e:

was more taken up with his guests than him

were

The Gleaner.

"I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff." WOTTON.

A JOURNEY INTO ENGLAND,

BY PAUL HEINTZNER, 1598.

Paul Heintzner attended Bartholomew Fair, and

An account of the progress of Ali to the self, did not continue looking at it nor smel-attainment of his present power may be He was born at ing and stroking it as is usually the custom of very succinctly given. his countrymen, to fill up the pauses of con- Tepellene about the year 1750. At the versation, He was not very magnificently death of his father, who was a pasha of two dressed, except that his high turban compo-tails, of no great importance, he was left sed of many small rolls seemed of fine gold with nothing but his house at Tepellene, muslin, and his attaghan, or long dagger, and is said to have begun his fortune with describes the sports of the mob, and the state of the Mayor, to whom he seems to look up with great was studded with brilliants. He was migh-sixty paras and a musket. Having embraced reverence. In those early days the light-fingered tily civil; and said he considered us as his the profession of a military adventurer, in knights of the post were as active as in these days of crime and punishment:-"While we were at children. He showed us a mountain how-plainer language, as a robber and plunderer, this shew," says Paul, "one of our company, itzer, which was lying in his apartment, and he succeeded in mastering one village after Tobias Solander, had his pocket picked of his purse, with nine crowns du soleil, which, without took the opportunity of telling us that he another, and amassing the produce of his doubt, was so cleverly taken from him by an Enghad several large cannon. He turned round depredations, until he found himself posses lishman, who always kept very close to him, that the Doctor did not in the least perceive it. Withtwo or three times to look through an English sed of considerable resources, both of ter-out the city are some theatres, where English actors telescope, and at last handed it to us, that ritory and riches. His ambition kept pace represent almost every day tragedies and comedies re might look at a party of Turks on horse- with his fortune, and having collected with excellent music, variety of dances, and the to very numerous audiences; these are concluded ack, riding along the banks of the river enough of money to purchase a pashalik, he excessive applauses of those that are preseut. At *owards Tepellene. He then said, that maintained a constant war with the neigh-these spectacles, and every where else, the English are constantly smoking tobacco in this manner; Fan whom you see on the road is the chief bouring pashas, till at length he obtained they have pipes on purpose, made of clay, into the inister of my enemy, Ibrahim Pasha, and possession of Ioannina, of which he was con- farther end of which they put the herb, so dry that it may be rubbed to powder; and putting fire to is now coming over to me, having de-firmed pasha by an imperial firman. The it; they draw the smoke into their mouths, which rted his master to take the stronger side.' pashas of Arta, Delvino, and Ocrida, they puff out again through their nostrils, like funnels, along with plenty of phlegm, and defluction e addressed this with a smile to the secre- successively subdued by his arms: Giafar, from the head. In these theatres, fruits, such as ty, desiring him to interpret it to us. We the pasha of Valona, was poisoned by him: apples, pears, and nuts, according to the season, are carried about to be sold, as well as ale and wine." ok pipes, coffee, and sweetmeats with and Mouctar and Veli, his two sons, were The following is the author's description of the m; but he did not seem so particular married to the daughters of Ibrahim, the English:-" The English are serious like the Gerbout these things as other Turks whom brother and successor of the murdered mans, lovers of shew, liking to be followed wherever they go by whole troops of servants, who wear their re had seen. He was in great good hu- Giafar. Having fought against Paswan masters arms in silver, fastened to their left arms, bur, and several times laughed aloud, Oglou, on the side of the sultan, he was hanging down their backs. They excel in dancing and are not undeservedly ridiculed for wearing tails hich is very uncommon in a man of con- constituted, on his return from Widdin, in and music, for they are active and lively, though quence: I never saw another instance of the year 1798, a pasha of three tails, or of a thicker make than the French; they cut their hairy close on the middle of their head, letting it tin Turkey. Instead of having his room vizier. All offers to be made grand vizier grow on either side; they are good sailors and better rowded with the officers of his Court, he has constantly refused. Since the estab-pirates; cunning, treacherous, and thievish; above 300 are said to be hanged annually in London; bewhich is very much the custom of the pashas lishment of his power he has greatly dimin heading with them is less infamous than hanging. and other great men, he was quite unat-ished the number of robbers throughout his They give the wall as the place of honour. Hawking is the general sport of the gentry. They are ended, except by four or five young per- dominions, and has promoted by his various more polite in cating than the French, devouring ms very magnificently dressed in the internal improvements, the prosperity of less bread but more meat, which they roast in perfection. They put a good deal of sugar in their banian habit, and having their hair flowing his subjects, as well as his own revenue.drink; their beds are covered with tapestry, even alf way down their backs: these brought His influence is felt through the whole those of the farmers. They are often molested with the refreshments, and continued supply- of European Turkey; and his dominions, with the Norman conquest. Their houses are comthe scurvy, said to have first crept into England gus with pipes, which, though perhaps taking Ioannina for the centre, extend monly of two stories, except in London, where they t half emptied, were changed three times, one hundred and twenty miles towards the are of three and four, though but seldom of four; they are built of wood, those of the richer sort is the custom when particular honours north, as far as the pashalik of Ocrida: to with bricks, their roofs are low, and where the e intended for a guest. the northeast and east over Thessaly, touch-owner has money, covered with lead. They are powerful in the field, successful against their enemies, impatient of any thing like slavery, vastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the that it is common for a number of them, that have firing of cannon, drums. and the ringing bells; so got a glass in their heads, to go up into some belfrey and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner well made or particularly handsome, they will say, it is a pity he is not an Englishman.'

