roxsrsiY.
the L Uriiry Uazdtc.
A MDinKK’S 'SVISH.
' iiY Miis. r. n.
“ S\vv.i;t sniUinty thcnib ! If for tlicc-
liululj7o:it Mc-.ivcn would gnmi my
.\iul niiirlit tho thvctui-^ of ik-tiry
lie woven byniatcriiul r;uv,—
\o g(>!dfii wislu's llurc .slioiiKl twine,
If tliy life’s wcl) ' rought l>y
('aim, peaceful pli :isures .sliould be lliinc,
From graiKlcur aiiJ un.biUon free ’
” I would iK-l :»sk fi:r courtly grace
Aroiiiul tb\ polir-b’d limbs to play,
Nor He:iut_\ S smile to deck tliy luce,
((liven hut to le:id some heart ;\str;iy.)
i woiila ::ot :isk the vv reuth of Fame
Aroiiiul tb) _\0Mthfiil brow to twine ;
iNor that the statesman’s envied nanie.
And tinsel’J honours, should be thine!
“ Ne’er inuv War’s crimson’d huirels bloom,
'I'o crown thee wlt-'i a iiero’s wreath—
(Like ruses smiling o'er a tomb.
Horror and death lie lild beneath; ;
Xc>r vtt be thine his feverish life,
(^n whom the fatal Muses smile;
The I’oet, like the Indian wlte,
Oft llglits his own funereal pile 1
«. Xo!—1 would ask thnt Virtue brlglit
May fi\ thy footsteps, ne’er to stray i
That meek Ktli.trion’s holy light
May guide fhee throuKh life’s desert way.
That manly sense, and purest truth,
A breast Contentnu nt’s cliosen shrine,
Mavtlirough the slippery paths of youth,
Unstaln’d, untariush’d, still be tlilne !
“That I.ove’s chaste flame,—that Friend
ship’s glotv',
M ly kindle in thy generous l>reas^;
That pcace ^ which greatness ne’er can know)
Me thy calm pillow’s nightly guest.
Sweet smiling infant ! if for thee
Indulgent Heaven would hear my prayer,
Thus should the web of Destiny
Be woven by a mother’s care
ili.it,j;rar.Tin ir -iGnieii.iii;.-, '.?:v i.ri'. or
taut, and iiiiJoecl es^'ontutl. iliecliilil
1^;, llicn t'or**, scut to loarii it ; ami per
haps Ls cliistiseil for liis duliicss and rc-
hictaiice;while, iiil'act, by this verydtil*
nossorrehirl:u)ce,by this iin\villiii;noss
to loari> what iie does not understand,
he is 011011 sijiving the ijestprool ot ^ood
seiist! Hiid 1)1 ightiu'ss ot parts.
The inijjjovement, tlien, which we
contldenlly expcct on this subject, is,
that it will be jjostponed trt a later jicri-
oil ill the foiirsc of education ; tii:it it
will be accompanied with more rendinj^,
writing;, am! n-flcction ; and, that itwdi
then be taught not as a mere set of rulo*'>
which every child S‘^lns from actual
conversation, but that it will be taugitt
as the science of latignage.
^V*e nii^ht easily add to tho numl)or
of subjects, cither in thenisi-lvcs unin-
tolli;;;ible to children, or rendered so
through the mode in which they are
comniutiicatcd : but as wo shall have oc
casion, tnuler another bead, to animatl-
vert upon scA'erai ot tho branches ot
cotninon cducutioii, we shall only reler
for the jiresent to the books in which
the art of reading is cnn)monly tau;;ht.
