the West, in which both their popular and cast-off | Philip, has been metamorphosed into Mount Hope; Indian names are given: Al-o-mo. Os-sen-e-uk. Me-o-net-wa. and, by the same process, Lile-han-nah, Pennsylvania, is now Loyal Hannah. In Seneca, Connecticut, Licking and Wheeling, it is almost impossible to discover a particle of their primitive properties. It must be allowed that Indian names are frequently very much improved, so far as regards the sound, by abbreviation and other modes of corrup tion. Thus, Wy-o-ming sounds more agreeable than its original, Maugh-wa-wau-me. O-hi-o, in like manner, is a decided improvement upon E-50he-yo; though in Yough-io-ga-ny, (the first two syllables of which are identical with the original of Ohio,) less license has been taken, and an equally melodious name produced. O-sage, in Missouri, is to this day pronounced by the Indians Wau-saushe. Here has been an extraordinary innovation upon the aboriginal word. On the old French maps of North America it is spelled Ouasage; and this may furnish a clew to the corruption. Perhaps the French expressed its Indian sound as well as their peculiar system of orthography would admit. The name of Osage must have been derived from the French maps by the Spaniards or the English, who considered a tripthong in the first syllable a troublesome appendage, and therefore struck out all but the initial vowel. The French names, which prevail to so great añ extent in the West, are, in many cases, highly objectionable. They are nearly all composed of the most wretched words in their language; and, as a consequence, are dissonant to the ear. But few of them can be mentioned in connexion with English words, without committing a flagrant outrage upea grammatical rules. In speaking of the rivers known by the names of Detroit, Anglaize, la Platte and Des Plains, we commonly duplicate the article, and call them the Detroit, the Anglaize, the La Platte, and the Des Plains. Captain Carver, in his book of "Travels through the interior parts of North America," some fiveand-seventy years ago, severely censures the French for applying" nicknames" to the water-courses in the Indian country. In this he was perfectly right. But the Captain unfortunately fell into the sa error himself; for, upon arriving at a stream wh flowed from the southward into Lake Winnebag It may be proper to remark, that the orthography of some of the above names differs from that employed by a number of our topographers-regard he observes: "This I called the Crocodile River, having been paid, in the present instance, only to in consequence of a story that prevails among the what is believed to be the true sound of the words. Indians of their having destroyed, in some part of Many of the rivers are known by several Indian it, an animal, which, from their description, must names. This is almost invariably the case when be a crocodile or an alligator." The ugly name more than one tribe lives on the same stream: thus bestowed by Captain Carver, does not appear each calls it by a different name: but all the names to have obtained much favor among those who trausually have the same significa velled in that region in subsequent times. The There is a disposition quite prevent to angli-stream is now called Rice River-an appellation cise the aboriginal names, with the view of ren- but little better than the Captain's "nickname." dering them more euphonical to civilized man, In all cases in which the aboriginal names have Mon-taup, the seat of the famous chieftain, King been discarded, it would be desirable to have them restored; but this is next to impossible. Many of them, however can be relieved from their unwarrantable proscription, without difficulty; and there is no good reason why this should not be done. There are persons, no doubt, who consider this a In consequence of this admonition, instead of meeting matter of little importance. They reconcile them- my shipmates with the unsuspicious frankness of youth, I selves to the prevailing names-however ridicu-weighed the import of every thing that was said; and like lous they may be-by recalling to their minds the the fretful porcupine, armed at all points, was prepared to resent the slightest aggression. worn-out couplet of Shakspeare's Juliet— and some injudicious friend had told me, that, among those with whom I was about to associate, no one was respected who had not either fought or evinced a readiness to do so, and advised me to be on my guard, as my courage would certainly be tested. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet." By degrees this unnatural state of feeling imperceptibly wore away, as I could detect no latent meaning in expressions of a light, hilarious and unpremeditated nature; and thawed by the freedom of conversation, that ever prevails Notwithstanding this high authority, it would tax at a mess-table, I had, ere I was aware, become a particiour credulity to the utmost to believe that "Jona-pator. The subject was the equipment and discipline of than's Creek" is as sweet as Moxahala-not to mention divers other names which are ten times more wretched. July, 1841. EXTRACTS G. S. M'K. privateers, and I took occasion to mention having recently seen one, and gave a description of her internal arrangements, as related to me by one of her officers. I was listened to with attention; but when I had finished, one of my new messmates, Charles Kinnard, cried out, "Tell that to the marines, Lemoine! you look too much as I do when I spin a yarn." In an instant, ere he was aware, my plate, spoon, soup and all, were thrown directly in his face. There was an immediate uproar, and Kinnard struggled to get across the table; but Weston sprang to him, held him forcibly, and called, in a loud voice, to order! The respect in which Weston was held enforced his call, and as FROM THE JOURNAL OF AN AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER. soon as he could be heard he proceeded to state, that Mr. An orphan, tossed and buffetted about—a lone and solitary weed washed from its native sedge, and drifted by every current in the great ocean of life-I deem myself fortunate, that, at the age of sixteen, with the love of adventure enkindled by the very perils arrayed to deter me, I abandoned my studies, and embraced the roving, stirring, homeless, comfortless, but attractive life of a sailor. Lemoine was a stranger, unacquainted with their customs, and unused to their freedom of expressions; that he considered Mr. Kinnard bound to recall his words, when he pledged himself that an ample apology would be given for what ensued; and that if Mr. Kinnard refused, he would hold him accountable for an insult to one, placed under his charge by the first Lieutenant. Though his appeal was received with acclamation, the matter might not have ended here, but the soup was not very hot, and Kinnard had a turn for the ludicrous. As soon therefore as he was re A gallant frigate was fitting in my native seaport for a cruise round the world, and from the time I first learned the possibility of being enrolled among her crew, I prose-leased, he drew his handkerchief across his face, held it up, cuted a claim with untiring perseverance, nor relaxed one moment; till, happier than he who achieves a crown, with the appointment of a Midshipman, I claimed my berth, and doffed the sable garb of mourning, for habiliments of deep, unchanging blue,-from time immemorial, the color appropriate to warriors on the deep. laughed outright at its appearance, and, extending his hand, said, "Lemoine, you have served me right, and I owe you one; I did not mean to insult you, and I know that you are sorry to have lost your soup." As two clouds surcharged with opposing electricity will make the vault reëcho with their wrangling, and afterwards, blended into one, float along harmonious and quiescent, so an early quarrel is often succeeded by a sincere and lasting friendship. Respect for the spirit of the one, and admiration of the frankness and good humor of the other, warmed into mutual esteem; and Kinnard and myself became intimate friends. When I repaired to the Navy-Yard to report for duty, I fancied, as I went along, that the attention of others, as well as my own, was rivetted on my dirk and the buttons which adorned my collar; converting, in my simplicity, the smile of pity for my vanity, or sympathy for the trials which awaited me, into admiration of my figure or its trappings. Passing through an arched gateway into an extensive area, I recognized at once the object of my destination,--a large ship partially careened, on which several hundred ca'kers were hammering most vigorously; their rapid, un-mates. ceasing strokes, vibrating painfully on the inexperienced 4 ear. Presenting my credentials to the Captain, I was by him transferred to the first Lieutenant-a short, compactly built, active and energetic man--who, in turn, handed me over to a Midshipman named Weston, with directions to show me my quarters, and have my hammock slung. This gentleman informed me that for a few days I would be excused from duty, to give me an opportunity of learning its routine, and of becoming acquainted with the geography of the ship, and the relative rank and position of my future shipmates. This officer took me under his especial charge, gave me | some excellent advice, and soon after rendered me an essential service. Duelling was at this time very