There are no common topics of dis-ing the feet of Mount Olympus; to the south urse between a Turkish vizier and a tra- east the district of Thebes, and part of that Aler, which can discover the abilities of which is attached to the Negroponte, incluther party, especially as these conversa-ding the populous city of Livadia and its ons are always in the form of question district, bound his territories, which will ad answer. However, a Frank may think soon it is expected, comprise Attica. To is Turk above the comiñon run, if his the south, he commands as far as the Gulf ost does not put any very foolish interro- of Lepanto, and the Morea belongs to his atories to him, and Ali did not ask us son. The Ionian Sea and the Gulf of Venice ny questions that betrayed his ignorance. are his boundaries to the southwest and I is liveliness and ease gave us very favour-west, and to the northwest the pashalik of ble impressions of his natural capacity." Scutari and the banks of the Drino.

Paul Heintzner has certainly noted some particulars which are not to be found elsewhere, and only to add, that the translation we have made use of which are equally curious and amusing. We have is from the pen of Mr. R. Bentley, once the friend and favourite of Horace Walpole. It is asserted

in the preface of the latter, that there are not above four or five copies of the original in England,

Driv'n by the boisterous winds, run mountains high, for the reception of a fraternity of Cistertian monks; at

Feels in his breast a rising storm,
As flits around each beauteous form.
Whether thro' peopled streets he roves,
Or treads wild fashion's crowded groves,
Still wily love in ambush hides,
And still his cautious arts derides.
'Tis love illumes the fair one's eye,
And heaves her bosom with a sigh,
Dictates the gentle things she speaks,
And paints the blush upon her cheeks,
And, as with raptur'd eye we trace,
Each varying, each expressive grace,
A kindred pang, we sure must feel,
To each emotion they reveal.
Yes! bursting on our ravish'd sight,
Hope's fairy visions shed delight;
Then wilder fears our bosoms prove:
Tell me, my Fair, is that not love?

LIVERPOOL.

BY AN EMIGRANT IN AMERICA.

-There's a place on this earth fam'd for freedom and truth,
Of benevolence, virtue, and honour, the school;
tis dear to my soul as the scene of my youth,
"Tis the place of my birth,-Oh! 'tis lov'd Liverpool!
here, how often with joy has my bosom been swelling,
When, with friends, I have travers'd the streets or the
fields;

and how often, when entering the peace-mantled dwel-
ling,

Have I known the delights that society yields.
h! I ne'er can forget all the joys of the past,
As the ivy round oak,-they're entwin'd round my
heart;

And ever, while conscience, while memory last,
They will live-they will bloom-and rich perfumes
impart.

Though wafted by winds on the vast trackless ocean,
To Columbia,-yet think not my ardour will cool;
Oh! I'll think of thee ever, with fondest emotion,
Dear scene of my childhood-my lov'd Liverpool.
J. P.

