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THEMANOFSORROWS
13Y THE REV. 3. D. TYLER,
"The foxes have holes, and the birds of
the air have nests; but the Son of Man hail;
not where to lay his head."
The gorgeous skies of Palestine
In evening splendor grow,
And twilight's lingering rays recline
On Carmel's verdant brow;
And Jordon's plain and Elah,s vale •
In gathering darkness lie,
And famished wild beasts fiercely hail.
Night's gloomy canopy.
The birds of day, from field and air
To chosen covert fly,
And forth from burrowed hole and lair
The roaming foxes hie;
The flocks to fold, the herds to stall,
On plain and mountain bith-,
And men in cottage, tent, and hall,
From deadly night-dews hide.
O'er Kedron's brook, with fading tread,
The "man of sorrows" went—
No roof to hide his care-worn head,
In deeds of mercy spent;
The Son of Mamma dwelling lath,
As unto others given—
For him thee" lies no homewat•rl path,
Save lo hie ..itive heaven!
• And up the shady Olivet
His laugnid etsteps trod—
No couch to rest his wearied feet.
Save the sere mountain sod!
And there he slept—the skies above,
The cold hard earth beneath—
And such the snffering Saviour lave,
While travelling unto death.
SSW
E AMERICAN HERO
A SAPPHIC ODE,
H 11" f EN IN THE TIME Cl' THE AMPACICAN
R EVOLU 11 N
Why should t:ain mortals tremble at the sight
OF Death and destruction in the field of battle
Where blold and carnage clothe the grt und
cn crinist,n,
Sounding with death-groans?
I Death will invade us by the means appointed,
And we must all be w to the king of terrors;
IN'or am I anxious, it I ;tin prep;yed,
NV hat shape he comes in.
Infinite gordness tenches us submission,
Bide us be quiet ender all his dealings,
Never repining, but forever praising,
God our Creator
I Well may we praise him; all his wayi are
perfect;
Though a resplendence, infinitely glowing,
Xtzzles in glory on the sight of mortals.
Struck blind by lustre.
loud is Jehovah in h!stowing sunshine,
Nor less his goodness in the storm and lhum
der,
'Altercies and judgement both proceed from
kindness,
liifinite kindness.
then exult that God forevor yrigneth;
loads which surround him hinder cur per-
erptien,
inttuu the stronger to ex;dt hisu,une, and
Shout I:nder praises.
lieu to the wisdom of my Lord and Master
ti will commit all that I have or wish for,
Owect as the babes sleep, will I give my
I lift. up,
When tall'd to yield it,
Now Mars I dare thee, clad in stocky lid
lays,
Burstirtg from bomb shrlis, roaring hull
the cannon,
'Rattling in grape shot like a storm cf hail
stones,♦
Tcrturing /Ether.
Up the bleak heavens let the - spreading
flames rise,
lire eking like Etna through tle smnky col
umns.
Lowering like Egypt o'er the falling city,
Wantonly burnt down.
Let. oceans waft on all your fleeting castles,
r..ught with desmction, h rrible to nature;
Then with your sidis fill'd by a storm of vu,
g e.ce,
Bear down to battle.
From the dire cavcrns, made by glicstly mi
ners.
Let the explosion, dreadful as volcanoes,
Heave the broad town, with all its wealth
and people
Qtick to destruction.
Still shall the banner of the King of Heave::
Never advance where I am :Ifraid to foJlow;
Where that precedes me, with an open bosom,
War I defy thee.
Fame and dear freedoni lure me on to battle;
While a full despot, grimmer than a &la':
head,
Stings me with serpents,fiercer than Meduzas
To.the ermounttr.
Life for my cc,untry and the cause of freedom,
Is but a trifle for a worm to part with;
And if Kesel.% in so great a contest,
Life is redoubled.
,lnBo CO. e ottD.
From the Kniek erbock
THE SHIPWRECK
"ALL CI , NRICII I SAW, AND PART Cl
WHICH I WAS."
‘l3reakers ahead l—breakers ahead! All
hands on deck!' These startling words,
tittered in a loud, shrill voice ; accompani
ed by violent stainfimg overhead, row:eit
'inc from from a delightful slumber, as 1
lay in the berth of a noble coaster on a
bleak December night. It was but a kw
weeks after the 'melancholy wreck of the
lionie, whose timbers, peering above the
waters, we had seen aid passed but a few
Clays before.
