,,the ,,mirror ,,of ,,literature1       
,,amusement1 ,,and ,,instruction4       
,,vol4 ,,xx4 ,no4 #eeg4 ,,saturday1     
,,july #ad1 #ahcb4 ,price #b;d4         
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,illustration3 ,,birthplace ,,of        
,,bewick1 ,,the ,,engraver4    ,the     
above cottage stands in the village of  
,cherryburn1 near ,ovingham1 on  the    
banks of the ,tyne1 about twelve miles  
west of ,newcastle4    ,in this humble  
dwelling1 hitherto of unlettered fame1  
was born1 ,august  #ab1 #agec1 ,,thomas 
,,bewick1 the celebrated artist and     
engraver on wood2 or  more strictly     
speaking1 the reviver of this branch of 
art4 ,his whole life  was one of        
untiring industry and ardent attachment 
to the object of his  study--the only   
sure passport to success--which it is   
truly delightful to  contemplate3 from  
the first dawnings of his early genius  
to the enthusiasm  that led him to      
examine proofs of wood-engravings on the
 morning of his  death4 ,his life is    

exemplary1 inasmuch as it illustrates   
the homely maxim1  that every man is the
 architect of his own fortune4 ,apart   
from this  consideration1 the memory of 
,bewick should be cherished by all our  
readers2  since he re-invented the      
ingenious means by which we are enabled 
to  embellish unsparingly each of our   
weekly sheets4#a    ,of ,bewick's       
genius1 and personal habits1 many       
interesting particulars have  been      
preserved4 ,from his earliest years he  
delighted1 above all things1 in         
observing the habits of animals2 and it 
was his fondness for this study  that   
gave rise1 while he was yet a boy1 to   
his first attempts in drawing4  ,long   
before he had received instruction in   
that art1 he used to delineate  his     
favourites of the lower creation with   
great accuracy and spirit4 ,his         
introduction to the regular study of his
 future profession was purely           
accidental4 ,he was in the habit of     
exercising his genius by covering the   

walls and doors of the houses in his    
native village with his sketches in     
chalk4 ,some of these performances one  
day chanced to attract the attention  of
 a ,mr4 ,beilby1 a copper-plate engraver
 of ,newcastle1 as he was passing       
through ,cherryburn2 and he was so much 
struck with the talent they  displayed  
that he sought out the young artist1 and
 obtained his father's  consent to take 
him with him to be his apprentice4 ,this
 was in the year  #agfg4 ,in the        
following year ,bewick executed his     
first wood-cut for ,dr4  ,button's      
,treatise on ,navigation1 the diagrams  
for which work were1 at the  suggestion 
of ,mr4 ,beilby1 engraved on wood1 and  
printed with the  letter-press1 instead 
of being on copper and stitched in with 
the sheets4  ,bewick executed the whole 
of the cuts for ,dr4 ,button's work with
 so much  accuracy1 and a finish so     
greatly beyond what had usually been    
attained in  that species of work1 that 
,mr4 ,beilby advised him to give his    

chief  attention henceforward to        
wood-engraving1 and make it his         
profession4 ,he  did so during the      
remainder of his apprenticeship1 at the 
expiration of  which he repaired to     
,london1 and obtained employment in his 
trade4 ,he soon  returned to the        
country1 and in #aggg he entered into   
partnership with his  former master1    
,mr4 ,beilby4 ,bewick with his taste for
 rural scenery and  enjoyments and the  
observation of nature1 doubtless found  
little to  interest him in ,london2 nor 
even after he had obtained his highest  
celebrity1 did he ever again think of   
establishing himself in the  metropolis4
 ,he spent the remainder of his life in 
his native district4    ,at the time of 
,bewick's first entering into active    
life1 the art of  wood-engraving had    
fallen into the lowest repute4 ,few of  
its specimens  were superior to the     
pictures on street ballads of the       
present day4 ,to  explain ,bewick's     
improvements would occupy too much of   

our space1 but1 we  may observe1        
generally that the engravings of the    
above period were mere  patches of black
 and white1 till ,bewick introduced     
those beautiful reliefs1  or varieties  
of light and shade which principally    
form the pictorial  effect of an        
engraving4 ,by this means he raised     
wood-engraving from a  state of contempt
 to the rank of one of the fine arts4   
,the first specimen of his talents by   
which ,bewick made himself publicly     
known was a cut of an old hound1 for    
which1 in #agee1 he received a premium  
from the ,society of ,arts4 ,the block  
had been cut for an edition of ,gay's   
fables2 the complete work appeared in   
#aggi2 and immediately attracted        
general attention by the striking       
superiority of its embellishments1 which
  were all from wood-cuts executed by   
,bewick and his younger brother ,john1  
who1 when ,beilby and he entered into   
partnership1 had become their           
apprentice4 ,from this time the         

reputation of the artist went on        
increasing  steadily1 and he produced a 
succession of works which very soon gave
  altogether a new character to his art 
itself4    ,bewick's principal work1 or 
that which established his fame1 was his
  ,history of ,quadrupeds1 which        
appeared in #agij4 ,he had been employed
 many  years in preparing this          
publication1 all the cuts in which were 
not only  engraved by himself or his    
brother1 but were all copied from his   
own  drawings4 ,he had cultivated his   
early talent for the delineation of     
animals with unwearied industry3 he had 
not the advantages of academical        
studies1 which education in the         
metropolis might have afforded him1 but 
he drew from life1 taking sketches of   
all the striking specimens that  came   
under his notice1 and visiting whatever 
menageries of exotic animals  were      
brought to ,newcastle4#b ,thus he       
studied assiduously from nature1  and to
 this course may be attributed the      

excellence of the cuts in the  ,history 
of ,quadrupeds4 ,many of the vignettes  
also1 with which this  publication was  
adorned1 had uncommon merit as original 
sketches2 for  ,bewick did not confine  
his pencil to the mere delineation of   
animals4 ,his  vignettes have been said 
to partake of his determinate propensity
 to  morality1 tenderness1 and humour2  
each telling articulately its own       
tale4#c and bearing in every line a     
lesson4    ,a catalogue of ,bewick's    
various works will not be expected in   
this brief  sketch4 ,he did not confine 
himself to animal engraving2 for in the 
years  #agie and #agif1 were published  
by ,mr4 ,bulmer1 of ,newcastle1 the     
,traveller  and the ,deserted ,village1 
by ,goldsmith2 ,parnell's ,hermit2 and  
,somerville's ,clara2 with cuts by      
,bewick4 ,in #agig1 appeared the first  
volume of his ,history of ,british      
,birds3 in #ahah1 he completed his first
  volume of ,fables of ,aesop and       
others4 ,in #ahbj1 ,mr4 ,charnley1 of   

,newcastle1 published a volume of       
,fables1 as a vehicle for the           
impressions  of the earlier blocks1 both
 of head-pieces and vignettes1 engraved 
by  ,bewick when very young1 all        
previous to the year #aghe1 and for     
various  publications4 ,this collection 
amounted to upwards of twelve hundred4#d
  ,this volume contains an impression of
 the celebrated ,old ,hound1 and five   
portraits1 on wood1 copies at different 
periods of ,bewick's portrait2 that     
facing the title1 from a painting of    
,james ,ramsay1 is considered the       
nearest likeness4    ,it may now be     
interesting to note a few traits of the 
genius and personal  habits of ,bewick1 
as they have been sketched by his       
friend1 ,mr4 ,dovaston4  ,this gentleman
 observes3    ,it has been said that    
,linnaeus did more in a given time than 
ever did any  one man4 ,if the          
surprising number of blocks of every    
description1 for his  own and others'   
works1 cut by ,bewick1 be considered1   

though perhaps he may  not rival our    
beloved naturalist1 he may be counted   
among the  indefatigably industrious4   
,and amid all this he found ample time  
for  reading and conviviality4 ,i have  
seen him picking1 chipping1 and         
finishing  a block1 talking1 whistling1 
and sometimes singing1 while his friends
 have  been drinking wine at his        
profusely hospitable table4 ,at nights1 
after a  hard day's work1 he generally  
relieved his powerful mind in the bosom 
of  his very amiable family4    ,it has 
been supposed by many1 and publicly     
asserted by a few1 that ,bewick  never  
wrote his own works1 but was wholly and 
solely employed on the  designs2 to this
 ,i have his positive contradiction1    
which would be enough2  but that in     
addition to his own ,memoir1 which ,i   
have read in his own ,,ms41  ,i have    
seen him compose1 extract1 and translate
 passages for each bird he  has engraved
 while ,i was in his house4 ,if his     
works have any great defect1  'tis the  

defect of omission2 every one laments he
 has given so little of  the history of 
each bird4 ,i have often offered him to 
rewrite the whole of  the birds         
wherewith from early and lasting habits 
,i was well acquainted1  their          
characters and manners1 interspersed    
with anecdotes and poetry1  particularly
 from good old ,chaucer1 the bard of    
birds1 and passages of  every bearing   
brought together1 flinging over the     
whole what may be called  the poetic    
bloom of nature1 in which none have so  
sweetly succeeded as  honest ,white of  
,selborne4 ,but this he always          
resolutely refused2 alleging  that his  
descriptions1 whether original1 copied1 
or compared1 were  unimpeachably        
accurate2 and that was enough4 ,and not 
only did he write his  own language1 but
 ,i often thought his talent in that    
department not  surpassed even by the   
other effusions of his genius2 witness  
his  unparalleled ,preface to his       
,fables1 and his other ,introductions4  