Literature, Criticism, &c.

TO THE EDITOR.

of the French language. Nor is the pronoun the
only grammatical discordancy which this phrase
contamus; for it is equally erroneous not to repeat
the adjective, which should agree in gender and
number with the noun to which it is joined. The
Abbé Girard (who, according to Chambaud, is one
of the first French grammarians) in his "Vruis
Principes de la Langue Française, ou la Parole,
réduite en méthode, conformément aux lois de
l'usage," says, p. 386, Vol. I. "La loi de la con-
cordance est la même pour toutes les classes. Elle
|consiste à rendre l'adjectif conformer en genre et en
nombre à la chose dont il est la qualification. Cette
reyle n'a point d'exception; ainsi nulle difficulté."
Therefore, the phrase corrected, according to the
rules of grammar, and the laws of good usage, is,
Mon très cher père et ma très chère mère.

However strange this circumlocution may appear,
it is warranted by the grammatical authority of the
French Academy; and every deviation from that
must be looked upon as incorrect and unclassical.
Yours, &c.

Liverpool, Nov. 16, 1820.

GUILLAUME.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-I do not pretend to skill in criticism in the French Language, or to any considerable acquaintance with the decisions of the French Academy, but I beg to direct the attention of your correspondent, W. in the last Kaleidoscope, to the following extracts, which, I think, shew that the French professor is incorrect.

The disputed sentence is, in English, "My dear father and mother," and consists of a pronominal aduoun absolute, au adnoun and two nouus singular joined by a copulative conjunction.

In page 256 of Chambaud's Grammar, B. 6, he says, "that the pronominal aduoun absolute must always be repeated, in French, before every noun, when there are many in the sentence, with which they are grammatically construed, as son père, et sa mère (not son père et mère.")

tend, the expression does not violate any rule of
concord, but is perfectly grammatical, and I do
this on authority not to be slightly contemned, viz.
that of L'Abbé d'Olivet, in his Essais de Gram-
maire, chap. 2, nor do I believe the phrase is capa-
ble of being expressed so well in any other form;
the only words which appear to admit of alteration,
are très chers, and it is well known, if the adjective
were placed after the substantives, it would have a
meaning altogether different from what is intended,'
viz. costly.-I am, Sir, yours, &c.
W. P. B.

Colonel Henry Jackson.....................238
Lt. Col. Huntington........................232
Lt. Col. Cobb.............

Lt. Col. Humphreys....................................................................221
The above memorandum was found in the pocket-
book of a deceased officer of the Massachusetts line.
Curiosity respecting the form, physiognomy, and sta-
ture of eminent men is universal; biographers usually
attempt to gratify their readers by detailing all such mi-
nute circumstances; yet who knows the weight of Bona-
parte, or the Duke of Wellington? Those who read
their biography would be gratified to know the cubic
inches and exact dimensions of the clay tenements oc-

In the next place the word cher (dear) is an adnoun,
which generally comes before the noun. [Cham-cupied by such martial spirits.
baud's Grammar, 222, B 3°.]-Tout is an adnoun
also, usually placed before its noun. [See M. Le
Brethon's Guide, 199, pl. 33.]—And Chambaud, in
his Grammar, page 273, A, says, tout is construed
several ways, 1st, "It is an adnoun signifying all
and whole, and always coming before the article
of its noun;" and at the letter C, he says, "Tout,
being adnoun, cannot be repeated before each noun
of which it can be said, especially when they are of
different genders, as, Je suis avec toute l'ardeur et
tout le respect possible," &c.

volutionary officers is 214lbs. and exceeds, we think,
The average weight of these eleven distinguished re-
that of an equal number of any other nation.

According to the idiom of the French tongue, not only pronominal adnouns and common aduouns, which precede their nouns, such as cher, tout, beau, &c. but articles (Chambaud, 220, B. 189) and prepositions (same page C.) are repeated before every

noun.

