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the heart's ill at ease?-but I had all at my bidding. Did ye ever mind how afore a storm comes on all is oft calm and peaceful and heavenly, just as youth is-and then did ye ever mark the blast coming and laying all low and waste before it, just like ould age? That was mine ain case-only I thought the calm would last for ever!'

You did not murder him?' inquired I, still anxious to obtain some connected account from her-Who talks of murder? aye, that is an awful word-heigh, sirs! murder-but hark

ye

The fiend of the storm with its red wing flies by,

And the beauties of nature decay all before it;
But the heart of the murderer, more perilous far,
Like a hell-fiend will prey on the corpse and de-
vour it !

Heard ye that shriek on the gale? 'tis the call
Of the spirit of murder as onward it flieth-
Heard ye that voice, that cry of despair?

'Tis the murderer who vainly for happiness crieth! Ah! me, it is a bonny sound,

brain

Like the shriek of a soul in torment bound-
'Tis a sound that ringeth for
in my
aye
Heard ye it calling us loudly again?
Oh! this in troth is a world of wo;
Though oft-times at morning with life it may glow,
How oft ere the nightfall 'tis tinged with gloom
As dark and as drear as the murderer's tomb!
I've seen a gay flower in the morning bright blooming,

MATHEMATICS.

Solution of No. 27, by O. S.

deeper into the heart than every-day words.-
But,' raising her voice, and extending her
skinny arm on high, wherefore do I talk wi'
you? I, who had made a vow never again to
speak wi' man!-fause deceitful man! Away!
The first equation by transposition becomes xy + x
why do ye blast my sight? Look-there is
blood on my hand-what, stir ye not?-But, − √ xy (y2 — 1) = 2y2+2y. This divided by
ye mean no ill-and I will not hurt ye. Why y + 1 becomes r— √xy (y-1)=2y; or x—xy=
look ye so sad? Ah! do ye grieve for me?ay (y-1.) Now, from the second equation, we
well, that can amost make me weep, and I have x2 y2 — 18xy = √12, which, by re-
love to weep. Methinks every tear carries a
load of grief frae my breast alang with it. It duction, and addition of 4xy + 49 to each side, is
is seldom I can weep; but when I do, it makes x2 y2-14xy + 49 = 4xy + 4 √xy + 1, and by
me so easy and happy for lang after it, that I, extracting the root is xy - 7 = 2 √√xy + 1; or xy
even I, can smile and that ye would wonder
-2 √xy = 8 and xy − 2 √xy +1=9 .. √xy
at, considering what I've gane through.'
+3., √xy=4 or -2; and xy=16 or -4

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I found it was in vain to hope for any con-
nected history of her life, which had undoubt-
edly been more marked than that of most
persons; and therefore, stepping to the door,
told her that as the day had cleared up, I would
depart-but first, struck by her miserable
appearance, and apparent destitution of the
common necessaries of life, asked if I could and 3y2
be of any service to her, or could procure her
any thing to alleviate her sorrows.-She an-
swered with great impatience, Away, sir,
would ye mock me? thinkest thou man can
do any thing for me? ah! no-my help maun
come frae another source! but farewell! and

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And I've sipped its rich scents all the valley per- if ye be not afeard, may Crazy Kate's blessing

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Did ye ever hear that sang afore? it is ane
I made mysel, and the words often come un-
bidden before me, like some evil thought we
cannot get rid of. But I have ane far merrier
-it is all about love and youth-list !—
Oh! love is like the budding rose,
So fair an sweet to view;
And youth is like a summer morn,
When flowers are wet wi' dew.
The lark on high may warble gay,
But lovers are as light;

The morning sun may glitter forth,
But youth is far more bright!

I saw a lass hie up the glen,
Love glittered in her eye,

And on her check its blushing glow

Like rose-leaves there did lie.

Now is not that a bonny sang? I aye sing that when I wish to think o' what I ance was, but this is the ane I sing after it--for its owre true!-now, mind

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Oh! love is like the rose that hides
Beneath its leaves the thorn;
And soon the stormy clouds of life
Destroy youths flowery morn.
How sweetly sounds in lovers' ears
The tongues of those they love!
Ah! sorrow soon may still the notes,
As winter doth the grove.

I saw a lass come down the glen,
Tears fell fast frae her eyes;
Her cheek was like the lily pale,
Her bosom teem'd wi' sighs;
And thus she said, ob! gin I were
Beneath the green grass laid;
Fause love has broke my trusting heart,
And me a wretch has made.

Isn't I a fine singer?' exclaimed the hag, with a look of mad exultation in her eyes. Oh! sangs are wonderful things! they take sic a hold of the memory-I think they sink

gang wi' ye!'

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Mercurius with an incorrect one.

Solution of No. 29, by Mr. J. Hill.

