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— ’ *• . Hill! MB “The ferment of a free, is preferable to the torpor of a despotic, Government.” VOL. IV. ATHENS* GEORGIA* DECEMBER 21, 1808. NO. 40. tm ' ilOCtVg. IOR TIIK SOUTHERN BANNER. MY MOTHER. iver now from tli* dim lifrht of earth, lipher, holier, brighter suns of being— ing in olliilgence, art thou gone, ilother! into that cerulean vault, only happy spirits arc buoy’d up. here is left of thee, behind, to chccr weary hours of mortal toil along, reel pervading-imagination, c the soft minstrels}’ of blushing eve, Autumn’s season—Zephyr’s dulcimer, t like a prized memento of warm friends, silent numbers call my thoughts to ;hee. 'he sapphire floors of welkin l’aradise, iath the broad Aigis of the Lord of all, icreehor il symphonies of endless praise, ic in eternal circles, Scraph-lays— Tltou tread’st like ;i bright Angel of the morn, Jiul brilliant Fancy is too impotent, ToUiool across t!ic high, cthoreal nrch Of happier spheres; and picture beings blest. ’Til like a magic olfort of the brain, 'I’hr.t full ton soon is weary—paralyzed— A ltd shrinking from the Herculean tusk In A an empty nothingness of thought, HHb rapid evanescence; wondering it " such things be, and like a Summer dream rcoine us”—and still more mystic yet, the high truths of tho eternal world, weary philosophy, is content ucasurc only scenes—substantial—near, rack memory for archives of peace. Inch alone the sweetest influence ictual doings, shed upon the mind, ought to case the lab’ring gush of grief. [y Mother’s voice, in cadence sweet, oft steals i secret music, on my list’ning heart: ' ear hears not tho stilly waters chime, fancy throws upon tho mourning heart, il friends depart to that undiscovered 44 bourne nco no traveller returns.” I think in the dim twilight of the years, t time hath number’d with his ruthless scythe, visage, grave with pious orisons, ,t smile of peace, that assnnnce of love, ill as a Mother, on her child bestows : t brow, so glowing with divincst 'opc I joy unspeakable, in beaming tints, tilling those cheeks. Tint I havo sat mo down, d yielding up to feeling’s blessed gush, pt as one, in the gristle of his ago ; id then a Ir.lo felt round my sad heart, ?t never earthly life, but hope beyond ic dark, dull chambers of the grave, can give him lint journeys witli a firm fix’d mind wards tho gales of Paradise, long lost, » id loaves tUo routines of this changeful world, r surer prospects—changeless adamants— ere hope guides on, and truth confirms tho faith. vniTOBBisaMMiBj BBBBBBI ^msccllaut}. of the next day but one, we accordingly set out in several of the hag-ship’s boats, accom panied by a mosquito fleet of native canoes to pilot and assist us. Lpdy Hood, whom no difficulties could daunt, accompanied Sir Sam uel ; the captain of his ship, and his flag lieutenant, with the collector as pilot, and one or two others made up the party ; and our excursion, though nearly destitute of ad- ventures vulgarly so called, proved one of the most interesting possible. The early part of our course lay over the smooth and beautiful harbour of Trinco- malce, after which we passed through a sc- ries of coves forming what is called the lake of Tamblegam, a connecting bay or arm of the sea, though far out of sight of the main ocean. We soon lost ourselves ami 1 inn- mcrable little islands clad thick)' in the rich- est mantles of tropical foliage Jowu to the w - ter’s edge, and at many places even into the water ; so that, us not a stone or the least bit of ground could be seen, these fairy islets appeared actually to float oti the surface. This kind of scenery was not altogether new to many of our party, who had been in the West Indies and at'Bermuda ; but it be longed to that class which the eye of a trav eller never becomes tired of. The scene whiich followed, however, proved new enough to us all. We had to row our boats through a dbnse aquatic forest of mangroves for near- ly a mile, along a narrow lane cut through the wood expressly for us the day before by the natives. These fantastical trees, which grow actually in the water, often recall to the imagination those villages one sees in coun tries liable to frequent inundation, where each house is perched on the top of piles. We saw with astonishment clusters of oys ters and other shell-lish clinging to the trunk and branches, as well as to the roots of these trees, which proves that the early voyagers were not such inventors of facts os folks sup- posed them, nor far wrong in reporting that they had seen fish growing, like fruit on trees! Shortly before entering this watery wilder ness, we encountered a party of native pearl- divers ; and the admiral, who was