,he said1  even to the last1 he felt no 
deficiency of his imaginative powers1 in
  throwing-off subjects for his         
tail-pieces 7as ,i named them71 which   
were  always his favourite exercise2 the
 bird or figure he did as a task1 but   
was relieved by working the scenery and 
back-ground2 and after each figure  he  
flew to the tail-piece with avidity1 for
 in the inventive faculty his           
imagination revelled4    ,mr4 ,dovaston 
visited ,bewick1 at ,buxton1 in #ahbg4  
,here he relates    ,there were three   
windows in the front room1 the ledges   
and shutters  whereof he had pencilled  
all over with funny characters1 as he   
saw them  pass to and fro1 visiting the 
well4 ,these people were the source of  
great  amusement3 the probable histories
 of whom1 and how they came by their    
ailings1 he would humorously narrate1   
and sketch their figures and  features  
in one instant of time4 ,i have seen him
 draw a striking likeness  on his       
thumb-nail in one moment2 wipe it off   

with his tongue1 and  instantly draw    
another4 ,we dined occasionally at the  
public table2 and one  day1 over the    
wine1 a dispute arose between two       
gentlemen about a bird2  but was soon   
terminated by the one affirming he had  
compared it with the  figure and        
description of ,bewick1 to which the    
other replied that ,bewick  was next to 
,nature4 ,here the old gentleman seized 
me by the thigh with his  very hand-vice
 of a grasp2 and ,i contrived to keep up
 the shuttlecock of  conversation       
playfully to his highest satisfaction1  
though they who  praised him so         
ardently1 little imagined whose ears    
imbibed all their  honest incense4      
,bewick's observations on the ,dove     
would alone prove him to have been a    
close observer of nature3    ,he said1  
of all birds he thought the dove tribe  
most beautiful4 ,their  outline presents
 every possible variety of the line of  
beauty2 their  colours are brilliant and
 varied2 their notes amorous and        

soothing2 their  manners gentle and     
affectionate2 their flight both rapid   
and graceful2 and1  in all times and    
nations1 they have been emblems of      
peace1 love1 and  fidelity4 ,they have  
moreover1 many qualities and habits     
exclusively  peculiar to their tribe2   
they drink differently 7by immersion71  
and have  no gall4 ,the peace1 fidelity1
 and love of the ,dove have1 however1   
been  much questioned by naturalists4   
,every one will admire the simplicity of
 mind and heart in the following        
opinions of ,bewick1 in his chat with   
,mr4 ,dovaston4 ,paradise1 he said1 was 
of every man's own making2 all evil     
caused by the abuse of free-will2       
happiness equally distributed1 and in   
every one's reach4 ,oh6 said he1  this  
is a bonny world as ,god made it2 but   
man makes a packhorse of  ,providence4  
,he held that innumerable things might  
be converted to our use  that we        
ignorantly neglect1 and quoted with     
great ardour1 the whole of  ,friar      

,lawrence's speech in ,romeo and ,juliet
 to that effect4 ,again1 ,mr4  ,dovaston
 says1 ,every body loved ,bewick2 all   
animals love him2 and  frequently of    
mornings ,i found him in the inn-yard1  
among the dogs1 ducks1  or pigs1        
throwing them pieces of biscuit1 and    
talking to them1 or to the  boors1      
beside them1 waiters1 chay-boys1 or     
boots4 ,frequently1  observes ,mr4 ,d41 
as ,i walked with him along the streets 
of ,newcastle1 it  was gratifying to    
witness how much and how generally his  
character and  talents were respected4  
,of all esteem there is none more       
gratifying than  that shown to a good   
man in his native place4    ,bewick's   
powers of whistling appear to have been 
extraordinary4 ,his ear1  says the      
agreeable reminiscent already quoted1   
7as a musical feeling is  called7 was so
 delicately acute1 and his inflexorical 
powers so nice and  rapid1 that he could
 run in any direction or modulation1 the
 diatomic or  chromatic scale1 and even 

split the quarter-notes of the          
enharmonic2  neither of which1 however1 
did he understand scientifically1 though
 so  consummately elegant his execution3
 and his musical memory was so          
tenacious that he could whistle through 
the melodies of whole overtures2  and   
these1 he said1 he could obtain having  
once heard from the orchestra  of a     
playhouse1 or a holiday band1 in both of
 which he took extreme  delight4        
,bewick's contempt for luxury was       
remarkable4 ,he generally slept1  even  
in the depth of winter1 with the windows
 of his chamber open1 though  in        
consequence he sometimes1 on awakening1 
found the snow lying on his             
bed-clothes4 ,for money1 which men in   
general prize so highly1 ,bewick had    
all the indifference of a philosopher4  
,but we must let ,mr4 ,dovaston tell    
,bewick's last labours1 and the close of
  his well-spent life3    ,having       
exhausted the quadrupeds and ,british   
birds as vehicles to his art1           

instruction1 and amusements1 he1 late in
 life1 took up a fervent  resolution to 
engrave all the ,british ,fishes1 and   
write their histories4  ,to this his    
mind was well trained1 having been ever 
a lover of the  fountains and rills1 the
 still pools and broad waters1 the      
majestic rivers  and the mighty ocean4  
,here he felt the seeds of his talent   
stirring all  a-life1 where he should   
have to display the beauties of the     
finny tribe1  and treat of the wonders  
of the great deep4 ,when ,i was last in 
,northumberland1 they showed me thirty  
fishes he had cut by way of trial1  with
 the spirit and execution whereof       
himself was well satisfied1 and his     
judicious friends enraptured2 together  
with more than a hundred  tail-pieces1  
conceived and cut1 'ay1 every inch1'    
with all his usual  imaginative         
appropriation and power4 ,his art here  
got entirely into a new  element2 for1  
as he was forced to show the fishes out 
of water1 he was  deprived of his       

favourite excellence1 motion2 yet such  
motion as a fish  new-landed has1 he has
 given with elasticity and life3        
brilliance to the  scaly1 and lubricity 
to the smooth2 so as to remind the      
naturalist of  excellent old ,chaucer's 
touches of nature1 where      ,they     
swommin full of smale fishes lighte1    
,with finnis rede1 and scalis silver    
brighte4    ,a single impression of his 
,john ,dore sold lately in ,london for  
ten  guineas4 ,and when they do come    
out1 though every admirer will lament he
  was1 long ere completion1 called to   
his blessed account1 their sorrow will  
be softened at beholding with what      
effect and spirit his animated graver   
has been caught up by his son4    ,in   
the summer of #ahbh1 ,bewick visited    
,london about his works4 ,he was1  says 
,mr4 ,dovaston1 very honourably received
 by many learned societies and          
individuals1 of whom1 and of whose      
collections1 he wrote in raptures4 ,on  
his return1 the ,london and provincial  

papers had many paragraphs  respecting  
this visit1 his reception1 and his life2
 to amend the errors of  which          
statements1 ,i must have been writing   
one at the very hour of his  death2 for 
,i had not time to stop its insertion in
 one of the ,shrewsbury  papers1 when ,i
 received a short1 but most affectionate
 and affecting  letter from his son1    
informing me1 'as his father's most     
valued friend1'  that he expired1 in    
full possession of his fine and powerful
 mental  faculties1 in quiet and        
cheerful resignation1 on the #hth of    
,november1 #ahbh1  in the #gfth year of 
his age4 ,on the morning of his death he
 had the  satisfaction of seeing the    
first proof-impression of a series of   
large  wood-engravings he had           
undertaken1 in a superior style1 for the
 walls of  farm-houses1 inns1 and       
cottages1 with a view to abate cruelty1 
mitigate  pain1 and imbue the mind and  
heart with tenderness and humanity2 and 
this  he called his last legacy to      

suffering and insulted ,nature4         
#a ,the ,mirror1 it will be remembered1 
was the first work of          its class
 that presented this economical         
attraction to the          public3 the  
,engravings throughout the ,series      
number upwards          of ,eight       
,hundred4        #b ,in the ,museum at  
,newcastle1 are many of the identical   
specimens from which ,bewick drew his   
figures for the          wood-cuts of   
his zoological works4          #c ,see a
 paper on the ,life1 ,genius1 and       
,personal ,habits of          ,bewick1  
in the ,magazine of ,natural ,history1  
vol4 iii42 by          his friend1 ,john
 ,f4 ,dovaston1 ,esq41 ,a4,m41 of       
,westonfelton1          near            
,shrewsbury4 ,there is a vein of        
generous enthusiasm--a          glow of 
friendship--a halo of the finest        
feelings of our                         
nature--throughout and around this      
memoir1 which has the          sincerity
 and singleness of heart of--,a         

,,friend4        #d ,in ,mr4 ,dovaston's
 paper is a misprint1 which it may be as
          well to notice here4 ,it is   
stated that ,bewick cut the ,old        
,exchange1 at ,newcastle1 7the vignette 
of the above volume7 in          #agai4 
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,,manners ,,and ,,customs4    ,,funeral 
,,garlands4      ,mr4 ,rhodes1 in his   
interesting ,excursions in ,derbyshire1 
notices the  following rite at the      
village of ,hathersage3 ,in this church 
we observed  the traces of a custom that
 once generally prevailed in various    
parts of  the kingdom1 but is now almost
 totally disused2 when unmarried women  
died1  they were usually attended to the
 grave by the companions of their early 
years1 who1 in performing the last sad  
offices of friendship1 accompanied  the 
bier of the deceased with garlands      
tastefully composed of wreaths of       
flowers and every emblem of youth1      
purity1 and loveliness1 that            
imagination could suggest4 ,when the    

body was interred1 the garlands were    
borne into the church1 and hung up in a 
conspicuous station1 in memory of  the  
departed4 ,in ,hathersage ,church there 
were several of these memorials  of     
early dissolution1 but only one of a    
recent date3 the others were  covered   
with dust1 and the hand of time had     
destroyed their freshness4    ,in ,mr4  
,tymms's ,family ,topographer1 vol4 ii4 
we read--,in ,stockton ,church1  ,wilts1
 is a piece of iron frame-work1 with    
some remains of faded ribbon  depending 
from it4 ,it is the last remain of the  
custom of carrying a  garland decorated 
with ribbons before the corpse of a     
young unmarried  woman1 and afterwards  
suspending it in the church4 ,this      
instance occurred  about thirty years   
ago4           99       99       99     
99       99      ,,the ,,druids ,,and   
,,their ,,times4    ,translated from the
 ,notes to ,oberon1 ,uber das           
romantische ,epos4 ,by ,c4,m4  ,wieland4
      ,the people were1 during this     

period1 in a state of the most abject   
vassalage2 two classes alone possessing 
all rank and dignity1 and for the  most 
part all the riches of the country4     
,these were the ,druids and the         
warriors4 ,the former composed an order 
consisting of three classes1 ,druids1   
,prophets1 and ,bards2 all of whom were 
subject to the power of the             
,arch-,druid4 ,to this order appertained
 the knowledge of all the sciences      
which were then understood4 ,the ,druids
 were the expounders of religious       
mysteries1 the framers of laws1 the     
pronouncers of judgments1 and the       
arbitrators of rewards or punishments4  
,the immunity which they enjoyed  from  
war1 allured many young men to enrol    
themselves in this order4 ,their        
education was a poetical one1 for it was
 necessary to learn by rote  several    
thousand verses1 in which all the       
knowledge then extant was  contained4   
,kings were the servants of the ,druids2
 and could not1 without their  sanction1

 declare war or conclude peace2 nor even
 assemble a council4 ,in  reality1 the  
,druids possessed the kingly power1 and 
those who bore the  name of royalty1    
were the mere agents who executed their 
commands4 ,the  first had all the       
authority2 the latter only the odium1   
which attached  itself to the office of 
the sovereign4 ,in matters of little    
importance1  they yielded to the monarch
 a trifling pre-eminence4 ,he was       
permitted to  wear seven different      
colours in his cloak1 while they were   
modestly  content with six4 ,but even in
 things of imaginary importance1 the    
,druids  took care1 that while they     
conceded but little to their king1 no   
one  should be nearly equal to them in  
dignity4 ,persons of the highest rank   
were only allowed to wear four colours1 
and the inferior grades  proportionally 
fewer4 ,the ,druids wore long garments  
reaching to their  heels2 all others had
 them so short that they scarcely       
covered the knees4  ,their hair was kept