With the velocity of thought, I sprang
from my berth, and inade for the cont.
panion way; but a getting up stags:'
l was twice violently prostrated, before I
succeded in the attempt.. The cap!ain,
who was alAi .leeping when the slain
was given, reached the deck just before
me. On the list appearance of danger,
an attempt had been matte to put the vas
,' sel about, win n there was but two men on
deck; and she was now rolihig and strug
gling in the trough of the sea,• while the
utmost conf u sion pia:vatted among the
I crew. The roar of thetcmpest,;hebltck
tress of the night., the ram sweeping and
hurling bye, with the thunder-voice nI the
1 breakers, that seemed entirely to surronffil
!its,gave a terrilre character to the scene,
which I can never forget.
I had scarcely glanced at our situation,
hen the vessel, raised by a treincuil,ius
sea, was pitched forward upon the bottom.
!leavens: how the 'many waters' swept
over her: For a moment, not a Word was
uttered by the crew, who were hying
hold of the nearest objects, as a temporary
security against being born overboard.
Drenched from head to foot by the chill
, ing flood, I retreated further into the cabin.
Every timber of the vessel groaned midi
-1,4; she trembled like a huge leviathan, in
the agonies of death. As she rose upon,
the sucettling wave, she seemed to recov
er, from the shock of the first breaker.,
lite crew, inspired with courage by the
apparent effort which she made to escape
destruction, resumed their mule: Yours to
put her about. She 'wore round beauti
fully,' and we began to flatter ourselves
we had escaped.
With this hope swelling his bosom, one,
of the crew sang out, in eaulling tones,'
c are op —we are off!' But before the
words died upon his lips, the delusion had
vanished. We were in a field of breakers!,
Orders were given to take in the few sails'
that were flying; but the united strength
of a crew of .nine inert failed to accomplish
the object, The nest command was, to
"throw overboard the deck load, navel
stores and cotton. A lew barrels were,
.;gat into the sea; but the. attendant dart-1
ger was so great, tint% the captain soon I
ordered the crew to desist.
While these operations were going for
ward, I still occupied my 'dice on the
steps of the companion war, with my eye
fixed upon a spar near at 'hand; for I ro.
collecte,l that :oine one who escaped the
%%reel: of the flume, had floated to shore
"ONE COUNTRY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE DESTINY."
A. W. BENEDTC'F PUBMSHILIR AND PROPRIETOR.
HUNTINGDON, PENINNYLVANIA, WS-DNESDAY, MAY 8, IBS9
upon a smtilar material. At leugth we all
sought refuge io the cabin; which—thanks
to copper bolts, live oak, and faithful
fxorktuen- -had admitted but little water.
Drawing over the sliding cover of the cabil i k
1 a3sage-way, we were to a comparatively
comfortable situation. A light wit soon•
obtained, by means of a -flint and steel,
when 1 had an onortunity of observing
the countenance of the crew. The cap
, tain has ing great confidence in the strength
I his vessei, was more collected than the
nisi; lilt his faith was greatly diminished
urhentiver a quick succession of heavy seas
~round the vessel with ouch force upon
the bottom, that it seemed impossible for
any maferiiils, unit. d by human means,
long to hold together. terror of most'
of the crew could not be concealed, as
they stood shivering and dripping with
cold and wet. clinging to a birth or pillar,
to keep themselves upwright, amidst the
falling st,veS, tables, chairs, trunks, bar
rels, etc. 1 confess, I was not a little sur
prised at the change which had come ever
these men in so abort a time. I had fan.
deft that persons inured to danger, by con
tinued exposure to it, were entirely free
mu tear, nut th se hardy sailors, t.y the
soli duel tare of their voices, haff.choaked
utterance, itmi lanimentations over their
helpless condition, showed that a near
prospect of death was to them any thing
out a matter of indifference.
