THE FREDONIAD; OR, INDEPENDENCE PRESERVED. An Epic Poem ON THE LATE WAR OF 1812. BY RICHARD EMMONS, M. D. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. SECOND EDITION. PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM EMMONS. ADAM WALDIE, PRINTER. Be it remembered, That on the tenth day of August, A. D. 1827, in the fifty-second year of the independence of the United States of America, WILLIAM EMMONS, of the said district, has deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor in the words following, to wit: "The FREDONIAD; or, Independence Preserved. A Poem on the Late War. By Richard Emmons, M. D. In four volumes." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of the maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." JOHN W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV. CANTO XXXI.-DEFENCE OF FORT ERIE. Invocation. Address to the moon. Ripley retires with the troops to Fort Erie. Drummond, after taking possession of the Heights, pursues the retreating army-surrounds the fort. Skirmishing. CANTO XXXII.-SORTIE FROM FORT ERIE. Storin re-inforces Drummond. Gaines being wounded, is convey- ed to Buffalo. Davis supports Ripley. Address to slavery. Brown having recovered from his wounds, arrives at Fort Erie. CANTO XXXIII.-CRUISE OF CAPTAIN BLAKELEY. Prevost removes from Kingston to Montreal. Blakeley puts to sea in the Wasp. Capture of the Reindeer. The Wasp, after blow- ing up her prize, enters the port of L'Orient to refit,-revisits |