L. C.

SIR-I intended to offer you some remarks, preruns to your last publication, on the French grammatical query which appeared in your last publica11on but one; and I only refrained from doing so that some abler critic might display more ability in answering the question than I could. And, to I apprehend, therefore, that the correct transla. say any thing now, on a subject that has been so satisfactorily explained, may be deemed superfluous: tion of the expression "My dear father and mobut, Sir, I think, for the benefit of the French gen-ther," in French, will be "Mon cher père et ma If it be said that it is an inharnotleman, to whom W. alludes, your correspondent chère mère.” ought to have given the phrase corrected, that the nious circumlocution, I can only observe that it is geatleman might see how the phrase for which he easy to substitute "Mes chers parens." contends violates the rules of concord in more ways Liverpool, 11th Nov. 1820. than one. It has already been shown, how the pronoun disagrees, in gender and number, with the the nouns which it precedes; that this is contrary to every French Classic has also been proved.failly says, in his "Principes de la Langue Franquise, that "Mon, ton, son, &c. sc repètent, 1. irant chaque substantif. Son père et sa mère sont venus, et non pas ses père et mère." Consequently, this proves that the phrase for which the French gentleman contends, contains glaring instances of impropriety, which must be very obvious to every one who has any pretensions to a knowledge

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-Your correspondent W. in his critique on
“Mes très chers père et mère,"
the French phrase,
brings forward a sweeping accusation against its
author, by saying, such a mode of expression vio-
lates every rule of concord, and therefore he cannot
perceive its propriety: perhaps not; and yet, me-
thinks, a little more of the suaviter in modo, would
have added to the fortiter in re. Now, Sir, I con-

A pauper of the parish of Longford, St. Mary, near Gloucester, of the name of Mary Bennet, recently died at the extraordinary age of one hundred and five years, and retained all her faculties in a wonderful manner until within the last two years of her long life.

A stone coffin, which measured within full six feet four inches in length and of a proportionable width, was discovered about two feet below the surface of the earth at Skirbeck, in Linconshire, on the site where formerly stood an ancient building, called the Jerusalem House; no cover was on the coffin, which was probably of wood, and completely decayed; only a few bones were amongst the earth in the coffin.

A fair Match.-A pigeon-match, for a considerable wager, lately took place at Kilpeck, Herefordshire, which the umpire could not decide, from the shots of the competitors being so equal. The wager was, which should bag the most out of six birds. The gentleman contrived to miss the whole of his half dozen, and his opponent, of course, deemed the day his own; but, shooting with equal skill, the whole twelve pigeons escaped without the loss of a single feather.

A curious circumstance occurred at Bishopstone, on the Essex coast, during the late boisterous wind and high tide. A man, viewing the rise and progress of the sea, saw, on an island of Beech, two hares confined by of the consequences, waded through it, and succeeded the surrounding water, then not deep; and, unmindful in catching both the timid animals; but, before he could secure them, he saw that his own retreat was cut off, and hallooed loudly for help. A boat immediately put off, and brought him on shore; or, like one of the hares that had got from him, and a number of rats that surrounded him, he must inevitably have been drowned.

Violent storms of wind are not uncommon in
October and November; the partial injury which
they occasion is amply compensated by the benefits
derived from them, in purifying the atmosphere.
Winds from all quarters agitate the air,
And fit the limpid element for use,

Else noxious. Oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams,
All feel the fresh'ning impulse, and are cleansed
By restless undulation. Ee'en the oak
Thrives by the rude concussion of the storm.
He seems indeed indignant, and to feel
The impression of the blast with proud disdain,
Frowning, as if in his unconscious arm

The simple housewife plies her daily care; Because, while her good man's a field you see, "Tis right the woman has her proper share: love to see her busy as a bee

I

The violence of the wind produced a hoarse, dread- | Where all the live-long day right merrily
ful noise, like one continued peal of thunder; whilst
the excessive darkness of the night added to the
horror of the scene. Some accounts say, that it
lightened; but it is probable that this apprehension
arose from there being, at times, many meteors and
vapours in the air; the hurry and agitation of na-
ture being too great to admit of thunder and light-
aing in their usual course.