Let x the number of trees in one side of the

square; then x2 + 382= the number of trees; also

I left her dreary abode, resolved to make inquiries as to her former history; and reflecting on the diversified constitution of the human intellect-how, in some cases we see it calmly keeping on in the even tenor of its way, partaking of an habitual apathy; and how in(+6)2-38 = the number of trees. Hence x2 others, wrought to a deep intensity of feeling,+382(x+6)2 →38; and by reduction x = 32. it is stretched beyond its power of tension, and The number of trees are therefore 1406. the thread of rationality is snapt in twain. Mr. W. M. Lawrie, Malpasian, Jno. M. J. Mr. Whether the unfortunate individual I had been Robt. Andrew, and F. sent solutions. visiting, had been from birth of an unsound mind, or had been driven by grief, or remorse, to the piteous state in which I saw her, I was unable to determine-though most probably the latter was the case. Under either supposition, her state afforded a powerful warning to the observing mind; one amongst many instances of the unfathomable depths of the ways of Providence, and of the imbecile nature of

man.

The face of nature was bright and beauteous as ever, and appeared possibly more lovely on account of its contrast to the gloomy cell I had left. The chaffinches were twittering in the hedges, and a thousand insects, of every form and size, were sporting away their brief existence. I surveyed the varied scene, and thought on the wonderful dispensations of the Creator of this splendid globe. My reflections reverted to the scene from which I had departed to man and the perversity of his nature, too often marring the benefits with which he is surrounded, or turning them into so many curses-to his crimes, his passions, and his follies. I trust the time was not wasted that I spent with Kate of Glenshee.EDIE OCHILTREE.

THE MERRY KNIGHT.

When Henry Marshall, Knt. and Alderman of London, received the honour of knighthood from George II., he fell flat on the floor. The king was surprised; but on the knight's rising up, he facetiously said, "Your majesty has conferred so much honour upon me, that I was not able to stand under it." His majesty ever after called him his merry knight.

Question No. 33, by Mr. W. M. Lawrie.
In what point of the ecliptic, between Aries and
Cancer, does the sun's longitude exceed his right
ascension by the greatest difference possible?

Question No. 34, by Mr. John Hill.

I owe my friend a shilling, and have nothing about me but pounds, and he has nothing but five shilling pieces; how am I to acquit myself of this debt?

Question No. 35, by Nonpublicos.

which being let, brought him in £120 per ann. clear A gentleman bought an Estate in houses for £1500, of all expences and deductions. At the end of ten years most of the houses being out of repair, and he not choosing to be at the expence of fitting them up, sold the whole estate again for £800. What rate of interest had he for his money?

Question No. 36, by Mr. J. Wilson.

A Dealer has a certain number of Oranges. To induce an old customer to purchase, the dealer sends him a present of the cube root of one third of the whole cargo. This customer then makes a purchase of one third of what there were at first. A lady then sent an order for a certain number which would have been a quarter of the remainder, had none been given away. The dealer now finds that he has 318 oranges left how many had he at first?

We have not yet received any correct Solution to Question No. 28. Malpasian's question is not original.

POETRY.

THE FATE OF MARIA.

The sun from his soft swelling palace of blue
Look'd down on the waves of the ocean:
O'er the breast of the billow the razor-bill flew,
All hush'd was its stormy commotion.
The halcyon rock'd on his wave-cradled bed,
And slept on the surge as a pillow;
The gulls flapp'd their wings o'er the mariner's head,
As his bark plough'd the foam of the billow.
Like the goddess of beauty, array'd in her charms,
When from Oda in triumph descending,
Maria, unmindful of future alarms,

O'er the breaker that rippled was bending.
She saw in the wave, as it roll'd on the shore,
Her charms, with triumphant emotion,
And little she thought 'mid the billow's loud roar
How soon she should sleep in the ocean.

Her maids stood around her, and scarce at her feet
Ascended the soft kissing billow;

Ah! little they thought that an angel so sweet
Should repose on a watery pillow.

While securely they dipp'd in the scarce heaving wave
That softly around them was swelling,

The sea-nymphs were decking her coralline grave
And her parting bell slowly was knelling.

A breaker arose like the wave of the storm,
It foam'd with a wild heaving motion,

And dash'd o'er the strand-overwhelm'd her fair form,

And buried her deep in the ocean.

A faint shriek was heard, and 'twas silent again;
She has gone, she has vanish'd for ever:
Long-long shall they seek for her corse in the main,
But when shall they find it-Ab! never.

On sea-weeds and corallines softly reclin'd,
Maria is calmly reposing;

Round her wave-polish'd bones the sea-mosses shall wind,

Till time o'er the ocean is closing.

And long shall the sea-boy, while wrapp'd in his dream,
At midnight awake from his pillow,
And wondering view in the moon's silver beam
Her fair spirit glide o'er the billow.
July, 1822.

GLYCERIA.

POUR PRENDRE CONGE'.

