The nymph nor spun, nor dressed with artful pride; Her vest was gathered up, her hair was tied; Now in her hand a slender spear she bore, Now a light quiver on her shoulders wore; To chaste Diana from her youth inclined, The sprightly warriors of the wood she joined.

In the forests they found birds, and, not having the bow-and-arrow, made shift to snare and spear them ingeniously.

(Sergeant S. gallops in, spears the peg neatly, and carries it off triumphantly on the point of the lance, after which he rides back and returns the peg to the Assistants as a piece of valuable property of which he has accidentally deprived them) Sergeant SPANKEReight!

Be that as it may, the reception tended greatly to lower the pride of our hero; who through generosity (expending all his money to purchase them bread) or from a fear of being treacherously speared, soon convinced his former associates how desirous he was of regaining their confidence.

For the slightest offence or dereliction of duty, she is beaten with a waddy or a yam-stick, and not unfrequently speared.

Their spades were speared upright into the mound of fresh earth.