Lo! while she sings and spins, the bubbling pot
With things that are not, well as things that are;
Proclaims for supper there is something hot.
like it standing where it full can catch

I

The healthful breeze that blows some common o'er, The whole loss of property in the above storm Where, from its half-closed little wicket hatch, was estimated at four millions of money-of lives We view a wide expanse of hill and moor; about 8000-and cattle without number! Many A slip of leather to upraise the latch, painful accidents happened to those who escaped A bunch of woodbines drooping o'er the door. with their lives; and not a few had all their appre-Hark! two or three pigs are squeaking in the sty; hensions realised, as they met death in some of its Look! two or three shirts are hanging up to dry. most dreadful forms. In the city of London and And oh! the pipe-brown jug and summer seat its vicinity, more than 800 dwelling houses were Close by the garden-gate, where shadowing come, laid in ruins, and above 2,000 stacks of chimneys Brimfull of tuneful birds and zephyrs sweet, were precipitated to the ground. As a further Thick boughs that boast the apple and the plum. proof of its strength and fury, we are informed, that I love to see the windows clean and neat, the lead which covered the roof of 100 churches Half smothered o'er with spice-geraniumwas rolled up, and hurled, in prodigious quantities, I do not mind a broken pane or two, to great distances But the dreadful devastation Providing there's no petticoat thrust thro' spread throughout the country. Iu one extensive A well-hedged garden-nicely planted out plain, on the banks of the Severn, not less than With herbs of all sorts, and flowers not a few 15,000 sheep, being unable to resist its violence, In comely order spread, or bunched aboutwere driven into the river and drowned. Such was Here the sweet pea, and there the bitter rue; And on the larger beds the emerald sprouts the quantity of trees torn up by their roots, that a Of winter greens that cup the silver dew, 2,98 person auxious to ascertain the number, had pro- The bright red carrot, onion sweet and dry, 4,40 ceeded through but a part of the county of Kent, Potatoe, turnip hard, and crinkled brocoli. 5,87 when, arriving at the prodigious amount of 250,000, And O! to see the chicks all budge to school! 7,35 he relinquished the undertaking.

He held the thunder. But the monarch owes
His firm stability to what he scorns,
More fixed below, the more disturbed above.
Winds have been measured, and their velocity
calculated. The following is Mr. John Smeaton's

table of the rate at which the wind travels:

Wind.

Hardly perceptible

Miles. Feet.
Hour.

Sec. 1,47

1

Just perceptible...........

2

3

14,67

15

22,00

25

Storm, tempest
Great storm.......................................................................................... GO
Hurricane

that tears up trees, destroys
buildings, &c. &c.........

80

.100

36,67
44,01

If sach were the dreadful ravages of this storm by land, it will be anticipated they were still more 29,34 disastrous on the water. Accordingly, we are in formed that the best part of our navy being then at 51,34 sea, if it had been at any other time than a full 58,68 flood and spring tide, the loss might have proved 66,01 fatal to the nation. It was computed that not less 73,35 than 300 ships were utterly destroyed by this tem88,02 pest; among which were 15 of the royal navy, con117,36 taining upwards of 2,000 seamen, who'sunk as lead in the mighty waters.'

146,70

The most decisive circumstance tending to show the great velocity of brisk winds, (says Dr. O. Gre gory,) is that of the rapid passage of the celebrated aeronaut M. Garterin from Loudon to Colchester. On the 30th of June 1802, the wind being strong, though not impetuous, M. Garnerin aud another gentleman ascended with an inflammable air-balloon from Ranelagh Gardens, on the south-west of London, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon; and in exactly three quarters of an hour they descended near the sea, at the distance of four miles from Colchester. The distance of the places of ascent and descent is at least sixty miles; so that, allowing no time for the elevation and depression of the balloon, but supposing the whole period occupied in transferring it in a path nearly parallel to the earth's surface, its velocity must have been at the rate of eighty miles per hour. If, therefore, the wind moved no faster than the balloon, its velocity was then eighty miles per hour, or 117 feet per second; a celerity but little less than the greatest assigned by Kraaft: and hence it is probable, that the velocity of very impetuous winds is not less than 130 or 140 feet per second.-Haüy's Nat. Phil. vol. i. p. 282, and Wood's Mosaic History of the Creation of the World, p. 172. 2d edit.)