In vain for three seasons each art has been tried,
I still am unwed, and unwed must abide;
In vain bave my mother and I, every night,
Tried to gudgeon the men-but the flats will not bite ;
Sad, sad is my fate, every scheme has misc rried,
I was twenty last Christmas, and still am unmarried!
In vain to our dinners were dozens invited,
And scores with our parties at night were delighted-
Oh! was it for this that I sang till my throat
Grew so hoarse not an ear could distin uish a note,
(Though of course every hearer pronounced it divine,
That the words were so charming, the music so fine ;)
Oh! was it for that I danced each quadrilie,
With a fairy-like grace and a Paris-taught skill;
That I lost all my roses by keeping late hours,
Till now I must call some from Ackerman's bower's?
Oh! horrid; three months dear Sir Thomas I thought
In my snares, a rich treasure, at last had been caught;
Every morning his tilbury whisked me along,
In the evening be sought me all others among;
My partner when dancing, companion when still,
The page at my beck, and the slave of my will.
To carry my fan, oh! how happy was he!
How delighted he seem'd when he sweeten'd my tea!
When I song, with what ardour, enraptur'd, he
listen'd;
[ten'd!
When I smil'd, what delight in his eyes ever glis-
Oh! Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas, may grief be my lot
For the whole of next winter, if thou art forgot!

Mamma, too, dear creature! how kindly she plann'd
Fresh schemes to entice to propose for my hand!
To-day 'twas a dinner-her dishes were eat up;
To-morrow a rout, the best she could get up.
The dinner was eat, and the ront it was over,
But, alas! not an offer was made by my lover!
Every ball in the country was graced by our faces,
Corporation, election, assizes, and races;
What money we spent at the play-house, where often
I fancied fair Juliet my lover might soften!
And that fiction might help to promote declaration-
All on earth is, I vow, rought but grief and vexation!
After all our endeavours, and plots, and advances,
Routs, dinners, wines, dishes, songs, music, and dances,
One morn, on returning from calls, as expected
His card on the table I found; but connected
Three grief-speaking letters, two Ps and a C,
Rear'd their forms as in mockery of love and of me!

TO MY HUSBAND.

When thou dost ask if this sequester'd vale

Bounds all my wishes now; and if the Sun,
Wheree'r he goes to tell his wondrous tale,
A happier being ever shines upon;

I can but answer thee with smiles and tears :-
With tears while memory those is picturing, whom
My doubtful fate now dooms to anxious fears,
And many a sigh, perchance, and hour of gloom:
With smiles, as I those dear, love-beaming eyes,
Delighted meet, for then love reigns supreme;
And though I think of all my broken ties,

Broken for thy dear sake, I fondly deem
My bliss was cheaply purchas'd, and to me
Fame, kindred, friends, my love, seem well re-
OPIE.
signed for thee.

SONG.

If thou could'st know what 'tis to weep,
To weep unpitied and alone,
The live-long night, while others sleep
Silent our mournful watch to keep,
Thou would'st not do what I have done.

If thou could'st know what 'tis to smile,
To smile, while scorn'd by every one,
To hide by many an artful wile,
A heart that knows more grief than guile,
Thou would'st not do what I have done.

And, oh! if thou could'st think how drear,
When friends are chang'd and health is gone,
The world would to thine eyes appear,
If thou like me to none were dear,
Thou would'st not do what I have done.

LADY CAROLINE LAMB.

VARIETIES.

An ingenious Method of turning a Misfortune to Profit.-Not many years ago, a man was hanged at a country town in Ireland for highway robbery; but his friends having taken the body to a house, fancied that they discovered some signs of life, and immediately applied to a surgeon, who, with considerable difficulty, succeeded in restoring the man to his senses. Finding himself much annoyed by the multitude of visitors, and the questions which they asked respecting his short excursion to the other world, the man declared that he would not gratify their curiosity until each person should bave paid the sum of twopence. With this demand they readily complied, and be very seriously informed them, that at the moment when he was recalled to this world by the surgeon's assistance, he had just arrived at the gates of heaven, where he saw St. Peter sitting with the kays in his hand. This anecdote was related by the surgeon as a matter of fact, to a gentleman now residing in London.

Fine Arts. The lovers of the Fine Arts, and the admirers of the writings of Mr. Washington Irving, will be pleased to learn, that the works of this gentleman are now receiving illustration from the pencil of his very clever countryman, Mr. Leslie.

North America.-The following advertisement appears in a Savannah Journal:-" Fair Notice.-All persons are hereby not only warned, but absolutely forbid to give me credit, on any pretence whatsoever, as from this day forward I shall not pay any debts contracted by myself.-JOHN HEWIT."

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Irish Knights.-Mr. Harwood, the Irish barrister, passing through Drogheda during the lord lieutenancy of the Duke of Dorset, called upon the Mayor, who was his friend, and by trade a grocer. "How fares my old friend?" asked the councillor. "Och, upon my honour, never worse." Why, what's the matter?" "How shall I sell my cheese and butter, now the Duke of Dorset has made me a knight?" "Poh, poh!" rejoined Harwood, "hold your tongue you old fool.-By you may think yourself well off he did not make you a duke."

