uxuriously repaid the labors bestowed on her cultivation. If we diverge a little from the main road, and forsake for a time the shady lanes and parks, which lie in our route to Worthing, we shall first pass by the Chalybeate, and then go through the little village of Hove, standing about a mile distant from Brighton. It is very pleasantly situated by the sea, and has its bathing machines, and other accommodations for visitors. A little to the north west of this is the parish of Aldrington, in which there is not a single habitation. The rectory is of course a sinecure.

The village of Old Shoreham is the next. The appearance is particularly pleasing, as it is almost surrounded by trees, and the soil prolific in the beauties of vegetation, of which Brighton is destitute. The church is a curious specimen of ancient architecture, and well deserves the attention. The houses are extremely neat and cleanly. We next pass through New Shoreham, which is also a very neat village. It has a commodious bay for shipping, and a dock, in which vessels of large burthen are built.

We now arrive at Worthing: this town has obtained great repute, on account of the mildness of its climate, and its fine situation towards the sea. The entrance to it is pleasing, and the appearance of the high rows of houses frouting the sea, is very handsome and commanding. On the whole, the town is more regularly built than Brighton, and its appearance neater. The beach is particularly pleasant, being formed of a fine sand, extending a considerable distance into the sea. Although the town is not so fashionable as its more fortunate competitor, it yet possesses every means of pleasure which the former affords; and has, from the nature of the beach, greater advantage for bathing. Its situation is particularly commendable for pulmonary complaints, for which the air is very beneficial, In the season it is very fully attended, and several of the nobility possess seats in and around it. The late lamented Princess Charlotte was much attached to Worthing. Its size is considerable, but inferior to Brighton. The town possesses several excellent hotels, in which every accommodation may be obtained at a reasonable rate.

About four miles beyond Worthing, stands Highdown Hill, which has obtained so much celebrity, on account of the Miller who lived and died upon it, that the visit to it shall commence in the next number of

No. 48. THE FALLS OF THE VGUAZA:* THIS river, which flows tranquilly through forests of gigantic trees, in the province of Paraguay, preserving in its course an uniform breadth of about a mile, takes a southern direction some three miles before it reaches the falls, its contracted width being four hundred and eighty two fathoms, its depth fourteen to twenty feet, and its banks little elevated. As it approaches the descent, several small islands, and many reefs and detached rocks on the left hand side, confine its channel, and direct it a little to the westward. Not far below them the waters of the middle channel begin their descent." The shallower branch makes its way along the eastern bank among reefs and rocks, where it falls sometimes in cataracts, sometimes in sheets, till being confined on that side by the shore, it makes its last descent from a small projection, two hundred and eighty fathoms from the point where it began. "The waters fall first upon a shelf of rock jutting about twenty feet out, then precipitate themselves into the great bason, which is eight and twenty fathoms below the upper level. The western branch seems to rest after its broken course in a large bay, formed by the projecting point of an island, then pours itself by a double cataract into the great bason. The breadth of this western branch is thirty three fathoms, and from the point where the descent begins on this side to its last fall is a distance of six hundred and fifty six. On the fall the water rises during the floods five feet, and below it five and twenty. The breadth of the

The exact situation of these falls is in latitude 25° 42′ 20" S. The longitude 30 47' 50" east of Buenos Ayres.

INUNDATIONS OF THE PARAGUAY.

THIS river rises among the mountains of what the Portugueze call the Districto defezo dos Diamantes, the prohibited diamond country, in latitude 14 S. longitude 322 E. from the meridian of Paris. Its waters, during their course among the Serras, have a harsh and saltish taste, though beautifully clear; and they cover their banks with a strong incrustation, so that the tree-roots on their margin look like rockwork. Having received the Cipotuva, which is the most northerly source of the Plata, the Cabaçal, and the Jauru, the Paraguay leaves the mountains in 169 43'S. And here it enters upon the vast track of inundated country which is marked in maps by the name of Lake Xarayes, from the principal tribe which Cabeza de Vaca found settled there; but which the Portugueze Paulistas, who have frequently traversed all this part of the interior, call the Pantanges, or Flooded Savannahs. These plains are in flower, as they term it (florentes) in June, by which is meant, that the

The Zuputuba of the Spanish maps.

waters are then so deep, that it is no longer necessary to seek out the vein of the river, but they may navigate boldly in any direction. The wooded islands are Inhabited by a species of bearded monkey, remarkably like man in its countenance. They are killed for the sake of their skins, which are covered with a black glossy fur; the leaner the monkey is, the greater is his value, for then the fur is closer, and the skin more easily and effectually cured. The females and young are of a light colour. They are social animals; the Portugueze call a troop of them a choir, from the circumstance which Linnæus has noticed, of their singing in concert at sun rise and sun set. Being otherwise defenceless, they are provided with organs of voice which enable them to terrify even man, when he is not accustomed to the terrific sound. That part of the throat which in many countries is called Adam's Apple, from a vulgar fable, is in these creatures formed of bone instead of cartilage, and shaped like a little drum, the hollow side inward. Their cry of fear is so powerful, that it may be heard for miles around;---it is a deep bray in octaves;---and during the alarm which this unexpected and monstrous sound

When the floods are out, the fish leave the river to feed upon certain fruits. As soon as they hear or feel the fruit strike the water, they leap to catch it as it rises to the surface, and in their eagerness spring into the air. From this habit the Ounce has learnt a cu rious stratagem, he gets upon a projecting bough, and from time to time strikes the water with his tail, thus imitating the sound which the fruit makes as it drops,---and as the fish spring towards it, catches them with his paw. This animal traverses with ease the aquatic plants which in many places obstruct the navigation of the Pantanaes. The vein of the river is to be sought among the floating islands of shrubs and trees which seem to block it up; but the stream has brought them; they keep its course, and falling down gradually, leave it open.

A TO THE EDITOR OF THE POCKET MAGAZINE.

Mr. EDITOR.-An uncle of mine, who devoted a life of more than threescore and ten years duration to antiquarian pursuits, having lately died in consequence of spending a day in groping about an old damp vault, I have become possessor of an extensive collection of pro found researches, learned opinions, laborious enquiries, and exquisite conjectures. Now, though the name of Christopher Poker will be for ever distinguished in the annals of more than one grave society, this does not satisfy my dutiful tenderness for my departed kinsman's fame. I am anxious that the whole world shall know, what a wonder of erudition it has lost, admire his genius, and lament his death! I have, therefore, copied the following noble and convincing treatise from his "History of Signs," twelve vols. folio, as an indication of what he was-as a testimony of his talents, a proof of his greatness! By inserting it, you will shew yourself a true lover of litera ture, and afford consolation to the afflicted heart of,

70 10 Mr. Editor, your sincere friend, Cambridge, Nou, 2. 4

THOMAS POKER.

I DO, verily opine there be few individuals of any estate in the renowned city of London, who in the delicious time of spring, or in the glorious season of summer, have not occasionally made an excursion, or (as it is commonly denominated) jaunt of pleasure, to the little village of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, but I do also suspect there be comparatively very few, who have examined and considered, the origin of the sign of the hotel, inn, or ale house, where they may have taken whatsoever refreshment was agreeable to them, whether it was at the Castle, the Talbot, or what not. To explain unto the public in general, and to the frequenters of the last-mentioned house in particular, the cause, origin, or signi fication of its title, is the object of my present little treatise to those personages who care not to overload their greedy paunches at an hotel, inn, or ale-house, without even learning, or seeking, or desiring to learn, what the name of its sign may be, I do not address myself...well saith the Roman poet,

"Nemo mortaliam, omnibus horis sapit." No. 49.

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