 short1 the rest of the nation wore     
theirs long2 while  they suffered their 
beard to grow1 others were obliged to   
submit their  chins to the knife4 ,they 
carried in their hand a white staff1    
called  ,slatan drui eachd1 or magic    
wand1 and hung around their necks an    
amulet  in the form of an egg1 set in   
gold4 ,the object of these distinctions 
appears to have been1 that no one might 
fail to recognise a ,druid at the  first
 glance1 and pay him the respect which  
his office was supposed to  demand4     
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,,the ,,sketch-,,book4                  
,,recollections ,,of ,a ,,wanderer4     
,the ,chase4    4444,it is past eleven1 
answered ,lieutenant ----1 as he        
descended the  companion way1 after     
giving some orders on deck2 a regular   
gale this1 by  ,jupiter2 but we are     
spinning away ten knots1 off and on4    
,i stirred the fire in the cabouse1     
which threw a flickering light around   
the cabin1--now revealing the           

half-concealed face of a sick or        
sleeping  passenger in the larboard tier
 of berths1 then sinking as suddenly    
into  gloom4 ,the ,lieutenant1 ,major   
,f----1 and myself1 barring the boy1    
were the  only souls astir aft below    
hatches4 ,we were soon engaged in the   
agreeable  discussion of grog and small 
talk4 ,nothing interrupted our          
conversation4  ,the heavy lashing and   
rush of the weltering sea on the        
quarters--the  groaning and straining of
 the vessel--the regular strokes of the 
engines  which boomed indistinctly yet  
surely on the ear1 were alike unattended
 to4  ,impelled by that mighty power1 we
 almost bid defiance to wind and        
weather4  ,as the glass circulated1 the 
,lieutenant amused us in his own dry way
 with  some early recollections of      
service2 and knowing that the ,major had
 been  quartered in the ,emerald ,isle  
in ,ninety-eight1 ,i pressed him to give
 us  some memento of that eventful      
period4 ,come ,f----1 spin us a yarn1 as

 our  topmen used to say round the      
galley-fire1 during the night-watch1    
added  the ,lieutenant4    ,now you     
mention ninety-eight1 he replied1 ,i    
remember a 'beautiful bit  of a story1' 
as ,pat would say1 which occurred that  
autumn2 its hero was a  brother officer1
 a particular friend of mine--it may    
serve to keep you  awake4    ,here it   
is3    ,lieutenant ,smyth had entered   
the army only a few months1 when his    
regiment  was suddenly ordered to march 
from very pleasant quarters in          
,devonshire to  the north-west of       
,ireland4 ,the change at any time would 
have been  unpleasant1 but the service  
they were entering upon was particularly
  irksome and jarring to the feelings4  
,grumbling1 in a military man1 is1      
however1 downright folly1 and they soon 
made themselves tolerably at home  in   
their new quarters4 ,it is needless to  
dwell upon the disturbed and  distracted
 state of the country1 or on the        
military movements of the time4  ,after 

the regiment had been quartered at the  
town of ---- for some months1  ,smyth   
obtained a week's leave of absence from 
the commanding officer1  having received
 a pressing invitation to visit a       
gentleman's family1 to  whom he had     
letters of introduction1 and who resided
 more than twenty  miles from ----4     
,this town bordered on a very wild1     
hilly moorland track  of country1 then1 
and perhaps now1 the refuge of numerous 
bands of  smugglers1 and then also a    
hiding-place for a number of unfortunate
 people  with arms in their hands4 ,the 
road--if such it could be called--to his
  friend's house ran principally along  
the borders of this territory1 though   
it sometimes diverged into it for       
several miles4 ,however1 matters had    
been  tolerably quiet in the immediate  
district about ---- for some time1 and  
he  resolved to go1 especially as there 
was capital sporting at ,l----4 ,it is  
unimportant to enter into a narration of
 all his sporting feats--how many  birds

 he bagged1 or how many salmon he       
caught1 or ought to have caught1  had it
 not been for some untoward occurrence1 
specifying the exact  weight of the     
missing fish to an ounce--as fishermen  
generally do4 ,on the  fourth afternoon 
after his arrival1 a letter was put into
 his hands1 7just  as the cloth was     
drawn1 and the party were going to      
discuss the  superlative merits of some 
genuine poteen17 which the servant said 
had  been brought by a man1 who waited  
in the hall4 ,it was from ,colonel ----1
  and briefly stated that peremptory    
orders had just been received from      
head-quarters1 that all officers absent 
on leave should instantly return  to    
duty4 ,this was a disagreeable piece of 
intelligence1 particularly at  that     
hour1 but necessitas non habet legem1 as
 ,dr4 ,birch used to tell our  hero at  
school--the orders were imperative4     
,long and loud were the laments  and    
remonstrances of the party1 we are      
assured4 ,after ordering ,dart to be    

saddled1 the ,lieutenant stepped into   
the hall to have a moment's survey of   
the bearer of the letter1 who the       
,colonel informed him in a postscript   
was  a man well acquainted with the     
country1 and would safely guide him back
  to ----4 ,he found a tall1 lumbering  
sort of fellow1 one of the finest       
pisantry in the world1 whose appearance 
was not much in his favour4 ,he  started
 on seeing ,smyth1 who fancied that he  
discovered something deeper  in the     
glance of his eye than his bogtrotting  
bearing first betokened4 ,but  it was   
only transitory2 the fellow had a       
straight-forward story to tell1  and of 
course ,colonel ---- would send a       
trustworthy messenger4 ,dart was  soon  
ready at the door1 and away they marched
 on their journey to ----4  ,five and   
twenty miles across a country--and such 
a country on an autumn  night1 was not a
 very cheering prospect4 ,the guide did 
not belie his  active appearance1 but   
though ,smyth repeatedly endeavoured to 

keep up a  conversation1 he seemed to   
shrink from inquiry1 and went doggedly  
on his  way1 returning at last merely   
monosyllabic replies when addressed4    
,it was an autumnal evening2--the sky   
looked wild and stormy1 though the  air 
was densely still1 and save when a      
momentary breeze swept by1 as the  night
 was setting in1 a general hush         
prevailed4 ,a general character of      
intense loneliness pervaded the district
 they were traversing4 ,now and  then a 
mountain stream would flash along the   
bosom of a valley and relieve  the mind 
of the traveller2 but rocks and         
mountains1 heaths and dreary  wilds     
succeeded with unwearying sameness4     
,time was creeping on4 ,after  passing  
over this wild1 irregular district they 
at last entered into a  dark valley1    
which seemed of some extent4 ,the       
,lieutenant thought that he  had been   
certainly led a very different route to 
his friend's house1 from  that which his
 guide was now leading him1 and as the  

gloom was increasing1  he seriously     
expostulated with the man on the        
subject4 ,he replied that  five miles   
were saved by cutting across the moors1 
on which they would  enter after        
clearing the valley4 ,a shade of        
suspicion now crossed over the          
,lieutenant's mind4 ,there was something
 remarkable in the man's silence1  and  
he resolved when they entered on the    
moors to put spurs to his horse  and    
leave the rest to fate4 ,the road which 
had been on the ascent for some  time1  
now became exceedingly bad1 and indeed  
almost impassable4 ,large  masses of    
rock were scattered over the path1 and  
deep hollow chasms1 the  effect of the  
violent storms which descend in these   
wilds1 were  continually endangering    
both horse and man4 ,at length they     
began to  descend4 ,the moors lay at the
 foot of the hill4 ,on this side1       
however1 the  road became worse and     
worse1 and the night darker1 so that    
although ,dart  had hitherto avoided    

danger with the remarkable sagacity     
which horses  possess in such cases1 his
 rider was obliged to descend1 and lead 
the way  himself4 ,the ,lieutenant had  
not gone far before he was suddenly     
felled to  the ground by a blow aimed   
from behind4 ,the violence of the shock 
fell  principally on his shoulders1     
though there was no doubt his assailant 
had  intended it for his head4 ,he was a
 powerful and active young man1 and a   
desperate struggle commenced between    
them4 ,they continued for several       
minutes in this death-wrestle1 during   
which time they had imperceptibly  drawn
 close to the edge of tremendous        
precipice which bounded the road4       
,smyth already heard just below them the
 wild screaming of some ravens1 who  had
 been disturbed by the encounter2 when  
he made a desperate effort on  the very 
brink of the precipice--tore from his   
assailant's murderous  grasp--and in    
another instant there was a void before 
him2 a wild shriek of  despair arose in 

the night blast1 as the wretch bounded  
from crag to  crag--and then there was a
 death-like stillness4    ,smyth paused 
not to reflect4 ,dart was no where      
visible4 ,he1 therefore1  descended as  
fast as possible1 and after one or two  
falls occasioned by  his impatience and 
the darkness of the night1 at last      
entered on what  appeared to be a vast  
moor4 ,in a short time the moon rose4   
,two immense  parallel masses of dense  
clouds stretched across the entire      
horizon2 the  upper limb of the planet1 
of a deep crimson1 was alone visible    
betwixt  them1 and shed a sombre light  
over the waste4 ,he thought he had      
seldom  seen any thing so impressive2   
combined with the low moaning of the    
night-breeze1 which rose and sank at    
intervals1 with a wild and wailing      
murmur4 ,the light was so indistinct    
that he could discover nothing of his   
horse1 and in the lawless state of the  
country no time was to be lost in       
getting to a place of safety4 ,but1 the 

direction8    ,after wandering on for   
several miles1 he at last struck on a   
path1 and  following it a short way1 his
 attention was attracted to a glow of   
light1  which rose just before him1 on  
what appeared to be the surface of the  
moor4  ,he cautiously advanced several  
steps1 and perceived that the light rose
  near the edge of a declivity1 and the 
noise of human voices was now           
distinctly apparent4 ,little doubt could
 exist that it was a haunt either  of   
smugglers or insurgents1 with the       
description of some of which the        
situation accurately corresponded4 ,it  
would have been more prudent to have    
instantly retreated2 but the organ of   
inquisitiveness was1 we presume1  very  
fully developed in ,smyth2 he stepped   
forward a little to have a  better      
survey of the locale1 when the ground or
 rather turf roof of a sort  of         
outhouse1 suddenly gave way under him1  
and he gently descended among  some hay1
 with which the place was nearly filled4