Caked in our narrow cabins, exposed to
Al Coe %.olence of the breakers, during, a
prot racted storm, and entirely ignorant of
our where-about; our situation mity be
easily conceived. The reef of breakers
upon which we were rocking and grinding
was truely terra incognita- Perchance it
was one of those feat fat shoals that make
far out to sea, whence there is no hope to
escape. Ever antl action some of the
crew would ventureupon deck, and strain
their eyes in the vain endeavour to pierce
the darkne,F. Their reports varied, as
hope or held the supremacy. One
thoiOit, u the tain s ackened for a
imuncht, and wind and wave raged leFis
tit he could diSCCEII, in the
ob,cure,' something blacker than the
rest, which ha ‘guez,sed' was land. A noth.
could see no sign of land; we were far at
sea; and with the thought that he should
never avant see his distant home, he threw
himself into a 1.)1., exclaiinin2; in the bit
terness of his soul, that he would die tnere!
The most philosophical of the crew. was
the cook, a long, funk, liming negro, nam
ed Nuby, who sat demorel in a corner,
patiently awaiting the course of events.
When asked it he was not alarmed, he re
. plied: 'Me ben wreck before, cap'n; twice
in de West lades; but 't wan hall so bad
as dis bout!'
When confined to a bed of sickness, I
have often thought the night-hours moved
slowly; that the hand of the great time•
peire must have been reversed, for some
inscrutable purpose, and that the blessed
light of day would never again break
upon my vision. But DOW penned up in a
narrow enclosure; protected from the sea
only by a few p'anks, that threatened eve
ry moment to seperate; surrounded by
'night, and, storm, and darkness;' the tno•
ments ',waned slouly' indeed. The cap
tain assured us we could not be far from
land, and at day break we must receive
assistance from the beach. With this hope
we looked eagerly forward to the firstgray
lice b 1 morning. At last the hour for day
arrived but it brought small inr.rease of
The water meanwhile had been
gaining upon us very fast, and we were
soon compelled to retreat to the deck.
We all huddled together near the wind
lass as the safest place we could find. A
few hundred yards under our 'lea, stretch
ed a line, aesembling.a dark thread, drawn
out upon water. this was land! NVe
looked toward it with lenging eyes, in the
hope of discovcrin; tams ef ags:stance.
Meantime the storm raged on. The sett
still broke over the vessel) with unditmn
ished three; but as it struck 'aft,' its power
Was 'well nigh spent before it reached us..
So soon as there was sufficient light to en
able us to see what are were about, the
crew turned to the boat that hung over the
taffrail. It was in tire worst possible situ
ation .for us, as the waves broke directly
over the spot where it was suspended.
NVltile we were yet eyeing it wistfully, it
Was dashed to pieces, where it hung, by
the force of the sea, and its fragments
floated by us. toward the beach.
_No signs
of aid appearing, we began to consider the
expediency of going ashore on a bale of
cotton. To test the safety of the convey
ance, we tirrew overboard a bale, which
floated oft' like a cork; but, instead of go
ing toward the beach, it was born e by
the current, at the rate of eight or ten
knots an hour, in a parallel litre with the
laud! As the breakers struck it endwise,
it would turn over and over like a whirli,
gig,and sometimes rise convulsively suite
out of the water. It was presently driven
on the beach at the distance of a quarter
of a mile. We deemed it best to wait a
little longer before attempting to reach
terra firma by a similar process.
'There they are! there they are!' exult
ingly shouted ti .• of the crete. Ali eyes
were dire; t , d toward the land, A few
black spots appeared moveing alone; the
beach. These gr.rx mete distinct as they
drew nearer, until it was mident that they
were men. Inuridly toward no.
Our hearts beat at the sight, .:Ithouvh we
were ignorant whether the wore friend, or
lota, Jews re Gentiles, land rratcs or
hostile say; ;::s. They rail dint n to the
edge of the: ed . , at the nearest point, held
op their ha ir:s, and made all sorts of signs
not one si winch todd we understand.
We infers', I, however, that they were
willing to asuist us. A long rope Was
fastened ton spar, which was east over
board, in the hope that it would drift a
shore; but it floated oil' the entire length of
the line, wiCiout nearing the land. It was
drawn back, and a bale of cotton substitu•
led in its place, which was in like manner
born onward be the- current that swept
along the beach, Sometimes it seemed
raphily approaching the shore; but UA the
scares swept back to the the 'under..
sow' carried the bale with it. Vt'e drew
tt in several times, and g:.ve it a 11CW start,
by throwing it more advantageously. At
last, borne forward by a succession of
breakers, that 'knew no retiring ebb,' it
came withio the reach of one of the men,
who had v:mtured tar into the sort ion' the
purpose. I) ith the aid of the others It was
.soon high on the beach.
