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We proceeded on our way, and when we were not far from the point of Spyt den Duyvel, we could see on our left hand the rocky cliffs of the main land on the other side of the North River, these cliffs standing straight up and down, with the grain, just as if they were antimony.
"A little east of New Harlaem, there are two ridges of very high rocks, with a considerable space between them, displaying themselves very majestically, and inviting all men to acknowledge in them the grandeur, power and glory of the Creator, who has impressed such marks upon them. Between them runs the road to Spuyt den Duyvel. The one to the north is the most apparent.
On the north side of it is the North River, by which it is separated from the main land on the north; on the east end it is separated from the main land by a creek, or rather a branch of the North River, emptying itself into the East River. They can go over this creek at dead low water, upon rocks and reefs, at the place called Spyt den Duyvel.
"What is it, Swart?" inquired his master. "Mein baas! mein baas! der duyvel um da dar skellum is da 'tsetse!" "And what if it be the tsetse?" "Mein Gott! all dead dead ebery horse!"
They hunted from Madison Square to Spuyten Duyvel; they rushed across the Williamsburg Bridge; they swept over Brooklyn; from the Battery and Morningside Heights they scanned the river. Silence, silence everywhere, and no human sign. Haggard and bedraggled they puffed a third time slowly down Broadway, under the broiling sun, and at last stopped. He sniffed the air.
We proceeded on our way and when we were not far from the point of Spuyt den Duyvel, we could see on our left the rocky cliffs of the mainland, and on the other side of the North river these cliffs standing straight up and down, with the grain just as if they were antimony. "We crossed over the Spuyt den Duyvel in a canoe, and paid nine stivers fare for us three, which was very dear.
"Humph!" said the rich burgher of Antwerp, with a sulky glance at the stranger. "Der duyvel!" said the fat little distiller of Schiedam. The landlord saw with the quick glance of a publican that the new guest was not at all, at all, to the taste of the old ones; and to tell the truth, he did not himself like my grandfather's saucy eye. He shook his head "Not a garret in the house but was full."
"I do not know his name, but I heard one of the Boers say, 'That slim duyvel with the sjambok is the new Military Commandant. Another officer was with him, much younger, taller, and with fair hair. He " "I hope I shall soon have an opportunity of thanking the Commandant personally. As it is, I shall write. Now go, my dear."
It gives a spirited description of the prudent retreat of General Huysmans, the unconditional surrender of Commandant Eybel, and winds up with a pen-and-ink sketch of Brounckers' bright boy breaking the chaff-bread of captivity in the quarters of that slim duyvel, the Engelsch Commandant.
As soon as Swartboy recovered the control over his tongue, he ejaculated in a hurried whisper: "Pas op! My footy! he wicked! I know de ole bull duyvel." By this volley of queer phrases, Swartboy meant to caution his master against rashly approaching the elephant, as he knew him to be one of the wicked sort in short, a "rogue."
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