 ,it may be supposed his  curiosity     
received a sudden check by this         
adventure4 ,an imperfectly  constructed 
partition divided him from the party    
whose voices he had heard  aloft4 ,you  
might have heard his heart beat for two 
or three minutes1 as it  was very       
probable that the noise of his fall     
would have disturbed the  inmates--but  
the conversation went on in the same    
monotonous tone4    ,och1 ,brine        
,morrice1 avic1 sure an that thief o'   
the worl'1 ,will ,guire1  hasn't been   
after letten' the soger-officer com'    
over him8    ,bad luck to him1          
,misthress ,burke1 agra1 in troth ,i was
 jist awond'ring  what keeps ,tom ,daly 
and the b'ys out--and them were to have 
had the  red-coat these three hours     
agone6    ,hisht jewel1 ,i heard a      
noise--och1 musha1 its the b'ys sure    
enough--and  the ---- ,saxon with 'em1  
,i'll be bail6    ,at this moment       
several men arrived in front of the     
edifice1 and1 to the  horror of ,smyth  

proceeded first to the outhouse3 the    
door was banged open1  and after        
muttering something1 a heavy substance  
was thrown in and the  door again pulled
 to4 ,presently they entered the        
kitchen1 and ,smyth's  heart beat high  
when his own name was mentioned4 ,in the
 confusion of  voices1 he could not make
 out much of their brogue1 but it       
appeared that  the messenger sent by    
,colonel ---- had been waylaid1 and the 
fellow that  attempted his life was sent
 in his stead3 this party had arranged  
to meet  him at a certain place1 on his 
return1 but after waiting three hours1  
apprehending treachery1 they came away4 
,he could make out little else1  except 
a volley of outlandish oaths at their   
unsuccessful trip4 ,it  appeared evident
 from this that the temptation of       
plunder had induced the  guide to make  
the attack beforehand4    ,every moment1
 however1 that ,smyth lingered in this  
den lessened his chance  of escape4     
,immediately above him hung a piece of  

rope1 and after a violent  effort1 he   
succeeded in getting his head once more 
into the fresh air2 but  just as he     
clambered out upon the turf1 the noise  
aroused the dogs in the  kitchen1 and   
their furious barking1 accompanied by a 
great stir amongst  the men1 gave wings 
to ,smyth's feet1 and he plunged forward
 at random  again into the waste4 ,at   
that moment the moon fell full upon his 
path1  though dense masses of clouds    
were sailing across the sky4 ,he soon   
found  they had struck on his track1 and
 already the yelling of dogs and men    
boomed distinctly on his ears4 ,by that 
instinct with which men are often       
gifted in such cases1 the footsteps of  
his pursuers already trod1 as it  were1 
upon his heart4 ,the voices of the      
bloodhounds which were  considerably in 
advance of the men1 had an awful effect 
in the stillness  of the night4 ,his    
strength now began to give way--his     
heart beat  thicker--he almost grew     
desperate1 and more than once resolved  

to make a  stand1 and sell his life     
dearly4 ,from the rapidity of the chase1
 a  considerable distance had been      
traversed1 and the sky which had long   
been  threatening1 now began to exhibit 
warnings of a storm4 ,the moon was      
obscured by a vast gathering of clouds1 
and the deep stillness which had        
prevailed in the earlier part of the    
evening was succeeded by violent  gusts 
of wind and large pattering drops4 ,it  
was a dreary moment4 ,the dogs  were    
fast drawing on their victim1 and       
nothing but despair and death  stared   
him in the face4 ,the ground now began  
to get irregular and varied1  and a hope
 arose in his heart that he was getting 
on the verge of the  moors4 ,still he   
was entirely ignorant as to the         
direction4 ,the clouds then  burst with 
a violence which their threatening      
aspect had long foretold1  and in an    
instant ,smyth was drenched to the skin2
 the ground became  slippery1 and the   
footing was precarious4 ,still he burst 

wildly onwards2  he fancied he heard the
 noise of running water--he redoubled   
his now  slackening speed1 and in       
another instant came to the banks of    
what  appeared a small river4 ,he dashed
 into the rapid stream1 and instead of  
crossing ran up the opposite side in the
 shallow part1 knowing that the  dogs   
would thus be thrown off the scent4 ,he 
had not advanced far before  they       
arrived at the brink he had left1 and by
 their increased yelling1  showed that  
they were at fault4 ,he sustained many a
 severe and dangerous  fall amongst the 
slippery stones in the river2 but hope  
had sprung up in  his heart1 and it was 
not without a fervent prayer that he    
heard the  shouts and yells of his      
pursuers wax fainter and fainter4 ,in   
about half an  hour he reached a small  
lake or tarn1 as it is called in the    
north1  which appeared to be the source 
of the stream4 ,here he had breathing   
time2  but he was chilled with wet1 and 
altogether in a dismal condition4 ,he   

more  than once thought he heard the    
voices of men and dogs in the blast2 but
  their search was in vain1 for about   
daybreak he reached a place of safety   
more dead than alive4    ,here the loud 
snoring of ,lieutenant ----1 put an end 
to the narration4    ,,vyvyan4          
99       99       99       99       99  
,,stupendous ,,bridge ,,in ,,spain4     
,illustration      ,bridges are amongst 
the noblest1 if not the most ancient1   
triumphs of  human art4 ,many of the    
specimens of former ages are admired for
 their  massive solidity1 as well as for
 the beauty of their architectural      
decoration4 ,the present bridge1 a      
fabric of the last century1 has neither 
of these attractions1 though it is      
constructed upon the best principle of  
modern bridge-building--that of having  
one single arch4 ,pronnet and ,de       
,chezi1 two celebrated engineers1 who   
are regarded as the founders of a new   
school of bridge architecture in        
,france1 made it their study to render  

the  piers as light1 and the arches as  
extended and lofty as possible2 and the 
above bridge is a handsome structure of 
this class4 ,it has been objected  that 
the modern ,french bridges have not that
 character of strength and  solidity    
which the ancient bridges possessed1 and
 that in the latter1 the  eye is        
generally less astonished1 but the mind 
more satisfied1 than in the  former4 ,to
 these objections the ,spanish bridge is
 by no means liable1 as  we shall       
proceed to show from its details4       
,the present bridge extends across the  
river1 ,guadiaro1 in the ,south of      
,spain1 and connects the romantic city  
of ,ronda with its suburbs4 ,the        
situation of the city1 encircled by     
,guadiaro1 is described by ,mr4         
,jacob1#e  as follows3--    ,it is      
placed on a rock1 with cliffs1 either   
perpendicular and abrupt  towards the   
river1 or with broken craggs1 whose     
jutting prominences1  having a little   
soil1 have been planted with orange and 

fig trees4 ,a  fissure in this rock1 of 
great depth1 surrounds the city on three
 sides1  and at the bottom of the       
fissure the river rushes along with     
impetuous  rapidity4 ,two bridges are   
constructed over the fissure2 the first 
is a  single arch1 resting on the rocks 
on the two sides1 the height of which   
from the water is one hundred and twenty
 feet4 ,the river descends from  this to
 the second bridge1 whilst the rocks on 
each side as rapidly  increase in       
height2 so that from this second bridge 
to the water1 there is  the astonishing 
height of two hundred and eighty feet4  
,the highest tower  in ,spain1 the      
,giralda1 in ,seville1 or the ,monument1
 near ,london ,bridge1 if  they were    
placed on the water1 might stand under  
this stupendous arch1  without their    
tops reaching to it4    ,the mode of    
constructing this bridge is no less     
surprising than the  situation in which 
it is placed1 and its extraordinary     
elevation2 it is a  single arch of one  

hundred and ten feet in diameter2 it is 
supported by  solid pillars of masonry1 
built from the bottom of the river1     
about  fifteen feet in thickness1 which 
are fixed into the solid rock on both   
sides1 and on which the ends of the arch
 rest2 other pillars are built to       
support these principal ones1 which are 
connected with them by other small      
arches4 ,but as it is difficult to      
describe such an edifice1 ,i must refer 
to the sketch ,i have made of it4 7,see 
the ,cut47    ,a bridge was built on    
this spot in #agce1 but the key-stone   
not having  been properly secured1 it   
fell down in #agda1 by which fifty      
persons were  killed4 ,the present      
bridge was finished in #aggd1 by ,don   
,joseph ,martin  ,aldeheula1 a          
celebrated architect of ,malaga2 and    
appears so well  constructed as to bid  
defiance almost to time itself4    ,it  
is impossible to convey an adequate idea
 of it3 from below it appears  suspended
 in the air2 and when upon the bridge1  

the river beneath appears  no longer a  
mighty torrent1 but resembles a rippling
 brook4 ,when standing  on the bridge1  
the optical delusion is very singular3  
the torrent of water  appears to run up 
a hill towards the bridge1 and the same 
phenomenon takes  place when viewed in  
either direction4    ,one of the streets
 of the city is built almost close to   
the edge of the  precipice1 and stairs  
are hewn out of the solid rock1 which   
lead to nooks  in the lower precipices1 
in which1 though there is very little   
soil1  gardens have been formed1 where  
fig and orange trees grow with          
considerable luxuriance1 and greatly    
contribute to the beauty of the         
scenery4 ,from the situation of ,ronda  
on the top of a rock1 water is scarce1  
and stairs are constructed down to the  
river1 by which means the  inhabitants  
are supplied4 ,we descended by one      
flight of three hundred and  fifty      
steps1 and at the bottom found a fine   
spring1 in a large cave1 which1  after  

turning a mill at its source1           
contributes to increase the waters of   
the ,guadiaro4 ,from this spot1 our view
 of the lofty bridge was most  striking 
and impressive1 and the houses and      
churches of the city1  impending over   
our heads on both banks1 had a most     
sublime effect4 ,beyond  the bridge1 the
 river takes a turn to the right1 and   
passes under the  ,alameyda1 from which1
 the precipice of five hundred feet is  
very bold and  abrupt1 though           
interspersed with jutting prominences1  
covered with shrubs  and trees4         
#e ,travels in the ,south of ,spain4 ,by
 ,william ,jacob1 ,esq41 ,m4,p41        
,f4,r4,s4 #dto41 #ahaa4           99    
99       99       99       99           
,,fine ,,arts4    ,,statue ,,of ,,mr4   
,,canning4      ,this colossal bronze   
statue to the memory of ,george         
,canning1 has lately  been placed in    
,old ,palace ,yard1 ,westminster2 the   
cost being defrayed by  public          
subscription4 ,the artist is ,mr4       