at all times most provokinglv sceptical as to reported won derful exploits, pulled out his watch, and in sisted on timing the best diver amongst them, to see how long he could remain under water. In no case did the poor fellow make out a minute complete ; upon which the admiral held up his watch exultingly in his triumph, and laughing to scorn the assurances that at other parts of the island divers might be found who could remain five minutes at the bottom. “Show me them ! show me them !” cried he “ and then, hut not till then—heggiug your pardon—I shall believe it.” This challenge I am sorry to say, was nev er answered. The method used by these di vers is to place between their feet a basket loaded with one or two large lumps of coral, appeared to be.enjoying the coolness of the water in a style which we envied not a little. The eastern fashion of bathing differs much from ours. Instead of plunging in and swimming about, one person sits down, while the others pour pitchers of water over the swollen almost to double his natural size. Upon seeing this, the bearers and servants shrugged their shoulders, as if the case had been hopeless. Not so the gallant admiral, who, in his usual style of prompt resource, cal led out, « Let us bury this monster before we go to bed.” And, sure enough, under his di. rections, and by his assistance (for, though he had but one hand,. he plied it better than most other men’s two.) wo contrived, ; in a quarter of an hour, to throw sand, earth, and leave 4 enough over the -huge carcase to cover it completely. “ There’s a cairn for you !” exclaimed the admiral, throwing down his spade, “ and now let us turn in; for by the first peep of the morning we mus! have a i a work entitled "Tiy the celebrated Capt. Basil Hall, who, Americans may havo reason to say of him, is jrtainly a very agreeable writer. Wo arc indebted tit to “ Waldie’s Select Circulating library.” Eds Banner.] tCVRSION TO CAN DELAY LAKE IN CEYLON. I The fervid activity of our excellent admiral, Our readers «ill hardly deem an cpology neccs. for occupying the space wo do with the follow, very interesting account of a visit to a great, and rto unknown 'ancient curiosity. It is extracted I the weight of which Curries then rapidly to FragmcnU of voyages and Trav. t h e bottom. The oysters being then substitu what-1 ted for the stones, the diver disengages his feet, and shoots up to the surface again, eith er bringing the full basket with him, or leav ing it to he drawn up by a line. Nothing could be imagined more wild and Arabian-Night-like than the mangrove ave nue through which we rowed, or rather pad- Samucl Hood, in whose flag.ship I served I died, for the strait was so narrow that there lieutenant from 1812 to 1815 on the Indian was no room for (he oars when pushed out to ion, furnished abundant materials for jour. | their full length. Tne sailors therefore, were il writing, had we only known how to prof. I often obliged to catch hold of the branches iv them. There was ever observable a I and roots of the trees to draw the boats along, sh hilarity about this great officer which The foliage, as may be supposed where per. e it equally delightful to serve officially ennial heat and moisture occur in abundance, cr him, and to enjoy his friendly compan- spread overhead in such extraordinary luxuri- hip ; in either case, we always felt ccr- ance, that few of the sun’s rays could pene- of making tho most of our opportunities, trate the missy net-work of leaves and bran- Scarcely had we returned from an alligator ches forming the roof of our fairy passage, nt, near Trincomalec, when Sir Samuel ap- Not a single bird could be seen, either seated lied himself to the collector of the district, or on the wing ; nor was even a chirp distin- o was chief civilian of the place, and beg- guishahle above the dreamy hum of millions d to know what be would recommend us | of mosquitoes floating about in a calm so pro- see next. found, that it seemed as if the surface of the “l)o you care about antiquities ?” said the water had never been disturbed since the Hector. . creation. The air, though cool, felt so heavy *• Of course,” replied the admiral,« provi. and choky, that by the time we had scram they be genuiue and worth seeing. What bled to the end of this strange tunnel or wa. e you got to show us iu that way’ 1 thought tery lane', we could scarcely breathe, and part of the country had been a wild jungle 1 were rejoiced to enter the open air again—al i all time, and that the English were only though, when we came out, the sun “ flamed iw bringing it into cultivation.” in the forehead of the morning sky,” and .