prevalent in the Navy, A few days after, Beverly Caiter, a Midshipman recently appointed, reported for duty; and in the first watch he kept, seriously alarmed the crew, and much amused his mess His first tour of duty was from 8 o'clock till midnight. The snow fell thick and fast; and hoods and tarpaulins had been placed over the hatches, to screen the ørew from the weather. Literally construing the order, "to keep the men below," he paraded in the snow, with chapeau on and dirk by his side, and eagerly wished for an opportunity to exercise his delegated authority. Nor had he to wait long. The Quarter-Master of the previous watch, as he was about springing into his hammock, recollected that he had omitted to inform his relief of the state of the tide. Without waiting to resume his clothes, he hurried up and called to him. Hearing his voice, Caiter turned, and in his zeal, confounding simple disobedience with mutiny, he drew his dirk and rushed upon him. Taken by surprise, the Quarter-Master had not time to descend, but springing aside, he fled along the deck with | pleased to see him read, his simple-minded aunt smiled and his pursuer at his heels. approved, when she should have trembled and restrained. Unguided and uncontrolled, he naturally preferred the lighter and more attractive, though frivolous, and often nox. ious tales of imagination, to sober and useful history. Endowed with talents, they remained dormant and unculti vated: his prurient fancy revelled in visionary improbe bilities:-seduced by the love of novelty, he thirsted for excitement, and regarded the ordinary occupations of life, as tame, listless and insupportable. An admirer of mag nificent results, he contemned the means of attaining them. ever the hero of his own reveries, he became conceited and vain: by nature generous and considerate;—indiscrimi nate, overweening indulgence, by instilling the idea, that his wants and wishes should take precedence of all others, had rendered him capricious and selfish. Enthusiastic This young man, restless and dissatisfied, remained but a without perseverance; his head filled with many ideas, and short time with us; and I will transcribe his brief history; never a correct one; he entered the Navy: and aspiring to for it is fraught with admonition. It will tell us that early grasp honors, without the patience to endure priration;— impressions, like the first foot-print on a yielding soil, are like the exotic in a bleak atmosphere, he drooped and the deepest and most pervading. It will lead us to acknow-withered; while the hardier plants around, but folded their ledge, that the decisions of the man are often imperceptibly swayed by the first impressions of the child;-like the unseen and incomprehensible quality of consanguineous blood, which moulds the features, and mayhap endows the mind and engrafts the disposition of its peculiar ancestry. It will teach us that there is, perhaps, no subject more universally left to the control of fortuitous circumstances, and yet, not one more imperatively demanding unceasing, though silent supervision, than the selection of books for children. It is by our reading, more than by what we see or hear, that the tenor of our future life is biassed. In the books which are first given to youth for amusement, they become deeply interested; and tastes are imbibed, and principles implanted, which can never after be eradicated. The seed shows in its germ the ramifications of the plant;-" the boy is father of the man." "The rapid chase they held One urged by fury, one by fear impelled; Now circling round the decks their course maintain, At length Caiter stumbled over a coil of rope, and in falling petals and awaited a more genial season. He soon left the Navy in disgust, and, alternately embra cing and renouncing a variety of pursuits, married unhap pily; and becoming embroiled in a family quarrel, was shot through the heart by the hand of a kinsman. At length the ship was hauled into the stream, and we joyfully collected our stores and commenced in earnest our preparations for sea. But we were long detained,—and d ring this period, a thrilling incident occurred on shore, which elicited a remarkable act of heroism, and terminated in a lamentable catastrophe. It was in the latter part of February. The clouds, like down before the blast, were driven rapidly along the st face of the upper deep ;-their aspect and their speed, be tokening a tempestuous and a bitter night; the moon, stora of her beams, gleamed at intervals through the nebula caused the infant in the domestic sanctuary, to eling stinctively to its mother's breast; and the solitary wayfarer, with head depressed, and faltering step, to grasp his cloak more