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Hindoos. It is remarkable to what excellent uses the toes are applied in India. In England, it is hard to say whether they are of any use whatsoever. A man could certainly walk and ride without them ; and these are the principal purposes to which the feet are applied in Europe. But here the toes are second hand fingers; they are called the feet fingers' in Bengalee. In his own house, a Hindoo, makes use of them to fasten the clog to his feet, by means of a button, which slips between the two middle toes. The Taylor, if he does not thread his needle, certainly twists his thread with them: the cook holds his knife with his toes while he cuts fish, vegetables, &c.; the joiner, the weaver, &c. could not do without them, and almost every native has twenty different uses for the toes. It is true, I have heard of a maimed sailor in England writing with his toes, which is more than what I have seen done in this country; but yet, this is only another proof of what might be done, even with the toes, if necessity should arise, to make us set our toes, as well as our wits to work. WARD.

SCIENTIFIC NOTICES.

In the last number of Dr. Brewster's Philosophical Journal, there is a valuable paper on counter poisons, by John Murray, Esq. He seems to have established the fact, that ammonia is a complete antidote to hydrocyanic acid, and acetic acid (vinegar) an effectual counter-poison to opium.

M. Proust has found mercury (quicksilver) in every kind of muriatic acid (spirits of salts), that he has examined. He finds it also in rock salt. He has proposed a method of ascertaining whether it is contained in sea water, where its presence has for some time been suspected.

Professor Leslie has recently been making some very interesting experiments on the conveyance of sound in hydrogen gas. He finds that if half the atmospheric air contained in a receiver be withdrawn, and replaced by hydrogen gas, the sound, which be fore was loud, will now be scarcely audible.

Rule to find the strength of Prussic Acid-BY DR. URE.-To 100 grains, or any other convenient quantity of the acid, contained in a small phial, add in succession, small quantities of the peroxide of mercury in fine powder, till it ceases to be dissolved on agitation. The weight of the red precipitate taken up being divided by 4, gives a quotient representing the quantity of real prussic acid present. By weighing out beforehand, on a piece of paper, or a watch glass, 40 or 50 grains of the peroxide, the residual weight of it shews at once the quantity expended.

Hot Springs.-Three leagues from Valencia are the hot springs of La Trinchera, which form a rivulet. two feet deep and eighteen feet wide in the driest seasons. Their temperature is 90.3 centrigade. Those of Urigino, the hottest known, are at 100°. Eggs were boiled in the Trinchera springs in four minutes. But what is truly singular is, that at the distance of forty feet from these are other springs entirely cold.

Humboldt's Personal Narrative

Steam Frigate -In America, steam is applied even to the navigation of ships of war. A steam frigate now lies in the bay of New York, three hundred feet in length, two hundred in breadth, and thirteen feet thick at its sides, which are composed of oak planks and cork alternately; it carries 44 guns, four of which are 100 pounders, the others are from 42 to 60. Besides which in order to prevent boarding, it can discharge upon its assailants a hundred gallons of boiling water every minute. By the same mechanism, likewise, 300 sabres are moved outside its port holes with the utmost perfect regularity; and, four times every minute, as many long spears are darted out with the most incredible force, and pulled back every time for a fresh emission.

SCRAPIANA.

No. VI.

From the common-place book of a Clergyman who flourished in Lancashire at the beginning of the 18th century.

Faith pinn'd of another man's sleeve has this inconvenience attending it, yt we know not whether he may run away with it.

Fear is a perturbation of ye mind, arising from ye
apprehension of approaching danger.

Fair and sluttish, black and proud.
Long and lazy, little and load.

Free of her lipps, free of her hipps.

Ye Fox preaches! look to your geese,

INTERVIEWS WITH A SHADE.

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No. II.

I dined the next day at an ordinary, and was attempting, after dinner, to read the accounts from Ireland, relative to the distress that unfortunately prevails in that part of the united kingdom; but the good humour of the company, made it impossible that I could be serious, without it being imagined that I treatlaid down the Courier,' and joined in the preed them with indifference and contempt. I vailing mirth, and general roar, when excited by the wit and pleasantry of the lively few. On one of these occasions VOLATILE entered, and, almost unobserved, seated himself beside me;-he waived all compliments and ceremony, and began to say something of "the accomplishments" of the ladies we had seen on the preceding day, "their neat and elegant dresses, with the known prudence, and domestic excellence of their mother;"-the reiterated bursts of laughter, however, prevented any further commendations. We sat about two minutes longer, but the blanched visage of my companion was inflexibly grave and motionless, which was so very unpleasant to me, that I rose from my seat, and moving to the laughter-loving party, walked out of the room, and V— followed. "That little gentleman with spectacles," said he, "whose endeavours to please are indefatigable, is a commissioner and a man liberally educated, but it is said, that he preof talent; he had a good opportunity of being ferred a commercial life to the following of his studies. He was introduced to the market by a fortunate tradesman, who has now retired to an estate of his own purchasing. In company he is ever on the wing;-without ill nature, every acquaintance is his butt ;-and so pointed

Fire ye most perfect of elements, and yet endowed and sparkling are the sallies of his levity, that

with ye most vehement motion.

Fides quid? quod non vides.

Spes? Futura res.

