I could do no less than receive the amende honorable; and I was then informed by the Commodore, that Jefferson Drakelow had originally been in partnership as a horse-dealer in New York with the man who had swindled me at the races; that by some mal-practices Drakelow had realized a considerable fortune, with which he had set up for a gentleman, and had shortly squandered away, For an attempt to cheat at cards, he had received a good horse-whipping, which he was too cowardly to resent. His only object then was to attempt to redeem his lost character by picking a quarrel with every man he met. His skill with the pistol and rifle was so great, that it quite overcame his natural fear; and he was as ready for mischief as the most sanguinary-minded heroes of "ould Ireland" were in the days of Barrington, graphically depicted by the latter authority, in his Life and Times." Not wishing to become a target for this fire-eater, I was not a little delighted at the termination of this untoward event.

We reached Montreal without any further adventure, in time for an amateur performance at the theatre, which was (to adopt the phrase of the morning papers) "most fully and fashionably attended." The play and farce were well got up, and reflected the greatest credit upon the garrison corps of Thespians. A supper at the hospitable mess of the.... wound up our evening's entertainment. Upon the following day a grand dinner was to be given by the North-west Company, and we received invitations to attend it. Like all public dinners, it was rather tedious and noisy; during the repast, the clatter of plates, knives and forks, the jingling of glasses, and the tread of awkward waiters, caused a Babellike confusion; while, no sooner was the cloth removed, than the usual healths and toasts were given. Then followed the long and short-winded harangues; the declarations of the speakers that " at no moment of their lives had they ever felt so happy, and that the unexpected compliments paid them would act as incentives for their future exertions in the public cause;" in short, there was the usual quantity of "soft sawder" administered, the usual quantity of songs sung, the usual quantity of wine and spirits drunk, the usual quantity of pipes smoked, and last, not least, as far as our own experience went, the usual number of headaches in the morning, and an unusual number of soda-water drunk, to carry off the evening's potations.

The weather was lovely, and what with fishing, shooting, rowing, and flirting, the hours passed like minutes; and when we reached La Chine, where we took leave of our American friends, we deeply regretted that our pilgrimage was over, and that we were again to return to our military duties. We had now to part with Tee-teesquas and the "Skug," and it was with the very greatest difficulty that we induced them to leave us. They both volunteered their gratuitous services to us, as the servants say in the advertisements, "wages being less an object than a comfortable place," although, be it said, that the moment in our own country that the livery is put on, the domestics usually reverse the above saying. As I thought it possible I might have to return to my native land, and as my companions were shortly to leave Canada for different parts of the globe, I felt that an Indian would not be quite the man to make a gentleman's gentleman, although I cannot help wishing that many of the fraternity possessed the attention, devotion, and honesty of that race,

After presenting them with a variety of presents, giving them excellent characters, and strongly recommending them to any of our countrymen who might wish to explore the upper provinces, we took leave of our trusty followers, wishing them, as they fully deserved, every good fortune that this world could bestow.