firmly; when the startling cry of "fire!" aroused the citizens from their slumbers. Next to a pure conscience and a feeling heart, the great-surge; and the keen north-east wind, in its shrill paroxysms, est solace of life under almost every phase, is a love of reading; immeasurably soothing and buoyant amid all trials and vicissitudes, if well directed; if guided in its selections by a taste, pure, refined and classic. But if the reading of youth be unrestricted and promiscuous;-and in mental, as often in corporeal taste, the quality of the food be indifferent, save that the more gross, the more grateful it is to the depraved appetite;-instead of health of mind and vigor of intellect; instead of an appreciation of the sublime, and a love of the beautiful; instead of order, symmetry and grace; we have a mass of facts without arrangement; a chaotic confusion of borrowed ideas. The first glance from his casement, satisfied each that no time was to be lost, no exertion remitted. Ke beneath, and fanned through every crevice into flame, the lurid light above designated, to each inquiring eye, a large building, in the very centre of town, as the point of dance, The rattling engine:-the tumultuous rush; the wall of anticipated ruin;-the female shriek and manly shout o exertion;-soon violated a spot, but now almost hely in 13 solitude. An interest deeper than usual was awakened-for a knew that the young and widowed Mrs. Graham was beneath that roof, with a child but a few months old. Ot peculiar construction, with its gable to the street, the was inaccessible in front and rear, from the dense volat of smoke lighted up by occasional ribbons of flame, peering, and flaring through every aperture. The lower story entirely enveloped, and all access by the stairway debarred by the certainty of suffocation, or a more excruciating A judgment immature; an indecisive mind Leaning to virtue now, and now to vice inclined. Even at this early period, the books, which not designedly apparent, but casually, as it were, are thrown in the way of a boy, should have a reference to the future profession he is deemed best qualified to pursue. From the neglect of such a precaution, irredeemable years of many a youth have been speut in castle-building, and vain, impracticable aspirations; and after toiling through manhood in an unpalatable and inappropriate pursuit, has merged at length into discontented and impoverished old age; or the knife, death. the halter, or the twofold deadly cup, has nipped the illspun thread of life, and sent a being, gifted with reason, to account for time misspent, and talents uncultivated;--an incubus on his fellow-men through life-a rebel to his God in death! Young Caiter, reared by an indulgent aunt, and debarred by a delicate constitution from many of the pastimes of his age, had early sought for recreation in books. An extensive but ill-assorted library became his frequent resort; and Poor lady!" involuntarily escaped from many a lip pallid with apprehension. A sudden silence ensued, and the hushed multitude stood as still as the dense forest, when awaits the coming storm. No sound was heard from wis those walls, save that some fancied that they could dam guish stifled moans, as it were, far off. At this moment, a young man springing from the crowd, exclaimed, "This will never do; who'll follow to the rescue?" Foster! lead on!" cried a dozen voices. Without wait Lead farther reply, the gallant youth dashed into the adjoining many as could get hold, raised the ladder to its former house, whither he was instantly followed by those who had so promptly promised to second him. A few moments sufficed to apprize those without of their intention; and the dall, crumbling sound of the first blow, dealt on the dividing wall by the vigorous arm of Foster, was cheered by an approving shout from the multitude. The work of destruction is ever rapid, whether malice or charity be the impelling spirit. In a few moments an aperture sufficient was made, and the figures of the daring fellows were scen through the illuminated windows, hastening in various directions in quest of those they sought to rescue. "They climb the crackling stair, they burst the door, A few moments more and they reappeared bearing two females; one, pale, wan and insensible, closely wrapped and tenderly supported; the other, a black, borne along wild with affright, and convulsively grasping a bundle she carried in her arms. height,-but could do no more,-for already the clothes of the foremost were scorching from the intense heat. Holding the child clear of either side, Foster in vain tried to descend, for, as fast as his weight was brought to bear upon the ladder, the part unsupported