Charitas? magna raritas.

there is no coping with him;-the laugh is
seldom against him, and his spirits are infalli-
ble." We had now reached the Exchange,
and, after taking a turn or two, seated our-

Finest of our raiment ye silk-worms grave, before it selves. A gentleman of very thoughtful aspect can be our garments.

Falls of God's children tend to God's glory, non per se sed per accidens.

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June 2nd,-gloomy, sultry and calm.-3rd, Almost a calm, barometer, stationary; very clear and warm.

passed us at the moment, and looked very hard at V, but did not speak; he was a hand-5th, the temperature of the pastnight no lower than some figure, and advanced in years. That Gentleman," said my communicative friend, Faith makes some martyrs, hope makes 'em trium- "is the husband of the lady whom we saw phant. yesterday morning with her daughters;—he is Four farthings and a thimble, make a taylor's pocket at the head of an extensive establishment in single,

Fair in the cradle, foul in the saddle.

this town, a firm which is in high credit;-the
poor in his neighbourhood, find in him a steady

Fair face needs no band: fair woman needs no land patron and friend ;-upon a late accident he
Flap with a foxes tail-to cheat and cozen.
Flat as a flounder.

Fitt as five pence.
Follow one like St. Anthony's pigge-more than we
desire.

From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us.
Fides panica, little hold.

had the sympathy of a whole district to console him, which was a more honourable testimony of his worth, than the shout of millions." He now approached us again, in conversation with a gentleman that I recollected as a schoolfellow of mine, and as my ear caught a word or two that passed, I observed that the elderly gentleman.. was a Scotsman;-"Yes," said V "but is an old resident ;-I have known Five hundred 1000 chosen men slain, 2 Chron. 13, him from my youth, when his name was stamp 17, a greater number than modern ages can boasted upon my memory, by a favour which he handsomely conferred upon a branch, of our family." "I stood up and moved to my early comrade, whom at school we had called Facti ones for his attention;-he immediately advanced, and very politely introduced me to his kind friend, as he called him, and the worthy object of V- -'s animadversion. This circumstance puzzled me not a little, as I felt some difficulty, in not knowing how to conduct myself towards V, but on turning to the

of, in any battle that we know of. Fetters of sin fled off by repentance. Fear ye ague of ye soul.

Flagitium et flage lum sunt sicut acus et filum.
A fa mer said that two saints in heaven vexed him
more than all ye devil's in bell, Virgin Mary, and

St. Michael ye Archangel; being his rent-dayes.
Flowers surpass us in beauty, Bruits in strength.
Fortunam reverenter habe.

65. the maximum about 2 o'clock, p. m. 85.-8th, Barometer gradually falling, chilly in the evening.— 9th, very warm, clear day, in the evening, nimbus in the south-west, which deposited some rain, but there was no thunder heard; the high temperature of 85.9 69. at bed time-10th, fine, with a strong south-east occurred about 2 o'clock, and it was no lower than wind during the day, in the evening more calm; from eight o clock to midnight, it lightened most extraordinarily with loud peals of thunder: a cotemporary observer of the weather noticed, that there were upwards of nine hundred distinct flashes of lightning during the evening,-15th, gloomy, part of the day, barometer falling; towards the evening it began to rise, and no rain fell.-23rd, showers of rain, a. m.

in the afternoon distant thunder with heavy rain.

the average

The monthly mean temperature of 65.020, is very unusual for the month of June. results of fourteen years observations, the reporter In looking over the finds, that the mean of June, 1818, was 65.10, but The lowest monthly mean for June, was in 1816, of all the years is not more than 58.955. which was 54.990, being a difference of upwards of tions of temperature, are often followed by sudden ten degrees, from the present month. Great elevadepressions; the latter were not so marked in the present month, however, when lightning and rain fol

lows high temperatures, they are sure to lower it, as in the present instance; the 9th decade is thres degrees lower than the 8th.

Bridge-street, July 3rd, 1822.

WEEKLY DIARY.

JULY.

REMARKABLE DAYS.

sort of hinge, for the purpose of being folded
together when the family removes. The best
houses seldom exceed twenty feet in length,
and twelve in breadth; the sides are about
seven feet high, and altogether it is so light,
that six people can easily transport a house
of an ordinary size; and, being so small, each
family is possessed of a number proportioned
to its wants. A bulrush palisadoe eight feet.
high, bound together in the same manner as
the sides of the house, surrounds the whole.
Within this inclosure, the goats, sheep, and
hogs, &c. are always kept during the night:
the entrance is secured by a door of similar
materials to the palisadoe. Simple as the in-
closure is, it would appear from the natives
having no other, that it completely answers
their purpose; although from an adventure
which befel Captain R. Norris, of Liverpool,
in his factory at Whidah, (where all the trade
is carried on in factories,) we may conclude,
that the Congoese owe their nocturnal safety
more to the wild beasts being well fed in the
woods, than to the bulrush screens.