« Ob the contrary,” observed our intelli. beat fiercely and hotly upon the parched friend, <• there arc manifest traces, not ground, from which every blade of grass had far off, of a dense and wealthy popula- j been scorched away, At all events, the inhabitants appear to The village of Tamblegam, to which wc o understood some of the arts of life, for soon came, is inhabited by a colony of Hin y formed a huge tank or pond for the pur-1 doo emigrants from the coast of Malabar. It It was past ten o’clock when we reached our tents, which had been pitched in the mor ning on the borders of the celebrated lake we came to visit. 4 * AH the party were well fagged, and so .ravenously hungry, that we shouted for joy on seeing supper enter just as head.- We took notice also of one particu. I we came to the ground. It is the greatest larly interesting party of young and most I mistake possible to suppose that people, when beautifully formed damsels, who waded I they are very hungry, are indifferent or in. in till the water reached nearly to their I sensible to the merits of good cookery. It breasts. Each of these girls held in her I is true they will then eat, and even relish Bauds a chatty or water-pot, shaped some. I things which at other seasons they might not what like an Etruscan vase, the top.of which choose to touch ; but I have invariably ob. barely showed itself above the level of the | served, that it is when the appetite is keen, pool. Upon a signal being given by one of I est that the perception of choice viands be. the party, all the girls ducked out of sight, and comes the most acute—exactly as a really nt the same time raised their watcr-j rs high I 'oo:l bed is most enjoyed when we are most! touci: a the wild ducks and peacocks on th in the air. In the next instant, just as their I fatigued. side of the i iko, and perhaps we may contrive hea ls began to reappear above the surface, I “This,” said our excellent caterer, the | to have a shot at a buffalo or a stray cl- the vessels were simultaneously inclined so collector, “ is the dish upon which we pride ephant.” that the water might pour out gradually, and ourselves most at Trincomalee. It is the true Accordingly, next morning, actually before in such measure that by the time the bathers I .Malay curry—rich, as you perceive, in ila- it was light, 1 felt the indelatigable admiral again stood erect, the inverted jars might be vour, and more than half of it gravy—which tugging at my ear, and bidding me get up, to quite empty. Nothing could be more grace, gravy, I beg you particularly to take notice, accompany him on a shooting excursion, and ful than the whole proceedings; and w’esetin is full of minced vegetables, while the whole as he said, “ mayhap we shall get Sight of the shade of the pagoda looking at these is softened with some of the youngest kind of some of those elephants, the existence of nymphs for half an hour in great admiration cocoanut, plucked this very evening since the which you presumed to doubt lust night.— and thinking what a fine subject such beauti- suu went down. The capital * artiste,’ as I Come, Mr. Officer, show a leg! I know ful figures would have formed for sculpture, suppose they would call him at Paris, who you are a bit of a philosopher, and curious As the sun had by this time fallen past that dressed this superb mess, served many years in natural history ; so rouse up and come particular angle in the sky above which it is ! us master-cook to the sultan of Djocjocatra, in I along with me.” considered by the bearers inexpedient to trav. the interior of Java. The rogue was captur- . Most cordially did I then anathematise all el, we nestled ourselves into our respective I ed w ith a stew-pan in his hand when the brave philosophy, and wish I had never expressed palankeens, and proceeded on the journey General Gillespie stormed the lines round the any curiosity on the score of wild beasts, through what seemed to us a very respectable I palace. That rice, which fills the dishes peacocks, or ancient tanks ; but as tho admi- forest, growing on lands which had once flanking the curry, comes from India—one ral was not a person to be trifled with, I made been under the plough, but apparently very kind from Patna, the other from Piilibcet.” a most reluctant move, and exchanged the long ago. To our inexperienced eyes and -Eu- These praises fell far short of the merits of delightful dream of hot curries and cool sher- ropean associations, it seemed as if a century I this glorious supper; nor can I remember I bet for the raw reality of a shooting match, al least must have elapsed from the time such 1 any thing iu the way of gourmandize in any up to the knees in water, at five in the mor. a matting of wood first supplanted the labours part of the