. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... of 14 guns. The latter keptto windward until the action had ceased,and then stood away. It does not appearwhat was the force of the other vessel;but, unless she was a sijip of nearly equalforce to her consort, the Gaiete, M. Guig-nier may be accused of temerity in pro-voking an attack, with so little chance ofsuccess or escape. It appears, however,evident that the two consorts of the Gaietedid not feel inclined to run the hazard ofan engagement, nor to partake of tUedanger to which the temerity of the Gaietehad exposed her. After gallan
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... of 14 guns. The latter keptto windward until the action had ceased,and then stood away. It does not appearwhat was the force of the other vessel;but, unless she was a sijip of nearly equalforce to her consort, the Gaiete, M. Guig-nier may be accused of temerity in pro-voking an attack, with so little chance ofsuccess or escape. It appears, however,evident that the two consorts of the Gaietedid not feel inclined to run the hazard ofan engagement, nor to partake of tUedanger to which the temerity of the Gaietehad exposed her. After gallantly defend-ing her for the half hour, the Enseigne deVaisseau struck his colours. The Gaiete was quite a new vessel,measuring 514 tons, and being a fine ship,no doubt her gallant commander was verysorry to lose her. Slie afterwards proveda great acquisition to the service, as a fineBritish 20-gun vessel. After all the talk about the mountainbillows of the ocean, the height of wavesin a storm is only about twenty-fourfeet. PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIFXD. 345. THE CONVENT OF CATANIA. The stranger who, for the first time,visits that district of Sicily, of which Ca-tania is the principal town, will find asn)uch to delight him in the ruins of art, asin the freshness and luxuriance of Eden in all but its insecurity; thebase of Etna is beautified by flowers ofevery hue, and forest trees of all climates;the hamlets that peep out from the clustersof ricli wood, give to that prospect a live-liness which more populous tracts of levelscenery can never attain ; and the Arca-dian look and dresses of the peasantry,complete the picture, which might haveserved for the model of a poets the fertile beauty of St. Adata, orIremisteri, moved not my wonder morestrongly than an object of a very differentnature, which used to greet me on myrambles with the solemnity of a was a ruin—not a storied pile, withvenerable ivy, and columns of scrupulousarchitecture—a place of
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