MONDAY, 15.-Saint Swithin. Swithin, in the Saxon, Swithum, received his clerical tonsure, and put on the monastic habit, in the old monastery at Winchester. He was of noble parentage, and passed his youth in the study of grammar, philosophy, and the Scriptures. Swithin was promoted to holy orders by Helmstan, Bishop of Winchester, at whose death, in 852, King Ethelwolf granted him the see. In this he continued eleven years, and died in 868. Swithin desired that he might be buried in the open churchyard, and not in the chancel of the minster, as was usual with other bishops; and his reIn the kingdoms of Whidah, Dahomy, and quest was complied with: but the monks on Benin, the houses and family inclosures are his being canonized, considering it disgraceful built of clay or mud, within which, the inhafor the saint to lie in a public cemetery, re-bitants, with their herds and flocks, are prosolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession, on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently for forty days succeeding, that the design was abandoned as heretical and blasphemous, and they honoured his memory by erecting a chapel over his grave, at which many miraculous cures of all kinds are said to have been wrought. To the above circumstance may be traced the origin of the old saying, that if it rains on St. Swithin's, it will rain forty days following!'

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OBSERVATIONS

On the Countries of Congo and Loungo, as in 1790.-(Continued from our last.)

By Mr. Maxwell, anthor of the Letters to Mungo Park, &c.

Canoes. At Cape Lopez and Jabon, the canoes are formed out of single trees of redwood. They are flat-bottomed and well-sided. I have seen some of them seventy feet long, six broad, and four deep, capable of holding a considerable number of people. I am told of one belonging to King Passeall, at Cape Lopez, that holds two hundred men.

Houses. The construction of these, though simple, is very ingenious. The body of the house consists of four parts, the ends and sides, each made separately of bulrush-stems. The bulrushes, which are about an inch in diameter, are first cut of the proper length, and laid parallel to one another upon the ground; they are then secured in this position by transverse branches of bamboo at the ends and in the middle, three on each side, which are firmly bound together by slips of the palmetto leaf. In one end, a square opening is left for the door. The frame-work thus completed, is fastened to four upright posts driven into the ground, and is then ready to receive the roof, which is made of bamboo or palm-leaves overlapping each other: it consists of two parts, attached to each other by a

tected during the night. Captain Norris being
awakened one night by an unusual noise,
looked out, and discovered that it was caused
by a large panther endeavouring to leap the
outer wall, with a milch-goat in its mouth.
The goat was brought from the ship to supply
him with milk, and having heard it bleating,
the panther had scaled the wall, and was now
in the act of returning with his prey. Al-
though the wall was fourteen feet high, the
panther almost succeeded in clearing it the
three first attempts, getting his fore feet upon
the copping each time, but the weight of the
goat always brought him down; after this,
every succeeding attempt falling shorter of
the mark, he might have abandoned his prey
and regained his liberty, had not Captain
Norris, hoping to save the goat, shot him.
He was obliged, however, with the assistance
of his black servant, who was the only other
person at the time in the factory, to bury him
in the yard before morning; for, if it had
come to the King of Dahomy's ears, his
voyage would have been ruined, Whidah being
a conquered province of Dahomy; and the
panther and the snake, the King's fitishes.

Villages. No detached dwellings are to be
seen here as in Europe. Mutual safety obliges
the inhabitants to live in villages and towns.
Each village is the property of some chief,
who exercises uncontrolled authority over all
its members. These may be divided into two
classes, the slaves and dependant relations of
the chief, both so entirely devoted to his ser-
vice, as almost to realize our idea of a clan.
There are a few instances where rich traders
have villages of their own, consisting of two
or three hundred families, but they are much
exposed to the avarice and cupidity of the
Chiefs, whose favour they are frequently
obliged to purchase at a great price.

These possessions constitute the power and wealth of the Chiefs, who can at any time call out the male population to vindicate their rights, real or imaginary. The slaves, who comprise a large proportion of the population of this part of Africa, are employed in various ways, according to their ability and address., They live in great indolence, and are rapidly increasing in numbers,-equally to the comfort and affluence of their masters; by whom,

upon the whole, they are treated with much humanity.

Chiefs. Each Chief is regarded as the father of his own district, from whose judgment there lies no appeal, save only to Boonzie. Although they all acknowledge the King's sovereignty; yet a few, combining their resources, can at any time resist his authority. Indeed, there is reason to think that they seldom or never act in concert, except when threatened by an enemy; and even then, their quota of men and period of service, are liable to various contingencies,-want of arms for instance, or scarcity of provisions; either of which will render their assistance of no avail, or, rather, will make their presence a scourge. The only power capable of controlling them is the priesthood. The Chiefs, as well as their dependants, are remarkably fond of tobacco, which, however, from the method of curing it, is very bad. European spirits are in great request among them, even Boonzie himself is not exempt from their bewitching influence, -so, what can he say to his erring flock? (To be concluded in our next.)

WINE AND WALLNUTS;

OR,

AFTER-DINNER CHIT-CHAT.
By a Cockney Greybeard.

BREAD AND CHEESE AT GARRICK'S.