NoW - came the teg! The were obliged
to 'draw in th •. , ' before it could be of
any service to us in reaching - land. The
current w.ls so strung thal the rope form
ed nearly a parallel line with the shore.
filfile they vi here yet pulling lustily, the
sky suddenly grew dark; the rain poured
down with increased impetuesity; the gale
became a perfect tornado; the vessel
from bow to tafirail, was lit( ralsy smother
eyed wi:hater., I crouched utter the
slap's si;tr, cover,tl uty head with my
cloak, and as the b.llows over me calmly
awaited toy fate.
- During this paroxism of the storm, the
foretopst,:l yard was broken assunder near
the doddie, anti the pond roes parts, more
karful than the sword of Damocles. thing.
led over our heidis by the ropes that sus -1
tailied threate;tine; every instant to
fall and crush us. topsail itself was
turn into 0 thousand ribbtdis. fore-'
mast crc..,hed aidd bent, and evinced ‘trotie;
tokens 01 'going by the board.' I'he dan
ger, on every hand, was indeed imminent.
I relitiquished in/ position neat the wind
lass, and crept over the confused deck,
toward the cabin. lieforel reached it,
my deal: was stripped from till' me by the •
wind, and I was thrown prostrate by &ter
rific wave; and on recovering and reching
the companion-way I found the cabin full
of water. 'l' he men whose approach had
given us so much delight, were no longer
to be seen upon the beach; and the bale
of cotton was floating at the end of the
line , as far from the shore as ourselves.
It was now nigh noon. My feet and
linnets were benumbed with cold. There
was no !hirer prospect of getting ashore
than at day break. The air began to sitar
pen; and if remained in our present posi
lion all day and night, we should inevita
bly freeze to death, - if we chanced to be
so fortunate as to escape drowning. 'there
lay the land, only a hundred or two
yards off; but between us and the de-
Sired haven, there was a great - gulf
lixed.'
and gzong ashore!' exclaimed a young
it sailor, whose manly daring inter
pidity had won my admiration on more
than oue occasion before. Scarcely were
the words out of his moot, ere he fastened
a rope to the extreme of the flying-jib-boon
and swung MY into the sea. /latching
the moment, he jumped into the water at.
ter a wave had retired, and the first that
overtoo4 him drove him nearer to the land.
lie all bent over the bow and watched his
t ,-;;lrLe with intense anxiety. Ott the sut
cess or final eof Pri4rtali:r.g, our own
safety mainly depended. At times he
would sink from our view, but his head
was soon again visable above the billows.
He took with him neither rope nor plank,
preferring the unrestrained freedom of his
limbs, to the aid which they might have
afforded.
lie web succesifull. In a short time,
we saw him throwing out his arms with
joy, and shaking himself on the beach.
stimulated by the result of this experi
ment the mate immediately followed his
example, and reached the shore in safety.
Feeling, for my part, no disinclination to
to wing on shore, I disencumbered my
self of my cloak, ran out to the end of the
jib-boom, dropped into the water, and in a
short time stood beside them, on good old
mother earth! Very grateful was I to
heaven for my escape. The remainder of
the crow reached the shore, one at a time,
in like manner, in the course of a couple
of boars thereafter.
'For the benefit of the curious,' should
add, that the beach upon which we found
ourselves, was that of a low uuhahited
island, adjacent to a point of land called
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.Chinlttluk,' bll t Arl.i.:ll the
people v. hi g2t up charts write, milli more
proi.r:ely, 'CitiNcoTEAquE.'
Er.,m the. L'inclmi gyirterly Review,
Dees• Stalking. •
Torbnse and Peter Fraser now laid
down their rifles on the heather, put their
cops in their pocket, an.l crept forward on
their hands and knees to a large granite
block; then cautiously peer.ng over its
temit, they began to examine the ground
.with their telescopes steadily poised upon it.—'
Well, Peter, I can see nothing but
those eternal hinds en the Alealowr, and
not a good , hart among them; the ground
quite bare; so jump up and let U 3 gut
L ' round the east of the Elrich, and see if
'there is any thing in the Currie. INlttcla,
ren, what are you &timing at?"