A most dreadful tempest happened on the 27th November, 1703, commencing three days before it A strong west wind set in arrived at its height. about the middle of the month, the force of which was increased every day till the 27th. Great damage was sustained, and much alarm excited, both by sea and land. The late Rev. Dr. Stennett, in endeavouring to account for it, observes, that 'having most probably taken its rise in America, it made its way across the western ocean, and, collecting confederate matter in its passage over the seas, spent its fury on those parts of the world, whither this army of terrors was principally commissioned.'

Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell,
Then shrieked the timid, and stood still the brave,
Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell,
As eager to anticipate their grave;
And the sea yawned around her

And down she sucked with her the whirling wave,
Like one who grapples with his enemy,
And strives to strangle him before he dies.
And first one universal shriek there rushed,

Louder than the loud ocean, like a crash
Of echoing thunder; and then all was hushed
Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash
Of billows; but at intervals there gushed,

Accompanied with a convulsive splash,
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry
Of some strong swimmer in his agony.

Byron.

The farmer usually finishes his ploughing this month. Cattle and horses are taken into the farmyard; sheep are sent to the turnip-field; aut-bills are destroyed; and bees are put under shelter.

AN OLD ENGLISH COTTAGE.

Sprinkled o'er all Augusta's smoky vale,
Fringing her roads full rightly as I guess,
Beflowered around and white from head to tail,
Upright and prim as beau in summer dress,
Are scares of things where citizens inhale,
Their country breathings, nick-named " • cottages:"
Away I hate them-'tis no treat to me
To see such apings of humility.

I like the pretty little homely thatch
Where lives a poor man-no, not very poor-
But such a man I mean as well can catch

It

shows th' unbending wife is skilled to rule
What if they pout? pish! nothing is the matter,
To see the ducks come gabbling o'er the pool'
As well in decent learning, as the platter;

To claim their crumbs-O! 'tis a goodly clatter:
Nay more, for, seeing that, one's thoughts do go forth,
That they have useful hens, and eggs, and so forth.
Strong with the produce of the barley mow,
I'd like to find in use the mellow, horn;
I'd like to find a paddock with a cow,

Besides a decent barn for holding corn;
But these are things we seldom light on now,

And more's the pity.-Ah! ere I was born,
Folks say, for comfortable man and woman,
Snch things uprose on every dirty common.
O ye! who sigh in rural case to bask,
Dream not our peasant's cot hath ought of bliss;
Perhaps I could but 'twere a sorry task-
Pen down his cottage as it really is.
The barley loaf, straw bed, and empty flask,
And hard labour from morn to night are his-
High spirits broken, young old age, and, me!
Sickness, and Famine's stripes and petty tyranny.
Oh Britain! how it grieves me while I write,

To think my humble musings are not real;
That things so cheaply bought, and yet so bright,
[The sweetest ornament in England's weal]
Should be so hid in commerce' dusky night!

Tell me, ye great ones, when will Britain heal
This wound, that more rankles in her side,
And boast, oh! once again her peasants' stubborn pride?
J. Smith.

Natural History.

CURIOUS FACTS.

We often meet in our aviaries with what are called mule canary birds, that is the offspring of the greylin net and the canary In the country, where the domestic fowls are accustomed to wander to a considera ble distance from the farm yard, I believe it is no u common occurrence for a chicken, that is evidentir the offspring of the patridge and common hen, to make its appearance. Indeed, I am inclined to think that the breed between fowls of the same genus is oftener

crossed than we are aware of

It is a common practice in the country to set a hen, as it is called, with ducks' eggs, and the agony which the suffers, when she sees her young charge first take to their natural element, the water, has often been ob

erved and remarked upon. The following anecdote ay be relied upon, as the circumstance was observed by a gentleman of science,

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-The following extract copied by Messrs. A hen which was employed to hatch a duck's eggs, in Kirby and Spence in their "Introduction to Eutothe neighbourhood of a dyer's mill, where there was a mology," ," from a work of M. P. Hubers, as it is small pond, was observed to exhibit the usual symp-illustrative of the wars of Ants, although not detoms of terror and alarm when the ducklings first took to the water, but, by degrees, she became quite recon-scribed in the language of Homer, or more modern ciled to their habits, and was accustomed, in great diction of Fielding, may, perhaps, prove interesting quietness, to enjoy herself on the banks, while they to a portion of your readers. gamboled in the pool. For two or three years she uníformly brought out ducklings, and, at last, as regularly led them to the water as their natural dam would have done.

e feathered tribes.