would give way, and throw one side uppermost. His situation was now most critical. The cornice of the roof, long since enveloped, was now swagged in its centre; the fiery element, bursting from below, rolled on, vomiting flame and smoke; the floor beneath yawned in chasms to engulph him, and the very building toppled with the frequent fall of crushing fragments. For an instant, he was tempted to yield to an agonizing impulse and spring from the window, with the hope, by his own death, to preserve the child. The very idea suggested a means of escape. Amid the din and clamor, his voice was unheard; but those without gathering his meaning from his gestures procured a bed, and holding it aloft received the child, which was restored, unscathed and harmless, to its mother's arins,-just as Foster, struck by a falling brand, in the effort to recover his balance, fell backwards on the smouldering floor and was never seen again! A friend, who was conspicuously active on this occasion, The throng gathered quickly around; and while consulting where to shelter the exiles of one element from the in-relates, that, with several others, he remained for some clemences of another, the mother revived, and, true to nature's impulse, her first question was for her child. "Here it is, Missus!" exclaimed the nurse, holding out the boadle; which was eagerly seized. time after the progress of the fire had been arrested, endeavoring to rescue the body, in the hope that it had not been consumed-as the whole roof and floor had fallen in a few moments after the above catastrophe-but that despairing at last, he bent his steps for home. At this time, the pall of darkness was just lifting in the East; and the dull, gray dawn slowly advanced, disclosing hard, cold ridges of vapor, through which, with fading ray, the morning star oc Friendship may cool; brothers become estranged; the matrimonial tones discordant; and even the paternal bosom chilled towards its offspring; but the mother, more constant than friendship,-unchanged, urchilled, ever warm and fervent in her love, the mother is not to be deceived. Fran-casionally glimmered. The last engine was rumbling alongteady seizing the bundle, and with wild and rapid and almost maniac gestures, piece by piece she tore the coverings apart until she reached the inmost,-when a shriek, a thrilng, piercing, heart-rending shriek, told that the child was not there! The nurse in her hurry, stupified with terror, el clutched the bedding from the cradle, and left the child beland! dragged by a few men and boys, whose slow and slouching gait and soiled attire bespoke the fatigue of recent toilwhen he observed a group of three persons, two of whom appeared to be urging the third to some reluctant measure. They had stopped before a neat but unpretending house, and were still in low but earnest discussion when the door was thrown open, and a female voice, in thrilling accents, Than ill news, the transmission of light is not more ra- exclaimed, "Where is Foster? Oh! Mr. Nesbitt, where is pid. In an instant the dreadful truth was known, and Foster?" "My dear madam,” replied the gentlemen adagain the prompt voice of Foster sounded notes of reani-dressed, “be not"-but, stifled by his own emotions, he sation,Fear not lady, your child shall be restored." could proceed no further. The downcast eye-the sad deBy his direction, a ladder was procured and planted; (for meanor conveyed the rest--and wildly clasping her hands, one window now afforded the only hope of access); and the heart-stricken woman gave one agonizing groan and fell cheered more by inward feeling than the plaudits around, senseless in the doorway. and heedless of every wary admonition, he passed rapidly up and entered the house. The moment after, his figure On a balmy day, when a light breeze ruffled the water, was lost in the thick, dense smoke, which, sent from below and the pennon streamed to seaward, the long expected rough the scorching, crisping floor, in eddying wreaths call, "all hands, up anchor!" silenced the murmurs of the and curls, now whirled about the apartment. Although impatient-dispelled the reveries of the thoughtful-and, these events transpired in less time than it has taken to Carrate them, the fire had spread itself most fearfully. Leapbag, climbing and rolling along, the flaine, tossing and The sails were quickly spread-the anchor was a-weighgamboling, as it found food and vent, crept on, throwing its and, "like the horse that knows his rider," the ship, with fiery tongues wherever fuel was to be found,-and coiling her canvass full distended, bounded past an intervening around and embracing all it encountered, the windows, point, and cleaved the broad Atlantic. At