world comparable to this exquis- ning. At one place, such was his excidlcn of the husbandman ; but our friend the collcc. ile midnight feast. cy’s anxiety to secure a good shot at some tor soon explained to us, that if any spot of 1 While we are on the subject of curry, a ducks, that he literally crawled for a couple of ground in that rich district were neglected I word or two on the history of this most deli- hundred yards along the muddy shore of the for a very few years, natural trees, as tall as I cious of all the varieties of the funnily ot stews lake on his knees, and at the end expressing those we now admired so much, would soon may prove acceptable to true lovers of good himself fully repaid by getting a single capi- shoot up spontaneously and occupy all the soil, eating. In the first place, I dure say it will tal shot at a wild peacock! He was also grat- W e shook our heads at this with the confident I surprise most people—old Indians inclusive— ified by bringing down a magnificent jungle, scepticism of ignorance, and exchanged glan-1 to learn that the dish we call curry—pro- cock—a bird which resembles our barn-door ces amongst ourselves at the expense of our nouuced kari by the natives—is not of Indian, fowl ia form, but its plumage is vastly more official companion ; but in the course of an I nor, indeed, of Asiatic origin at all. It is not brilliant, and its flight more lofty and sustain hour we were compelled, by the evidence of known to the Persians, Arabs, Chinese, Bur- ed, than any of which the bird can boast in our own senses, to alter our note of disbelief, mans, Siamese, or to any of the Indian islan-l its tame state. Our scramble in the mud On coming to the real untouched virgin forest ders. Neither is it known, even at this day, brought us within sight of a drove of several of the climate, we beheld a most noble spec- to the inhabitants of Hindustan itself, except hundred buffaloes. We saw also several tacle indeed,‘iu the way of scenery, such as to such as are infrequent communication troops of wild deer; but, to our great disap- I at least had never seen before, and have with Europeans. Even the word curry, or pointment, not a siugle elephant could we but rarely met with since. I do not recol-1 kari, is not supposed to be of genuine Indian catch even a glimpse of. We counted, at lect the names of the principal trees, though I origin—iu short, there is reason to believe I one time, several dozens of peacocks—some they were mentioned to us over and dver I that curries were first introduced into India perched on the trees, some high iu the air; again ; nor does it matter much, for these by the Portuguese, and this view is in some we fired at them repeatedly, but conscien- would not help the description^ The grand degree supported by the consideration that tiously, I do not believe any came within shot. Banyan, however, with which European eyes chilies or capsicums, so invariably one of the Their plumage exceeded that of our tame have become so correctly familiar through the most important ingredients, are known to be peacocks less in the brilliancy o ' the colour pencil of Dauiell, (which is quite matchless natives not of Asia, but of America. than in the wonderful fineness of the gloss— in the representation of the scenery, people, I 1 have so often watched the palankeen-bear-1 a characteristic of animals of all kinds in their an animals of India,) rose on every side, and ers and other natives preparing their supper, nhtive state. We scarcely saw one small bird made us feel, even more dicidedly than the which, after the fashion of the Romans, is during our whole excursion, or heard a single cocoamut trees had done in the morning, that I their great meal, that I think, upon a pinch, note but the hideous screams of the peacock we were indeed in another world. I may re- I could make a tolerable curry myself. I and parrot—tones which dame Nature, in mark, that the cocoa-nut, as far as I know, would set about it thus : I would first pound her evenhanded style of doing things, has flourishes only near the shore. It seems, in-1 together twelve parts of coriander seed, two probably bestowed upon these, dandies of the deed, to delight in holding out its slender and I of black peppe'r, one of cayenne, three of woods, to counterbalance the magnificence feathery arms to embrace the sea brees^ as it I cummin, and five of pale turmeric; then add of their apparel. passes. All my associations, at least connec. 