"Why, as sure as deid, 1 had a blink
of a kart lying in the bog by the burn un
der the Mealtexr. But my prospect is
foul; he is lying beyond that great black
place in the bog, joust in a line wi' thae
hinds wha are on the scalp of the hill
aboon."
.And a noble fellow he is, Machren;
I can just see his burns and the point of
his shoulders. It is a glorious chance;
fur, once in be burn, we can get within a
hundred yards of him, and that is near
enough in all conscience. Here, Light
toot, look at the fine fellow: pull oil your
cap, and rest the glass on the stone."
"Not the semblance of a deer can 1
see; but PH take your word for it: I dare
say he is there, since you say so. And
now explain to inn how you mean to get
at him; communicate my good fellow; for
it seems, by all your caution, that even
at this distance you dare not show a hair
of your head."
"Creep back, then, behind the hill,
whilst I mark the very ,spot in the burn
which is opposite his lair. Well, now I
will tell you:
, 'We must go all round by the east
behind yon hill, and then come up at the
ditch between yen two hills, which will
bring us into the bog; we can then come
forward up the burn under the cover of
its banks, and pass from thence into the
bog again by a side wind, when we may
take at his broadside, and thus have at
Lim. It would be quite easy to at the
hart, if it wer, - ! not fur the hinds on the
top of the hill; bat it we start them, and
they go on belling, the hart will follow
them, whether he sees us or not.
Well, Lightfoot, you have come on
capitally; and have hitherto been able to
walk like a man, with your face erect to
wards heaven. But now we are below
the hill we must imitate quadrupeds, or
even eels, for an hour or so. You have
promised most faithfully to comply with
my instructions; so pray walk and crel;
behind toe, and carry yourself precisely
as I do. Be like unto the dotterel, who,
according to the worthy and veracious
Camden, stretches out a wing when the
fowler extem!'± arm, and advances his
leg when the said fowler puts Mrth his
eorresponding,linib. Above all, be as si
lent ns the grave; and when you step up
an stones, tread as lightly as a ghost. If
your back aches insupportably,
.you may
lay down and die; but do not raise your•
self an inch to save your life, precious as
it is. Now let its put our caps in our
pockets. Heaven bless me! do not raise
up your hair with your fingers in that
manner. I assure you, my good fellow,
that just at present it would be much
inure becoming to be bald, or to wear your
hair like King Otho. Abduct), you will
remain here, and watch the deer when I
have fired. Sandy, follow you at a paver
distance with the dogs; and conic you
along with us, Peter, and take the rifles,
And - now, my lads, be cattily."
The party then advanced, sometimes
on their hands and knees, through the
deep seams_of the bog, and again right up
iit2 middle of the burn, winding their eau
! tious course According to the inequalities
of the round. 11:ClsiollailY the seams
led in an adverse direction, am, t then they
were obliged to retrace their steps. This
stealthy prog ress continued some time,
till at lengtl7 they came to some green
sward, where the ground was not so fa
vorable. Here was a great difficulty; it
seemed barely possible - to pass this small
piece of ground with Jut discovery. Fra
ser, awai e of this, crept back, and explo.
red the bug in a parallel direction, work
ing his way like a mule, whilst the others
remained pcostrate. Returning all wet
and bend' ed, his long serous face indica •
led a failure. This dangerous passage
then was
,to be attempted, since there was
no better means of approach. Tortoise,
in low whispers, again entreated the
strictest caution; .Raise not a toot nor a
hand; let not a hair of your head be seen;
everything depends upon this movement.
This spot - once rassed successfully, we
are sale from the hinds."
He then made a signal for Sandy to lie
(lowa o ith the dogs; and placing himself
flat on his stomach, began to worm his
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way close uader the low ridge of the bug;
imitated most correctly and beautifully by
the rest of the party. The Intro now
came sheer up to . intercept the passage,
and formed a pool under the bsnk, run.
ning deep and drumly. 'I he reader then'
turned his head round slightly, and passed
his hand along on the grass as a sign for
Lightfoot to wreath himself alongside of
him. "No, my good fellow, no remedy,
If you do not like a ducking, stay here;
but for Heaven's sake, if you do remain,
lie like a flounder till the shot is fired.
