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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la irt4thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 J^AWZilAAA^ ejnoria OF THE Is ciirice Mm 1 ^ 1 I J n MEMORIALS OF THE LATE CIVIL SERVICE PiIFLE riEGIMENT By A PRIVATE, (Who hfisbcen ptrinittod to retire, retaining his rank.) ^' Forsnn ct lime oUm r.iemin/sse jiivaLitJ' -YlRGlU *' Of fill the heart's springs none are pnrer "Than the springs of the fountains of niijili,'' --*•-•-- OTXANA/A r rUBLISHED BY JONES & HOLLAND, *:j[.GiN STREJBT, THE FIGiiT AND FLIGHT OF THK CIYIL mmi CHIEFTAINS. rma Virutnqite Cano. )» [This sano;Tiinary engagement is especially no-^ble as l)eing the last wcasion upon which tiie British forces and tlieir Indian allies fought side by side.] Cod of battles ! but 'twere glorious To have seen tlie fiery fight Which the Civil Service Chieftains waged Tpon last Tuesday nigbt. II. At n long-proti-pcted council-board They had sat since early day. And wearied now with warlike 'cares 'I'hey wend their houieward u ay. III. Their swords were dangling bv their sides, 'i'heir coat tails hung behind, And each and every gentleman Was three sheets in the wind. /^ IV. Unconscious of a lurking foe Tlicy reared tlieir gallant crcstR, Save two, whoso tipj)l.'K mixed liad brought Their heads upon their breasts. V. But lo ! who's hero upon their flank Clad in the garb of p(!ace ? x\ blue-coat boy, a member of The city's new police. vr. "Front, dress, eyes left," dnrped M-r-d-th. " Shut up," the 0-1-n-l roared— " Bovs, ho for morrio Canada ! " Upon him with tlie sword ! " VII. But out spake '• Majaw" And-rs-n " Fight until all is blue, " And if you get the worst of it, " Then run my commdes true ; VIII. "A sudden illness seizeth me, "And weigheth on my brow, " But my heart shall stifl be with you lads, "Though 1 must leave you now." IX. Their hearts were eager for the fray, ^ i U- V /^ y ^^^^ strung were brain and nerve, Cl.L fTuy^tAiXM^^XxQji quoth the cautious P-m-st-r, / " 111 act as the reserve." X. Then up he olomb a neighbouring post, And cried in accents thick, " Now boys I'll hold the lamp post up " And act instead of wick." XI. « And an ol)fi(.rvation corjis I'll form,"' Cried L-iuis-y, witli a luicb, As he roll . In fond reuionbrance of Laprairie. G(>oddrij)i)ing ]vi had used to do it, No water peaetrated through it. He blessed the huky hour and day When she had chantHui to cross his wav. The Cook s sweet daughter Mary. " Oh 1 had I fallen in moat d ditch, " Or even in dried up fosi'c, " A lighting in my country's cause, -T- ' •j-'.-nr'^!ru-i'>^rrz- 13 " To iipliold ber lionorand lu-r laws, " Such death w. re gain, not hjs«, " But such a watery death as tliis, " Mo8t i^^nominions fate that is," Cried bokl LeBr-t-n II- ss. " This water, too, and ner 'r a stick in it, " Is like a candle without a wick in it." He ceased, nor ever spoke afjain, But fell, the only chieftain shiin. Limp A-ere the Qii-rt-rm -st-r's locks, • And shrunk his stalwart frame, And the warlike ardor of his eyes. Which once were wont to flame, At clanging sw^ords, or rattling bones, Was watery now and tame. And there stood Wh-te in woeful plight, A shivering in his pelt, At nine distinct and different poinfs, The icy shower assailed his joints ; In vain would feeble words engage. To paint the mingled shame and rage The indignant Captain felt. The outward cold was 10 ® below, His inward heat was high, I know. For even as the waters kissed His manly bust, at once they hissed, And the icicles did melt. H-y sang " The Wearing of the Green," To show his nnconcernment, While W- Ish used L - nds - y as a screen, Which he contrived should intervene The torrent and himself between. Thus proving his discernment. And there was Captain D-sb-r-ts A worse drowned rat I never saw, Nor -ke a worse drowned Printer ; How he sacre'dthe hour and day, That e'er ha let his footsteps stray From old Quebec this baibarous way, Until anotlier dash of spray I 14 Bronght coolor feelings back again, And theiij and tieii, and then, and t!\en, He but sacre'd the winter. ;% Even L-ngt-n swore, while o'er and o'er His grizzly beard the wattirs pour, Until 1 e grew most like unto A miniature of the Wandering Jew, That he " would ne'er pass the account, " Which sure would reach a frightful amount " For this wicked w-aste of water ; '• The country'.-; voice would t'll in time, " What it thought of this shocking crime, " And most unrighteous slaughter"' — " Of the Innocents" W-lsh int(Tpose