il suddenly quickening its pace, with a
roar as of angry vexation, it precipitated itself in eddies of boiling
foam, whose mist rose high into the air, down a deep gorge, between
overhanging rocks, through which it had forced a passage. Thence
the stream, subsiding into sudden tranquillity, expanded into a cove
dotted with two or three little islands, and flowing round the base of
the hill which declined gradually towards the west, united itself with
the Wootuppocut. Far beneath his feet he saw the roofs of the houses,
and steeples of churches, and masts of sloops, employed in the
coasting business, and of brigs engaged in the West India trade, and
noticed a communication, partly bridge and partly causey, thrown over
the mouth of the Yaupaae and uniting the opposite banks; for, on the
western side, along the margin and up the hill, houses were thickly
scattered.

The canoe soon glided alongside of one of the wharves, and the Indians
disappeared in the streets.

CHAPTER II.

With us there was a Doctor of Physic:
In all this world ne was there none him like,
To speak of physic and of surgery.

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He knew the cause of every malady,
Were it of cold, or hot, or moist, or dry,
And where engendered, and of what humor:
He was a very perfect practiser.
The cause y know, and of his harm the root,
Anon he gave to the sick man his boot.

CHAUCER.

The first care of the faithful Peena or Esther, was to seek the
doctor. She found him at home, and was instantly admitted to his
presence.

"Queen Esther," he exclaimed, the moment he saw her, "is it thou?
Welcome, descendant of a line of kings. Would'st like some cider?" He
spoke the word "cider" like the Indians, with a rising inflection on
the last syllable. It was an offer no Indian could resist, and the
squaw answered simply in the affirmative. From a pitcher of the
grateful beverage, which shortly before had been brought into the
room, and which, indeed, suggested the offer, the doctor filled a
foaming glass, and the squaw was not long in draining its contents,
after which she delivered herself of her errand.

"Esther," exclaimed the doctor, rising and hastening to collect his
instruments and medicine pouch, "thou hast circumvented me. Why did
you not tell me before? Here have I been pouring cider into your
royal gullet, when I should have hastened to take a bullet out of some
plebeian carcass. Can