,westmacott4 ,the figure is to be       
admired for its simplicity1 though1     
altogether1 it has more stateliness     
than natural ease4 ,the likeness is     
strikingly accurate1 and bears all the  
intellectual grandeur of the orator4    
,some objection may be taken to the     
disposal of the robes1 and the          
arrangement of the toga is in somewhat  
too  theatrical a style4 ,we should1 at 
the same time recollect1 that the       
representation of a ,british senator in 
the costume of a ,roman is almost       
equally objectionable4 ,it would surely 
be more consistent that statues  should 
be in the costume of the period and of  
the country in which the  person lived4 
,we know this will be opposed on the    
score of classic taste1  which1 in this 
instance1 it seems difficult to         
reconcile with common sense4    ,the    
statue is placed on a granite pedestal1 
and stands within a railed  enclosure1  
planted with trees and shrubs1 and      
adjoining the footway of  ,palace ,yard4

 ,the bronze appears to have been tinted
 with the view of  obtaining the green  
rust which is so desirable on statues4  
,the effect is  not1 however1 so good as
 could be wished3 the green colour being
 too light1  and at some distance not   
sufficiently perceptible from the       
foliage of the  trees which rise around 
the figure4    ,illustration3 ,,george  
,,canning4    ,the situation of the     
statue has been judiciously chosen1     
being but a short  distance from the    
senate wherein ,canning built up his    
earthly fame4 ,the  association is      
unavoidable2 and scores of patriotic men
 who pass by this  national tribute to  
splendid talent may feel its inspiring  
influence4  ,still1 rather than         
speculate upon ,mr4 ,canning's political
 career1 we quote  ,lord ,byron's manly 
eulogium on the illustrious dead3       
,canning1 said ,byron1  in his usual    
energetic manner1 is a genius1 almost an
 universal one1 an  orator1 a wit1 a    
poet1 and a statesman4 ,again1      ,yet

 something may remain1 perchance1 to    
chime    ,with reason1 and what's       
stranger still1 with rhyme2    ,even    
this thy genius1 ,,canning6 may permit1 
,who1 bred a statesman1 still was born a
 wit1    ,and never1 even in that dull  
house1 could'st tame    ,to unleaven'd  
prose thine own poetic flame2    ,our   
last1 our best1 our only ,orator1       
,ev'n ,i can praise thee4    ,it may be 
interesting to observe that the colour  
so much admired on bronze  statues is   
fine dark green from the oxide formed   
upon the metal1 which1  being placed    
without doors1 is more liable to be     
corroded by water holding  in solution  
the principles of the atmosphere2 and   
the rust and corrosion1  which are made 
poetically1 qualities of time1 depend   
upon the oxydating  powers of water1    
which1 by supplying oxygen in a         
dissolved or condensed  state enable the
 metal to form new combinations4--,sir  
,h4 ,davy4           99       99        
99       99       99        ,,the       

,,public ,,journals4    ,,rhyming       
,,ruminations ,,on ,,old ,,london       
,,bridge4        ,oh6 ancient ,london   
,bridge1      ,and art thou done for8   
,to walk across thee were a privilege   
,that some unborn enthusiasts would run 
for4    ,i have crossed o'er thee many  
and many a time1      ,and hold my head 
the higher for having done it2          
,considering it a prime      ,and rare  
adventure--worthy of a sonnet           
,or little flight in rhyme1      ,a     
monody1 an elegy1 or ode1      ,or      
whatsoever name may be bestowed      ,on
 this wild rhapsody of lawless chime--  
,when ,i have done it4      ,how many   
busy hands1 and heads1 and hearts--     
,what quantities of great and little    
people            ,as thick as shot2    
,some of considerable pride and parts1  
,and high in their own eyes as any      
steeple1            ,though now forgot6 
,how many dogs1 and sheep1 and pigs1 and
 cattle1      ,how many trays of        
hot-cross buns and tarts1    ,how many  

soldiers ready armed for battle1        
,how many cabs1 and coaches1 drags1 and 
carts1      ,bearing the produce of a   
thousand marts1    ,how many monarchs   
poor1 and beggars proud1      ,bishops  
too humble to be contumacious2    ,how  
many a patriot--many a watchman loud--  
,lawyers too honest1 ay1 and thieves too
 gracious3          ,in short1 how great
 a number            ,of busy men--     
,as well as thousand loads of human     
lumber      ,have past1 old fabric1 o'er
 thee6            ,how can ,i then      
,but heartily deplore thee6      ,milton
 himself thy path has walked along1     
,that noble1 bold1 and glorious         
politician1    ,that mighty prince of   
everlasting song6      ,that bard of    
heaven1 earth1 chaos1 and perdition6    
,poor hapless ,spenser1 too1 that sweet 
musician            ,of faery land1     
,has crossed thee1 mourning o'er his sad
 condition1      ,and leaning upon      
sorrow's outstretched hand4    ,oft1    
haply1 has great ,newton o'er thee      

stalked            ,so much entranced1  
,he knew not haply if he ran or walked1 
,hopped1 waddled1 leaped1 or danced4    
,along thee1 too1 ,johnson has sideways 
staggered1      ,with the old wolf      
inside of him unfed2    ,and ,savage    
roamed1 with visage lean and haggard1   
,longing for bread4          ,and next  
in note1    ,dear worthy ,goldsmith with
 his gaudy coat1      ,unheeded by the  
undiscerning folks2          ,there     
,garrick too has sped1      ,and1 light 
of heart1 he cracked his playful jokes--
    ,yet though he walked1 on ,foote he 
cracked them not2    ,and ,steele1 and  
,fielding1 ,butler1 ,swift1 and ,pope-- 
,who filled the world with laughter1    
joy1 and hope2    ,and thousands1 that  
throw sunshine on our lot1    ,and1     
though they die1 can never be forgot4   
,these comets of their day              
,have passed away1    ,their dust is now
 to kindred dust consigned2      ,down  
at death's knees e'en they were forced  
to bow1    ,yet each has left an        

honour'd name behind--      ,and so1 old
 bridge1 hast thou2    ,thou hast       
outlasted many a generation2      ,and  
well nigh to the last looked well and   
hearty2    ,thou hast seen much of civil
 perturbation1      ,and hast supported 
many a different party4          ,yet   
think not ,i deride3    ,many great     
characters of modern days1    7,the     
worthy vicars of convenient ,brays7     
,have thought it no disgrace to change  
their side4    ,and yet now many a      
luckless boat1    ,how many a           
thoughtless1 many a jovial crew1    ,how
 many a young apprentice of no note2    
,how many a maiden fair and lover true--
    ,have passed down thy ,charybdis of 
a throat1    ,and gone1 ,oh6 dreadful   
,davy ,jones1 to you6    ,the coroner   
for ,southwark1 or the ,city1           
,calling a jury with due form and fuss1 
,to find a verdict1 amidst signs of     
pity1      ,in phrase poetic--thus3--   
,found           ,drown'd6    ,monthly  
,magazine4           99       99        

99       99       99      ,,true        
,,stories ,,of ,,magic ,,in ,,the       
,,east4    ,by ,charles ,macfarlane1    
,esq4      ,when that enterprising1     
intelligent1 and inquisitive traveller1 
,mr4 ,r----  was travelling in ,egypt   
some few years ago1 his curiosity was   
excited by  the extraordinary stories   
current about magic and magicians1 and  
by  degrees1 despite of a proper        
,christian education1 he became         
enamoured of  the secret sciences4 ,he  
even made some advances in them1 under  
proper  masters1 and would have made    
more1 had he not met an ,italian who was
  supposed to be a proficient in the    
learning of ,egypt4 ,but this worthy    
bade  him look at his worn body1 his    
haggard1 harrowed countenance1 and      
awfully  warned him1 as he valued quiet 
days1 and slumbering nights1 to shun the
  dangerous pursuits in which he had    
engaged4 ,mr4 ,r---- took his advice1   
and  thought little more of the matter1 
until some time after when he was       

staying with his friend ,mr4 ,s---- at  
the ---- consulate at ,alexandria4 ,mr4 
,s---- almost as intelligent a gentleman
 as ,mr4 ,r----1 had lost some silver   
spoons1 and it was determined perhaps to
 frighten the servants of the  house    
into confession1 or perhaps1 7and what  
is just as likely17 for a  frolic and   
the indulgence of ,mr4 ,r----'s well    
known curiosity1 to summon a  conjuror1 
or wise man4 ,there happened to be a    
famous magician1 lately  arrived from   
distant parts of ,africa1 then at hand1 
and he came at their  call4 ,this man   
asked for nothing but an innocent boy   
under ten years of  age1 a virgin1 or a 
woman quick with child4 ,the first of   
the three was the  easiest to be        
procured1 and a boy was brought in from 
a neighbouring house1  who knew nothing 
at all of the robbery2 in case his age  
should not be  guarantee sufficient1 a  
sort of charm was wrought1 which proved 
to the  professor's satisfaction that he
 was free from sin4 ,the magician then  

recited divers incantations1 drew a     
circle on the floor1 and placed the     
boy1 who was rather frightened1 in the  
middle of the circle4 ,other            
incantations were then muttered4 ,the   
next thing the magician did1 was to     
pour a dark liquid1 like ink1 into the  
hollow of the boy's hand2 he then       
burned something which produced a smoke 
like incense1 but bluer and  thicker1   
and then he desired the boy to look into
 the palm of his hand1  and to tell him 
what he saw4 ,the boy did as he was bid1
 but said he saw  nothing4 ,the magician
 bade him look again2 this second time  
the boy  started back in terror1 and    
said he saw in the palm of his hand a   
man with  a bundle4 ,look again1 said   
the magician1 and tell me what there is 
in  the bundle4    ,i cannot see1 said  
the boy1 renewing the investigation1 but
 stop1 he  added after a moment1 there's
 a hole in the handkerchief1 and ,i see 
the  ends of some silver spoons peeping 
out6    ,look again--look again1 and    

tell me what you see4    ,he is running 
away between my fingers6 replied the    
boy4    ,before he goes describe his    
dress1 person1 and countenance4    ,the 
boy looked again into his hand4    ,ay1 
tell us how he is dressed1 cried ,mr4   
,s----1 who had become more than  half  
serious1 and anxious to know who had    
purloined his spoons4    ,the boy turned
 his head immediately and said1    ,he  
is gone6    ,to be sure he is1 said the 
necromancer angrily1 the ,christian     
gentleman  has destroyed the spell2 tell
 us how he was dressed8    ,the man with
 a bundle had on a ,frank coat and a    
,frank hat1 said the boy                
unhesitatingly--and here his revelations
 ended4    ,though much mollified at the
 interruption of which he had been the  
cause1  ,mr4 ,s---- had the satisfaction
 to learn that his plate had not been   
stolen  by an unbelieving ,egyptian or  
,arab1 but by a ,christian and a ,frank1
 and1  with his friend ,mr4 ,r---- to   
enjoy the conviction1 that in the       