this moment, as ..is and door-frames, were now mantled with the bright if the very atmosphere were reflective, rising and falling on element! The paint on one of the upper ends of the lad- the heaving swell, her own counterpart was before her. dez, bad blistered and peeled off-the wood first scorched, They were sister frigates ;-the one, after a long absence, then crackled and charred,-spiral, lambent lights now greeting her native land, as the other bade it, perchance, a payed about it, and suddenly it was in a blaze. The play of last adieu. With rigging manned, we passed under full the engines was at once directed to it, and some of the by-sail, and three simultaneous cheers welcomed the one and standers endeavored to raise that end up, in order that the conveyed good wishes to the other. snapping the thread of discourse with friends far away, summoned each one to his station. water might have better effect; but in the attempt, one slip- The first night at sea was the most uncomfortable I ever ped and let go his hold, and the end falling against the wall, experienced. The sky was heavily overcast—not a star visibroke off about two feet from one side. At the same moble, except at solitary moments-the atmosphere deeply ment, an exulting shout was the signal for the engines to impregnated with the sickening smell of bilge water-and erase; for blackened and disfigured, Foster reappeared at the ship rolling and plunging, like a maddened steed, inthe window with the child. The united strength of as stinct with desperation. VOL, VH-61 In a short time we made the island of Corvo, the north-a-half or three feet above the ground. The English prefer westernmost of the Azores; and in a few days, with a fa- the perpendicular trellice and close pruning, which, they vorable breeze, passed the islands of Fayal, Pico and St. think, insures wine of a better quality. The vine yields George's. Whenever the depression of the superincum- but one crop annually. The grapes are gathered on the bent clouds permitted a view of the land, the scene was in-south side very early in September, on the north side from variably picturesque, and frequently grand; particularly, two to three weeks later. Immediately after the vintage, when the "Peak" peered its conical summit far above the grapes are thrown into large wooden vats, and pressed many strata of clouds. It is computed to be seven thousand with weights or a lever and screw; afterwards from four to feet high. These islands, and Pico in particular, are said six men, according to the size of the vat, stripped to their to resemble the mountainous aspect of St. Domingo. We trowsers, and those rolled up, trample the pumice with their now pressed under all sail by the wind, in the hope of feet. The juice is conveyed by pipes into large tubs, and weathering the northern point of Madeira. On the 26th day, immediately after, it is poured into goat-skins, and carried we made the island of Madeira right ahead; but the wind directly to the town, on the backs of mules, and the shoulwas so light that our approach was gradual, and the hori- ders of men and boys. Two different modes of preparation zon so hazy as to render the land indistinct. The next are then pursued. By some of the merchants, the new day a pleasant breeze sprung up, and we approached the wine is poured into hogsheads and pipes, that had been land very nearly when it fell calm. filled with water six or eight months previous: and the wine remains undisturbed from three to any number of years. The other mode, is to pour the juice into immense cauldrons, called "etouffes," which are heated for the parpose of giving the wine a flavor, which, if it were left to itself, it could only acquire by age. Frequently the new wine is mixed with a small proportion of the vintage called "Bual," remarkable, above all others, for its body and favor, and bearing a corresponding price. Madeira is supposed to yield about thirty-five thousand pipes per annum. The new wine, direct from the vats, varies in price according to the reputation of the vineyard-usually from 30 to 35 cents per gallon, except the very superior quality, which, it is said, sometimes commands 80 cents. The beautiful island of Madeira, lofty, picturesque and luxuriant, is before us. The mountain scenery, always grand, and often sublime in its general features, is yet so irregular, that, often in detached views, it presents the most grotesque appearances. Abreast of us is a peninsula, representing on a gigantic scale, the aspect presented by the surface of unruffled water, on which a heavy rain is falling-like the tiny lake, when it receives "the first of the thunder shower." On our quarter, the mountains are so