BATTLE OF ANTS.

ZERO.

we will first look back a little, and tell you what our fathers have told us. [Here the orator gave a long and animated account of the means by which they had been dispossessed of their land, and nearly exterminated by the white people,—and theu contiuued thus]-Brother, our seats were ouce large, and yours were small; you have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place to spread our blankets; you have got our country, but are not satisfied, you want to force your religion upon us.→→ Brother, continue to listen: you say you are sent to instruct us how to worship the Great Spirit agreeably to his mind; and if we do not take hold of the In the course of time, however, she brought out a religion which you teach, we shall be unhappy herebreed of chickens. These she immediately led to the Figure to yourself two of these cities equal in after. You say you are right, and we are lost: how side of the pool also; but, when she found they did size and population, and situated about a hundred do you know this to be true? We understand your -dot enter the water, she became quite uneasy, called them close to it, made every motion for them to enter paces from each other; observe their countless num-religion is written in a Book. If it was intended it, Bew over the pond, and then called them to follow, bers, equal to the population of two mighty empires. for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit but all to no purpose. When she found that nothing The whole space which separates them for the given to us, and not only to us-but why did he not would entice them to enter the water, she actually breadth of twenty-four inches, appears alive with give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that Book, seized upon one or two of them, and threw them into prodigious crouds of their inhabitants. Thousands with the means of understanding it rightly? We it, and, if she had not been prevented, it is believed of champions mounted on more elevated spots, only know what you tell us about it: how shall we he would have drowned her whole progeny. This engage in single combat, and seize each other with know when to believe, being so often deceived by hows how much the native habits of even fowls, may their powerful jaws; a still greater number are en- the white people?-Brother, you say there is only e changed by circumstances; and proves, in some de-gaged on both sides in taking prisoners, who make one way to worship the Great Spirit; if there -ree, the existence of memory, without judgment, in vain efforts to escape, conscious of the cruel fate is but one religion, why do you white people differ We have had a great many remarks of late, on the which awaits them when arrived at the hostile for so much about it? why not all agree, as you can all gacity of dogs. I dont find, Mr. Editor, that the micary. The spot where the battle most rages, is read the Book?-Brother, we no not understand lecdote which I am about to relate, and the truth of about two or three square feet in dimensions; a these things. We are told that your religion was hich may be relied upon, has been surpassed by any penetrating odour exhales on all sides; numbers of given to your forefathers, and has been handed down ing that has yet appeared. ants are here lying dead, covered with venom; from father to son. We also have a religion, which A gentleman in the county of Stirling, kept a grey- others, composing groups and chains, are hooked was given to our forefathers, and has been handed and and a pointer, and, being fond of coursing, the together by their legs or jaws, and drag each other down to us their children. We worship in that way; inter was accustomed to find the bares, and the alternately in contrary directions. These groups are it teaches us to be thankful for all the favours we eyhound to catch them. When the season was over, formed gradually. At first a pair of combatants receive; to love each other, and to be united. We was found that the dogs were in the habit of going seize each other, and, rearing upon their hind legs, never quarrel about religion.--Brother, the Great by themselves, and killing the hares for their own ausement. To prevent this, a large iron ring was mutually spirt their acid; then closing, they fall Spirit has made us all; but he has made a great difstened to the pointer's neck, by a leather collar, and and wrestle in the dust. Again recovering their ference between his white and red children. He has ng down, so as to prevent the dog from running and feet, each endeavours to drag off his antagonist: if given us different complexions, and different cusmping over hedges, &c. The animals continued to their strength be equal, they remain immoveable, toms. To you he has given the arts, to these he bas roll out to the fields together; and one day the gen. till the arrival of a third gives one the advantage. not opened our eyes. We know these things to be man resolved to watch them, and, to his surprise, Both, however, are often succoured at the same true. Since, he has made so great a difference beand, that the moment they thought they were un-time, and the battle still continues undecided:tween us in other things, why may we not conclude erved, the greyhound took up the iron ring in his others take part on each side, till chaius are formed that he has given us a different religion? Accordouth, and, carrying it, set off to the hills, and began of six, eight, or sometimes ten, all hooked together, ing to our understandings, the Great Spirit does Search for hares as usual. They were followed, and was observed, that, whenever the pointer scented and struggling pertinaciously for the mastery: the right; he knows what is best for his children; we are hare, the ring was dropped, and the greyhound equilibrium remains unbroken, till a number of satisfied, Brothers; we do not want to destroy your tood ready to pounce upon poor puss the moment the champions from the same hive arriving at once, religion, or to take it from you; we only want to ther drove her from her form, but that he uniformly compels them to let go their hold, and the sin- enjoy our own.-Brother, we are told, you have returned to assist his companion when he had accom-gle combatants recommence. At the approach been preaching to the white people in this place. ished his object. These people are our neighbours, we are acquainted with them; we will wait a little while, and see what effect your preaching has upon them. If we find it does them good, makes them honest, and less disposed to cheat the Indians, we will then consider again what you have said.-Brother, you have now had an answer to your falk, and this is all we have to say at present. As we are going to part, we will come and take you by the hand; and hope the Great Spirit will protect you on your journey, and return you safe to your friends.