u ilol.ii‘>, U)'|, iMV*: ill. ‘U
intollif^-iblc instrii-liun. 'I'he alnL>ed
mind still j;Ivcs this tr'stimoiiy to its la-
ti'inbic dignity, that it ca.nnoi bo inlt-r-
cslcd in wli.it. it iloes not iniderstand.-—
Words, tliat neither tc:icb tit)r
auythin^ to it, niiist be dtdl; they ought
to’be ihdl' It is, and it ou|2;bt to be, a
dull business to commit thi*:n to memo
ry, and to repeat them, though with ev
er s^o much fluency and eclat. This at
tending to words,'without comprciiend-
ing their meaning, also lostors a liabitoi
indislinctuess, a want of discrimination
of mind. It creates a mental uniaith-
fidnos, and something bordering cer-
tainlv on moral deieliclion. 'J'here can
not be a worse habit lor the mind, if
not lor the heart, tbrn to be content
with an ei[ui\ocal, halt way knowledge
ofwliat is studlei.1, or read, or hearil.—
It is t'atal to thorough schol'arsliip ; it is
Injurious to practical good sense: it is
a bpecies of injustice to tlie mind, and
-r--. ;\i H si.oi'l allop. \ gave ium a
from each baiTclcf my at uboui iiuy
yards’ iristanfc, i.t.d the second, w.itch
siruc.li bis car, seemed to rjive bim a
inomenl’s uneasiness only ; bat tbe hrst,
which struck him on the.body, tailed in
1 makiti;; liic least impression.
in;- bim another spear, which flew otl
his tough hide \vahout extitin^^ the least
bcnsation, we.Uft bim to his late.
“News uas soon brought tis that
eight elephants were at no >»real distance,
itnd comin{.j towards us : it was thought
prudent to chase them awa>vand we all
mounted for that purpose. They appeal
ed unwilling to go, and did not even turti i
Iheir backs until we were quite close, and i
bad thrown several spears at them ; the
tkshea from the pati of the gun, however,
appeared to alarm them more than any
thing : they retreated very majestically,
fit»t throwing out, as before, a iuantity
of sand. A number of the birds here
called tuda w ere perched on the backs ol
the ttlephants. These resemble a thrush
in shape and note, and were represented
Mixing together profit and delight.
'I'bev are made up, in gf'itc'ral, oi tlic
most splendiil jiassiges of our ekximniC!'
and literature ; passages, whose force
and beauty, the l)ody ol adult rc'ailers
but very vaguely a|)prehend, and which
to children are often perfectly mysteri
ous. We still remember the strange
ideas, which, in our early days, we had
of these passages, and the ridiculous
blunders in reading them, which used
to pass on from year to year in that ven
erable place, the school house. We are
sure, that for most of the children in our
common schools, yea, and our grammar
schools, and academies, the finest and
most highly wrought compositions of
our language are not the ])roper read
ings. 'I'he monotonous, we had alrno.^t
said, the idiotic vociferation, with which
these passages are bawled out in our
schools, abundantly show's, that they
arc the worst possible Uissons tor the
youthful learner. They are not under
stood ; and not being understood, they
ahnosA a swerving from conscience. We
are j)rone enough Irtuii our natui al indo
lence, to rest satisfied with superlicial
knowledge : but w'e add to tbi^> jiropen-
sity tlu' innuence of a negligent and su-
';erf;cial education. And yet, perhaps,
iioihing so pulls up the mind v. ith a no
tion (d‘ its acfpii^itioii'^, a.s sujicrlicial
!;nowledge. No person is so self com
placent as the fluent repealer of unmean
ing words.
But we must not dwell longer on
these evils. Let us hope, that they
will soon be remedied, that books ot el
ementary instruction will be simplified,
as some of them already have been; tliat
edtication will become less scholas4,ic,
h.'ss artificial, less a matter of imposing
formality, and more a business of real
understa^iding; that the capacity and
aptitude of children will he more coii-
.sulteil in the ajipropriation of their stu-
ilies, and that their minds w’ill no more
be stupiiied and disgusted with laborious
and fruitless apjilication to sul^ects be
yond their reach and comprehension.—
The human mind is fitted to be interest
ed and delighted at every s^ep of real
progress in knowledge. And when
is
POPULAU KUUCAIION,
Kxtractfrom tlieJulvNo. oftlie North-Amcri-
can Ilevicw.