singular  scene they had witnessed there
 could be no collusion1 as the innocent 
boy  7they were certain7 had never seen 
the necromancer until summoned to  the  
---- consulate to make a looking-glass  
of his hand4    ,some recent ,french    
publication has trumped up a story about
 ,bonaparte and  the magicians1 when    
that extraordinary man was in ,egypt1   
and separated  from the fair ,josephine1
 who was then1 though his wife1 supposed
 to be the  object of his amorous       
affections2 and they make the           
conqueror--the victor  of the battle of 
the ,pyramids1 turn pale1 and then      
yellow with jealousy1  at the           
revelations which were made to him by   
the wise men of ,egypt4 ,but  besides   
the characters of ,napoleon and of      
,josephine1 ,i have other grounds  7not 
necessary to explain here7 for believing
 that the whole of this  incident1 is   
but a parody of the following well known
 story4    ,an honest ,neapolitan trader
 who happened to be for some months on  

the  coast of ,africa1 about ,tunis1 and
 in ,egypt1 became all at once anxious  
to  know something of the proceedings of
 a buxom wife he had left behind him  at
 the town of the ,torre del ,greco1 not 
far from the city of ,naples1 and  was  
persuaded one night to consult the      
magicians4    ,an innocent boy was      
procured1 as usual1 who1 when the charm 
began to work1  said he saw a woman in a
 blue jacket that had a great deal of   
gold lace  upon it1 in a bright yellow  
robe of very ample dimensions1 with a   
necklace  of coral round her neck1      
immense earrings to her ears1 and a long
 silver  thing1 shaped like an arrow1   
thrust through her hair which was much  
bundled on the top of her head4 ,in     
short he described most accurately the  
gala dress of the ,neapolitan's cara    
sposa1 and afterwards her features  to  
the very turn of her nose4 ,she was then
 kneeling by the side of a box1  in     
which was seated a man in black1 fast   
asleep4 ,the ,neapolitan knew this  must

 be the confessional4    ,when told to  
look again1 the scene was changed to a  
very large and curious  house1 such as  
the seer had never seen1 all crowded    
with people1 and  dazzling to the eye   
from an immensity of gilding and        
wax-lights4 ,this the  ,neapolitan knew 
must mean the theatre of ,san ,carlo1   
the paradise of his  countrymen1 but he 
never could fancy his wife should be    
there in his  absence4 ,she was though1 
for presently the boy said1 ,and there  
,i see the  woman in the blue jacket1   
with a man in a red coat whispering into
 her  ear4 ,the devil6 muttered the     
,neapolitan to himself4    ,look again6 
and tell me what you see now1 said the  
magician4    ,i can hardly see at all1  
replied the boy1 looking into the palm  
of his  hand very closely1 it is so     
dark2 but now ,i see a long street1 and 
a  large building with iron gratings1   
and more than a dozen skulls stuck at   
one corner of it1 and a little farther  
on ,i see a large wide gate1 and  beyond

 it a long road2 and now ,i see the     
woman in the blue1 and the man in  the  
red jacket1 turning down the second     
street to the left of the road1  and now
 there is an old woman opening 99 99 99 
,i will hear no more6 bawled the        
,neapolitan1 who had heard but too      
correctly described the approach to the 
stews of ,naples3 and he struck  the    
boy's hand with such violence against   
his face that it flattened his  nose4   
,the charm was thus dissolved2 but the  
correctness of the magician's           
revelation was tolerably well           
corroborated1 when some time after the  
,neapolitan suddenly appeared at his    
home at the ,torre del ,greco1 and      
learned that his wife had disappeared   
with a corporal of the guards4    7,to  
be concluded in our next47           99 
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,,new ,,books4    ,,economy ,,of        
,,machinery ,,and ,,manufactures4       
,the volume lately published by ,mr4    
,babbage1 with the above title1 is1     

without exception1 one of the most      
practical works ever produced in this   
or any other country4 ,to our minds1 it 
is beyond all price1 and1 as            
illustrating the arts of life and       
society1 it is1 to use a very homely    
phrase1 worth its weight in gold4 ,the  
proposition may be a whimsical one1  but
 we doubt whether a mass of gold1 of the
 same dimensions as ,mr4  ,babbage's    
volume1 could be made to diffuse more   
happiness and real  enjoyment than the  
right understanding and application of  
the principles  illustrated in its      
pages4 ,theory and practice1 proposition
 and proof1 go  hand in hand through    
every chapter2 and all this has been    
done in such  concise language1 and with
 such avoidance of technical terms as to
 be  intelligible to readers of any     
grade4 ,the author is a professor of    
mathematics at ,cambridge1 but his      
honours are not vaunted in fine         
unintelligibilities3 he writes of common
 things in a common way1 and not1  like 

,hudibras1 who told the clock by        
algebra1 or1 like the lady in ,dr4      
,young's ,satires1 who drank tea by     
stratagem4 ,would that all professors   
had  written in the same vein4 ,then1   
learning would not have been so mixed up
  with the mysticism of the cell and the
 cloister1 nor the evils of  ignorance  
have so long retarded the happiness of  
mankind3 for1 learning1  observes one of
 the greatest moralists of his day1 once
 made popular is  no longer learning2 it
 has the appearance of something which  
we have  bestowed upon ourselves1 as the
 dew appears to rise from the field     
which  it refreshes4    ,the origin of  
,mr4 ,babbage's work will best explain  
its practical worth4 ,he  considers it  
as one of the consequences that have    
resulted from the  ,calculating         
,machine1 the construction of which he  
has been long  superintending4 ,having  
been induced during the last ten years  
to visit a  considerable number of      
workshops and factories1 both in        

,england and on the  ,continent1 for the
 purpose of endeavouring to make himself
 acquainted with  the various resources 
of mechanical art1 he was insensibly led
 to apply to  them those principles of  
generalization to which his other       
pursuits had  naturally given rise4 ,it 
should be observed1 that he has not     
attempted to  offer a complete          
enumeration of all the mechanical       
principles which  regulate the          
application of machinery to arts and    
manufactures1 but he has  endeavoured to
 present to the reader those which      
struck him as the most  important1      
either for understanding the action of  
machines1 or of enabling  the memory to 
classify and arrange the facts connected
 with their  employment4 ,or1 a still   
more lucid explanation of the object of 
the volume  is--to point out the effects
 and the advantages which arise from the
 use  of tools and machines2--to        
endeavour to classify their modes of    
action2--and to trace both the causes   

and the consequences of applying        
machinery to supersede the skill and    
power of the human arm4    ,to dwell    
upon the interest of these inquiries in 
a manufacturing country  like our own1  
would be a waste of time2 as it would be
 to question their  full appreciation by
 the1 par excellence1 useful classes4   
,yet1 a  lamentable indifference to     
manufacturing processes pervades        
wealthier  persons4 ,mr4 ,babbage       
observes1 those who possess rank in a   
manufacturing  country can scarcely be  
excused if they are entirely ignorant of
  principles whose developement has     
produced its greatness4 ,the possessors 
of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to
 processes which nearly or  remotely    
have been the fertile source of their   
possessions4 ,those who  enjoy leisure  
can scarcely find a more interesting and
 instructive pursuit  than the          
examination of the workshops of their   
own country1 which contain  within them 
a rich mine of knowledge1 too generally 

neglected by the  wealthier classes4    
,this complaint is we fear but too well 
grounded2 and  it is to such            
indifference1 not to say ignorance1 that
 we must attribute  the perversion of   
wealth from the encouragement of art and
 science to  objects less worthy of     
patronage4 ,unhappily for all states of 
mankind1  enjoyment too often drives    
from the mind of the possessor1 the bare
  remembrance of the means of           
acquisition3 luxury forgets the         
innumerable  ingenuities that minister  
to its cravings1 and wealth1 once       
obtained1  unfits the mind for future   
self-exertion or sympathy for others4   
,many an  upstart voluptuary surveys the
 elegancies of his well-furnished       
mansion in  comparative ignorance of the
 means employed for their perfection2   
and1 as  regards his stock of knowledge 
conducive to happiness1 he is in a more 
parlous state than the poor shepherd who
 had not been at court4 ,how many  of   
the prodigals that cross in the         

steam-boat from ,dover to ,calais are   
acquainted with the first principles of 
the mighty power by which they are      
impelled1 or have any feeling beyond    
vulgar wonder at its advantages6        
,again1 what account can such persons   
furnish of the curious processes        
employed in workshops1 which they have  
witnessed--as the manufacture of a      
musket at ,birmingham1 a razor at       
,sheffield1 a piece of cotton at        
,manchester1 a pair of stockings at     
,nottingham1 a tea-cup at ,worcester1 a 
piece of ribbon at ,coventry1 an anchor 
or a ship at ,portsmouth1 c4 ,yet  these
 labours involve triumphs of ingenuity  
which once witnessed ought  never to    
pass from the memory4    ,we intend to  
devote a future page or two to exemplars
 from ,mr4 ,babbage's  volume2 but1 as  
our extracts can be but solitary        
specimens we recommend  the reader who  
wishes fully to appreciate its worth to 
purchase the work4           99       99
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,,statistical ,,sketches ,,of ,,upper   
,,canada4      ,this eighteenpenny      
pamphlet--for the use of emigrants1 by a
 ,backwoodsman1  is one of the          
pleasantest and most sensible little    
books of the day4 ,it is  worth all the 
great big books upon the same subject1  
and1 strange to say1  has scarcely a    
spice of the leaven of party wickedness 
in its pages4 ,the  information is in a 
facete but earnest vein1 and we         
cheerfully miss in its  tone the dull   
preachment1 the cold calculation1 and   
matter-of-fact  obstinacy of a work     
professing to be statistical4 ,after a  
just censure  upon the swarm of books on
 emigration1 and their insufficiencies1 
7from  which we are glad to perceive    
,mr4 ,gourlay's really valuable and     
statistical account is exempt17 the     
writer observes3    ,my endeavour in    
these pages shall be to give such       
information to  emigrants1 that they may
 not be disappointed on their arrival in
  ,canada2--that they may know how to   

proceed and where to go1 and not as too 
often happens1 waste their time and     
their money in the great towns1 making  
fruitless inquiries of people just as   
ignorant of the nature and  capabilities
 of the country as themselves with this 
difference1 that they  are aware of     
their ignorance1 whereas their advisers 
think they know  something about the    
matter1 and thereby often               
unintentionally mislead and  deceive    
them4 ,in looking over this my          
introduction1 ,i find ,i have been  most
 abominably egotistical2--so much so    
indeed1 that my printer1 were ,i  to    
continue through the work in this       
strain1 might have the same excuse  that
 poor ,john ,ballantine had for his     
delay in printing a learned work by  the
 ,earl of ,b----1 viz4 that he had not a
 sufficient number of capital ,i-s  in  
his printing-office4 ,but if the reader 
will overlook this fault for  once1 ,i  
shall try to avoid it in future4    ,the
 first chapter opens with the cause of  

