ANCHORET.
The name of Hermit, though formerly the ideas attached
to such characters were comparatively common, is at pre-
sent seldom found, excepting in the annals of ancient his-
tory, or romance. Still though the denomination, equally
with the qualities of a hermit or solitary person, have been
so