1 a few cloves, a bit of cinnamon, half a nut- , Perhaps this absence of smaller birds ted with the appearance of this graceful tree, I meg,andtwu|orthree onions. InIndia,Imeanon may he accounted for at the time of our visit are mingled up with the cheerful sound of the I the continent of Hindustan—the liquid or gra- by the unusually long,drought which had oc- surf breaking along interminable lines of snow I vy which is added to these spiceries, before curred, with the consequent failure in the white beaches, formed of coral sand and peb-I the fish or meat is put in, consists generally I paddy, or rice-crop. While discussing this outlet used for tapping the lake most probably passed. It is said that ■ some early Europe- au settlers, a century or two ago, impressed with an idea that treasure was hid in this bufi. ding, had torn it dowu to get at the gold be* ncath. I remember believing this at the time; and abusing the Dutch accordingly, although nothing like eviileiAc had been adduced to substantiate the charge. Nothing appears to bo known of the age in which the work in question was raised; and indeed, the course of vegetation is there so rapid, that, without considerable care and many allowances, no safe inference can be drawn from external appearances. The cx» posed faces of the stones seemed greatly weathered ; but on turning one of them round by means of poles, we could distinguish the murks of a sharp-pointod chisel—a sight which, while it really told nothing of dates, was enough to carry the imagination for back into the depths of time lying beyond tradition, and respecting which we know - nothing ex cept what these feeble, but distinct evidences, afford us of the hand of man having actually bqen there. / On beholding these ancient chisel marks at Candelay in Ceylon, at Paestum in Italy, or at Stonehenge in England, of whose ori gin and history all trace is lost, we exper ience, a sensation akin to what we feel on ex amining the fossil remains of animals in the strata of tho earth. There is no need of far ther evidence than that of our senses to satis, fy us that the birds, beasts, and fishes which we see imbedded in the rocks, must once have been alive and merry ; but when, and where, and under what circumstances, arc questions which baffle the boldest fancy. It may have been a million years ago, or ten huudred millions of years—that is to say, we know nothing precisely about the matter!— Such, no doubt, is the case at present. Wc know well, that the date of these phenomena must lie beyond certain periods,'as we khow that the fixed stars lie beyond certain distan ces from the earth. But I am willing to be- lieve, that both in geology and in astronomy, the investigating powers of man will eventual ly penetrate many secrets which are now hid even deeper than these; and that the time may possibly one day come, when the rise, progress, and relative dates and intervals be tween the remotest and the most recent ge ological phenomena shall be ascertained with as much precision as the velocity of light, or the complicated motions of the moon. The precise epochs of these occurrences may in deed, like the actual distance of the fixed stars, very io;ig continue to baffle human investiga tion ; hut even these will probably yield at last to the researches of laborious man, and become us simple, and as easy of practical application, as the law of gravitation, or the perplexing theory of the tides. hies torn by the waves from the ledges almost of ghee, which is boiled or clarified butter, point, the collector took occasion to point out every where fringing the coasts of the ever-1 This ghee which is a considerable article of to us the great importance ot such artificial delicious islands of the east. , I commerce in India, is preferred to butter in means of irrigating a country as the ancient Shortly after we had left the Indian village ] making curries, and that which is formed from I lake of Candelay, by the side of which we the night fell, and while we Were threading I the milk of the buffalo is considered superior were now encamped, must havo furnished to the gigantic forest by the light of torches, the I to that made from cow’s milk. In the nor- agriculturists of those forgotten days, when attended by eight bearers, though ouly four I dhyc. The Malays generally moke the gra- country. at a time, or at most six, supported the poles ; vy of their curries of t he ground kernel of the This stupendous monument of the wealth there trotted along by the side of the bearer I fresh cocoanut, iustead of using butter or ghee. I and industry of some former race, is placed between two and three dozen coolies or por-1 At the door and windows of our supper I on ground slightly elevated above the districts ters, carrying provisions and torches. I tent were hung up by the neck sundry well- lying between it and, the sea, which, in a di- With a mixture of vague darm and curios, bedewed goglets of