. The Family tutor . bodyof the Indians ran to the point uponwhich Fort Washington was subsequent-ly erected, and continued the assault byanother volley of arrows. The dischargefrom a cannon killing two of them, therest fled into the woods ; but a dozen ofthe boldest speedily returned, and enteringa canoe, advanced resolutely against theship. The cannon was fir^d a second time,and the ball, passing entirely through thecanoe, killed one of the warriors. A firefrom the deck about the same tini.\ killingseveral others, the fight terminated withthe loss of nine Indians. Hudson, soonafter, descende
. The Family tutor . bodyof the Indians ran to the point uponwhich Fort Washington was subsequent-ly erected, and continued the assault byanother volley of arrows. The dischargefrom a cannon killing two of them, therest fled into the woods ; but a dozen ofthe boldest speedily returned, and enteringa canoe, advanced resolutely against theship. The cannon was fir^d a second time,and the ball, passing entirely through thecanoe, killed one of the warriors. A firefrom the deck about the same tini.\ killingseveral others, the fight terminated withthe loss of nine Indians. Hudson, soonafter, descended to the mouth of the river,and on the 4th of October, put to sea,shaping his course south-east by east. The Gospel.—There is not a book onearth so favourable to all the kind and allthe sublime affections, or so unfavourableto hatred and persecution, to tyranny,injustice, and every sort of malevolence,as the Gospel. It breathes nothingthroughout but mercy, benevolence, andpeace,—Beattie» 204 THE MONTHS— Emblem of life! see changeful April sailTu varying vest along the shadowy skies,Now bidding Summers softest zephyrs rise,Anon Iecalling Winters stormy pouring from the cloud her sudden hail;Then smiling through the tear that dims her iris with her braid the welkin dyes,Promise of sunshine, not so proiie to fail. Henry Kirke White. The gentle whispers of the wind, as itpasses througli the bright glades andcopses, and the sound of sweet voices inthe woods, are mingling ever and anon with the streamlets fall, and Aprilsgenial showers. Delightful jubilee !—Gentle April has come to gladden ourhearts, and thus Nature welcomes variegated carpet of flowers, thedewy meads with simple daisies and prim-roses pied, and the gilded showers whichwater the earth, make us exclaim withLinnaeus, Blessed be the Lord for thebeauty of summer and spring, for the air,the water, the verdure, and the song ofhirds. THE MONTHS—APRIL. 20^ It rains, but still the
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