The first thing to be required in a sys
tem of popular instruction, is, that it
should be intelligible; that children and
youth should understand what they
learn. Understand what they learn?
it may be asked ; hat else can they
do ? We answer, that they may com
mit it to memory, may recite it, may
even make a fair show’ of knowledge,
and yet know- nothing. ‘ Understand-
cst what thou reailest,’ or what thou say-
est: is the hardest nuestion that can be
put to the old inquirer, and to the guanl-
•ed and cautious coutroverlist or dispu
tant. liut to most children, in regard
to much of what tliey have been taught
in tl'.e prevailing systems of education,
tiiis would be a confounding ([Uestion.
We have not the least hesitation in say-
inr, that two or three years, in the edu-
cati'Jii of almost every individual in tb.is
country, have been thrown away upon
s’udving what they did not understand.
Wiiat, for instance, can a child from
seven to ten or twelve years old under-
bland oftlie science of grammar,^ It is
one of the most abstruse and profound
of sciences, involving an analysis of
tliougbt, and the most delicate discrim
ination of it. Language is the instru
ment of thought; and if a man cunimt
comprelicnd an instrument of mereiy
mechanical power ; if he cannot com
prehend the ijrhiciples ofa steam engine,
\vilhout some acciuaintanre with philoso
phy, shall ho expect with more ease
hci'ontifically to comprehend the great
ii.strument of intellectual power."' it
riay be s.i:d, that this comparison is a-
gaii’.st us ; that a man m:iy i;ntlerst:iiul
tho ustj; i/i I without i.'iveslig i-
tioPi, he iiiay um.i‘:r'ta!id the U'C ''■! a
steam cngi;io v.-iihout |,h;lc?op!iy. l>;:t
to this we !i;iv*' a lea iy a!i>'.ver. ‘Kvei y
eln'Jd l(;ari.s t!.c use ol langu;'ii;e, and 1m‘
obtains liis actual u.->' .'d'it, wiu'ther cor
rect or ir.coiTcc', llu* p:‘g' s ol
a;';iainmar, but from a-tual lif.', from
ci!ivrrsati(jn, from re.idmg. And one
of the evils of his sy^t.e!i; if, that the
.hiji! iniagine-, that by the n( w names
he give''In \v(;rd'^, a- verbs, nouiis, ^^c.
a par ade ol'definitions, and a muline
I,!! in:- leinis, he is making gicat nc-
• jUiMt 1 >■> (,1 ki.ewledge, wliile in fact
'.V is i' .li'iiiiig lu.'tiiing.
ill ihi'j-- i.'inaiks, we inh’nd not to
"U Ini'Mi;:* ni teacb.ers ot youth.
’Vljt y are oljrua d, to a ■ certain extent,
: , in tlie l.'taleti pall’.. J’opular cii>-
I !i; re.juircs this bti.'',y to ijc pursued,
1 (■'■iiaiii age. '.I'ii'T-' is a my^tei’y
iia’'.'„i!-g ai.out it, to’!/: l ol'n.ost
paient.-, it is true ; ti,e> ha\e !iui t:ie
^'lil:■l■te^t eot;c'“ption ofar;y use’.iiCi t can
in,luce those simple delight of learn-
mor.otony ami singwns, from «hidi c-1 ^ and supersede all
ven our educated ^ lower inllueuces ot fear, jealousy,
,r ' • and emulatiou. And this of itself, if
there w-cre substituted, in place of these
elaborate compositions, familiar narra
tives of the most common events, and
especially such easy spirited dialogues
as many of Mi.ss Etlgeworth’s, w’c be
lieve it would be as impossible for child
ren to avoid the right tone, as it is under
the present system foimd impossible for
them to attain it.