singularly huddled together, as to remind one of a heterogeneous collection or jumbling of every description of steeple, dome and tower. On our bow, is a high piece of tableland, jutting at one end into an elevated and beautifully rounded cone, with a narrow, lofty, sharp pointed and isolated rock, exactly resembling a vessel under sail by the wind. In running down the island, to which we were at the same time rapidly converging, we passed a beautiful valley, formed by a gorge in the mountains. It was a perfect amphitheatre, narrowing as it ascended, and terminated by a jagged and irregular peak :-a church on one side; a fortress on the other; a convent near the summit; and the intermediate space dotted with country seats,-each surrounded with a patch of the most luxuriant vegetation. The population of the island is computed at from ninety to one hundred thousand. The peasantry are robust and tawny, and their dress peculiar-consisting of a shirt, short trowsers, undressed goat-skin boots and blue conical cap, terminating in a long sharp point, very much resembling & inverted funnel. Our stay here was too brief to justify a remark on the manners and customs of the people; save that the relig is Catholic, as attested by the number of churches and convents, and the country people apparently humble and pious. Indolence is predominant, and the streets and roads are thronged with beggars. The Portuguese live s haughty seclusion, and the trade of the island is monopo lized by the English. A few of our enterprizing country. men are settled here, and by their open-handed hospt alty cheer the desolate path of the stranger. Besides wine, its principal staple, this island produces rye, maize and whed, some arrowroot, a species of bean and figs, bananas, pineapples, apples, pears and peaches, and a very large Lid flavored onion. The town of Funchal, the capital of the island, built in the form of an amphitheatre, its base resting upon the sea, and its arch receding as it rises, is imposing in its appearance but in reality, the streets are steep and narrow, and the style of architecture unattractive. All the females, and many of the males of the higher class, are carried about in sedan chairs,-slung on poles and borne by two men each. Madeira, for its arable ground, is perhaps one of the most productive spots in the world. Every niche, among the mountains, the sides of every ravine, and the summit of every hill, where one-half an inch of soil can be found, is Madeira-so named from its former abundance of woodhighly cultivated. Places that in the United States would and even now the slopes and summits of the mountains are only be traversed by the sportsman in quest of game, are covered with chesnut and pine-was discovered in th here covered with the luxuriant vine-pendant from which, reign of Edward III of England, by Robert Macham, the grapes hang in innumerable tempting clusters. Spots "squire of low degree," who eloped with Ann Dorsey, a here and there rendered soft and spongy by the oozing from noble maiden, and, escaping in a small vessel, sterred: the superincumbent rocks, are made beautifully conspicu-France. But the course of true love never did ous by the long, rich, half melancholy foliage of the ba- smooth." The unfortunate lovers were overtaken by nanna-its straw-colored fruit now and then discernible tempest, which swept them from their course and whirled among the gigantic leaves. them upon this island, then a desert and uninhat.ted. Themselves with difficulty escaping to the shore, the bark was dashed to pieces. Here they remained for years A rude tomb and cross, erected by the surviving lover, telå that the more fragile vessel was crushed at length by s row and privation: but leaves it to the imagination of be sympathizing wanderer, to portray his sad and deplorate It is remarkable of Madeira, that the only insect and rep-fate. Having recruited the crew and filled up our aff tile to be seen, are a fly and a harmless species of lizard-we left Madeira. Alternately fair or adverse, fresta the latter, it is said, serving the poor as an article of food. strong, or light and baffling; the wind more or less pro The vines in Madeira are trained unlike any I have ever pelled us on, until we reached the confines of the trade seen, on horizontal trellices or frame-work, about two-and- winds, when "gradual sunk the breeze into a perfect The very marshes,-whose only visiters with us would be the blackbird and the snipe,-whose only tenants, the uncouth, discordant frog and hideous snake,-are here covered with the yam, whose dark green leaves, in shape but exceeding in size, strongly resemble the tobacco plant, at full growth, before it changes its hue. |