spring water, cheek by rect line, may be distant about twelve or four- ity we now listened to the accounts of wild jowl with a jolly string of long-necked bottles teen miles. We could not ascertain exactly elephants in these woods, though in the mor- 1 ofLafttte and Chateau Margaux, joyously fan- what was the precise elevation, but, from the ning we had heard the same stories with in-1 ning* themselves in the thorough draught of remains of trenches, sluices, and other con- difference and incredulity; while the old the cool night breeze, breathing so gently trivances for drawing off and distributing the hands of tho party, who had felt rather piqued I along, that we could just bear it whispering water, it appeared that the fall in the ground at our distrust of their marvellous narrations, I through the leaves of the damp forest, and I must have been sufficient to enable the hus- pointed out with malicious satisfaction the re-1 sweeping towards the lake past the tents, the I bandmen to irrigate the fields at pleasure ;— cent foot-marks of those undisputed and for-1 curtains of which it scarcely stirred. I though, to our .eyes, no inclination could be midable lords of the manor. I The wine perhaps was almost more chilled perceived. The lake itself is now greatly Sir Samuel and Lady Hood, with some of I than a fastidious wine-foncier might have di-1 diminished in extent, from the dilapidations in , . - their stall, had left their palankeens and wal-1 rected ; nevertheless, it flowed over our I its “bund,” or retaining embankment, but ic ot irrigation ; so large, indeed, that there is a neat little place, ot which the huts, form-1 ked forward on the path, which barely admit-1 parched palates with an iutensitv of zest which still it stretches over many square miles of l CX ! StS ’™° n l‘^ rn J rrofi! ’ a f hcet ofwa „ tcr I cd chiefly of^branches of the tamarind-tree ted two people abreast, in order to enjoy the I do not believe it is in mortals to be con- area. On three sides it is confined by tho exceeding beauty of the Indian jungle, ligh-1 scious of enjoying, till they have toiled a whole swelling nature of the ground, and it is only ted up with the blaze of our torches. Sud-1 day in the sun within half a dozen degrees of 1 on the fourth that any extensive artificial denly the headmost musalgee or torch-bear-1 the equator. Bottle after bottle—each One means have been resorted to for confining er paused, listened, and then retreated pro- I more rich and racy than its valued and la- I the water. At this place, across a flat broad cipitately upon the hinder ranks. Nothing I merited predecessor—vanished so last, that, I valley, there has been thrown a huge embank- was saidjiy them, and nothing could we hear I ere an hour had elapsed, we fclt as if a hun- ment, constructed chiefly ot oblong stones, in the woods to explain the cause of this pan-1 dred wild elephants would have'stood no I many of them as big as a sofa, extending in ic, which, however, soon became general chance with us * a zig-zag line for several miles. At seme amongst the natives. The bearers set down I As we strag^jM off to our respective beds, places it rises to the height of thirty or forty the palankeens, and in an instant they, as well made up in the palankeens, according to the feet, and tho courses of stone being laid above as all the coolies, took to their heels, while custom of the country, we became sensible one another with considerable regularity, this the torches flitted about in the forest in a style of a serious annoyance, of which we had ta- great retaining wall assumes the appearance which, had there been no apprehension, ken but little notice while baling m the hot! of a gigantic flight of steps, and being crown- might have been . ck mwledged as very ptc. curries and cool clarets within tile tent. A1 ed at top by an irregular line of tall trees, it turesqne. Sir Simuel not only stood fast most potent and offensive smell was brought breaks the sky-line beyond the lake in a man- himself, but ordered ail of us to do so like- to us by the land wind; and the admiral, who ner extremely picturesque. Here and there wise—remarking, that until we knew what was not a man to submit to any evil capable lateral gaps between the hills occur n. the to fly from, we might only be making matters of remedy, insisted on. an immediate inves- other sides, all of which are filled up with sim- worse by moving. Presently tho loud crash- tigation into the cause of this annoyance. ilar embankments. i ing of the underwood of the forest, and a hca- After hunting about (n tho wind’s eye for I Near one end of tho principal wall we vy thumping on tho ground, gave abundant a short time in the jungle, with torches in our could distinctly trace the. rains ot a consic.cr- evidence that a wild elephant was close to us. | hands, we came upon a huge dead buffalo, | able tower, beneath which the great tunnel or Maelzel’s Rival.