The burning of the house, the escape of his mother from the flames, the driving away of the English people, the great storm on the bay, his first sight of the pale-faced woman at Fort Frederick, the parting with her at Halifax, all these events recurred to his mind in an instant and went like a flash through his brain.

His head seemed to dance like the canoe on the water, then the canoe appeared to whirl round and round.

He got so dizzy he could scarcely see, and was afraid that he would fall overboard.

He felt something touch him on the shoulder like a dip from the wing of a bird.
He had his musket in the canoe, it was loaded.

He suddenly pulled in the paddle and then grasped the musket.