the present distress3 then comes  the   
remedy1 and a reply to the question1    
,who are to go to ,canada8--    ,in the 
first place1 all who cannot comfortably 
support themselves by  their labour at  
home2 because let a man be ever so poor 
in this country1  his wages as a        
labourer will more than support his     
family1--and if he be  prudent and      
sober1 he may in a short time save money
 enough to purchase  for himself a      
farm1--and if he has a family1 so much  
the better1 as  children are the best   
stock a farmer can possess1 the labour  
of a child  seven years old being       
considered worth his maintenance and    
education1 and  the wages of a boy of   
twelve or fourteen years of age being   
higher than  those of a stout and       
skilful ploughman in most parts of      
,great ,britain1  generally from three  
to four dollars a month1 with bed1      
board1 and washing  besides4 ,at home   
they talk of 'a poor man with a large   
family2' but such a  phrase in ,canada  

would be a contradiction of terms2 for a
 man here who has  a large family must1 
under ordinary circumstances1 soon cease
 to be a poor  man4 ,mechanics and      
artizans of almost all                  
descriptions1--millwrights1             
blacksmiths1 carpenters1 masons1        
bricklayers1 tailors1 shoemakers1       
tanners1  millers1 and all the ordinary 
trades that are required in an          
agricultural  and partially ship-owning 
and commercial country1 will do well to 
come to  ,canada4    ,of these trades1  
the blacksmith1 tailor1 shoemaker1 and  
tanner1 are the  best4 ,if there were in
 nature 7which is doubtful7 such a being
 as a sober  blacksmith1 he might make a
 fortune4 ,one exception there is1      
however1 in  the case of mechanics4     
,first-rate ,london workmen will not    
receive such  high wages either         
positively or relatively1 as they would 
at home1--for  this reason1 that there  
are few on this continent who either    
require or  can afford work of the very 

first order1 and those that do1 send to 
,london  for it4    ,the services of a  
family in managing a business are thus  
illustrated3    ,if a man has not sons  
capable of looking after the different  
branches1 he  must entrust the care of  
them to clerks and servants4 ,but these 
are not to  be had ready-made3--he must1
 therefore1 take a set of unlicked cubs 
and  teach them their business2 and when
 that is fairly done1 it is ten to one  
but1 having become acquainted with his  
business and his customers1 they  find  
means to set up an opposition1 and take 
effectually the wind out of  their      
former patrons sails4 ,where1 however1 a
 man has a large family of  sons1 he can
 wield a large capital in business1 and 
to very good purpose  too4    ,a man of 
fortune ought not to come to ,canada4   
,it is emphatically the poor  man's     
country2 but it would be difficult to   
make it the country of the  rich4 ,it is
 a good country for the poor man to     
acquire a living in1 or for  a man of   

small fortune to economize and provide  
for his family4    ,infant emigration1  
or the sending out of parish children1  
of from #f to #ab  years of age with a  
qualified superintendant1 is a favourite
 idea of the  writer4 ,he objects to    
bringing out adult parish paupers from  
the chance of  getting only the drunken1
 the vicious1 and the idle as emigrants1
 though  there is one security1 however1
 that we must always have against such a
  contingency1 namely1 that the         
rapscallionly part of the community1    
knowing  that1 if they remain in        
,england1 the parish must maintain them1
 and that  if they go to ,canada they   
must work for their living1 may not be  
easily  induced to quit their present   
advantageous position4    ,chapter ,,ii4
 details preparations for emigration4   
,carrying heavy lumbering  wooden       
furniture to the woods of ,upper ,canada
 is as coals to ,newcastle4  ,the black 
walnut makes handsomer furniture than   
mahogany1 and does not so  easily stain1

 a property which saves much scrubbing  
and not a little  scolding in families4 
,in clothes1 boots and shoes are most   
useful1 for  ,canadian leather resembles
 hide1 and one pair of ,english shoes   
will  easily last out three ,american4  
,in ,canada1 a sovereign generally      
fetches  #bcs4 or #bds4 currency1 that  
is #es4 to the dollar2--#as4 sterling1  
passes for #as4 #b;d4 currency1 so that 
either description of bullion  gives a  
good remittance3 one great objection1   
however1 to bringing out  money1 is the 
liability there is of losing1 or being  
robbed of it4 ,live  stock is much      
wanted3 dogs would be very valuable if  
trained to bring  home the cattle1 which
 often stray into the woods2 with       
careless settlers1  indeed1 one half of 
the day is often spent in hunting up1   
and driving home  the oxen4 ,the water  
of the ,st4 ,lawrence is1 it appears1   
more deleterious  than our ,thames3 when
 you arrive in the ,st4 ,lawrence1      
having been on  shortish allowance of   

water1 you will be for swallowing the   
river water by  the bucket full4 ,now1  
if you have any bowels of compassion for
 your  intestinal canal1 you will       
abstain from so doing2--for to people   
not  accustomed to it1 the lime that    
forms a considerable constituent part of
  the water of this country1 acts pretty
 much in the same manner as would a     
solution of ,glauber's salts1 and often 
generates dysentery and diarrhoea2  and 
though ,i have an unbounded veneration  
for the principles of the  ,temperance  
societies1 ,i would1 with all deference1
 recommend1 that the  pure fluid be     
drank in very small quantities at first1
 and even these  tempered with the most 
impalpable infusion possible of ,jamaica
 or ,cognac4    ,chapter ,,iii4--,what  
is to be done on landing at ,quebec8 ,if
 you are a rich  man1 see sights2 if you
 have not money to throw away1 do not   
stay one hour  in ,quebec1 or in any    
other town1 longer than you can possibly
 avoid1 but  get your luggage on board  

the ,montreal steam-boat1 and be off if 
possible  in ten minutes after anchor   
has been let go2--for by daudling about 
,quebec1  ,montreal1 ,kingston1 and     
,york1 you will spend more money and    
lose more time1  than1 if properly      
employed1 might have lodged and fed     
yourself and family  during the first   
and worst year of your residence in the 
new world4 ,in  the choice of land1 the 
writer recommends the ,huron tract3--,it
 has been  objected by some1 that this  
tract of country is out of the world2   
but no  place can be considered in that 
light1 to which a steam-boat can come2  
and  on this continent1 if you find a   
tract of good land1 and open it for     
sale1  the world will very soon come to 
you4 ,sixteen years ago1 the town of    
,rochester consisted of a tavern and a  
blacksmith's shop--it is now a town     
containing upwards of #af1jjj           
inhabitants4 ,the first time the ,huron 
tract  was ever trod by the foot of a   
white man was in the summer of #ahbg2   

next  summer a road was commenced1 and  
that winter and in the ensuing spring of
  #ahbi1 a few individuals made a       
lodgment3 now it contains upwards of    
#fjj  inhabitants1 with taverns1 shops1 
stores1 grist and saw-mills1 and every  
kind of convenience that a new settler  
can require2 and if the tide of         
emigration continues to set in as       
strongly as it has done1 in ten years   
from this date it may be as thickly     
settled as any part of ,america4        
,chapter ,,iv4--,climate of ,upper      
,canada is clever1 and of popular       
interest4    ,chapter ,v4 is devoted to 
,field ,sports in ,canada1 and explains 
the choice  of dogs and guns1 and the   
varieties of game4 ,it notices the      
remarkable  fact--that1 notwithstanding 
#ae1jjj ,english agricultural labourers 
have  arrived in ,canada within the last
 three years1 they no more think of     
shooting than if they were cockneys1 and
 ,york1 on the banks of a lake1 and     
surrounded by a forest1 is positively   

without anything like a regular  supply 
of fish or game2 yet it may be supposed 
that every twentieth of  these men1 when
 at home1 was a poacher1 or had in his  
days infringed on  the game laws3 would 
a total repeal of the game laws produce 
anything of  a similar effect at home8  
,chapter ,v4 relates to ,travelling and 
,communications1 with a few cookery     
receipts of a ,london tavern1 as frying 
beef-steak in butter2 boiling green     
peas till they burst1 and serving them  
in a wash-hand basin2 pickling          
cucumbers1 the size of a man's foot1    
with whiskey1 and giving them a         
bilious1 ,calcutta-looking complexion1  
and slobbery1 slimy consistence3  but1  
says the writer1 how poultry is dressed1
 so as to deprive it of  all taste and  
flavour1 and give it much the appearance
 of an ,egyptian  mummy1 ,i am not      
sufficiently skilled in ,transatlantic  
cookery to determine2  unless it be1 by 
first boiling it to rags and then baking
 it to a chip in  an oven4    ,chapter  

,,vi4 relates to the ,soil2 in which are
 the following particulars  of ,long    
,point3    ,this country owes its       
settlement solely to the persevering    
industry of my  worthy and excellent    
friend1 ,colonel ,talbot4 ,forty years  
ago1 while  exploring the about-to-be   
province1 on the staff of its governor1 
,general  ,simcoe1 he was struck with   
the beauty and fertility of this tract2 
and  afterwards observing that1 from the
 improvident grants of the colonial     
government to friends and favourites1   
this fertile country1 if left in  their 
hands1 would continue for ages a howling
 wilderness1 he procured  from the      
authorities at home an exclusive power  
of settling it4 ,for this  purpose he   
set himself down in the very midst of   
the territory1 without  another human   
habitation within fifty miles of him1   
and commenced his  arduous undertaking  
by cutting out roads1 amidst much       
head-shaking from  the sage1 and        
sneering from the ignorant4 ,he however 

never was a man who  held as a part of  
his creed the wise aphorism1 so often   
quoted in the  present day1 ',vox populi
 vox ,dei2' but held steadily on in the 
teeth of  opposition1 vexation1 and     
disappointment1 until after about       
fifteen years  of unremitting labour and
 privation1 it became so notorious in   
the  province1 that even the executive  
government at ,york became aware that   
there was such a place in existence as  
the ,talbot settlement1 where roads     
were cut1 and farms in progress3--and   
hereupon they rejoiced1--for it held    
out to them just what they had long felt
 the want of1--a well-settled1  opened1 
and cultivated country1 wherein to      
obtain estates for themselves1  their   
children1 born and unborn1 and their    
whole kith1 kin1 and allies4  ,when this
 idea1 so creditable to the paternal    
feelings of these worthy  gentlemen was 
intimated to the ,colonel1 he could not 
be brought to see the  fitness of things
 in an arrangement which would confer on