—A French watchma ker has invented a piece of mechanism, for which he justly deserves to rank with Muel- tzel, as a skilful and ingenious artificer. It is thus described in the Paris Journal des Dcbats : “ On an ornamental vase, a jug gler about six inches in height, and .dressed in the Turkish costume, is represented seated beneath a canopy, with a little table before him; at Uis right is a stand, on which ore placed three goblets and a drum. In the first place, you hear a delightful overture, executed by some internal Mechanism ; when this is finished, the little juggler, as a juggler should, rises and bows three times to tile com pany; he then takes two of the goblets, and three silver balls, which he causes to pass successively from benoath one of the inver ted goblets to the other, so rapidly as to de ceive the eye, until they are all found at last under one. He then replaces the goblets and strikes three times upon the drum, which opens and displays a little dancer, who flour-* ishes upon the tabic with infinite grace, ac companied by music produced by mechanism; while the juggler beats the time, and ex presses his approbation by significant ges tures. The dancer then retires within the drum, and the juggler lifts the third goblet, beneath which is perceived a silver egg, froth which issues a beautiful and richly colored little bird. This bird takes its station'on the egg, claps its w ings and sings an air i’-when this is over, the juggler replaces the goblet, bow’s, and resumes his seat; and another air closes the exhibition. The artist was em ployed for the space of five years in comple ting this piece of mechuuism, and sold it for 500,000 francs.” r tensive enough to deserve the name of a and leaves of the plantain, standing under te.” prodigiously high cocoa-nuts, are so very dira- « Let us go and see it,” exclaimed the ad-1 inutive, that the whole looks more like a airal. “ Can wc ride ? Order the horses ; child’s toy-box village than the residence of vho minds the heat of the sun ?” For, like grown people. The principal edifice, which hnost all new comers, Sir Samuel cared I we foiled not to visit forthwith, is a pagoda lotliing for exposure, and laughed at the pre-1 built of stone, exactly ten feet square. Not putioos of moro experienced residents. fancying there could be any harm in taking The collector ofTrincomalee soon satisfied I such a liberty, we entered the pagoda, uncer- ie admiral that an expedition to Candelay I cmoniounly, and one of our artists set to work akc, as the ancient tank of tho natives was sketching the bronze image which the natives sailed, could not he undertaken qsite so spee. worship as a deity. This strange figure is in lily. Boats and horses indeed were all ready pretty good keeping with the rest of the es- tents could easily be procured ; but it tablishment, being not quite three inches in »as likewise necessary to prepare provisions, height. But the Hindoos were shocked at o pack up clothes, and to send forward a set our impiety, and soon ousted the admiral and |>f native pioneers to clear the way through his party, who then turned towards a little brushwood otherwise impenetrable. The ad- tank or pool of water, bcautifolly spangled ""iral was ia such ecstasies at the prospect over with the leaves and flowers of the water- i an adventure which was to cost some trout?- lily, or lotus, so celebrated in Persian poetry, s, that he allowed nobody rest till every thing In the midst of these, several elegant groups had been put in train. Early in the morning I of Indian girls had assembled themselves,and A dignified clergyman going to his living to spend the summer, met near his house a comical old chimney, sweeper, with whom he used to chat. «So, John,’ said the Doctor, * whence come ye V 1 From vour house, Sir, where this morning I swept all your chim neys.* «How many were there!' said the doctor. «No less than twenty,’ quoth John. * Well, and how much a chimney have you V « Only a shilling a piece, sir.’ ‘ Why, then,’ said the doctor, ‘ you have earned a great deal of money in a hide time.’ ‘ Yes, yes,’ says John, ‘ we lladc'xoats gets our money oasy enough’.’ Mr. Bulwer says, in his last novel ; “When the world lias once got hold of a lie, it is as tonishing how hard it is to get it out of the world. You beat it about the head till it seems to havo given up the ghost; and lo ! the next'day it is as healthy as ever again. Other vifcesjnakc their own way, drunken ness mokes way for all vice. !!