Business detained us a few days at Montreal; and upon the morning of the afternoon that we were to embark in the steam-boat for Quebec, we were not a little surprised at the re-appearance, during breakfast, of our Indian guides. These worthy fellows proceeded to inform us that they had rejoined their tribe; but that the life they had been lately leading with us was so different from that which they had formerly passed, that they could not again reconcile themselves to the Indian camp. Tee-tee-squas was most eloquent upon the subject, and in the course of conversation made us acquainted with the true cause, namely, his attachment to a certain Miss Josephine Bostick, an attendant upon one of the American young ladies we had just parted with, and who, under the plea of indisposition, had remained behind at Montreal. Whether, like a modern Desdemona, Miss Josy (as she was called) had seen the Indian's "visage in his mind," we know not. Suffice it to say, he had unburthened his heart, "popped" the question, and she had "pledged" her faith in return. Our next consideration was how we could advance the interests of the happy pair; and after some little deliberation we raised a small subscription, to set them up in that earthly paradise of retired servants, a public-house. It was decided that Mr. and Mrs. Tee-tee-squas, with the aid of "Skug" as his "help," should establish a sort of caravansary at La Chine, for the benefit of travellers. The in-going was trifling; and having advanced them means, we proceeded to a sign-painter's and a printer's, to furnish them with a board to attract passing strangers, as also a prospectus of the new tavern. One of our party, being a tolerably good artist, sketched an idea for the "Indian Arms," for such was to be the title of the house. Burke, in his "human stud-book," would have described them as follows:-Arms quarterly: first, three scalps and a tomahawk; secondly, the calumet of peace; thirdly, spears, bows, arrows, and nets; fourthly, a bateau laden with furs. Over the arms were painted the English and American flags. Supporters-dexter, an Indian warrior, cross-belts over his shoulder-to one a powderhorn pendent, to the other a scalping-knife, holding in his exterior hand a tomahawk, thereon a scalp; sinister, an Indian chief, holding in his exterior hand the calumet or pipe of peace, all p.p.r. Crests: a green sand-piper p.p.r for Tee-tee-squas; on a mount vert, a squirrel sejant, cracking a nut, all p.p.r. for "Skug." Motto"Whoo-paa! whoo-paa! Hught! hught! hught! Anglicè, "Hurrah! hurrah!" a shout of triumph of the Indian warriors. In the printed prospectus-"Tee-tee-squas, of the Oswegatchee tribe, begged to inform his friends and the public that he had opened a new tavern, called the Indian Arms;' that every attention would be paid to their comfort; that English punch, Scotch toddy, and Irish whisky were to be had in perfection, as also gin-sling, sangaree, sherry-cobbler, cock-tail, sitronella-jam, hail-storm, dash of lightning, and mint-julep from a New York receipt; that Tee-tee-squass and

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another, known by the name of "The Squirrel," were ready to act as interpreters, and attend sportsmen to the North-west Company's possessions; and that the landlord's wife from the United States would superintend all household arrangements." Such was the

outline of a prospectus which we caused to be placarded over Montreal and neighbourhood, copies of which we directed might be sent to other towns in the provinces.

THE SPORTSMAN'S SIESTA.

ENGRAVED BY J. H. ENGLEHEART, FROM A PAINTING BY A. COOPer, r.a.

"I ain't well, Doctor: I can't get that sweet sleep' o' nights, Othello's bosom friend was talking about."

"Hum-Have you tried poppy or mandragora?"

"No; but I have almost everything else going the rounds night after night, never going to bed till three or four in the morningstaying out the Corsican Brothers in nine acts-reading the Sporting Magazine-sitting under an extempore parson-dashed if I can sleep."

"Hum-the Sporting Magazine-well, that ought to do it. Are you a sportsman?"

"A shot

Of course he is; at any rate, a bit of a oneYes, of course, again; a pretty fair one. "Then try that, says the M.D. "Country air and country exercise, all that you have been reading about only, and you will be off as sound as a top in less than a week."

And so it is. The worthy gentleman, who was wide awake to Grisi and Caradori at midnight or thereabouts, is probably nodding now to Cousin Henny's "Banks and Braes" at a quarter to ten. How changed in a day or two his complaining note! "Dashed if he can keep awake!" now. And, as a great favour, they let him off to bed at ten o'clock" precisely," despite the forty winks he was caught napping over, when they brought him his lunch in the Copse-lane.

The worthy alderman who confessed that he did like hunting, for it made him so hungry, might honestly have gone a little further in his eulogy on field sport: it is meat, drink, and sleep to a man. Siesta, perhaps, after all, is scarcely the word for a sportsman's mid-day rest. It is far more worthily come by than the dozy dreamings of the used-up gentleman, who courts the attentions of the drowzy god because he has either nothing else to do, or not the heart to do it with. Mere change of air is often enough to send some of us off, but couple this with an eight hours' beat, and even Miss Henrietta will forgive the terrible want of manners and taste which the visitor exhibits, in fairly "forgetting" himself and herself by a nap before company.