Have no curiosity, I pray arc' beseech you,
and speak, as I do, in a low Whisper."--
"Pshaw! I can follow wherever you go,
and in the same position too." "Br: vol
here goes, then. But for 11,tren's sake
do not make a splash and noise in the wa
ter, but go in as quiet as a fish, and keep
under thefligh bank, although it is deeper
there. There is a great nicety in going in
properly; that is the difficult po , nt. I be
lieve it finest be head foremost; but we
must take care to keep our heels down as
we slide in, and not to wet the
Hist! Peter; here lay the rifles on the'
batik and give them to ine when i ;no in
the burn."
'Tortoise /then Nro.ke.l half his belly
over the bank, and, stooling low, brought
his hands upon a large granite stone in
the guru, with his breast to the water, and
drew the rest of his buds• after him as
straight as he pos.,ilily could. He was
then half immersed, and getting close
under the bank, took the riles. , The rest
followed admirably. In fact the water
was not so deep as it appeared to be, be
ing scarcely over the hips. They procee%
ded in this manlier about twenty yards,
when, the ground [Aug more favorable,
they were enabled to get on dry land.
"Do you think it will do'!" "11usii: hush!
—he has not seen us yet; and yonder is
my mark. The deer lies oppcsite it to
the south: he is almost within gunshot
now."
'A s ig n was given to Peter. Fi:,,cr to
come alongside, for they were arri, ed at
the spot front which it nes r:ecessary to
diverge into the loose. It breathless cx -
pectat ion they now turned kl tie: eastward .
and crept forward throup the bog, to en
l
able them to come in upon the flank of the
hart, who was lying with his head up wind
and would thus present his broadside to
the rifle when he started; whereas, if they
had gone in straight behind hie, his halm.
elms would have been the only mark, and
the shot would have been a disgraceful
roe. Now came the anxious moment.
Every thing hitherto had suceeetleri; much
valuable time had Leen spent; they had
gone forward in every possible position;
their hands cud knees buried in b0,.,, , t5,
wreathing on their stomachs through die
mire, or wading up the [torus; and all
tats one brief moment might render futile,
either by means of a single throb of the
pulse in the act of firing, or a sudden rush
of the deer, which would take him instan
tly out of sight. - Tortoise raised his heart
slowly, but saw not the quarry. By de
grees he looked an inch higher, when Pe
ter plucked him suddenly by the arm and
pointed. The tops of his horns alone
were to be seen above the hole in the
bog; no more. Fraser looked anxious, for
well he knew that the first spring would.
take the deer out of sight. A- momenf'S
pause, when the sportsmen. held up his ri
fle steadily above the position of the hart's
body; then, making a slight tickling noise,.
up spran g the deer• '
as instantly the shot
was flied and crack went the ball right
against his ribs; as lie was making his
rush. Sandy now ran forward with the
clogs, but still as well concealed by the
ground as he could manage. "By heavens
he is off, and you have missed him; and
here ant I. wet, tat red, and feathered, and
all for nothing; and I suppose you call
this sport.
'Fraser now went on witlythe hounds in
the leash, striking, and recovering himself,
and springing from the moss bogs, till the
dogs caught sight of the hart, and they
were slipped: but the fine fellow was soon
out of bog, and went over the top of the
Medium'. All went forward their best
i;aee, rflunzing ;:t and out of the black
mire, i till they came to the foot of the hill,
and then with slackened pace went pant
ing up the steep acclivity. Hark! I tho't
I heard the bay under the hill. No, 'twas
the eagle; it may be he is watching for his
prey. Hark again; do you hear them,
eter?" ~I did na hear naethinc , but the
plevar; sure he canna win farther forrat
than ould Ileclan; lie was sair donneredl
at first, but he skelped it bravely •after- •
wards: we shall see them at the down
come."
'True enough they did, for when they
passed over thl hill to the south, the voice
of the hounds broke lull upon them, and
they saw the magnificent creature stand
ingon a narrow rojectini , ledge of rock
within the cleft, end in the mid course of
a- mountain cataract; the upper fall plun
ging down behind him and the water,
coursing through his legs, dashed the
spray and mist around hun t and then at
one leap went plumb down the abyss be•