Shall a chibl, then, it may he asked,
attend to nothing, that it cannot un.der-
stand ? We answer, to very little or
nothing. W^l possible use w’ould it
serve? It may be thought, that for a
boy to study the grammar of an un
known language, is studying what ho
lioes not understand. Ihit certainly not,
lie mulerstands, if he is projierly
taugbt, that the grammar, which he is
learning, is a description of the un
known tongue, that he is to study. The
child, in this case, therefore, no mo'-e
commits to memory wiiat he does not
understand, than an adult, than the most
learn(;d professor ol languages. Ihit is
there not much in the commencement
of every study and science, that is ne-
C(%sarily unintelligible? We say de
cidedly, there is not. If we are wrong,
we will stand corrected by those that
are wiser. W'e do not bcheve in the
doctrine, nor in a part of it, that it is
necessary to the process of learning, to
lay Uj) in the memory words without
meaning. The first princij/les of every
science may have bearings & relations,
indeed, which the learner does not un
derstand but he does,-or may under
stand all that is intended for bim as a
leaner; all that is necessary for him,
ill ortler to proceed intelligently in his
studv. Take, for e^iample, the axioms
oftlie nvatliematics. Are they not in-
tflligible r 'I'lie vt.-ry science proceeds
on the suppos'iiun, that they aie under-
stooil. 'Take tiie deiini'.inns of any
i branch of-tudy, and if tiiey c-tm'.ot be
uiulci'stood, wi> deNire to know, wha.t is
ti'.c ns»! or i;ur])Oit uf delliiilion .' Alter
knowledge mav uiuloubt Mily thiou liir-
ther ligl'.t on tiiese tlelinilions, and a.x.-
ionis, and fii>>t princijdes ; but they are,
at the outset, or may be, co'.npr'd.Lial'Ml
to a certain and sullicicnt exuMit, Wl*
are liOt reiiuin.'d to admit, therefore,
wbnt, aftei’ all, is a mere sftlecisni, that
a t'hild mu>t learn what he caiinut un-
iler--l:uul,
'i'l.e evils, whici'. Invc resulted iVom
tl.is (iefcct in education, ;ue oi tiie'vorst
kithl. 'The hiss lime, alreadv alkid-
therc were nothing else, w'ould consti
tute a new and grand era in education.
FronuMajor Denman’s Tmvtls in Africa.
to me as being extremely useful to the
elephant, in picking oft'the vermin from
those parts which it is not in his power
to reach,”
On the 10th of February, AlajoT I),
continues, “I this morning went to the
eastward, in order to see the extent of the
forest, and also, if possible, to get a
sigSit of the herd of upwards ot one hun
dred’and fifty elephants, which some ol
the Arabs had seen the day bclore, while
the camels were feeding. I was not dis
appointed. I found them about six miles
from town, in the grounds annually over-
llowed by the waters of the lake, where
the coarse grass is twice the height ol a
man : they seemed to cover the lace cl
the country, and, 1 should think, exceed
ed the numl)er I had expecled to see.
When the waters flov/ over these their
pasturages, they are for'.;ed by hunger to
approach the towns, and spread devasta
tion throughout their march ; whole
plantations, the hopes of the inhabitants
for the next year, arc sometimes destroy
ed in a single night. Nothing, however,
more ferocious than large antelopes, with
a fox and wild hog or two, v, as to be seen,
besides elephants.
“Just before sunset we cane upon a
herd of elephants, fourteen or fifteen in
number these the negroes made to dance
and frisk like so many goats, by beating
violently a brass basin with a stick ; and
as night now began to cr.st over us its
gloomy veil, we determine don fixing our
selves until morning in a small open space,
where a large tree, destroyed by the at
tacks of the w hite ant, had fallen, and af
forded us fire-wcod to prepare our sup
per: to seek it at any distance would have
been dangerous at that time in tlie even-
in'^ on account of the lions ; and the little
li'.e g jlden moon or diamond stars c-Iea»-.;
through the many openings wiili’ ii,Ul
rich and sleepy splendor which good meii
will see hereafter in Paradise. U is n,y
advice not to drink much ; restrain your-
self till twelve o’clock or so, and then eat
some cold meat and absorb a pint of pur.