Some years ago, a farmer in the lower district of nnandale, took it into his head to rob a wild duck of eggs, and to place them under one of his tame sks that was sitting at the same time. The young ned, (twelve in number) came into the world at the l period, but one only, continued with her step me. This singular bird never perfectly acquired the abits or dispositions of her sisterhood; she never ould submit to the embraces of a tame drake; and ery spring she left the farm yard, and proceeded to evilds in quest of a mate. She seemed to have a alicious pleasure in leading her lovers into a snare; was at great pains to draw them into such situaSas as admitted of their being easily shot.

She always hatched her young in a peat-moss at some stance from the house, but never failed to bring them the farm yard as soon as they were able to follow . When the duck was about four years old, the ☛ner of the duck was visited by a kinsman from Fife, o was so much taken up with her that he begged and obtained her as a present. She was put into a ge, and by him conveyed to his house near Kinross. ae was kept in confinement for a night and a day; Ten seeming perfectly contented, she was let out into yard: she set about adjusting herself for some e, then suddenly took wing, and in the course of a hours, was among her old companions in Annanale. She was a second time conveyed to Fife, and wings clipped. She continued perfectly happy to appearance till her athers grew, when she again bade her new friends rewell. She was shot in the neighbourhood of Bigarby a gentleman, who communicated the circumace to the owner, with the collar which was found bout her neck, with his name and place of abode.

of night, each party gradually retreats to its
own city; but before the following dawn the
combat is renewed with redoubled fury, and oc-
cupies a greater extent of ground. These daily
fights continue till violent rains separating the
combatants, they forget their quarrel, and peace is
restored.

TO THE EDITOR.

If you think the following very logical speech, delivered by (what some term) an uncivilized Indian, to a Missionary, from the Missionary Society at Boston, Massachusetts (extracted from an interesting little work recently published") will come within the limits of the Kaleidoscope, your inserting them will oblige,

A CONSTANT READER.

"Friend and Brother-This council fire was kindled by you; it was at your request that we came together at this time; we have listened attentively to what you said; you request us to speak our minds freely; this gives us great joy, for we now consider that we stand upright before you, and can speak what we think; all have heard your voice, and all speak to you now as one man: our minds are agreed.-Brother, you say you want an answer to your talk, before you leave this place. It is right you should have one, as you are at a great distance from home, and we do not wish to detain you. But

*Hewitt's Letters to his Friends, from the United States.

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Kaleidoscope.-I would wish_to inquire from any of your correspondents, why St. Peter's clocks are so often altered; it is a great annoyance to many persons, who by them regulate their watches. I observe that they were altered sometime yesterday (Sunday) or before nine o'clock this morning. Now, as our parish clerk professes to be a clock-maker (consequently a clock repairer) I think he might as well be' clerk to the clocks (but without a salary) as well as to the church. But the least he can do, holding the situation he does, is to turn your correspondent.

AUTOMATON.

St. Peter's Church clock is never altered more than The Exchange clock, five minutes, but very often. before repaired, was also accustomed to be altered, but not so frequently.