I have heard poor Lawrence Sterne say, that he really envied Hogarth and Reynolds more than all men, for the unceasing happiness that flowed to them through the channel of their profession; and further remember Mr. Bunbury, that happy genius at caricature, saying, that Sterne once observed, speaking of Sir Joshua (somewhat with too much levity perhaps for a priest,) that he had had a foretaste of Heaven in the undisturbed bliss of his painting-room for five and twenty years. True it is he was devoted to his study, and delighted in his art; but his was a steady philosophic course, whilst that of his contemporary, the lively Gainsborough, was a skipping and gambolling backwards and forwards from side to side on the same road to fame. Of all the painters I could name, and many a wag and worthy wight among the long list that uncle Zachary and I have known, come rushing on my memory-worthies, whose happy works are already *"mellowed by the stealing hours of time," none for enthusiasm and vivacity could compare with him.

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Why, in the name of wonder," Garrick used to say to these his mutual friends, "why are not Gainsborough and you, Master Joshua, oftner seen with your legs under the same table?"-And to Gainsborough, "Why, Tom o' Bedlam, do you not go learn sobriety from our son of Nun." True it is, Sir Joshua would have been none the worse, and Gainsborough much the better, by a more frequent collision. But somehow, though most delighted with each other's converse, and each held high in the other's esteem, though different in manner as two such public favourites and kind contemporaries could be, which made them more interesting to each other-yet they rarely met.

Reynolds was wise and sagacious-he thought deeply, and never committed himself. Gainsborough was all genius, and the impetuosity of his imagination led him away. He gave utterance to all he thought. Hence the even

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"And King George knows how to reward virtue," said Garrick," and that argues no bad taste-hey master Lawrence!"

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devils, from the possession of this heavenly sight-flown off the stage all in a blaze, upset leaped headlong off the wharf, to put himself the prompter, and, rushing down Dirty-lane,

ing ebullitions of his fancy sometimes awaken- | to patronize merit, and that is more than can have roared out like the Moor, Whip me, ye ed morning reflections that made him frown be said of every king," said Sterne. and bite his lips. Reynold's gravity savoured of stiffness to the mind of Tom, (said Garrick,) but he loved him better than he thought." And we have only to advert to the last interview between these two distinguished painters, to be satisfied that Gainsborough thought much higher of Reynold's esteem than he has chosen to acknowledge.

Well do I remember passing a day with these two fathers of the English school, in company with Garrick and Sterne, Caleb Whitefoord, and Mr. Harry Bunbury, at the foot of Hampstead Heath. It was on a fourth of June, and we set off betimes under a bright sky. Aurora never opened the gates of Heaven to a more celestial morn. The furze and broom were in full blossom, and the heath appeared burnished with gold.

The party had supped at Garrick's the evening before, when it was proposed that we should muster the next day at the apartments of Mr. Bunbury in St. James's-street, from his windows to see the fine ladies go to Court. "What say you, Reynolds, hey?" said Garrick, patting him on the shoulder, knowing his reluctance to spare a day from his easel. Reynolds shook his head and smiled.

"Granted," replied Sterne, with a satirical
"His Majesty clapped your Othello!
smile,
hey, master Davy?

"That evinces the King's charity, at any
rate," said Garrick with great good humour.

Not

This, by the way, had been a sore subject
with Roscius, who played that character too
long, even against the advice of his friends.
Ridicule, however, which can sometimes effect
more than sober admonition, showed Garrick
his error; for a wag in the pit comparing his
appearance to Hogarth's Blackey with the tea-
kettle, he played the character no more.
long after he had left the stage, his good sense
fairly opened his eyes to the aptness of the
witty conceit, for on turning over his own
choice folio of Hogarth's prints, to explain
some obscurity in a political caricature to
young Bunbury, and coming to the second
subject in the Harlot's Progress, he burst into
a fit of laughter, and exclaimed, as he pounced
"Faith it is
upon the astounded little mungo,
devilish like!"

"Pox take it," said Garrick, "you will be will you make one of us to-morrow and take a "Well! say Reynolds, once more I ask, rich with a vengeance before your neighbours squinney through your magical chromatics at be out of debt. Do you not know that he that this new summer stock of carnations ?-[the labours himself to death, by the laws of Ly-old technical phrase for flesh colour.]-Sterne, curgus, or Solon, or Sancho Panza, or some other great legislator, was condemned to be buried under a gibbet? Now give us a day, thou son of Nun, give us a day thou Joshua, and let the sun of thy industry stand still, and leave the other great luminary to go on with

the work of creation."

"Come, Davy, do you not be profane,"

said Sterne.

"Pot and kettle," replied Garrick. "Aye! smutty kettle," said Gainsborough. This created a loud laugh at poor Sterne's expense-Master Lawrence knew why.

"Do slip from the collar, and cheat Apollo out of one morning's drudgery," said Garrick, "and make one of our idle party; and then we will return and finish the day on the terrace. Come, say yes, and you shall chuse your dinner, and that is a privilege I would not grant to every one with such an insatiable, never-resting palette as your's. Remember, Joshua, you have limned one generation of beauties, so come and pick and chuse from among the fair daughters of these charmers. You have made all the mothers your own, and now you must canvass the daughters.”