ter up, which is perfectly innoxious to
the system, and more restorative to the
animal spirit than punch, wine, or san-
garee. Above all do not be persuaded
to swallow any washy lea ; it gives nei
ther strength nor vivacity, but rather
pairs both, and makes you excessively
uncomfortable. It is importvin*. to rg.
mark that your shirt collars shoulii be
loose round the neck, and the gi!U .
a mere white stock ot thick llolirtncl wgij
starched with arrow-root is the best era-
vat; otherwise with the ordinary appa
ratus your cloth in an hour becomes a
rope, and the entire locale sinks into
state of utter dissolution.
La pinilosophie est tjuelque chose, niais
la Danse !—said the l-'rench lady.
maids of the Antilles, windward and
leeward, it is even so with you ! Sweef
are ye at your breakfast of yams and
plantains, sweet at your dinner of squash
and guinea fowls, sweet when ye pcrpt;
irate political economy, and urge huinau-
ity towards the slaves, but swceler ihau
your father’s sugars are ye, dear lieirsot
the Caribbs, when ye come brilliant and
happy to shine, like Ilouris in the dancc.
Coleridge's Six Mojiths in the Ifhl I/tditu,
j with diamonds, w ho.se points are term';
grass which was gathered tor our horses jj^^ed by knots of pearls. 'V'hai is \rrv
KLKIMIAM’S.
Erpedifion to the Tchafl.—^^ On ai riving
at the lake, Maramy left us, as he s..id,
to look for the elephants, as the sheikh
had desired him to take me tdose to
them ; and I commenced shooting and
examining the beautiful variety of water
fowls that were in thousands sporting on
the w'ater and its shoros. I succeeded
in shooting a most beautiful w hite bird
of the crane kind, with black neck and
long black bill, and some snipes, which
were as numerous as tiic swarms of bees,
and in three shots killed four couple of
ducks, and one couple of wild geese:
these were very hadsomely marked, and
fine specimens. While 1 was thus em
ployed, Maramy came galloping up, say
ing that he had found three very large
elephants grazing to the south-east, close
to the water. When we came within a | lence ; there are no i)ublic amusements
few hundred yards of them, all the per- j q,. public occupations to engage their at-
llaram of the Mo^rnL—As tlie climate
obliges the ladies of the harain to wear
only very light dresses, there arc some
manufactured of silk of so fine a texture,
that the whole dress does not weigh more
than an ounce ! They rc[)ose in these
dresses, which they change in the morn
ing, casting aside the former as of no
further use. Every day they assume a
dress of a different colour. They are
adorned besides with aiiinimensf quanti
ty of jewels : the collar of their robe is
Ijordercd w ith two bands of diamondj
enchascd in the centre of two rows ot
pearls, crossing upon the .lomach.
Their ear rings and bracelets are of sur
prising beauty. Their lingers, and also
their toes, which arc bare (the feet bciii;^'
covered with sandals only,) are ornanan
ted equally with the most beaulil'ul r:ti;s
All tlie wives of the Mogul, and all ;hc
princesses, his daughters, carry on lae
thumb of the right hand, in tiie forra of
a ring, a small looking-glass borclcitd
with pearls. They cast their eyes Ip.-
cessantly upon this mirror ; it is with
them the occupation of every moment.
Their most becoming ornament is a gol
den girdle of the breadth of two fingeis,
enriched with jewels. Mantles of ilu;
same metal are suspended to it, scwu
was furnished by the space within sight
of our tents. Uur animals were brought
as close to us as possible, and we kept
up fires the greater part of the night; a
few roaring salutations, and those prin
cipally from the elephant and jackal, we re
the only disturbance that we met with.”
Vancl/i'j; in the flest Iiuli;s.—Every Cre
ole feniaic loves dancing as she loves her
self. From the quadrille of the lady down
to the John-John of the negro, to d;.nce
i: to be happy. The irtense delight
they take in it is the natui al consequence
of that suppression of anipial vivacity
which the climate and hibits of the West
Indies never fail to produce. The day
is passed within doors in languor and si
sons on foot, and my servant on a mule,
were ordeied to iuilt, while four of us,
who wore mounted, rode up to these
stu])endous animals.
