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MEMOIRS OF A HUGUENOT FAMILY.

After my return we had occasional alarms, vessels would approach now and then and seem to threaten a descent; but it ended in nothing but giving us a little fright, and making us brush up our arms, for when they saw that we were in a state of preparation they went off, contented with stealing whatever they could lay their hands upon.