 the next  generation1 or the next      
again1 the fruits of the labour of the  
present2  and accordingly1 though his   
answer to the proposal was not couched  
in  terms quite so diplomatic as might  
have been wished1 it was brief1         
soldier-like1 and not easily capable of 
misconstruction2--it was in these       
words1 ',i'll be ---- if you get one    
foot of land here2' and thereupon the   
parties joined issue4 ,on this1 war was 
declared against him by his  ,excellency
 in ,council1 and every means were used 
to annoy him here1 and  misrepresent his
 proceedings at home2 but he stood firm1
 and by an  occasional visit to the     
,colonial ,office in ,england1 he opened
 the eyes of  ministers to the          
proceedings of both parties1 and for    
awhile averted the  danger4 ,at length1 
some five years ago1 finding the enemy  
was getting too  strong for him1 he     
repaired once more to ,england1 and     
returned in triumph  with an order from 
the ,colonial ,office1 that nobody was  

in any way to  interfere with his       
proceedings2 and he has now the pleasure
 of  contemplating some hundreds of     
miles of the best roads in the province1
  closely settled on each side by the   
most prosperous farmers within its      
bounds1 who owe all they possess to his 
judgment1 enthusiasm1 and  perseverance1
 and who are grateful to him in         
proportion to the benefits he  has      
bestowed upon them1 though in many      
instances much against their will  at   
the time4 ,i spent a fortnight with him 
some eighteen months ago2 and  certainly
 one of his levees with his settlers    
would1 if as well reported1  be quite as
 amusing as one of those ,mornings at   
,bow ,street--that about the  time ,i   
left ,london were styled1 by some wag1  
the leading articles of the  ,morning   
,herald4    ,chapter ,,vii4 describes   
the operation of the ,lumber ,trade1    
which has been  carried on as follows3  
,a person1 possessed of little or no    
capital and inflated with the spirit  of

 speculation1 hires a number of hands1  
and purchases a quantity of  provisions 
7on credit71 and betakes himself to the 
woods4 ,his terms with  his men are to  
feed them1 supply them with what        
necessaries they may  require1 and pay  
them when he sells his raft4    ,chapter
 ,,viii4 enumerates the ,religious      
,sects1 and ,chapter ,,ix4 consists  of 
,odds and ,ends4 ,from the latter we    
quote3    ,very erroneous notions are   
current in ,england with regard to the  
taxation  of the ,united ,states4 ,the  
truth is1 that though ,america is       
lightly taxed  in comparison with       
,england1 it is by no means to be       
considered so when  compared to most of 
the continental nations4 ,the account   
usually rendered  of ,american taxation 
is fallacious4 ,it is stated1 that      
something under six  millions sterling1 
or about #ajs4 per head on an average1  
pays the whole  army1 navy1 civil list1 
and interest of debt of the ,united     
,states1 while  we require fifty        

millions1 or nearly #bl4 #ajs4 each1 for
 the same  purpose4 ,but the fact is1   
that that sum is only about half what   
the  ,americans pay in reality2 for each
 individual state has its own civil     
list1  and all the machinery of a       
government to support2 and insignificant
 as the  expenses of that government    
appear in detail1 yet the aggregate is  
of very  serious importance4 ,for       
instance1 there are five times as many  
judges in  the state of ,new ,york alone
 as in ,great ,britain and ,ireland2 and
 though  each individual of these were  
to receive no more than we would pay a  
macer  of the court1 yet when there     
comes to be two or three hundred of     
them1 it  becomes a serious matter2 nor 
does it make any difference1 in fact    
whether  they are paid out of the       
exchequer of the state1 or by the fees  
of the  suitors in their courts2 they   
are equally paid by a tax on the people 
in  either case4 ,although the          
necessaries of life are cheap in        

,america1 and  equally cheap in ,canada1
 the luxuries of life are higher by     
several  hundred per cent in the one    
country than the other4 ,thus1 wine in  
the  ,united ,states is so highly taxed1
 that in a tavern at ,new ,york you pay 
more for a bottle of ,madeira than in   
one at ,london1 viz4 five  dollars1--and
 fifteen shillings for port4            
99       99       99       99       99  
,,the ,,gatherer4    ,,laconics4        
7,from the fourth edition of the work of
 that title47    ,the southern wits are 
like cucumbers1 which are commonly all  
good in their  kind2 but at best are an 
insipid fruit3 while the northern       
geniuses are  like melons1 of which not 
one in fifty is good2 but when it is so1
 it is  an exquisite relish4--,berkeley4
           99       99       99       99
       99    ,there is some help for all
 the defects of fortune2 for if a man   
cannot  attain to the length of his     
wishes1 he may have his remedy by       
cutting of  them shorter4--,cowley4     

99       99       99       99       99  
,fear sometimes adds wings to the heels1
 and sometimes nails them to the        
ground1 and fetters them from           
moving4--,montaigne4           99       
99       99       99       99    ,when  
,i reflect1 as ,i frequently do1 upon   
the felicity ,i have enjoyed1 ,i        
sometimes say to myself1 that1 were the 
offer made true1 ,i would engage to  run
 again1 from beginning to end1 the same 
career of life4 ,all ,i would ask1      
should be the privilege of an author1 to
 correct in a second edition1  certain  
errors of the first4--,franklin's ,life4
           99       99       99       99
       99    ,i do not call him a poet  
that writes for his own diversion1 any  
more than  that gentleman a fiddler who 
amuses himself with a violin4--,swift4  
99       99       99       99       99  
,pleasure of meat1 drink1 clothes1 c41  
are forbidden those that know not  how  
to use them2 just as nurses cry pah6    
when they see a knife in a  child's     

hand2 they will never say any thing to a
 man4--,selden4           99       99   
99       99       99    ,there be that  
can pack the cards1 and yet cannot play 
well3 so there are  some that are good  
in canvasses and factions1 that are     
otherwise weak  men4--,lord ,bacon4     
99       99       99       99       99  
,a poet hurts himself by writing prose2 
as a race-horse hurts his motions  by   
condescending to draw in a              
team4--,shenstone4           99       99
       99       99       99    ,i cannot
 imagine why we should be at the expense
 to furnish wit for  succeeding ages1   
when the former have made no sort of    
provision for  ours4--,swift4           
99       99       99       99       99  
,reserve is no more essentially         
connected with understanding1 than a    
church  organ with devotion1 or wine    
with good nature4--,shenstone4          
99       99       99       99       99  
,those beings only are fit for solitude1
 who like nobody1 are like nobody1  and 

are liked by nobody4--,zimmerman4       
99       99       99       99       99  
,satire is a sort of glass1 wherein     
beholders generally discover every      
body's face but their own2--which is the
 chief reason for that kind of          
reception it meets in the world1 and    
that so very few are offended with      
it4--,swift4           99       99      
99       99       99    ,fools are very 
often united in the strictest           
intimacies1 as the lighter  kinds of    
woods are the most closely glued        
together4--,shenstone4           99     
99       99       99       99    ,old   
sciences are unravelled like old        
stockings1 by beginning at the          
foot4--,swift4           99       99    
99       99       99    ,if parliament  
were to consider the sporting with      
reputation of as much  importance as    
sporting on manors1 and pass an act for 
the preservation of  fame1 there are    
many would thank them for the           
bill4--,sheridan4           99       99 

99       99       99    ,it is with wits
 as with razors1 which are never so apt 
to cut those they  are employed on1 as  
when they have lost their edge4--,swift4
           99       99       99       99
       99    ,exile is no evil3         
mathematicians tell us that the whole   
earth is but a  point compared to the   
heavens4 ,to change one's country then  
is little more  than to remove from one 
street to another4 ,man is not a plant1 
rooted to a  certain spot of earth3 all 
soils and all climates are suited to him
  alike4--,plutarch4           99       
99       99       99       99    ,early 
,rising4--,the celebrated ,john ,wesley1
 who became by habit an early  riser1   
says1 ,that the difference between      
rising at five and seven in the         
morning1 for the space of forty years1  
supposing a man to go to bed every      
night at the same hour1 is equivalent to
 an addition of ten years to his  life4 
99       99       99       99       99  
,coronation ,expenses of their present  

,majesties1 ,william and ,adelaide4     
4   s4   d4    ,in the several          
departments of    their ,majesties      
household 4444444#bb1bcd   #aj    #c    
,by the ,officers of ,arms1 for    the  
,king's ,heralds and    ,pursuviants    
4444444444444444444444#a1dgh    #c    #i
      ,in the ,office of ,works1 for    
fitting up the ,abbey1 c4 4444444#ab1jhe
   #ad    #e      ,in the ,mint1 for    
,coronation    ,medals                  
444444444444444444444444444#d1cbf    #d 
#f      ,the amount expended for        
,fireworks1 and for keeping    open the 
,public ,theatres    on the night of the
    ,coronation                         
44444444444444444444444#c1jcd    #h     
#g                                      
----------------                        
,total 444444444#dc1aei   #aa    #f     
----------------      ,the ,coronation  
of his late ,majesty1 ,george the       
,fourth1 amounted to more  than         
#bfh1jjj4           99       99       99
       99       99    ,narrow           

,escape4--,andrea ,boscoli1 the ,italian
 painter1 studied after  nature2 and in 
his travels he drew sketches of any     
particular objects that  struck him4    
,while pursuing this practice at        
,loretto1 with regard to the            
fortifications of the city1 he was      
seized by the officers of justice1 and  
condemned to be hanged2 but he happily  
escaped1 within a few hours of          
execution1 by the interposition of      
,signor ,bandini1 who explained to the  
chief magistrate his innocent intention4
 ,p4,t4,w4           99       99        
99       99       99    ,women alias    
,angels4--,acidalius1 the eminent       
grammarian and critic1 whom  ,baillet   
reckons among his ,enfans celebres1     
printed a small tract in #aeie1         
intitled ,mulieres non esse homines1 or 
that ,women were not of the human       
species1 which was falsely ascribed to  
him4 ,he only accidently found the      
manuscript and printed it4 ,it is said1 
that in order to appease the wrath  of  

some ladies1 who reproached him as the  
author1 he declared his opinion1  that  
the author was a judicious person1 the  
ladies being certainly more of  the     
species of angels than of men4 ,p4,t4,w4
           99       99       99       99
       99    ,,completion of ,,vol4     
,,xix4 of ,,the ,,mirror4          ,now 
publishing1 price ,twopence1    ,a      
,,supplement1    ,,with ,a              
,,steel-,,plate ,,portrait ,,of    ,,the
 ,,right ,,hon4 ,,earl ,,grey1    ,a    
,memoir of his ,lordship1 and           
,title-page1 ,preface1    and ,index to 
,vol4 ,,xix4           99       99      
99       99       99    ,printed and    
published by ,j4 ,,limbird1 #adc1       
,strand1 7near ,somerset ,house17       
,london2 sold by ,,ernest ,,fleischer1  
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