‘•The h.lieikb’s people began scrcech-
ing violently, and although at first they
aiipearcd to treat our approach with
groat contempt, )et, after a little they
moved ot:', erecting their oiirs, which
had until theti hung flat oti tlieir should
ers, and gi'i'M? a roar that sfiook the
ground under us. One was an imtnense
IVllow, 1 should suppose sixteiMi feet
high; the other two were females, and j and you
moved away rather fiuii.kly, while the j ^he is Dale
tention, and their domestic cares are few
A ball is therefore to them more than a
ball ; it is an awakener from insensibility,
a summoncr to society, a liberator ot
locked up aflections, an insjjirer of mo
tion and thought. Accordingly there is
more artlessness, more jiassioii than is
usual with us in England ; the soft dark
surprising is, tliat each of these ladie;;
has a change of bix or eight sets of tiioit
pearls. Catron's Alo^ul I)yn(uly.
A cavren full ofXossil bones, In-Iongin;;
to a great numberof species, has hie::
recently found in the neigiibourhood oi
Lunel-Vieil, near Montpelier in I'raiKe.
The cavern is in a stratum of htnes ciu'.
and contains the remaitis of a mul'.itudc
of (juadrupeds. both carnivorous anu
herbivorous, several of which havenc\e:
I)efore been met with.in a fossil state;
amongst the latter, the boues of the carr
ol are particularly remarkable. Judt;.!);
from some of the remains of the ho!:>
and tigers found in this collection, iw
animals to which they belong musi have
considerably exceeded in size and for:'
the lions and tigers of the present da'-.
'I'here are other remains of these animal.
the proportions of which are similar
those of the present race. With these
latter are found mixed the bones of hye
nas, panthers, wolves, foxes, and bt-ars;
and what is very remarkable, these re
mains of carnivorous animals are mitv
gied confusedly w ith an immense quanti
ctheart ot an hour ; there IS an • i .mTics ol
... I I • , I- I . cans, horses, camels, sc%eral spicus
III between vou which IS (Klight- , , i n i ■ i irJ
• . .. , 1 the deer and elk kind, sheep, oxm. ji.-
rou cannot resign it wt-.boul re-' . . . ^ i,oiu'.
male kepi in the rear, as if to guard their
reti-eat. We wbeclei! swiftly fuund him,
and Maramy casting a spear ;it him.
eyos ol a trcolc sn l see.,, to r,p,.,.k s,,c!. ;■ quaOru.
Jevouon and ca,-...-s ness ol spu ,t l,;,t „l,icl, arc tl,e l,ipi»po.
yoi, cannot clioosc but make your partner I j„,i,i I,,.,,. ,.r i,„mcnsc size, l>cc-
ytjur sweetheart ot an hour
attachment
• . .. . I .' i luc i:crr uiiu kuki, a
even rabi/its and rats. 'I’be tossil hono'
1 . ' i disc(jvered in this cavern arc itnbeddct.
u I.eaiitv, as houtli said, n thri vcrv u • i i - i •! irrea*
, ■ ’ , ; ,-11 . I ' . . ' in an alluvial soil, which contains a
paleness, and- her Ui!l yet de
ls at pnce the
whii b struck him jnst under the tail, and | v, hence b:'callie
beemed to give him al)uut'-as much pain “ Tho n.clthv^ tlinu^ht,
as when we prick our liii;^er with a pi;i, Tl\e ki.,i .Ti'iSro';ul, ainl tiir jichling Miah-.’’
the huge i)cast threw up his jiroboscis in 'I’lieir dancing is an ruidatilemovenK'nt.