"Ah!" said Sterne, "what an enviable trade is this said old bachelor Reynold's, to be closeted for ever with beauty. We shall have a fine show of new-blown sylphs tomorrow, displaying their soft lily-white bosoms to the gaze of the king. I wonder how Queen Charlotte feels upon these occasions?"

Why, if the king's imagination was impure as thine, master Shandy," said Garrick," Queen Charlotte might smile through her tears. Or if Reynolds peered at nature through your wanton eyes, many a husband might hang his hat upon his own antlers. What a wicked dog of a parson thou art, Lawrence! Had you flourished a century back, King Charles would have hunted out some old mitre from Oliver's lumber room, to be altered for thy clerical Sconce."

"King Charles was a wit, and knew how

who cracks himself a connoisseur, roundly
swears, and we shall see if his dictum be
orthodox-he swears by Jupiter, that the mo-
thers in their prime were the superior deisses.
Tom of Gainsbro' too fancies himself, limner-
like, a consummate judge of this new maiden
ware. He will be hovering about the old
Palace Gate another Acteon."

out in the Thames!"

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make thy exit with a hiss!"
Hey! my worthy Tom o' Bedlam! what,

HINTS FOR A MORAL CATECHISM.

Q. What are friends made of?-A. Persons who can please or serve each other. Where can I get them?-Every where, if you have rank, influence, or money.

Will they break?-Unless they mutually bend, they must break very soon.

What are enemies made of?—The most bitter of friends.

What are they good for ?-To weary us of earth, and make us endeavour to fit ourselves for heaven. we have.

What does Enough' mean?-A little more than

Where can I get it?-I never knew any body who had it.

What is experience made of?-Observation on other people's mistakes, and the remembrance of suffering from our own.

What is it good for?—To make disappointment bearable.

What is love?—An illusion-a dream, from which we awake dissatisfied. Important, only, when it concerns ourselves ridiculous, when we observe it in others.

Can it be bought ?-No; but though extremely precious, it is generally thrown away. When it is offered, it is genuine; when asked, the commodity rendered will generally be found to be gratitude.

Where does it come from ?-Heaven. If pure, it mounts thither again. It is too exquisite for earth, and seldom rests on it long.

What is courage made of?-The fear of contempt. What is it good for?-Self-preservation, and the protection of others.

What is justice ?-The principle and cause of all virtue, as light is the principle and cause of all colour.

Can it be sold?-Yes, but is very dear.

"Not I," said Gainsborough. "Devil take
their fascinations-'tis like gazing at the sun,
the witches-I'll be charmed no more with
and deranges one's optics so, that one is blind-
ed for awhile. Such a glittering-ten mile
long everlasting chain of beauty-dragging unnecessary pain.
one's imagination after it link by link, is more

than flesh and blood can bear. It makes me

somehow so melancholy, I could go hang
myself all o' one side and sing it like poor

Barbara."

What is politeness ?-The art of avoiding to give

What is flattery? The art of deceiving others, in order to ingratiate ourselves in their opinion.

before our path, but fades when we attempt to grasp What is hope made of?-Our wishes. It dances it; like the rainbow, which seems to rest on earth,

but is only the creation of our vision.

"Faith, such romantic chaps had better
stay at home," said Garrick, accompanying
the observation with a slap on Gainsborough's imagination and passion of your guides.
thigh, who was not at that moment in his
such moody, melting stuff, I had been wasted
usual spirits. "What if I had been made of
to the socket, years ago."

What is disappointment made of ;-Hope.
Where can I get it?-Every where, if you take

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thought when I have beheld so many bright
Yes, by the lord! Davy, I have often
eyes concentrating their admiring rays upon
your marble phiz, if you had not been a per-
fect salamander, you had verily been con-
sumed, and swept away with the orange peel,
a cinder, from the stage."

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Nonsense, Tom! you would have become a salamander too had you been drilled into an actor-it is all nothing, after a time."

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What is pity?-The uneasy sensation we feel when we look at suffering.

What is it good for?-Nothing-unless accompanied by active benevolence.

What is mischief ?-Te wit of fools.
What is punning?-The folly of wit.

think, and wise to suppress.

What is a repartee? That which it is clever to

sown in a rank soil.
What is revenge made of?--The seed of injury,

What is it good for?-To people the dominions of
Satan.

What is resentment ?—The natural consequence of injury

What is it good for?-To terrify evil minds into the bounds of decency.

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"Never, never, Davy!” replied Gainsbo-
rough, I have been fifty thousand times over
head and ears in love with all the pre ty thwarted passion, or irritated self-love.
women that I ever painte-absolutely be-
witched and becrazed out of my senses!"

Where can I find it? Wherever you have repulsed tenderness, insulted misery, offended vanity,

"What would you have done had you been stage-struck with many another statute vagabon like myself?" said Garrick, laughing.

Done!" replied Gainsborough" why,

What is wedded happiness made of? Mutual forbearance, tenderness, and respect.

Is it dear?--It cannot be dear at any price.. Will it break?-When it is broken by death, it is rejoined in heaven.

What is beauty?-A key to the heart of the be

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