re near the summit
threatening vengeance on the heads of all who opposed them, when there
suddenly arose a cry in their rear, of "the red-coats! the red-coats."

"Ay, and the blue-jackets too!" shouted out a loud voice.

"On lads, and drive the rascals into the sea." At this moment a strong
party of blue-jackets, headed by Captain Falkner, was seen darting
forward, while a body of marines followed with fixed bayonets ready to
charge. The rebels did not stop to encounter them. Those who were on
the ladders leaped hastily down, crushing many below them, and then
attempted to seek safety in flight. The marines and blue-jackets
advanced in double quick-time, clearing all before them. Very few of
the rebels offered resistance, and those who did were immediately cut
down. Many were taken prisoners, O'Higgins among them, and the rest
throwing down their arms, headed by the rest of their chiefs, fled as
fast as their legs could carry them into the country. They were pursued
for some distance, when, unwilling to destroy more of the misguided men,
Captain Falkner ordered the pursuit to cease, and returned with his
followers to the castle. He was received with warm thanks by the Earl.
It was extraordinary that not a single person had been hurt within the
walls of the castle, though the Earl acknowledged had the rebels once
succeeded in gaining the battlements, he could scarcely, with his small
garrison, have hoped to defend it against the numbers which would have
assailed them. Captain Falkner told him that after he had left the bay,
a fishing-boat came alongside with only one man in her, who gave him the
information of the proposed rising. Although he did not believe that
the castle would be attacked, he had in consequence been induced to
return as quickly as possible to an anchorage in the bay, and he was
thankful that he had not come back too late. Part of the marines
remained on shore to strengthen the garrison of the castle, and strong
parties were sent out in all directions, to ascertain what had become of
the rest of the rebels. A considerable number of the misguided men were
captured, but most of their leaders, as is often the case under similar
circumstances, managed to effect their escape. The state of the country
made it dangerous to send the prisoners overland to Cork, they were,
therefore, placed on board the _Cynthia_, to be conveyed there by sea.
O'Higgins had contrived to divest himself of part of his