the air with a loud roar, and from it cast imr they never tire. Upborne with intle-
tho
it o' tiieui
i\(
uv 111 ;
dchi.all*
but ilitTt- IS a vague ai:l i:
v.u tiieir .Uiind
«‘d to, i
tlio lo-'s of knowk'dgc the greatest of
tiicin. For tiie ve:y disposition to
know, tin; very desirt'of aecpiisitioii i>
taken away. Niuch ol’thr ignnraMca' oi
I'l^j l omnnuiity is to b(; traced to tiii's
k':;d iluw itiany du’l
such a volu’.ne i.f sand, thai, unpvepared
as I was for such an event, nearly blinded
me. 'i’he eU'jihant rarcl)’, if ever,
and it is i/tily when ii i ituled that iie is
dangerous ; but he will sometimes run
upon a man and horsr, ;d'it'r (hokini,^
them with dust, and destroy h.im in an
ins’ant.
“ As we had cut him oif f;.>m hdlow-
ingjiis (ompuniui.s, !,c took the direo
liuii leadin;;- lo u here we had left the
mule and tiu* lootmen. 'I'iifv quirkly
lied i'l all dircc!i(m«, aiul mv man Cidum-
bus ’^the mule not hting inclined to in
crease its pace was s( aianned, that he
did not gel tlie letter o!' it l')r the u bole
day. \\ e ])ressi-d the elephar.l now very
close, ridi:ig Ih1\>iv, Ixdiiud ami on each
side of him : u!;d ids look '^nmelimfs, as
hi: turned his head, bad tlie elVecl (d'
checking itistantly :lie spew’d of mv h(is>;
his pace never exn-edt'd u cluiii-'V :''ili!ig
ua!!-. b'l’ WHO k-:'’ '
1C. u. \ (. ^ ' nuuriliiY of rounded peljbles; a circiiii,
sl,r,nc and ccn .cr ol l.ovc, s„l,l,o>m«r.
tliat they bad been transported thither j;-
llte waters. All the cavern bjne*;f5'’.^
tain animal matter; and what is riU't-
singular, the earth in which they arc n"'
bedded cotitains still more aiunul mat.'.'
than tl'.v bones themselves.
faiigable toes, they will hold ym seven
or eii;lit hours right on end, :\:ivi think
the minutes all (od sb'nt. At four in
ilic morning my la'^t partner went; she
had started at half past seven ; she could
no longer resist ihr cavernoiis yawns of
hei- pajia and mamma, but it was reluctant
ly that she. went :
“ ncc.lMin s;itl\ti rocc'^sit."
1 like a liall in the West Indies letter
than in I',n:;land, 'I'rue it is that you
perspire, but tiien yju have not to under
go the triumph of superior frigidity in
your partnrr ; she perspires in jirccise
atialoj;y with yourself, lilts and relifs the i
caiohric loties quoties, as the I’upisls say,
whiles ever dotli the orient Immor burst
forth at intervals uptm her ivory cheek,
and gravitate in emuhjua conli-aflnence
wiili your own. Windows, doors, atid
jalousies are all thrown open to the
of ni 'lii ; lluv.’crs and evf.r.n-eens
and vei'dancy to ‘.i>.e valb. a'ul
A lar.ge parly of soldiers sui‘[)riscn
n:iurnrti(m-tnrn (stealers of dead ^
in a church yaial. The oflii'er'■ei?’.e l
of them ami asked him what he
say for himself—“'Say," he ans'k-ert'. ^
“Why, that we came here to r.u^v.-
corjj.u' and not a rn'ihicnt
't'bc author of a play, at it? h.”-^''r‘‘
senlation, and soon after t!ie la'’t'''i'
f.veen I'rance and England was
1 seeing the atiilience to be small.
lo Morton, the dramatic writer, \vl>J
near him in the pit, “The l!i!nu'.!>- ,
the I louse i.» owii?g, I suppose, lo the
“ Xo, Sir,” said ^lorion—the;^"-^ •
Old El'.vcsjlbe miser, who
younger I’itt exceedingly, used lo o
— ••In all I'itt says, there are pou!.-
)!rillin’'s .I'v’