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went up and down the rivers, passed from the mountains
the ocean, and from the ocean into the mountains, spread
terror wherever they appeared. They attacked ships, nMai
ered the passengers, ,and loaded themLslves with plunder, whi
they carried back into their rocky ftastncses. Woe to.l
French who sailed toward those deadly shares. Two vea
from flarre and from Nantes Itll into their hand. All on b
were slaughtered. As on land so on water; the insure!
could not tn reached. They hid their loats in forest;
ptrsed, rea.nembli:d, d:le ing alike the soldiers and the ships
war; and, almost with impunity, pursui.d at will their testra
tioe career.
 At thu sight of an in.urriitiou which was master both ai.
land and on the sea. lRl, hambeau was scizeil with an alarm thA
he in vain endeavored to con. cal. Th.- Consul, who rewarded
success only, was to bo feared by a man who was overwhelmed
in failure. Of what use so many ticrim.-, man tortures,l
many gallowses, so many drowning., ;o rmny raging hound,
All this serves only to illu-tratc thl. btrenrgth ul' tlh insurreti
Lion, and the hopileiisne_ of hi3 c aui,. The mionuint that
General-iu-chiret was in.: Ion r in a tat, to wake hliia again
the rebellion, it begin to inni.dt ainl Iravc LiM. i. in ;11 I the tii
whivh wTre his la-t pla..i-c it' r,. I' tg. I;" temlP b Inuie m
and mniire d.i|luiit anil ii.:ri.. Th,: lihalh- L; s ;ii-tinii
pear.'il to him in his dilrama. *Now hi ried out Ethat he woU
make Saint Donmingo a 'ait '.i.r.tirv, whi,-r: at Ih:ait slav
should bIar sway. Now he de.olare.l I- wiouli ri-establish li
erty, which his truiitics had nmde only more prer iou, to the i
babiLants. Then, but too litte, lie .'rew angry at the artifi
of the women who had him in their t;l,, and at the rolon
who had misled him by th>i;r selli 'h c:uunr i Y: did he tbhi
it necessary for thu se urity 1.,' hi_ troops to: cLtntinui.l thb. syst
of terror.
 A itiantion .o depnlrall,- wouldd ] nr i..ni.ngr I, kept ionrc
 from BonifpartL.. Rothaimhi:au ntlt dieputi.s to Pari., who
 Iortr.d that the revolt, somewhat calm n alr the death of: