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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 11369 ***
+
+THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
+
+VOL. X, NO. 280.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1827. [PRICE 2d.
+
+
+
+
+
+Illustrations of Shakspeare.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NO. XIII. ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+[Illustration: ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.]
+
+
+We augur that the above will prove one of the most interesting of our
+Shakspearian Illustrations, inasmuch as the garden where Hamlet was
+wont to revel in the fitful dreams of his philosophic melancholy, is
+holy ground. "The lapse of ages and the fables of the poet," says a
+delighted visiter, "were all lost in the reality of Shakspeare's
+painting: the moment of his scene seemed present with me; and eager to
+traverse every part of this consecrated ground, I had already followed
+Hamlet every where; I had measured the deep shadows of the platform,
+encountered the grey ghost of the Royal Dane, had killed Polonius in
+the queen's closet, and drowned poor Ophelia in the willowed stream.
+The modern aspect of Elsineur is, however, far from inviting, and not
+a single vestige presents itself that bears the smallest trace of this
+town ever having been hallowed by the mausoleum of an Ophelia, or
+proudly decorated with the stately walls of a royal palace."
+
+About a mile from the town is a place that bears the name of Hamlet's
+garden. Here is no relic of ancient interest, excepting the tradition,
+which affirms that to be the spot where once stood the Danish palace,
+and where was enacted that tragedy, which has been so gloriously
+immortalized by the genius of our great dramatic bard.
+
+The present edifice is erected on the brow of a gently rising hill,
+the summit of which is gained by means of a winding walk cut through a
+small shrubbery. In the surrounding prospect, the town of Elsineur, on
+the plain beneath, presents itself ill-built, red, and without any
+public building, or spire, to vary its sameness. Far to the left of
+the city stands the castle of Kronenberg, a bold and fine feature;
+the waves of the Cattegut roll at its feet; and are bounded on the
+opposite side by the Swedish coast. When the annexed sketch was made,
+400 sail of merchants' ships were lying there at anchor, which added
+greatly to the interest of the picture. The small village on the
+distant shore is Elsenberg. The forest of Kronenberg is indeed proudly
+situated; the form of the building, with its spires and minarets, is
+nobly picturesque; the fabric is of grey stone; and its innumerable
+windows, varied towers, and other architectural ornaments, make it a
+striking and beautiful contrast to the dull uniformity of the town.
+
+Sir Robert Ker Porter, in his visit to this sacred spot, collected
+a few interesting circumstances at the fountain-head, relating to
+Shakspeare's northern hero, from the very source whence our poet must
+have drawn the incidents of his tragedy, viz. the "Annals of Denmark,"
+written by Saxo Grammaticus in the twelfth century. The work is in
+Latin, and in our next number we intend inserting a short abstract of
+Hamlet's story. It will be curious to compare the dialogues of the
+original with their counterpart in the play.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN AURORA BOREALIS, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 25TH OF
+SEPTEMBER.
+
+BY A LADY IN HER THIRTEENTH YEAR.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  What may this mean? this ruddy blaze of light,
+  Breaking effulgent through the stilly night;
+  Darting its blood-red form along the sky,
+  Glowing with heaven's glorious majesty.
+  How with its phalaxy of rays unfurl'd,
+  It comes: its radiance circling all our mother world.
+  The pharos of the night; where gods might dance.
+  Heedless of mortals dull, unmeaning trance;
+  Where spirits in their mysteries might find,
+  A sail to float upon the yielding wind;
+  But see, it flies, its shadow; form outspread,
+  In fainting radiance o'er earth's startled bed,
+  Yet rests, like the death gleam of beauty's eye,
+  Or last rich tint of an autumnal sky.
+  And now in fleecy clouds the heav'ns appear.
+  Again it darts, dreamer, there's naught to fear;
+  Again, like a proud spirit of the sky,
+  Though conquer'd, breaking forth in majesty.
+  Britain, for thee this fearful warning sent,
+  Oh! mock not foolishly its dire portent;
+  For now that vice on all her malice wreaks,
+  Charms on the stage, and in the assembly speaks;
+  Now that with cheating fires she shameless dares,
+  Fortunate where virtue once defied her snares;
+  Again I say, for thee this warning sent,
+  Oh! mark it well, mock not its dire portent.
+
+F.J.H.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE SELECTOR,
+
+AND
+
+LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS_.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.
+
+(_By the author of Waverley_.)
+
+
+[We have the pleasure of submitting to our readers, (almost entire,)
+one of the stories of the forthcoming _Chronicles of the Canongate_,
+it being the second narrative, and the last in the first volume, and
+as well as the others, founded on true incidents. The _Chronicles_
+are domestic tales; but the _Two Drovers_ should not be taken as a
+specimen of the work. Slender as are its incidents, it proves that
+"Richard (or Walter) is himself again," for in no vein of writing is
+the author of Waverley more felicitous than in delineating scenes of
+actual life, splendid as are his narratives of the fairy scenes and
+halls of romance: and in the prevailing taste for this description of
+writing, we think the Chronicles of the Canongate bid fair to enjoy
+popularity equal to any of Sir Walter's previous productions.]
+
+
+_The Two Drovers_.
+
+It was the day after the Doune Fair when my story commences. It had
+been a brisk market, several dealers had attended from the northern
+and midland counties in England, and the English money had flown so
+merrily about as to gladden the hearts of the Highland farmers. Many
+large droves were about to set off for England, under the protection
+of their owners, or of the topsmen whom they employed in the tedious,
+laborious and responsible office of driving the cattle for many
+hundred miles, from the market where they had been purchased, to the
+fields or farm-yards where they were to be fattened for the shambles.
+
+Of the number who left Doune in the morning, and with the purpose we
+have described, not a _Glunamie_ of them all cocked his bonnet more
+briskly, or gartered his tartan hose under knee over a pair of more
+promising _spiogs_ (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich, called
+familiarly Robin Oig, that is Young, or the Lesser, Robin. Though
+small of stature, as the epithet Oig implies, and not very strongly
+limbed, he was as light and alert as one of the deer of his mountains.
+He had an elasticity of step, which, in the course of a long march,
+made many a stout fellow envy him; and the manner in which he busked
+his plaid and adjusted his bonnet, argued a consciousness that so
+smart a John Highlandman as himself would not pass unnoticed among the
+Lowland lasses. The ruddy cheek, red lips, and white teeth, set off a
+countenance which had gained by exposure to the weather, a healthful
+and hardy rather than a rugged hue. If Robin Oig did not laugh,
+or even smile frequently, as indeed is not the practice among his
+countrymen, his bright eyes usually gleamed from under his bonnet
+with an expression of cheerfulness ready to be turned into mirth.
+
+The departure of Robin Oig was an incident in the little town, in
+and near which he had many friends male and female. He was a topping
+person in his way, transacted considerable business on his own behalf,
+and was intrusted by the best farmers in the Highlands, in preference
+to any other drover in that district. He might have increased his
+business to any extent had he condescended to manage it by deputy; but
+except a lad or two, sister's sons of his own, Robin rejected the idea
+of assistance, conscious, perhaps how much his reputation depended
+upon his attending in person to the practical discharge of his duty
+in every instance. He remained, therefore, contented with the highest
+premium given to persons of his description, and comforted himself
+with the hopes that a few journeys to England might enable him to
+conduct business on his own account, in a manner becoming his birth.
+For Robin Oig's father, Lachlan M'Combich, (or, _son of my friend_,
+his actual clan surname being M'Gregor,) had been so called by the
+celebrated Rob Roy, because of the particular friendship which had
+subsisted between the grandsire of Robin and that renowned cateran.
+Some people even say, that Robin Oig derived his Christian name from a
+man, as renowned in the wilds of Lochlomond, as ever was his namesake
+Robin Hood, in the precincts of merry Sherwood. "Of such ancestry,"
+as James Boswell says, "who would not be proud?" Robin Oig was proud
+accordingly; but his frequent visits to England and to the Lowlands
+had given him tact enough to know that pretensions, which still gave
+him a little right to distinction in his own lonely glen, might be
+both obnoxious and ridiculous if preferred elsewhere. The pride of
+birth, therefore, was like the miser's treasure, the secret subject of
+his contemplation, but never exhibited to strangers as a subject of
+boasting.
+
+Many were the words of gratulation and goodluck which were bestowed on
+Robin Oig. The judges commended his drove, especially the best of them,
+which were Robin's own property. Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for
+the parting pinch--others tendered the _doch-an-dorrach_, or parting
+cup. All cried--"Good-luck travel out with you and come home with
+you.--Give you luck in the Saxon market--brave notes in the
+_leabhar-dhu_, (black pocket-book,) and plenty of English gold in the
+_sporran_ (pouch of goat-skin.)"
+
+The bonny lasses made their adieus more modestly, and more than one,
+it was said, would have given her best brooch to be certain that it
+was upon her that his eye last rested as he turned towards his road.
+
+Robin Oig had just given the preliminary "_Hoo-hoo!_" to urge forward
+the loiterers of the drove, when there was a cry behind him.
+
+"Stay, Robin--bide a blink. Here is Janet of Tomahourich--auld Janet,
+your father's sister."
+
+"Plague on her, for an auld Highland witch and spaewife," said a
+farmer from the Carse of Stirling; "she'll cast some of her cantrips
+on the cattle."
+
+"She canna do that," said another sapient of the same
+profession--"Robin Oig is no the lad to leave any of them, without
+tying Saint Mungo's knot on their tails, and that will put to her
+speed the best witch that ever flew over Dimayet upon a broomstick."
+
+It may not be indifferent to the reader to know, that the Highland
+cattle are peculiarly liable to be _taken_, or infected, by spells and
+witchcraft, which judicious people guard against by knitting knots of
+peculiar complexity on the tuft of hair which terminates the animal's
+tail.
+
+But the old woman who was the object of the farmer's suspicion, seemed
+only busied about the drover, without paying any attention to the
+flock. Robin, on the contrary, appeared rather impatient of her
+presence.
+
+"What auld-world fancy," he said, "has brought you so early from the
+ingle-side this morning, Muhme? I am sure I bid you good even, and had
+your God-speed, last night."
+
+"And left me more siller than the useless old woman will use till you
+come back again, bird of my bosom," said the sibyl. "But it is little
+I would care for the food that nourishes me, or the fire that warms
+me, or for God's blessed sun itself, if aught but weal should happen
+to the grandson of my father. So let me walk the _deasil_ round you,
+that you may go safe out into the far foreign land, and come safe
+home."
+
+Robin Oig stopped, half embarrassed, half laughing, and signing to
+those around that he only complied with the old woman to soothe her
+humour. In the meantime, she traced around him, with wavering steps,
+the propitiation, which some have thought has been derived from the
+Druidical mythology. It consists, as is well known, in the person who
+makes the _deasil_, walking three times round the person who is the
+object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course
+of the sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a
+voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is blood on
+your hand." "Hush, for God's sake, aunt," said Robin Oig; "you will
+bring more trouble on yourself with this Taishataragh (second sight)
+than you will be able to get out of for many a day."
+
+The old woman only repeated, with a ghastly look, "There is blood on
+your hand, and it is English blood. The blood of the Gael is richer
+and redder. Let us see--let us--"
+
+Ere Robin Oig could prevent her, which, indeed, could only have been
+by positive violence, so hasty and peremptory were her proceedings,
+she had drawn from his side the dirk which lodged in the folds of his
+plaid, and held it up, exclaiming, although the weapon gleamed clear
+and bright in the sun, "Blood, blood--Saxon blood again. Robin Oig
+M'Combich, go not this day to England!"
+
+"Prutt, trutt," answered Robin Oig, "that will never do neither--it
+would be next thing to running the country. For shame, Muhme--give me
+the dirk. You cannot tell by the colour the difference betwixt the
+blood of a black bullock and a white one, and you speak of knowing
+Saxon from Gaelic blood. All men have their blood from Adam, Muhme.
+Give me my skenedhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been half
+way to Stirling brig by this time--Give me my dirk, and let me go."
+
+"Never will I give it to you," said the old woman--"Never will I quit
+my hold on your plaid, unless you promise me not to wear that unhappy
+weapon."
+
+The women around him urged him also, saying few of his aunt's words
+fell to the ground; and as the Lowland farmers continued to look
+moodily on the scene, Robin Oig determined to close it at any
+sacrifice.
+
+"Well, then," said the young drover, giving the scabbard of the weapon
+to Hugh Morrison, "you Lowlanders care nothing for these freats. Keep
+my dirk for me. I cannot give it you, because it was my father's; but
+your drove follows ours, and I am content it should be in your
+keeping, not in mine. Will this do, Muhme?"
+
+"It must", said the old woman--"that is, if the Lowlander is mad
+enough to carry the knife."
+
+The strong westlandman laughed aloud.
+
+"Good wife," said he, "I am Hugh Morrison from Glenae, come of the
+Manly Morrisons of auld langsyne, that never took short weapon against
+a man in their lives. And neither needed they; they had their
+broadswords, and I have this bit supple (showing a formidable
+cudgel)--for dirking ower the board, I leave that to John Highlandman.
+Ye needna snort, none of you Highlanders, and you in especial, Robin.
+I'll keep the bit knife, if you are feared for the auld spae-wife's
+tale, and give it back to you whenever you want it."
+
+Robin was not particularly pleased with some part of Hugh Morrison's
+speech; but he had learned in his travels more patience than belonged
+to his Highland constitution originally, and he accepted the service
+of the descendant of the Manly Morrisons, without finding fault with
+the rather depreciating manner in which it was offered.
+
+"If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a
+Dumfries-shire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more like a
+gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a grumph. It's a
+shame my father's knife should ever slash a haggis for the like of
+him."
+
+Thus saying, (but saying it in Gaelic,) Robin drove on his cattle, and
+waved farewell to all behind him. He was in the greater haste, because
+he expected to join at Falkirk a comrade and brother in profession,
+with whom he proposed to travel in company.
+
+Robin Oig's chosen friend was a young Englishman, Harry Wakefield by
+name, well known at every northern market, and in his way as much
+famed and honoured as our Highland driver of bullocks. He was nearly
+six feet high, gallantly formed to keep the rounds at Smithfield, or
+maintain the ring at a wrestling-match; and although he might have
+been overmatched, perhaps, among the regular professors of the Fancy,
+yet as a chance customer, he was able to give a bellyful to any
+amateur of the pugilistic art. Doncaster races saw him in his glory,
+betting his guinea, and generally successfully; nor was there a main
+fought in Yorkshire, the feeders being persons of celebrity, at which
+he was not to be seen, if business permitted. But though a _sprack_
+lad, and fond of pleasure and its haunts, Harry Wakefield was steady,
+and not the cautious Robin Oig M'Combich himself was more attentive to
+the main chance. His holidays were holidays indeed; but his days of
+work were dedicated to steady and persevering labour. In countenance
+and temper, Wakefield was the model of Old England's merry yeomen,
+whose clothyard shafts, in so many hundred battles, asserted her
+superiority over the nations, and whose good sabres, in our own time,
+are her cheapest and most assured defence. His mirth was readily
+excited; for, strong in limb and constitution, and fortunate in
+circumstances, he was disposed to be pleased with every thing about
+him; and such difficulties as he might occasionally encounter, were,
+to a man of his energy, rather matter of amusement than serious
+annoyance. With all the merits of a sanguine temper, our young English
+drover was not without his defects. He was irascible, and sometimes to
+the verge of being quarrelsome; and perhaps not the less inclined to
+bring his disputes to a pugilistic decision, because he found few
+antagonists able to stand up to him in the boxing-ring.
+
+It is difficult to say how Henry Wakefield and Robin Oig first became
+intimates; but it is certain a close acquaintance had taken place
+betwixt them, although they had apparently few common topics of
+conversation or of interest, so soon as their talk ceased to be of
+bullocks. Robin Oig, indeed, spoke the English language rather
+imperfectly upon any other topics but stots and kyloes, and Harry
+Wakefield could never bring his broad Yorkshire tongue to utter a
+single word of Gaelic. It was in vain Robin spent a whole morning,
+during a walk over Minch-Moor, in attempting to teach his companion to
+utter, with true precision, the shibboleth _Llhu_, which is the Gaelic
+for a calf.
+
+The pair of friends had traversed with their usual cordiality the
+grassy wilds of Liddesdale, and crossed the opposite part of
+Cumberland, emphatically called the Waste. In these solitary regions,
+the cattle under the charge of our drovers subsisted themselves
+cheaply, by picking their food as they went along the drove-road, or
+sometimes by the tempting opportunity of a _start and owerloup_, or
+invasion of the neighbouring pasture, where an occasion presented
+itself. But now the scene changed before them; they were descending
+towards a fertile and enclosed country, where no such liberties could
+be taken with impunity, or without a previous arrangement and bargain
+with the possessors of the ground. This was more especially the case,
+as a great northern fair was upon the eve of taking place, where both
+the Scotch and English drover expected to dispose of a part of their
+cattle, which it was desirable to produce in the market, rested and in
+good order. Fields were therefore difficult to be obtained, and only
+upon high terms. This necessity occasioned a temporary separation
+betwixt the two friends, who went to bargain, each as he could, for
+the separate accommodation of his herd. Unhappily it chanced that both
+of them, unknown to each other, thought of bargaining for the ground
+they wanted on the property of a country gentleman of some fortune,
+whose estate lay in the neighbourhood. The English drover applied to
+the bailiff on the property, who was known to him. It chanced that the
+Cumbrian Squire, who had entertained some suspicions of his manager's
+honesty, was taking occasional measures to ascertain how far they were
+well founded, and had desired that any inquiries about his enclosures,
+with a view to occupy them for a temporary purpose, should be referred
+to himself. As, however, Mr. Ireby had gone the day before upon a
+journey of some miles distance to the northward, the bailiff chose
+to consider the check upon his full powers as for the time removed,
+and concluded that he should best consult his master's interest
+and perhaps his own, in making an agreement with Harry Wakefield.
+Meanwhile, ignorant of what his comrade was doing, Robin Oig, on his
+side, chanced to be overtaken by a well-looked smart little man upon a
+pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the fashion, the
+rider wearing tight leather breeches, and long-necked bright spurs.
+This cavalier asked one or two pertinent questions about markets and
+the price of stock. So Donald, seeing him a well-judging, civil
+gentleman, took the freedom to ask him whether he could let him know
+if there was any grass-land to be let in that neighbourhood, for the
+temporary accommodation of his drove. He could not have put the
+question to more willing ears. The gentleman of the buckskins was the
+proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry Wakefield had dealt, or was in
+the act of dealing.
+
+"Thou art in good luck, my canny Scot," said Mr. Ireby, "to have
+spoken to me, for I see thy cattle have done their day's work, and I
+have at my disposal the only field within three miles that is to be
+let in these parts."
+
+"The drove can pe gang two, three, four miles very pratty weel
+indeed--" said the cautious Highlander; "put what would his honour pe
+axing for the peasts pe the head, if she was to tak the park for twa
+or three days?"
+
+"We wont differ, Sawney, if you let me have six stots for winterers,
+in the way of reason."
+
+"And which peasts wad your honour pe for having?"
+
+"Why--let me see--the two black--the dun one--yon doddy--him with the
+twisted horn--and brockit--How much by the head?"
+
+"Ah," said Robin, "your honour is a shudge--a real shudge--I couldna
+have set off the pest six peasts petter myself, me that ken them as if
+they were my pairns, puir things."
+
+"Well, how much per head, Sawney," continued Mr. Ireby.
+
+"It was high markets at Doune and Falkirk," answered Robin.
+
+And thus the conversation proceeded, until they had agreed on the
+_prix juste_ for the bullocks, the Squire throwing in the temporary
+accommodation of the enclosure for the cattle into the boot, and Robin
+making, as he thought, a very good bargain, providing the grass was
+but tolerable. The Squire walked his pony alongside of the drove,
+partly to show him the way, and see him put into possession of the
+field, and partly to learn the latest news of the northern markets.
+
+They arrived at the field, and the pasture seemed excellent. But what
+was their surprise when they saw the bailiff quietly inducting the
+cattle of Harry Wakefield into the grassy Goshen which had just been
+assigned to those of Robin Oig M'Combich by the proprietor himself.
+Squire Ireby set spurs to his horse, dashed up to his servant, and
+learning what had passed between the parties, briefly informed the
+English drover that his bailiff had let the ground without his
+authority, and that he might seek grass for his cattle wherever he
+would, since he was to get none there. At the same time he rebuked his
+servant severely for having transgressed his commands, and ordered him
+instantly to assist in ejecting the hungry and weary cattle of Harry
+Wakefield, which were just beginning to enjoy a meal of unusual
+plenty, and to introduce those of his comrade, whom the English drover
+now began to consider as a rival.
+
+The feelings which arose in Wakefield's mind, would have induced him
+to resist Mr. Ireby's decision; but every Englishman has a tolerably
+accurate sense of law and justice, and John Fleecebumpkin, the
+bailiff, having acknowledged that he had exceeded his commission,
+Wakefield saw nothing else for it than to collect his hungry and
+disappointed charge, and drive them on to seek quarters elsewhere.
+Robin Oig saw what had happened with regret, and hastened to offer
+to his English friend to share with him the disputed possession. But
+Wakefield's pride was severely hurt, and he answered disdainfully,
+"Take it all man--take it all--never make two bites of a cherry--thou
+canst talk over the gentry, and blear a plain man's eye--Out upon you,
+man--I would not kiss any man's dirty latchets for leave to bake in
+his oven."
+
+Robin Oig, sorry but not surprised at his comrade's displeasure,
+hastened to entreat his friend to wait but an hour till he had gone
+to the Squire's house to receive payment for the cattle he had sold,
+and he would come back and help him to drive the cattle into some
+convenient place of rest, and explain to him the whole mistake they
+had both of them fallen into. But the Englishman continued indignant:
+"Thou hast been selling, hast thou? Ay, ay--thou is a cunning lad for
+kenning the hours of bargaining. Go to the devil with thyself, for I
+will ne'er see thy fause loon's visage again--thou should be ashamed
+to look me in the face."
+
+"I am ashamed to look no man in the face," said Robin Oig, something
+moved; "and, moreover, I will look you in the face this blessed day,
+if you will bide at the Clachan down yonder."
+
+"Mayhap you had as well keep away," said his comrade; and turning his
+back on his former friend, he collected his unwilling associates,
+assisted by the bailiff, who took some real and some affected interest
+in seeing Wakefield accommodated.
+
+After spending some time in negotiating with more than one of the
+neighbouring farmers, who could not, or would not, afford the
+accommodation desired, Henry Wakefield, at last, and in his necessity,
+accomplished his point by means of the landlord of the alehouse at which
+Robin Oig and he had agreed to pass the night, when they first separated
+from each other. Mine host was content to let him turn his cattle on a
+piece of barren moor, at a price little less than the bailiff had asked
+for the disputed enclosure; and the wretchedness of the pasture, as well
+as the price paid for it, were set down as exaggerations of the breach
+of faith and friendship of his Scottish crony. This turn of Wakefield's
+passions was encouraged by the bailiff (who had his own reasons for
+being offended against poor Robin, as having been the unwitting cause of
+his falling into disgrace with his master), as well as by the innkeper,
+and two or three chance guests, who soothed the drover in his resentment
+against his quondam associate,--some from the ancient grudge against the
+Scots, which, when it exists any where, is to be found lurking in the
+Border counties, and some from the general love of mischief, which
+characterizes mankind in all ranks of life, to the honour of Adam's
+children be it spoken. Good John Barleycorn also, who always heightens
+and exaggerates the prevailing passions, be they angry or kindly, was
+not wanting in his offices on this occasion; and confusion to false
+friends and hard masters, was pledged in more than one tankard.
+
+In the meanwhile, Mr. Ireby found some amusement in detaining the
+northern drover at his ancient hall. He caused a cold round of beef
+to be placed before the Scot in the butler's pantry, together with a
+foaming tankard of home-brewed, and took pleasure in seeing the hearty
+appetite with which these unwonted edibles were discussed by Robin Oig
+M'Combich. The squire himself lighting his pipe, compounded between his
+patrician dignity and his love of agricultural gossip, by walking up and
+down while he conversed with his guest.
+
+"I passed another drove," said the squire, with one of your countrymen
+behind them, they were something less beasts than your drove--doddies
+most of them; a big man was with them--none of your kilts though, but
+a decent pair of breeches;--d'ye know who he may be?"
+
+"Hout ay--that might, could, and would pe Hughie Morrison--I didna
+think he could hae peen sae weel up. He has made a day on us; put his
+Argyle-shires will have wearied shanks. How far was he pehind?"
+
+"I think about six or seven miles," answered the squire, "for I passed
+them at the Christenbury Cragg, and I overtook you at the Hollan Bush.
+If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be may be selling bargains."
+
+"Na, na, Hughie Morrison is no the man for pargains--ye maun come to
+some Highland body like Robin Oig hersell for the like of these;--put
+I maun be wishing you good night, and twenty of them, let alane ane,
+and I maun down to the Clachan to see if the lad Henry Waakfelt is out
+of his humdudgeons yet."
+
+The party at the alehouse were still in full talk, and the treachery
+of Robin Oig still the theme of conversation, when the supposed
+culprit entered the apartment. His arrival, as usually happens in
+such a case, put an instant stop to the discussion of which he had
+furnished the subject, and he was received by the company assembled
+with that chilling silence, which more than a thousand exclamations
+tells an intruder that he is unwelcome. Surprised and offended, but
+not appalled by the reception which he experienced, Robin entered with
+an undaunted, and even a haughty air, attempted no greeting as he saw
+he was received with none, and placed himself by the side of the fire,
+a little apart from a table, at which Harry Wakefield, the bailiff,
+and two or three other persons, were seated. The ample Cumbrian
+kitchen would have afforded plenty of room even for a larger
+separation.
+
+Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint
+of twopenny.
+
+"We have no twopenny ale," answered Ralph Heskett, the landlord; but
+as thou find'st thy own tobacco, its like thou may'st find thine own
+liquor too--it's the wont of thy country, I wot."
+
+"Shame, goodman," said the landlady, a blithe, bustling housewife,
+hastening herself to suply the guest with liquor--"Thou knowest well
+enow what the strange man wants, and it's thy trade to be a civil man.
+Thou shouldest know, that if the Scot likes a small pot, he pays a
+sure penny."
+
+Without taking any notice of this nuptial dialogue, the Highlander
+took the flagon in his hand, and, addressing the company generally,
+drank the interesting toast of "Good markets," to the party assembled.
+
+"The better that the wind blew fewer dealers from the north," said one
+of the farmers, and fewer Highland runts to eat up the English
+meadows."
+
+"Soul of my pody, put you are wrang there, my friend," answered Robin,
+with composure, "it is your fat Englishmen that eat up our Scots
+cattle, puir things."
+
+"I wish there was a summat to eat up their drovers," said another;
+"a plain Englishman canna make bread within a kenning of them."
+
+"Or an honest servant keep his master's favour, but they will come
+sliding in between him and the sunshine," said the bailiff.
+
+"If these pe jokes," said Robin Oig, with the same composure, "there
+is ower mony jokes upon one man."
+
+"It is no joke, but downright earnest," said the bailiff. "Harkye,
+Mr. Robin Ogg, or whatever is your name, it's right we should tell you
+that we are all of one opinion, and that is, that you, Mr. Robin Ogg,
+have behaved to our friend, Mr. Harry Wakefield here, like a raff and
+a blackguard."
+
+"Nae doubt, nae doubt," answered Robin with great composure; "and you
+are a set of very feeling judges, for whose prains or pehaviour I wad
+not gae a pinch of sneeshing. If Mr. Harry Waakfelt kens where he is
+wranged, he kens where he may be righted."
+
+"He speaks truth," said Wakefield, who had listened to what passed,
+divided between the offence which he had taken at Robin's late
+behaviour, and the revival of his habitual acts of friendship.
+
+He now rose and went towards Robin, who got up from his seat as he
+approached, and held out his hand.
+
+"That's right, Harry--go it--serve him out!" resounded on all
+sides--"tip him the nailer--show him the mill."
+
+"Hold your peace, all of you, and be----," said Wakefield; and then
+addressing his comrade, he took him by the extended hand, with
+something alike of respect and defiance. "Robin," he said, "thou hast
+used me ill enough this day; but if you mean, like a frank fellow, to
+shake hands, and take a tussel for love on the sod, why I'll forgie
+thee, man, and we shall be better friends than ever."
+
+"And would it not pe petter to be cooed friends without more of the
+matter?" said Robin; "we will be much petter friendships with our
+panes hale than broken."
+
+Harry Wakefield dropped the hand of his friend, or rather threw it
+from him.
+
+"I did not think I had been keeping company for three years with a
+coward."
+
+"Coward belongs to none of my name," said Robin, whose eyes began to
+kindle, but keeping the command of his temper. "It was no coward's
+legs or hands, Harry Waakfelt, that drew you out of the fords of
+Fried, when you was drifting ower the place rock, and every eel in the
+river expected his share of you."
+
+"And that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, struck by the
+appeal.
+
+"Adzooks!" exclaimed the bailiff--"sure Harry Wakefield, the nattiest
+lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Carlisle Sands, or Stagshaw Bank,
+is not going to show white feather? Ah, this comes of living so long
+with kilts and bonnets--men forget the use of their daddies."
+
+"I may teach you, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have not lost the use
+of mine," said Wakefield, and then went on. "This will never do,
+Robin. We must have a turn-up, or we shall be the talk of the country
+side. I'll be d----d if I hurt thee--I'll put on the gloves gin thou
+like. Come, stand forward like a man."
+
+"To pe peaten like a dog," said Robin; "is there any reason in that?
+If you think I have done you wrong, I'll go before your shudge, though
+I neither know his law nor his language."
+
+A general cry of "No, no--no law, no lawyer! a bellyful and be
+friends," was echoed by the bystanders.
+
+"But," continued Robin, "if I am to fight, I have no skill to fight
+like a jackanapes, with hands and nails."
+
+"How would you fight then?" said his antagonist; "though I am thinking
+it would be hard to bring you to the scratch any how."
+
+"I would fight with proadswords, and sink point on the first plood
+drawn----- like a gentlemans."
+
+A loud shout of laughter followed the proposal, which indeed had
+rather escaped from poor Robin's swelling heart, than been the
+dictates of his sober judgment.
+
+"Gentleman, quotha!" was echoed on all sides, with a shout of
+unextinguishable laughter; "a very pretty gentleman, God wot--Canst
+get two swords for the gentleman to fight with, Ralph Heskett?"
+
+"No, but I can send to the armoury at Carlisle, and lend them two
+forks to be making shift with in the meantime."
+
+"Tush, man," said another, "the bonny Scots come into the world with
+the blue bonnet on their heads, and dirk and pistol at their belt."
+
+"Best send post," said Mr. Fleecebumpkin, "to the squire of Corby
+Castle to come and stand second to the _gentleman_."
+
+In the midst of this torrent of general ridicule, the Highlander
+instinctively griped beneath the folds of his plaid.
+
+"But it's better not," he said in his own language. "A hundred curses
+on the swine-eaters, who know neither decency nor civility!"
+
+"Make room, the pack of you," he said, advancing to the door.
+
+But his former friend interposed his sturdy bulk, and opposed his
+leaving the house; and when Robin Oig attempted to make his way by
+force, he hit him down on the floor, with as much ease as a boy bowls
+down a nine-pin.
+
+"A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters, and the
+hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very platters on the
+_bink_ clattered against each other. "Well done, Harry."--"Give it him
+home, Harry."--"Take care of him now--he sees his own blood!"
+
+Such were the exclamations, while the Highlander, starting from the
+ground, all his coldness and caution lost in frantic rage, sprung at
+his antagonist with the fury, the activity, and the vindictive purpose
+of an incensed tiger-cat. But when could rage encounter science and
+temper? Robin Oig again went down in the unequal contest; and as the
+blow was necessarily a severe one, he lay motionless on the floor of
+the kitchen. The landlady ran to offer some aid, but Mr. Fleecebumpkin
+would not permit her to approach.
+
+"Let him alone," he said, "he will come to within time, and come up to
+the scratch again. He has not got half his broth yet."
+
+"He has got all I mean to give him though," said his antagonist, whose
+heart began to relent towards his old associate; "and I would rather by
+half give the rest to yourself, Mr. Fleecebumpkin, for you pretend to
+know a thing or two, and Robin had not art enough even to peel before
+setting to, but fought with his plaid dangling about him.--Stand up,
+Robin, my man! all friends now; and let me hear the man that will speak
+a word against you, or your country, for your sake."
+
+Robin Oig was still under the dominion of his passion, and eager to
+renew the onset; but being withheld on the one side by the
+peace-making Dame Heskett, and on the other, aware that Wakefield no
+longer meant to renew the combat, his fury sunk into gloomy
+sullenness.
+
+"Come, come, never grudge so much at it, man," said the brave-spirited
+Englishman, with the placability of his country; "shake hands, and we
+will be better friends than ever."
+
+"Friends!" exclaimed Robin Oig with strong emphasis--"friends!--Never.
+Look to yourself, Harry Waakfelt."
+
+"Then the curse of Cromwell on your proud Scots stomach, as the man
+says in the play, and you may do your worst and be d----; for one man
+can say nothing more to another after a tussel, than that he is sorry
+for it."
+
+On these terms the friends parted; Robin Oig drew out, in silence, a
+piece of money, threw it on the table, and then left the alehouse. But
+turning at the door, he shook his hand at Wakefield, pointing with his
+fore-finger upwards, in a manner which might imply either a threat or
+a caution. He then disappeared in the moonlight.
+
+(_To be concluded in our next_.)
+
+     *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ARCANA OF SCIENCE.
+
+
+_Sheppey_.--The isle of Sheppey is quickly giving way to the sea, and
+if measures are not hereafter taken to remedy this, possibly in a
+century or two hence its name may be required to be obliterated from
+the map. Whole acres, with houses upon them, have been carried away in
+a single storm, while clay shallows, sprinkled with sand and gravel,
+which stretch a full mile beyond the verge of the cliff, over which
+the sea now sweeps, demonstrate the original area of the island. From
+the blue clay of which these cliffs are composed may be culled out
+specimens of all the fishes, fruits, and trees, which abounded in
+Britain before the birth of Noah; and the traveller may consequently
+handle fish which swam, and fruit which grew, in the days of the
+antediluvians, all now converted into sound stone, by the petrifying
+qualities of the soil in which they are imbedded. Here are lobsters,
+crabs, and nautili, presenting almost the same reality as those we now
+see crawling and floating about; branches of trees, too, in as perfect
+order as when lopped from their parent stems; and trunks of them,
+twelve feet in length and two or three diameter, fit, in all
+appearance, for the operations of the saw, with great varieties of
+fruits, resembling more those of tropical climates than of cold
+latitudes like ours, one species having a large kernel, with an
+adherent stalk, as complete as when newly plucked from the tree that
+produced it. An interesting collection of these relics of a former
+world may be seen at a watchmaker's on the cliff, at Margate,
+including the most remarkable productions of the isle of Sheppey.
+
+
+_The Camelopard_.
+
+[Illustration: The Camelopard.]
+
+
+As a live camelopard has been sent to London and another to Paris, the
+history and habits of these animals have excited some interest. At a
+meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, on the 2nd of July last, M.
+Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire observed that naturalists were wrong in supposing
+that there was only one species of the camelopard. The animal now in
+Paris differs from the Cape of Good Hope species by several essential
+anatomical characters, and he proposes to distinguish it by the name of
+the _Giraffe of Sennaar_, the country from which it comes. Some natives
+of Egypt having come to see the one in Paris in the costume of the
+country, the animal gave evident proofs of joy, and loaded them with
+caresses. This fact is explained by the circumstance that the Giraffe
+has an ardent affection for its Arabian keeper, and that it naturally is
+delighted with the sight of the turban and the costume of its keeper.
+
+Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the camelopard,
+while others represent it as incapable of being tamed. This difference
+is ascribed by M. Saint-Hilaire to difference of education. Four or
+five years ago a male Giraffe, extremely savage, was brought to
+Constantinople. The keeper of the present Giraffe had also the charge
+of this one, and he ascribes its savageness entirely to the manner in
+which it was treated. At the same time M. Mongez read a memoir on the
+testimony of ancient authors respecting the Giraffe. Moses is the
+first author who speaks of it. As Aristotle does not mention it, M.
+Mongez supposes that it was unknown to the Greeks, and that it did not
+then exist in Egypt, otherwise Aristotle, who travelled there, must
+have known about it. In the year 708 of Rome, Julius Caesar brought
+one to Europe, and the Roman emperors afterwards exhibited them at
+Rome, either for the games in the circus, or in their triumphs over
+the African princes. Albertus Magnus, in his _Treatise de Animalibus_,
+is the first modern author who speaks of the Giraffe. In 1486, one of
+the Medici family possessed one at Florence, where it lived for a
+considerable time.
+
+In its native country the Giraffe browses on the twigs of trees,
+preferring plants of the Mimosa genus; but it appears that it can
+without inconvenience subsist on other vegetable food. The one kept
+at Florence fed on the fruits of the country, and chiefly on apples,
+which it begged from the inhabitants of the first storeys of the
+houses. The one now in Paris, from its having been accustomed in early
+life to the food prepared by the Arabs for their camels, is fed on
+mixed grains bruised, such as maize, barley, &c., and it is furnished
+with milk for drink morning and evening. It however willingly accepts
+fruits and the branches of the acacia which are presented to it. It
+seizes the leaves with its long rugous and narrow tongue by rolling it
+about them, and seems annoyed when it is obliged to take any thing
+from the ground, which it seems to do with difficulty. To accomplish
+this it stretches first one, then the other of its long fore-legs
+asunder, and it is not till after repeated attempts that it is able to
+seize the objects with its lips and tongue.
+
+The pace of the Giraffe is an amble, though when pursued it flies with
+extreme rapidity, but the small size of its lungs prevents it from
+supporting a lengthened chase. The Giraffe defends itself against the
+lion, its principal enemy, with its fore feet, with which it strikes
+with such force as often to repulse him. The specimen in the museum at
+Paris is about two years and a half old.
+
+The name _Camelo-pardalis_ (camel-leopard) was given by the Romans to
+this animal, from a fancied combination of the characters of the camel
+and leopard; but its ancient denomination was _Zurapha_, from which
+the name Giraffe has been adopted.--_Brewster's Journal_.
+
+
+_Sugar_.
+
+About 3,700,000 cwt. of sugar are annually imported from the West
+Indies. An advance in price, therefore, of one penny per pound is a
+charge on the public of 1,726,600_l._ a year, being more than one-third
+of the gross amount of the duty levied at the Custom-house for the
+revenue.
+
+
+_Silk_.
+
+Lord Kingston has upwards of 30,000 mulberry-trees growing upon one
+estate in Ireland, and has already sent raw silk into the market.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+SINGULAR ASSASSINATION IN KINCARDINESHIRE.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+The fate of one of the sheriffs of this county, in former times,
+merits notice, especially as connected with a ruin in the parish of
+Eccliscraig, formerly a place of great strength, being erected on a
+perpendicular and peninsulated rock, sixty feet above the sea, at the
+mouth of a small rivulet. It was built in consequence of a murder
+committed in the reign of James the First, and the circumstance
+deserves to be recorded, as it affords a specimen of the barbarity of
+the times. Melville, sheriff of Kincardineshire, had, by a vigorous
+exercise of his authority, rendered himself so very obnoxious to the
+barons of the county, that they had made repeated complaints to the
+king. On the last of these occasions the king, in a fit of impatience,
+happened to say to Barclay, of Mathers, "I wish that sheriff were
+sodden and supped in brue." Barclay instantly withdrew, and reported
+to his neighbours the king's words, which they resolved literally
+to fulfil. Accordingly, the conspirators invited the unsuspecting
+Melville to a hunting party in the forest of Garvock; where, having a
+fire kindled, and a cauldron of water boiling on it, they rushed to
+the spot, stripped the sheriff naked, and threw him headlong into
+the boiling vessel: after which, on pretence of fulfilling the royal
+mandate, each swallowed a spoonful of the broth. After this cannibal
+feast, Barclay, to screen himself from the vengeance of the king,
+built this fortress, which before the invention of gunpowder must have
+been impregnable. Some of the conspirators were afterwards pardoned.
+One of the pardons is said to be still in existence; and the reason
+assigned for granting it is, that the conspirator was within the tenth
+degree of kin to Macduff, thane of Fife.
+
+CHARLES STUART.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+USE OF HORSE-CHESTNUTS.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+These nuts are much used in France and in Switzerland, in whitening
+not only of hemp and flax, but also of silk and wool. They contain a
+soapy juice, fit for washing of linens and stuffs, for milling of caps
+and stockings, &c., and for fulling of stuffs and cloths.
+
+Twenty nuts are sufficient for five quarts of water. They must be first
+peeled, which can be done by children, then rasped or dried, and ground
+in a malt-mill, or any other common steel mill. The water must be soft,
+either rain or river water, for hard well water will by no means do.
+When the nuts are rasped or ground, they must be steeped in the water
+quite cold, which soon becomes frothy, (as it does with soap,) and then
+turns white as milk. It must be well stirred at first with a stick, and
+then, after standing some time to settle, must be strained, or poured
+off quite clear. Linen washed in this liquor, and afterwards rinsed in
+clear running water, takes an agreeable light sky-blue colour. It takes
+spots out of both linen and woollen, and never damages or injures the
+cloth. Poultry will eat the meal of them, if it is steeped in hot water,
+and mixed with an equal quantity of pollard. The nuts also are eat by
+some cows, and without hurting their milk; but they are excellent for
+horses whose wind is injured.
+
+A.B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A FETCH.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  "I do believe," (as Byron cries,)
+  "There is a haunted spot,
+  And I can point out where it lies,
+  But cannot--where 'tis not.
+
+  Turn gentle people, lend an ear,
+  Unto my simple tale,
+  It will not draw a single tear
+  Nor make the heart bewail,
+
+  'Tis of a ghost! O ladies fair!
+  Start not with sore affright,
+  It will not harm a single hair,
+  Nor 'make it stand upright."
+
+  Attend, it was but yesternight,
+  I in my garret sat,
+  I saw--no, nothing yet I saw,
+  But something went pit-pat.
+
+  So did my heart responsively,
+  Beat like a prison'd bird,
+  That's newly caught--but no reply
+  I made, to what I heard.
+
+  It nearer came--'Angels,' I cried,
+  'And Ministers of Grace defend.'
+  Yet nothing I as yet descried,
+  My hair stood all on end.
+
+  My breath was short, I'm sure my eye
+  Was dim, so was the light,
+  I thought that I that hour should die,
+  With sad and sore affright.
+
+  And then came o'er me--what came o'er?
+  Some spectre grim I'll bet,
+  O tell me!--why at every pore--
+  A very heavy sweat.
+
+  Poh, don't delay the wond'rous tale,
+  What follow'd? tell me that,
+  (I feel my heart and limbs too fail)
+  The same thing, pit-a-pat.
+
+  And then there came before my eyes,
+  I pray thee 'list, O list,'
+  You fill my heart with dread surprise
+  What was it? why a mist.
+
+  And then around my head there play'd
+  A flame, so wond'rous bright,
+  That made me more than all afraid--
+  My wig had caught the light.
+
+  And there came wand'ring by at last,
+  The same thing, pit-a-pat,
+  I found as 'cross the room it past,
+  The cat had got a rat.
+
+
+MAY.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TEA.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+  "The Muses' friend, _tea_, does our fancy aid,
+  Repress those vapours which the head invade."
+
+
+WALLER.
+
+
+The tea-tree loves to grow in valleys, at the foot of mountains, and
+upon the banks of rivers, where it enjoys a southern exposure to the
+sun, though it endures considerable variations of heat and cold, as it
+flourishes in the northern clime of Peking, as well as about Canton;
+and it is observed that the degree of cold at Peking is as severe in
+winter as in some parts of Europe. However, the best tea grows in a
+mild, temperate climate, the country about Nanking producing better
+tea than either Peking or Canton, betwixt which places it is situated.
+The root resembles that of the peach-tree; the leaves are green,
+longish at the point, and narrow, an inch and half long, and jagged
+all round. The flower is much like that of the wild rose, but smaller.
+The fruit is of different forms, sometimes round, sometimes long,
+sometimes triangular, and of the ordinary size of a bean, containing
+two or three seeds, of a mouse colour, including each a kernel. These
+are the seeds by which the plant is propagated, a number, from six to
+twelve, or fifteen, being promiscuously put into one hole, four or
+five inches deep, at certain distances from each other. The seeds
+vegetate without any other care, though the more industrious annually
+remove the weeds and manure the land. The leaves which succeed are not
+fit to be plucked before the third year's growth, at which period they
+are plentiful, and in their prime. In about seven years the shrub
+rises to a man's height, and as it then bears few leaves, and grows
+slowly, it is cut down to the stem, which occasions an exuberance of
+fresh shoots and leaves the succeeding summer. In Japan, the tea-tree
+is cultivated round the borders of the fields, without regard to soil,
+but as the Chinese export great quantities of tea, they plant whole
+fields with it. The tea-trees that yield often the finest leaves, grow
+on the steep declivities of hills, where it is dangerous and in some
+cases impracticable to collect them. The Chinese are said to vanquish
+this difficulty by a singular contrivance. The large monkeys which
+inhabit these cliffs are irritated, and in revenge they break off the
+branches and throw them down, so that the leaves are thus obtained.
+The leaves should be dried as soon as possible after they are
+gathered. The Chinese are always taking tea, especially at meals; it
+is the chief treat with which they regale their friends, but they use
+it without the addition of sugar and milk. Tea was first introduced
+into Europe by the Dutch East India Company very early in the
+seventeenth century, and a great quantity of it was brought over
+from Holland by Lord Arlington and Lord Ossory about the year 1666,
+at which time it sold for 60s. per pound. Tea exhilarates without
+intoxication, and its enlivening qualities are equally felt by the
+sedentary student and the active labourer. Dr. Johnson dearly loved
+tea, and drank great quantities of this elegant and popular beverage,
+and so does P.T.W.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+PORSON.
+
+The late professor having once exasperated a disputant by the dryness
+of his sarcasm, the petulant opponent thus addressed him:--"Mr.
+Porson, I beg leave to tell you, sir, that my opinion of you is
+perfectly contemptible." Person replied, "I never knew an opinion of
+yours, sir, which was not contemptible."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE DRAMA AND ITS PROFESSORS.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+It is remarkable with what difference actors were treated among the
+ancients. At Athens, they were held in such esteem, as to be sometimes
+appointed to discharge embassies and other negotiations; whereas, at
+Rome, if a citizen became an actor, he thereby forfeited his freedom.
+Among the moderns, actors are best treated in England; the French having
+much the same opinion of them that the Romans had; for though an actor
+of talent, in Paris, is more regarded than here, he nevertheless is
+deeply degraded. He may die amid applauses on the stage, but at his
+natural death, he must pass to his grave, without a prayer or _de
+profundis_, unless a minister of religion receives his last sigh.
+
+Cromwell and his Puritans had a holy horror of actors. They pronounced
+them Sons of Belial! and professors of abomination. During the whole
+reign of the Republican Parliament, and Protectorate, the theatres of
+that day were closed, or, if opened by stealth, were subject to the
+visits of the emissaries of "Praise God Barebones," "Fight the Good
+Fight," and their crew. The actors were driven off the stage by
+soldiers, and the cant word of that period is still recorded, "Enter
+red coat, exit hat and cloak." William Prynne was celebrated for his
+writings against the immorality of the stage, and the furious invectives
+of Jeremy Collier, are still extant; his pen was roused by Dryden's
+_Spanish Friar_, and Congreve's witty, but licentious comedies. Collier
+inveighed without mercy, but he certainly did much to reform the stage.
+Our Evangelicals and Methodists denounce the histrionic art to this day,
+with more than the zeal of the Church of Rome. But a follower of Wesley
+or Whitfield would not enter the den of abomination. Here, however, we
+take care all our comedies shall be purified, and our tragedies free,
+even from an oath; both are subject to the censor's unsparing pen, and
+must be subsequently licensed by the Lord Chamberlain.
+
+The actors in England, have, it is true, only become respectable
+within the last half century, and though they are termed his majesty's
+servants, yet an _unrepealed_ statute denounces them as vagabonds.
+As a body, numerous in itself, they are as free from crime as any other
+associated body or profession of men, and yet do they "his majesty's
+servants" continue to lay under the stigma which the above unrepealed
+act fixes upon them. This is perfectly anomalous, and it was spiritedly
+denounced by Sir Walter Scott, when on a recent and interesting occasion
+he nobly and manfully declared "Its professors had been stigmatized; and
+laws had been passed against them less dishonourable to them than to the
+statesman by whom they were proposed, and to the legislators by whom
+they were passed." To repeal, therefore, an act nugatory in itself,
+would not add to the reputation of the profession, nor give a license to
+further abuse; but it would be an act of justice, and remove a prejudice
+unjustly attached to the professors of a difficult art.
+
+The critical pen of Mrs. Inchbald justly remarks, "To the honour of
+a profession long held in contempt by the wise--and still contemned
+by the weak--Shakspeare, the pride of Britain, was a player." To the
+illustrious bard, the modern drama is indebted for its excellence. His
+writings will remain for ever the grandest monument of a genius which
+opened to him the whole heart of man, all the mines of fancy, all the
+stores of nature, and gave him power beyond all other writers, to move,
+astonish, and delight mankind. In the drama, the most interesting
+emotions are excited; the dangerous passions of hate, envy, avarice, and
+pride, with all their innumerable train of attendant vices, are detected
+and exposed. Love, friendship, gratitude, and all those active and
+generous virtues which warm the heart and exalt the mind, are held up
+as objects of emulation. And what can be a more effectual method of
+softening the ferocity, and improving the minds of the inconsiderate?
+The heart is melted by the scene, and ready to receive an
+impression--either to warn the innocent, or to appal the guilty; and
+numbers of those who have neither abilities nor time for deriving
+advantage from reading, are powerfully impressed through the medium
+of the eyes and ears, with those important truths which while they
+illuminate the understanding, correct the heart. The moral laws of the
+drama are said to have an effect next after those conveyed from the
+pulpit, or promulgated in courts of justice. Mr. Burke, indeed, has gone
+so far as to observe that "the theatre is a better school of moral
+sentiment than churches." The drama, therefore, has a right to find a
+place; and to its professors are we indebted for what may justly be
+considered one of the highest of all intellectual gratifications.
+
+F.K.Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+MEMORY.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  How many a mortal bears a heavy chain,
+  Of bitter sorrow, 'neath thy iron reign,
+  And many a one, whose harder fate has given,
+  Some early woes, by thee to madness driven,
+  Sees the sad vision of some bygone day,
+  And thinks on what he hath seen with dismay:
+  So some lone murderer, wanders o'er the world
+  By thy dread arm to desperation hurl'd;
+  In vain he prays, or bends the lowly knee,
+  With fiendlike power, thou dragg'st him back with thee,
+  Point'st to some scene of early guilt and woe,
+  Opening the source from whence his sorrows flow.
+  As round the bark which feels the tempest's shock,
+  The lightning plays, and shows the fatal rock,
+  So memory brings our sorrows all to light
+  With vivid truth presents them to the sight;
+  Pursues the wretch who else some joy might find,
+  To fix her seat of empire in his mind.
+  As desert lakes in sad illusion fly,
+  Before the weary traveller's cheated eye
+  So memory shows, those hopes we still would cherish.
+  Pleased but to fade, allured us but to perish.
+
+M.B.S.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ON COALHEAVERS.
+
+
+Although in this age of all but universal hypocrisy and make-believe,
+every man has at least two fashions of one countenance, it is in dress
+principally that most men are most unlike themselves. But the coalheaver
+always sticks close to the attire of his station; he alone wears the
+consistent and befitting garb of his forefathers; he alone has not
+discarded "the napless vesture of humility," to follow the always
+expensive, and often absurd fashions of his superiors. All ungalled of
+him is each courtier's heel or great man's kibe. Yet, is not even his
+every-day clothing unseemly, or his aspect unprepossessing. He casts
+as broad and proper a shadow in the sun as any other man. Black he is,
+indeed, but comely, like the daughters of Jerusalem.--To begin with the
+hat which he has honoured with a preference--what are your operas or
+your fire-shovels beside it? they must instantly (on a fair comparison)
+sink many degrees below zero in the scale of contempt. In a word, I
+would make bold to assert that it unites in perfection the two grand
+requisites of a head covering, beauty and comfort. Gentlemen may smile
+at this if they will, and take exception to my taste; but, I ask, does
+the modern round hat, whatever the insignificant variations of its form,
+possess either quality? No, not a jot of it. One would think, by our
+pertinacious adherence to the head-ach giving, circular conformation,
+that we wished to show our anger at the Almighty for not shaping our
+caputs like cylinders. In fine, though the parson's and the quaker's hat
+has each its several merits, commend me to the fan-tailed _shallow_.
+The flap part attached to the cap seems, at first sight, as to use,
+supernecessary, although so ornamental withal. It no doubt (as its
+name, indeed indicates) had its origin in gallantry, and was invented
+in the age of fans, for the purpose of cooling their mistresses'
+bosoms, heated--as they would necessarily be--at fair time, by their
+gravel-grinding walks, under a fervid sun, to the elegant revels of
+West-end, of Greenwich, or of Tothill-fields. Breeches, rejected by
+common consent of young and old alike, cling to the legs of the
+coalheaver with an abiding fondness, as to the last place of refuge;
+and, on gala-days, a dandy might die of envy to mark the splendour
+of those nether integuments--which he has not soul enough to dare
+to wear--of brilliant eye-arresting blue, or glowing scarlet plush,
+glittering in the sun's rays, giving and taking glory! But enough of
+the dress of these select "true-born Englishmen"--for right glad I am
+to state that there are but _two_ Scotch coalheavers on the whole
+river, and _no_ Irish. I beg leave to return to the more important
+consideration of their manners. Most people you meet in your walks in
+the common thoroughfare of London, glide, shuffle, or crawl onward, as
+if they conscientiously thought they had no manner of right to tread the
+earth but on sufferance. Not so our coalheaver. Mark how erect _he_
+walks! how firm a keel he presents to the vainly breasting human tide
+that comes rolling on with a show of opposition to his onward course!
+It is he, and he only, who preserves, in his gait and in his air,
+the self-sustained and conscious dignity of the first-created man.
+Surrounded by an inferior creation, he gives the wall to none. That
+pliancy of temper, which is wont to make itself known by the waiving
+a point or renouncing a principle for others' advantage, in him
+has no place; he either knows it not, or else considers it a poor,
+mean-spirited, creeping baseness, altogether unworthy of his imitation,
+and best befitted with ineffable contempt. He neither dreads the contact
+of the baker--the Scylla of the metropolitan peripatetic, nor yet shuns
+the dire collision of the chimney-sweep--his Charybdis. Try to pass him
+as he walks leisurely on, making the solid earth ring with his bold
+tread, and you will experience more difficulties in the attempt than did
+that famous admiral, Bartholomew Diaz, when he first doubled the Cape of
+Storms. Or let us suppose, that haply you allow your frail carcass to go
+full drive against his sturdiness, when lo!--in beautiful illustration
+of those doctrines in projectiles, that relate to the concussion of
+moving bodies--you fly off at an angle "right slick" into the middle of
+the carriage-way; whence a question of some interest presently arises,
+whether you will please to be run over by a short or a long stage.--But
+to return. Who hesitates to make way for a coalheaver? As for their
+drays--as _consecutive_ a species of vehicles as a body can be stopped
+by--every one knows they make way for themselves.
+
+I one Sunday met a party of my favourites in St. Paul's cathedral.
+They seemed to view with becoming respect and even awe that splendid
+place; and they listened to and observed, with apparent profound
+attention, the cathedral service. Yet I must confess my favourable
+opinion of their grave looks was rather staggered by overhearing
+afterwards one of them say to his neighbour, casting a look all round
+the while, "My eyes, Tom, what lots o' _coals_ this here place would
+hold." Perhaps the observation was meant in honour.
+
+_Monthly Magazine_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TRAVELLING FARE.
+
+
+If you shut yourself up for some fifty hours or so in a mail-coach,
+that keeps wheeling along at the rate of ten miles an hour, and
+changes horses in half a minute, certainly, for obvious reasons, the
+less you eat and drink the better; and perhaps a few hundred daily
+drops of laudanum, or equivalent grains of opium, would be advisable,
+so that the transit from London to Edinburgh might be performed in a
+phantasma. But a free agent ought to live well on his travels--some
+degrees better, without doubt, than when at home. People seldom live
+very well at home. There is always something requiring to be eaten up,
+that it may not be lost, which destroys the soothing and satisfactory
+symmetry of an unexceptionable dinner. We have detected the same duck
+through many unprincipled disguises, playing a different part in the
+farce of domestic economy, with a versatility hardly to have been
+expected in one of the most generally despised of the web-footed
+tribe. When travelling at one's own sweet will, one feeds at a
+different inn every meal; and, except when the coincidence of
+circumstances is against you, there is an agreeable variety both
+in the natural and artificial disposition of the dishes.
+
+_Blackwood's Magazine_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ENGLISH FRUITS.
+
+(_Continued from page 231_.)
+
+
+_The Currant_--The native place of this useful fruit is not exactly
+ascertained; nearly allied to the gooseberry, it receives the same
+treatment, shows the same changes, and may be further improved by
+the same means; a cross between the white Dutch and red, might be a
+valuable mule. It is probable the black also may be induced to sport
+from that steady character it has hitherto maintained; there are but
+few domesticated plants but which (like animals) depart, in some way
+or other, from their native caste.
+
+_The Apple_.--It is difficult to find adequate terms to set forth
+the value of the advantages which have accrued to mankind from the
+cultivation of this deservedly high-prized fruit. One circumstance
+in the history of the apple must not pass unnoticed here, viz., the
+deterioration of the old sorts, which regaled and were the boast
+of our forefathers a century ago. It is the opinion of an eminent
+orchardist that as the apple is an artificial production, and, as
+such, has its stages of youth, maturity, and old age, it cannot, in
+its period of decrepitude, be by any means renovated to its pristine
+state, either by pruning or cutting down, changing its place, or by
+transferring its parts to young and vigorous stocks; and that, in
+whatever station it may be placed, it carries with it the decay and
+diseases of its parent. This is the most rational account which has
+been given of this indisputable fact; and though its accuracy has been
+called in question by some naturalists, the general failure in our
+old orchards, and the difficulties in forming new ones with the old
+favourite sorts, is a decisive proof that such deterioration exists.
+It is therefore the chief object of the modern pomologist, to obtain
+from seeds of the best _wildings_ new varieties wherewith to form new
+and profitable orchards; and which may be expected to continue in
+health and fertility, as the old sorts have done, for the next
+century.
+
+The foregoing are the fruits found wild in our climate; the difference
+in their aboriginal and cultivated state has been pointed out; we
+shall now give short descriptions of foreign fruits, which have been
+partly naturalized, the management of which forms so considerable a
+share of the gardener's art and attention.
+
+_The Apricot_.--It is supposed that this fruit is a native of Africa:
+from thence it appears to have come through Persia and Greece to us,
+with the name "a praecox," significant of its earliness. There are
+several varieties which have been obtained by means similar to those
+already mentioned; and there is room for further exertion in
+endeavouring to improve the size of the fruit, or any other desirable
+quality.
+
+_The Peach_--This delicate and excellent fruit is a striking instance
+of what judicious cultivation may produce. The common almond has
+always been considered the original stock of this monument of skill
+and assiduity. The estimation in which it is held, and the care and
+expense incurred in its cultivation both in forcing-houses and in the
+open air, is proof of its superiority: and no fruit repays the labour
+of the attendant, or the expense of the owner, more bountifully than
+this. Seedlings of this fruit are, if we can credit what is written
+and said of it, less inclined to depart from the properties or
+qualities of the parent, than most others of our improved fruits. In
+America, they are in common and general cultivation. No trouble is
+bestowed in either layering (which is practicable), or budding them.
+Sowing a quantity of the stones, they are sure to pick out from among
+the seedlings as many good sorts as they may wish to cultivate: few of
+these may be exactly like the parent; some may be superior, but all
+are passable, especially if the young trees have been selected by a
+skilful hand; and this he is enabled to do, merely from the appearance
+of the wood and leaves. Many new sorts have lately been obtained and
+brought into notice in this country; and this facility of the peach to
+multiply its varieties will no doubt be taken advantage of by
+propagators.
+
+_The Nectarine_.--This, it is allowed by all writers, is certainly a
+child of cultivation: there being no wild plant from which it could be
+derived, except the almond. It is therefore a collateral branch with,
+or rather of, the peach: of this no better proof can be given, than
+the circumstance that nectarines are sometimes produced by a peach
+tree.
+
+_The Orange_.--This endless family of fruits it is probable had the
+small but useful wild lime for its progenitor. The monstrous shaddock,
+citrons of all shapes and sizes, oranges and lemons, are all
+varieties, obtained in the course of long cultivation.
+
+(_To be concluded in our next_.)
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE GATHERER.
+
+"I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."--_Wotton_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TO CHLOE, AT SIXTY.
+
+
+  Those teeth, as white as orient pearls
+  Stolen from th' Indian deep,
+  Those locks, whose light and auburn curls
+  Soft on thy shoulders sleep,
+  Expose a woman to the sight
+  None but old friends can know;
+  Thy locks were grey, thy teeth not white,
+  Some twenty years ago.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+Wilkes used to say, that a gentleman did not always require a footman
+to carry a parcel, for there were three things which he might always
+carry openly in his hand,--a book, a paper of snuff, and a string of
+fish.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+HEREDITARY TALENT IN ACTORS.
+
+"Families are chequered as in brains, so in bulk."--FULLER.
+
+
+The children of many obscure performers have become eminent: but there
+are very few instances in which the descendant of a considerable actor
+or actress has been distinguished. To take instances within recent
+recollection, or of the present day, for example--Mr. Elliston has a
+son upon the stage: with none of the striking talent of the father.
+Mr. Henry Siddons, the son of Mrs. Siddons, was a very bad actor
+indeed. Lewis had two sons upon the stage, neither of them of any
+value. Mr. Dowton has two sons (or had), in the same situation. And
+Mrs. Glover's two daughters will never rise above mediocrity. On the
+other hand, Mr. Macready and Mr. Wallack, are both sons of very low
+actors; and the late Mr. John Bannister and Mr. Tokely were similarly
+descended. Almost the only modern instance of the immediate descendant
+of a valuable performer turning out well, was in the case of Mrs.
+Jordan's daughter, Mrs. Alsop; who was very nearly as good an actress
+as her mother. We doubt, too, if there is an instance on record of a
+very young man being a considerable actor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+PRISON TORTURE.
+
+
+A horrible instance of human vengeance occurred a short time since, at
+Minden, in Westphalia. The object was a person who, from conscientious
+motives, peculiar to the religious body of which he was a member, had
+refused to serve in the militia. He was placed in a cell, the floor and
+sides of which were closely studded with projecting spikes, or pieces of
+sharpened iron resembling the blades of knives. The individual remained
+in this state for twenty-four hours, and the punishment was repeated
+at three distinct intervals. It is considered a rare occurrence for a
+person to survive the second infliction of this species of cruelty.
+In this instance, however, the sufferer did not perish--_From the last
+Report of the Prison Discipline Society_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.
+
+
+As her Grace was one day rambling in the neighbourhood of Chiswick,
+she was overtaken by a violent storm, and accordingly took shelter,
+in a cottage where she happened to be unknown. Among other topics she
+introduced with her usual affability, she asked the poor woman if
+she knew the Duchess of Devonshire? "Know her, (answered the woman,)
+_everybody_ has cause to know her here; never was there a better lady
+born." "I am afraid you are mistaken, (said her Grace); from what I
+understand of her, she is no better than she should be." "I am sure
+_you_ are no better than you should be, (returned the poor woman,) to
+find fault with the Duchess; but you'll never be worthy to wipe her
+shoes." "Well then, (rejoined her Grace,) I must be beholden to _you_,
+as they are at present very dirty." The good woman perceiving the
+awkward mistake, ran to perform the office with great humility, and
+received an ample reward.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+KITCHEN CONUNDRUM.
+
+
+  "Come Thomas," says Kitty, "pray make us a pun,--
+  You're goodnatured and never refuse;"
+
+  "Ask coachee," says Tom, "_he's_ the fellow for Fun,--
+  For he knows the way to _a-mews_."
+
+  Says coachee, "Why Thomas you puzzle my brains,
+  For you never can bridle your wit;"
+
+  "But how comes it, that I, tho' exposed to the _reins_
+  Ev'ry day, never _suffer a bit_?"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+DEAR TIMES.
+
+
+After the union with Ireland, when the Irish members had taken their
+seats, one of them, in the heat of his maiden speech, blustered out,
+"Now, dare Mr. Speaker," which, of course, set the house in an
+immoderate fit of laughter. When the tumult had subsided, Sheridan
+observed, "that the honourable gentleman was perfectly in order,
+since, thanks to the ministry, everything at that time was
+immoderately _dear_."
+
+
+
+
+
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+and Instruction., by Various
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+    <hr class="full" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a id="page281" name="page281"></a>[pg
+    281]</span>
+    <h1>
+      THE MIRROR<br />
+       OF<br />
+       LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
+    </h1>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <table width="100%" summary="Banner">
+      <tr>
+        <td align="left">
+          <b>VOL. X, NO. 280.]</b>
+        </td>
+        <td align="center">
+          <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1827.</b>
+        </td>
+        <td align="right">
+          <b>[PRICE 2d.</b>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    </table>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      Illustrations of Shakspeare.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      NO. XIII. ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.
+    </h3>
+    <hr />
+    <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;">
+      <a href="images/280-1.png"><img width="100%"
+      src="images/280-1.png"
+      alt="Elsineur, from Hamlet's Garden." /></a>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      We augur that the above will prove one of the most
+      interesting of our Shakspearian Illustrations, inasmuch as
+      the garden where Hamlet was wont to revel in the fitful
+      dreams of his philosophic melancholy, is holy ground. "The
+      lapse of ages and the fables of the poet," says a delighted
+      visiter, "were all lost in the reality of Shakspeare's
+      painting: the moment of his scene seemed present with me; and
+      eager to traverse every part of this consecrated ground, I
+      had already followed Hamlet every where; I had measured the
+      deep shadows of the platform, encountered the grey ghost of
+      the Royal Dane, had killed Polonius in the queen's closet,
+      and drowned poor Ophelia in the willowed stream. The modern
+      aspect of Elsineur is, however, far from inviting, and not a
+      single vestige presents itself that bears the smallest trace
+      of this town ever having been hallowed by the mausoleum of an
+      Ophelia, or proudly decorated with the stately walls of a
+      royal palace."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      About a mile from the town is a place that bears the name of
+      Hamlet's garden. Here is no relic of ancient interest,
+      excepting the tradition, which affirms that to be the spot
+      where once stood the Danish palace, and where was enacted
+      that tragedy, which has been so gloriously immortalized by
+      the genius of our great dramatic bard.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The present edifice is erected on the brow of a gently rising
+      hill, the summit of which is gained by means of a winding
+      walk cut through a small shrubbery. In the surrounding
+      prospect, the town of Elsineur, on the plain beneath,
+      presents itself ill-built, red, and without any public
+      building, or spire, to vary its sameness. Far to the left of
+      the city stands the castle of Kronenberg, a bold and fine
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page282" name="page282"></a>[pg
+      282]</span> feature; the waves of the Cattegut roll at its
+      feet; and are bounded on the opposite side by the Swedish
+      coast. When the annexed sketch was made, 400 sail of
+      merchants' ships were lying there at anchor, which added
+      greatly to the interest of the picture. The small village on
+      the distant shore is Elsenberg. The forest of Kronenberg is
+      indeed proudly situated; the form of the building, with its
+      spires and minarets, is nobly picturesque; the fabric is of
+      grey stone; and its innumerable windows, varied towers, and
+      other architectural ornaments, make it a striking and
+      beautiful contrast to the dull uniformity of the town.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Sir Robert Ker Porter, in his visit to this sacred spot,
+      collected a few interesting circumstances at the
+      fountain-head, relating to Shakspeare's northern hero, from
+      the very source whence our poet must have drawn the incidents
+      of his tragedy, viz. the "Annals of Denmark," written by Saxo
+      Grammaticus in the twelfth century. The work is in Latin, and
+      in our next number we intend inserting a short abstract of
+      Hamlet's story. It will be curious to compare the dialogues
+      of the original with their counterpart in the play.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN AURORA BOREALIS, ON THE NIGHT OF THE
+      25TH OF SEPTEMBER.
+    </h3>
+    <center>
+      BY A LADY IN HER THIRTEENTH YEAR.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          What may this mean? this ruddy blaze of light,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Breaking effulgent through the stilly night;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Darting its blood-red form along the sky,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Glowing with heaven's glorious majesty.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          How with its phalaxy of rays unfurl'd,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It comes: its radiance circling all our mother world.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The pharos of the night; where gods might dance.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Heedless of mortals dull, unmeaning trance;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Where spirits in their mysteries might find,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A sail to float upon the yielding wind;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But see, it flies, its shadow; form outspread,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          In fainting radiance o'er earth's startled bed,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Yet rests, like the death gleam of beauty's eye,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Or last rich tint of an autumnal sky.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And now in fleecy clouds the heav'ns appear.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again it darts, dreamer, there's naught to fear;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again, like a proud spirit of the sky,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Though conquer'd, breaking forth in majesty.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Britain, for thee this fearful warning sent,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Oh! mock not foolishly its dire portent;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For now that vice on all her malice wreaks,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Charms on the stage, and in the assembly speaks;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Now that with cheating fires she shameless dares,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Fortunate where virtue once defied her snares;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again I say, for thee this warning sent,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Oh! mark it well, mock not its dire portent.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      F.J.H.
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      THE SELECTOR,<br />
+      AND<br />
+      LITERARY NOTICES OF<br />
+       <i>NEW WORKS</i>.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.
+    </h3>
+    <center>
+      (<i>By the author of Waverley</i>.)
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      [We have the pleasure of submitting to our readers, (almost
+      entire,) one of the stories of the forthcoming <i>Chronicles
+      of the Canongate</i>, it being the second narrative, and the
+      last in the first volume, and as well as the others, founded
+      on true incidents. The <i>Chronicles</i> are domestic tales;
+      but the <i>Two Drovers</i> should not be taken as a specimen
+      of the work. Slender as are its incidents, it proves that
+      "Richard (or Walter) is himself again," for in no vein of
+      writing is the author of Waverley more felicitous than in
+      delineating scenes of actual life, splendid as are his
+      narratives of the fairy scenes and halls of romance: and in
+      the prevailing taste for this description of writing, we
+      think the Chronicles of the Canongate bid fair to enjoy
+      popularity equal to any of Sir Walter's previous
+      productions.]
+    </p>
+    <h3>
+      <i>The Two Drovers</i>.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      It was the day after the Doune Fair when my story commences.
+      It had been a brisk market, several dealers had attended from
+      the northern and midland counties in England, and the English
+      money had flown so merrily about as to gladden the hearts of
+      the Highland farmers. Many large droves were about to set off
+      for England, under the protection of their owners, or of the
+      topsmen whom they employed in the tedious, laborious and
+      responsible office of driving the cattle for many hundred
+      miles, from the market where they had been purchased, to the
+      fields or farm-yards where they were to be fattened for the
+      shambles.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Of the number who left Doune in the morning, and with the
+      purpose we have described, not a <i>Glunamie</i> of them all
+      cocked his bonnet more briskly, or gartered his tartan hose
+      under knee over a pair of more promising <i>spiogs</i>
+      (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich, called familiarly Robin
+      Oig, that is Young, or the Lesser, Robin. Though small of
+      stature, as the epithet Oig implies, and not very strongly
+      limbed, he was as light and alert as one of the deer of his
+      mountains. He had an elasticity of step, which, in the course
+      of a long march, made many a stout fellow envy him; and the
+      manner in which he busked his plaid and adjusted his bonnet,
+      argued a consciousness that so smart a John Highlandman as
+      himself would not <span class="pagenum"><a id="page283"
+      name="page283"></a>[pg 283]</span> pass unnoticed among the
+      Lowland lasses. The ruddy cheek, red lips, and white teeth,
+      set off a countenance which had gained by exposure to the
+      weather, a healthful and hardy rather than a rugged hue. If
+      Robin Oig did not laugh, or even smile frequently, as indeed
+      is not the practice among his countrymen, his bright eyes
+      usually gleamed from under his bonnet with an expression of
+      cheerfulness ready to be turned into mirth.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The departure of Robin Oig was an incident in the little
+      town, in and near which he had many friends male and female.
+      He was a topping person in his way, transacted considerable
+      business on his own behalf, and was intrusted by the best
+      farmers in the Highlands, in preference to any other drover
+      in that district. He might have increased his business to any
+      extent had he condescended to manage it by deputy; but except
+      a lad or two, sister's sons of his own, Robin rejected the
+      idea of assistance, conscious, perhaps how much his
+      reputation depended upon his attending in person to the
+      practical discharge of his duty in every instance. He
+      remained, therefore, contented with the highest premium given
+      to persons of his description, and comforted himself with the
+      hopes that a few journeys to England might enable him to
+      conduct business on his own account, in a manner becoming his
+      birth. For Robin Oig's father, Lachlan M'Combich, (or, <i>son
+      of my friend</i>, his actual clan surname being M'Gregor,)
+      had been so called by the celebrated Rob Roy, because of the
+      particular friendship which had subsisted between the
+      grandsire of Robin and that renowned cateran. Some people
+      even say, that Robin Oig derived his Christian name from a
+      man, as renowned in the wilds of Lochlomond, as ever was his
+      namesake Robin Hood, in the precincts of merry Sherwood. "Of
+      such ancestry," as James Boswell says, "who would not be
+      proud?" Robin Oig was proud accordingly; but his frequent
+      visits to England and to the Lowlands had given him tact
+      enough to know that pretensions, which still gave him a
+      little right to distinction in his own lonely glen, might be
+      both obnoxious and ridiculous if preferred elsewhere. The
+      pride of birth, therefore, was like the miser's treasure, the
+      secret subject of his contemplation, but never exhibited to
+      strangers as a subject of boasting.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Many were the words of gratulation and goodluck which were
+      bestowed on Robin Oig. The judges commended his drove,
+      especially the best of them, which were Robin's own property.
+      Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting
+      pinch&mdash;others tendered the <i>doch-an-dorrach</i>, or
+      parting cup. All cried&mdash;"Good-luck travel out with you
+      and come home with you.&mdash;Give you luck in the Saxon
+      market&mdash;brave notes in the <i>leabhar-dhu</i>, (black
+      pocket-book,) and plenty of English gold in the
+      <i>sporran</i> (pouch of goat-skin.)"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The bonny lasses made their adieus more modestly, and more
+      than one, it was said, would have given her best brooch to be
+      certain that it was upon her that his eye last rested as he
+      turned towards his road.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig had just given the preliminary "<i>Hoo-hoo!</i>" to
+      urge forward the loiterers of the drove, when there was a cry
+      behind him.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Stay, Robin&mdash;bide a blink. Here is Janet of
+      Tomahourich&mdash;auld Janet, your father's sister."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Plague on her, for an auld Highland witch and spaewife,"
+      said a farmer from the Carse of Stirling; "she'll cast some
+      of her cantrips on the cattle."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "She canna do that," said another sapient of the same
+      profession&mdash;"Robin Oig is no the lad to leave any of
+      them, without tying Saint Mungo's knot on their tails, and
+      that will put to her speed the best witch that ever flew over
+      Dimayet upon a broomstick."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It may not be indifferent to the reader to know, that the
+      Highland cattle are peculiarly liable to be <i>taken</i>, or
+      infected, by spells and witchcraft, which judicious people
+      guard against by knitting knots of peculiar complexity on the
+      tuft of hair which terminates the animal's tail.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      But the old woman who was the object of the farmer's
+      suspicion, seemed only busied about the drover, without
+      paying any attention to the flock. Robin, on the contrary,
+      appeared rather impatient of her presence.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "What auld-world fancy," he said, "has brought you so early
+      from the ingle-side this morning, Muhme? I am sure I bid you
+      good even, and had your God-speed, last night."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And left me more siller than the useless old woman will use
+      till you come back again, bird of my bosom," said the sibyl.
+      "But it is little I would care for the food that nourishes
+      me, or the fire that warms me, or for God's blessed sun
+      itself, if aught but weal should happen to the grandson of my
+      father. So let me walk the <i>deasil</i> round you, that you
+      may go safe out into the far foreign land, and come safe
+      home."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig stopped, half embarrassed, half laughing, and
+      signing to those around that he only complied with the old
+      woman to soothe her humour. In the meantime, she traced
+      around him, with wavering
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page284" name="page284"></a>[pg
+      284]</span> steps, the propitiation, which some have thought
+      has been derived from the Druidical mythology. It consists,
+      as is well known, in the person who makes the <i>deasil</i>,
+      walking three times round the person who is the object of the
+      ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the
+      sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a
+      voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is
+      blood on your hand." "Hush, for God's sake, aunt," said Robin
+      Oig; "you will bring more trouble on yourself with this
+      Taishataragh (second sight) than you will be able to get out
+      of for many a day."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The old woman only repeated, with a ghastly look, "There is
+      blood on your hand, and it is English blood. The blood of the
+      Gael is richer and redder. Let us see&mdash;let us&mdash;"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Ere Robin Oig could prevent her, which, indeed, could only
+      have been by positive violence, so hasty and peremptory were
+      her proceedings, she had drawn from his side the dirk which
+      lodged in the folds of his plaid, and held it up, exclaiming,
+      although the weapon gleamed clear and bright in the sun,
+      "Blood, blood&mdash;Saxon blood again. Robin Oig M'Combich,
+      go not this day to England!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Prutt, trutt," answered Robin Oig, "that will never do
+      neither&mdash;it would be next thing to running the country.
+      For shame, Muhme&mdash;give me the dirk. You cannot tell by
+      the colour the difference betwixt the blood of a black
+      bullock and a white one, and you speak of knowing Saxon from
+      Gaelic blood. All men have their blood from Adam, Muhme. Give
+      me my skenedhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been
+      half way to Stirling brig by this time&mdash;Give me my dirk,
+      and let me go."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Never will I give it to you," said the old
+      woman&mdash;"Never will I quit my hold on your plaid, unless
+      you promise me not to wear that unhappy weapon."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The women around him urged him also, saying few of his aunt's
+      words fell to the ground; and as the Lowland farmers
+      continued to look moodily on the scene, Robin Oig determined
+      to close it at any sacrifice.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Well, then," said the young drover, giving the scabbard of
+      the weapon to Hugh Morrison, "you Lowlanders care nothing for
+      these freats. Keep my dirk for me. I cannot give it you,
+      because it was my father's; but your drove follows ours, and
+      I am content it should be in your keeping, not in mine. Will
+      this do, Muhme?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It must", said the old woman&mdash;"that is, if the
+      Lowlander is mad enough to carry the knife."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The strong westlandman laughed aloud.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Good wife," said he, "I am Hugh Morrison from Glenae, come
+      of the Manly Morrisons of auld langsyne, that never took
+      short weapon against a man in their lives. And neither needed
+      they; they had their broadswords, and I have this bit supple
+      (showing a formidable cudgel)&mdash;for dirking ower the
+      board, I leave that to John Highlandman. Ye needna snort,
+      none of you Highlanders, and you in especial, Robin. I'll
+      keep the bit knife, if you are feared for the auld
+      spae-wife's tale, and give it back to you whenever you want
+      it."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin was not particularly pleased with some part of Hugh
+      Morrison's speech; but he had learned in his travels more
+      patience than belonged to his Highland constitution
+      originally, and he accepted the service of the descendant of
+      the Manly Morrisons, without finding fault with the rather
+      depreciating manner in which it was offered.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a
+      Dumfries-shire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more
+      like a gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a
+      grumph. It's a shame my father's knife should ever slash a
+      haggis for the like of him."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Thus saying, (but saying it in Gaelic,) Robin drove on his
+      cattle, and waved farewell to all behind him. He was in the
+      greater haste, because he expected to join at Falkirk a
+      comrade and brother in profession, with whom he proposed to
+      travel in company.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig's chosen friend was a young Englishman, Harry
+      Wakefield by name, well known at every northern market, and
+      in his way as much famed and honoured as our Highland driver
+      of bullocks. He was nearly six feet high, gallantly formed to
+      keep the rounds at Smithfield, or maintain the ring at a
+      wrestling-match; and although he might have been overmatched,
+      perhaps, among the regular professors of the Fancy, yet as a
+      chance customer, he was able to give a bellyful to any
+      amateur of the pugilistic art. Doncaster races saw him in his
+      glory, betting his guinea, and generally successfully; nor
+      was there a main fought in Yorkshire, the feeders being
+      persons of celebrity, at which he was not to be seen, if
+      business permitted. But though a <i>sprack</i> lad, and fond
+      of pleasure and its haunts, Harry Wakefield was steady, and
+      not the cautious Robin Oig M'Combich himself was more
+      attentive to the main chance. His holidays were holidays
+      indeed; but his days of work were dedicated
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page285" name="page285"></a>[pg
+      285]</span> to steady and persevering labour. In countenance
+      and temper, Wakefield was the model of Old England's merry
+      yeomen, whose clothyard shafts, in so many hundred battles,
+      asserted her superiority over the nations, and whose good
+      sabres, in our own time, are her cheapest and most assured
+      defence. His mirth was readily excited; for, strong in limb
+      and constitution, and fortunate in circumstances, he was
+      disposed to be pleased with every thing about him; and such
+      difficulties as he might occasionally encounter, were, to a
+      man of his energy, rather matter of amusement than serious
+      annoyance. With all the merits of a sanguine temper, our
+      young English drover was not without his defects. He was
+      irascible, and sometimes to the verge of being quarrelsome;
+      and perhaps not the less inclined to bring his disputes to a
+      pugilistic decision, because he found few antagonists able to
+      stand up to him in the boxing-ring.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It is difficult to say how Henry Wakefield and Robin Oig
+      first became intimates; but it is certain a close
+      acquaintance had taken place betwixt them, although they had
+      apparently few common topics of conversation or of interest,
+      so soon as their talk ceased to be of bullocks. Robin Oig,
+      indeed, spoke the English language rather imperfectly upon
+      any other topics but stots and kyloes, and Harry Wakefield
+      could never bring his broad Yorkshire tongue to utter a
+      single word of Gaelic. It was in vain Robin spent a whole
+      morning, during a walk over Minch-Moor, in attempting to
+      teach his companion to utter, with true precision, the
+      shibboleth <i>Llhu</i>, which is the Gaelic for a calf.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The pair of friends had traversed with their usual cordiality
+      the grassy wilds of Liddesdale, and crossed the opposite part
+      of Cumberland, emphatically called the Waste. In these
+      solitary regions, the cattle under the charge of our drovers
+      subsisted themselves cheaply, by picking their food as they
+      went along the drove-road, or sometimes by the tempting
+      opportunity of a <i>start and owerloup</i>, or invasion of
+      the neighbouring pasture, where an occasion presented itself.
+      But now the scene changed before them; they were descending
+      towards a fertile and enclosed country, where no such
+      liberties could be taken with impunity, or without a previous
+      arrangement and bargain with the possessors of the ground.
+      This was more especially the case, as a great northern fair
+      was upon the eve of taking place, where both the Scotch and
+      English drover expected to dispose of a part of their cattle,
+      which it was desirable to produce in the market, rested and
+      in good order. Fields were therefore difficult to be
+      obtained, and only upon high terms. This necessity occasioned
+      a temporary separation betwixt the two friends, who went to
+      bargain, each as he could, for the separate accommodation of
+      his herd. Unhappily it chanced that both of them, unknown to
+      each other, thought of bargaining for the ground they wanted
+      on the property of a country gentleman of some fortune, whose
+      estate lay in the neighbourhood. The English drover applied
+      to the bailiff on the property, who was known to him. It
+      chanced that the Cumbrian Squire, who had entertained some
+      suspicions of his manager's honesty, was taking occasional
+      measures to ascertain how far they were well founded, and had
+      desired that any inquiries about his enclosures, with a view
+      to occupy them for a temporary purpose, should be referred to
+      himself. As, however, Mr. Ireby had gone the day before upon
+      a journey of some miles distance to the northward, the
+      bailiff chose to consider the check upon his full powers as
+      for the time removed, and concluded that he should best
+      consult his master's interest and perhaps his own, in making
+      an agreement with Harry Wakefield. Meanwhile, ignorant of
+      what his comrade was doing, Robin Oig, on his side, chanced
+      to be overtaken by a well-looked smart little man upon a
+      pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the
+      fashion, the rider wearing tight leather breeches, and
+      long-necked bright spurs. This cavalier asked one or two
+      pertinent questions about markets and the price of stock. So
+      Donald, seeing him a well-judging, civil gentleman, took the
+      freedom to ask him whether he could let him know if there was
+      any grass-land to be let in that neighbourhood, for the
+      temporary accommodation of his drove. He could not have put
+      the question to more willing ears. The gentleman of the
+      buckskins was the proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry
+      Wakefield had dealt, or was in the act of dealing.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Thou art in good luck, my canny Scot," said Mr. Ireby, "to
+      have spoken to me, for I see thy cattle have done their day's
+      work, and I have at my disposal the only field within three
+      miles that is to be let in these parts."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "The drove can pe gang two, three, four miles very pratty
+      weel indeed&mdash;" said the cautious Highlander; "put what
+      would his honour pe axing for the peasts pe the head, if she
+      was to tak the park for twa or three days?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "We wont differ, Sawney, if you let me have six stots for
+      winterers, in the way of reason."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page286" name="page286"></a>[pg
+      286]</span> "And which peasts wad your honour pe for having?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Why&mdash;let me see&mdash;the two black&mdash;the dun
+      one&mdash;yon doddy&mdash;him with the twisted horn&mdash;and
+      brockit&mdash;How much by the head?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Ah," said Robin, "your honour is a shudge&mdash;a real
+      shudge&mdash;I couldna have set off the pest six peasts
+      petter myself, me that ken them as if they were my pairns,
+      puir things."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Well, how much per head, Sawney," continued Mr. Ireby.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It was high markets at Doune and Falkirk," answered Robin.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      And thus the conversation proceeded, until they had agreed on
+      the <i>prix juste</i> for the bullocks, the Squire throwing
+      in the temporary accommodation of the enclosure for the
+      cattle into the boot, and Robin making, as he thought, a very
+      good bargain, providing the grass was but tolerable. The
+      Squire walked his pony alongside of the drove, partly to show
+      him the way, and see him put into possession of the field,
+      and partly to learn the latest news of the northern markets.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      They arrived at the field, and the pasture seemed excellent.
+      But what was their surprise when they saw the bailiff quietly
+      inducting the cattle of Harry Wakefield into the grassy
+      Goshen which had just been assigned to those of Robin Oig
+      M'Combich by the proprietor himself. Squire Ireby set spurs
+      to his horse, dashed up to his servant, and learning what had
+      passed between the parties, briefly informed the English
+      drover that his bailiff had let the ground without his
+      authority, and that he might seek grass for his cattle
+      wherever he would, since he was to get none there. At the
+      same time he rebuked his servant severely for having
+      transgressed his commands, and ordered him instantly to
+      assist in ejecting the hungry and weary cattle of Harry
+      Wakefield, which were just beginning to enjoy a meal of
+      unusual plenty, and to introduce those of his comrade, whom
+      the English drover now began to consider as a rival.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The feelings which arose in Wakefield's mind, would have
+      induced him to resist Mr. Ireby's decision; but every
+      Englishman has a tolerably accurate sense of law and justice,
+      and John Fleecebumpkin, the bailiff, having acknowledged that
+      he had exceeded his commission, Wakefield saw nothing else
+      for it than to collect his hungry and disappointed charge,
+      and drive them on to seek quarters elsewhere. Robin Oig saw
+      what had happened with regret, and hastened to offer to his
+      English friend to share with him the disputed possession. But
+      Wakefield's pride was severely hurt, and he answered
+      disdainfully, "Take it all man&mdash;take it all&mdash;never
+      make two bites of a cherry&mdash;thou canst talk over the
+      gentry, and blear a plain man's eye&mdash;Out upon you,
+      man&mdash;I would not kiss any man's dirty latchets for leave
+      to bake in his oven."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig, sorry but not surprised at his comrade's
+      displeasure, hastened to entreat his friend to wait but an
+      hour till he had gone to the Squire's house to receive
+      payment for the cattle he had sold, and he would come back
+      and help him to drive the cattle into some convenient place
+      of rest, and explain to him the whole mistake they had both
+      of them fallen into. But the Englishman continued indignant:
+      "Thou hast been selling, hast thou? Ay, ay&mdash;thou is a
+      cunning lad for kenning the hours of bargaining. Go to the
+      devil with thyself, for I will ne'er see thy fause loon's
+      visage again&mdash;thou should be ashamed to look me in the
+      face."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I am ashamed to look no man in the face," said Robin Oig,
+      something moved; "and, moreover, I will look you in the face
+      this blessed day, if you will bide at the Clachan down
+      yonder."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Mayhap you had as well keep away," said his comrade; and
+      turning his back on his former friend, he collected his
+      unwilling associates, assisted by the bailiff, who took some
+      real and some affected interest in seeing Wakefield
+      accommodated.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      After spending some time in negotiating with more than one of
+      the neighbouring farmers, who could not, or would not, afford
+      the accommodation desired, Henry Wakefield, at last, and in
+      his necessity, accomplished his point by means of the
+      landlord of the alehouse at which Robin Oig and he had agreed
+      to pass the night, when they first separated from each other.
+      Mine host was content to let him turn his cattle on a piece
+      of barren moor, at a price little less than the bailiff had
+      asked for the disputed enclosure; and the wretchedness of the
+      pasture, as well as the price paid for it, were set down as
+      exaggerations of the breach of faith and friendship of his
+      Scottish crony. This turn of Wakefield's passions was
+      encouraged by the bailiff (who had his own reasons for being
+      offended against poor Robin, as having been the unwitting
+      cause of his falling into disgrace with his master), as well
+      as by the innkeper, and two or three chance guests, who
+      soothed the drover in his resentment against his quondam
+      associate,&mdash;some from the ancient grudge against the
+      Scots, which, when it exists any where, is to be found
+      lurking in the Border counties, and some from the general
+      love of mischief, which characterizes
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page287" name="page287"></a>[pg
+      287]</span> mankind in all ranks of life, to the honour of
+      Adam's children be it spoken. Good John Barleycorn also, who
+      always heightens and exaggerates the prevailing passions, be
+      they angry or kindly, was not wanting in his offices on this
+      occasion; and confusion to false friends and hard masters,
+      was pledged in more than one tankard.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In the meanwhile, Mr. Ireby found some amusement in detaining
+      the northern drover at his ancient hall. He caused a cold
+      round of beef to be placed before the Scot in the butler's
+      pantry, together with a foaming tankard of home-brewed, and
+      took pleasure in seeing the hearty appetite with which these
+      unwonted edibles were discussed by Robin Oig M'Combich. The
+      squire himself lighting his pipe, compounded between his
+      patrician dignity and his love of agricultural gossip, by
+      walking up and down while he conversed with his guest.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I passed another drove," said the squire, with one of your
+      countrymen behind them, they were something less beasts than
+      your drove&mdash;doddies most of them; a big man was with
+      them&mdash;none of your kilts though, but a decent pair of
+      breeches;&mdash;d'ye know who he may be?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Hout ay&mdash;that might, could, and would pe Hughie
+      Morrison&mdash;I didna think he could hae peen sae weel up.
+      He has made a day on us; put his Argyle-shires will have
+      wearied shanks. How far was he pehind?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I think about six or seven miles," answered the squire, "for
+      I passed them at the Christenbury Cragg, and I overtook you
+      at the Hollan Bush. If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be
+      may be selling bargains."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Na, na, Hughie Morrison is no the man for pargains&mdash;ye
+      maun come to some Highland body like Robin Oig hersell for
+      the like of these;&mdash;put I maun be wishing you good
+      night, and twenty of them, let alane ane, and I maun down to
+      the Clachan to see if the lad Henry Waakfelt is out of his
+      humdudgeons yet."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The party at the alehouse were still in full talk, and the
+      treachery of Robin Oig still the theme of conversation, when
+      the supposed culprit entered the apartment. His arrival, as
+      usually happens in such a case, put an instant stop to the
+      discussion of which he had furnished the subject, and he was
+      received by the company assembled with that chilling silence,
+      which more than a thousand exclamations tells an intruder
+      that he is unwelcome. Surprised and offended, but not
+      appalled by the reception which he experienced, Robin entered
+      with an undaunted, and even a haughty air, attempted no
+      greeting as he saw he was received with none, and placed
+      himself by the side of the fire, a little apart from a table,
+      at which Harry Wakefield, the bailiff, and two or three other
+      persons, were seated. The ample Cumbrian kitchen would have
+      afforded plenty of room even for a larger separation.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for
+      a pint of twopenny.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "We have no twopenny ale," answered Ralph Heskett, the
+      landlord; but as thou find'st thy own tobacco, its like thou
+      may'st find thine own liquor too&mdash;it's the wont of thy
+      country, I wot."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Shame, goodman," said the landlady, a blithe, bustling
+      housewife, hastening herself to suply the guest with
+      liquor&mdash;"Thou knowest well enow what the strange man
+      wants, and it's thy trade to be a civil man. Thou shouldest
+      know, that if the Scot likes a small pot, he pays a sure
+      penny."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Without taking any notice of this nuptial dialogue, the
+      Highlander took the flagon in his hand, and, addressing the
+      company generally, drank the interesting toast of "Good
+      markets," to the party assembled.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "The better that the wind blew fewer dealers from the north,"
+      said one of the farmers, and fewer Highland runts to eat up
+      the English meadows."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Soul of my pody, put you are wrang there, my friend,"
+      answered Robin, with composure, "it is your fat Englishmen
+      that eat up our Scots cattle, puir things."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I wish there was a summat to eat up their drovers," said
+      another; "a plain Englishman canna make bread within a
+      kenning of them."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Or an honest servant keep his master's favour, but they will
+      come sliding in between him and the sunshine," said the
+      bailiff.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "If these pe jokes," said Robin Oig, with the same composure,
+      "there is ower mony jokes upon one man."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It is no joke, but downright earnest," said the bailiff.
+      "Harkye, Mr. Robin Ogg, or whatever is your name, it's right
+      we should tell you that we are all of one opinion, and that
+      is, that you, Mr. Robin Ogg, have behaved to our friend, Mr.
+      Harry Wakefield here, like a raff and a blackguard."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Nae doubt, nae doubt," answered Robin with great composure;
+      "and you are a set of very feeling judges, for whose prains
+      or pehaviour I wad not gae a pinch of sneeshing. If Mr. Harry
+      Waakfelt kens where he is wranged, he kens where he may be
+      righted."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "He speaks truth," said Wakefield, who had listened to what
+      passed, divided between the offence which he had taken
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page288" name="page288"></a>[pg
+      288]</span> at Robin's late behaviour, and the revival of his
+      habitual acts of friendship.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      He now rose and went towards Robin, who got up from his seat
+      as he approached, and held out his hand.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "That's right, Harry&mdash;go it&mdash;serve him out!"
+      resounded on all sides&mdash;"tip him the nailer&mdash;show
+      him the mill."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Hold your peace, all of you, and be&mdash;&mdash;," said
+      Wakefield; and then addressing his comrade, he took him by
+      the extended hand, with something alike of respect and
+      defiance. "Robin," he said, "thou hast used me ill enough
+      this day; but if you mean, like a frank fellow, to shake
+      hands, and take a tussel for love on the sod, why I'll forgie
+      thee, man, and we shall be better friends than ever."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And would it not pe petter to be cooed friends without more
+      of the matter?" said Robin; "we will be much petter
+      friendships with our panes hale than broken."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Harry Wakefield dropped the hand of his friend, or rather
+      threw it from him.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I did not think I had been keeping company for three years
+      with a coward."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Coward belongs to none of my name," said Robin, whose eyes
+      began to kindle, but keeping the command of his temper. "It
+      was no coward's legs or hands, Harry Waakfelt, that drew you
+      out of the fords of Fried, when you was drifting ower the
+      place rock, and every eel in the river expected his share of
+      you."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, struck
+      by the appeal.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Adzooks!" exclaimed the bailiff&mdash;"sure Harry Wakefield,
+      the nattiest lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Carlisle
+      Sands, or Stagshaw Bank, is not going to show white feather?
+      Ah, this comes of living so long with kilts and
+      bonnets&mdash;men forget the use of their daddies."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I may teach you, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have not lost
+      the use of mine," said Wakefield, and then went on. "This
+      will never do, Robin. We must have a turn-up, or we shall be
+      the talk of the country side. I'll be d&mdash;&mdash;d if I
+      hurt thee&mdash;I'll put on the gloves gin thou like. Come,
+      stand forward like a man."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "To pe peaten like a dog," said Robin; "is there any reason
+      in that? If you think I have done you wrong, I'll go before
+      your shudge, though I neither know his law nor his language."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A general cry of "No, no&mdash;no law, no lawyer! a bellyful
+      and be friends," was echoed by the bystanders.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "But," continued Robin, "if I am to fight, I have no skill to
+      fight like a jackanapes, with hands and nails."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "How would you fight then?" said his antagonist; "though I am
+      thinking it would be hard to bring you to the scratch any
+      how."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I would fight with proadswords, and sink point on the first
+      plood drawn&mdash;&mdash;- like a gentlemans."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A loud shout of laughter followed the proposal, which indeed
+      had rather escaped from poor Robin's swelling heart, than
+      been the dictates of his sober judgment.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Gentleman, quotha!" was echoed on all sides, with a shout of
+      unextinguishable laughter; "a very pretty gentleman, God
+      wot&mdash;Canst get two swords for the gentleman to fight
+      with, Ralph Heskett?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "No, but I can send to the armoury at Carlisle, and lend them
+      two forks to be making shift with in the meantime."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Tush, man," said another, "the bonny Scots come into the
+      world with the blue bonnet on their heads, and dirk and
+      pistol at their belt."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Best send post," said Mr. Fleecebumpkin, "to the squire of
+      Corby Castle to come and stand second to the
+      <i>gentleman</i>."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In the midst of this torrent of general ridicule, the
+      Highlander instinctively griped beneath the folds of his
+      plaid.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "But it's better not," he said in his own language. "A
+      hundred curses on the swine-eaters, who know neither decency
+      nor civility!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Make room, the pack of you," he said, advancing to the door.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      But his former friend interposed his sturdy bulk, and opposed
+      his leaving the house; and when Robin Oig attempted to make
+      his way by force, he hit him down on the floor, with as much
+      ease as a boy bowls down a nine-pin.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters,
+      and the hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very
+      platters on the <i>bink</i> clattered against each other.
+      "Well done, Harry."&mdash;"Give it him home,
+      Harry."&mdash;"Take care of him now&mdash;he sees his own
+      blood!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Such were the exclamations, while the Highlander, starting
+      from the ground, all his coldness and caution lost in frantic
+      rage, sprung at his antagonist with the fury, the activity,
+      and the vindictive purpose of an incensed tiger-cat. But when
+      could rage encounter science and temper? Robin Oig again went
+      down in the unequal contest; and as the blow was necessarily
+      a severe one, he lay motionless on the floor of the kitchen.
+      The landlady ran to offer some aid, but Mr. Fleecebumpkin
+      would not permit her to approach.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Let him alone," he said, "he will come to within time, and
+      come up to the scratch again. He has not got half his broth
+      yet."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page289" name="page289"></a>[pg
+      289]</span> "He has got all I mean to give him though," said
+      his antagonist, whose heart began to relent towards his old
+      associate; "and I would rather by half give the rest to
+      yourself, Mr. Fleecebumpkin, for you pretend to know a thing
+      or two, and Robin had not art enough even to peel before
+      setting to, but fought with his plaid dangling about
+      him.&mdash;Stand up, Robin, my man! all friends now; and let
+      me hear the man that will speak a word against you, or your
+      country, for your sake."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig was still under the dominion of his passion, and
+      eager to renew the onset; but being withheld on the one side
+      by the peace-making Dame Heskett, and on the other, aware
+      that Wakefield no longer meant to renew the combat, his fury
+      sunk into gloomy sullenness.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Come, come, never grudge so much at it, man," said the
+      brave-spirited Englishman, with the placability of his
+      country; "shake hands, and we will be better friends than
+      ever."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Friends!" exclaimed Robin Oig with strong
+      emphasis&mdash;"friends!&mdash;Never. Look to yourself, Harry
+      Waakfelt."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Then the curse of Cromwell on your proud Scots stomach, as
+      the man says in the play, and you may do your worst and be
+      d&mdash;&mdash;; for one man can say nothing more to another
+      after a tussel, than that he is sorry for it."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      On these terms the friends parted; Robin Oig drew out, in
+      silence, a piece of money, threw it on the table, and then
+      left the alehouse. But turning at the door, he shook his hand
+      at Wakefield, pointing with his fore-finger upwards, in a
+      manner which might imply either a threat or a caution. He
+      then disappeared in the moonlight.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      (<i>To be concluded in our next</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      ARCANA OF SCIENCE.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <p>
+      <i>Sheppey</i>.&mdash;The isle of Sheppey is quickly giving
+      way to the sea, and if measures are not hereafter taken to
+      remedy this, possibly in a century or two hence its name may
+      be required to be obliterated from the map. Whole acres, with
+      houses upon them, have been carried away in a single storm,
+      while clay shallows, sprinkled with sand and gravel, which
+      stretch a full mile beyond the verge of the cliff, over which
+      the sea now sweeps, demonstrate the original area of the
+      island. From the blue clay of which these cliffs are composed
+      may be culled out specimens of all the fishes, fruits, and
+      trees, which abounded in Britain before the birth of Noah;
+      and the traveller may consequently handle fish which swam,
+      and fruit which grew, in the days of the antediluvians, all
+      now converted into sound stone, by the petrifying qualities
+      of the soil in which they are imbedded. Here are lobsters,
+      crabs, and nautili, presenting almost the same reality as
+      those we now see crawling and floating about; branches of
+      trees, too, in as perfect order as when lopped from their
+      parent stems; and trunks of them, twelve feet in length and
+      two or three diameter, fit, in all appearance, for the
+      operations of the saw, with great varieties of fruits,
+      resembling more those of tropical climates than of cold
+      latitudes like ours, one species having a large kernel, with
+      an adherent stalk, as complete as when newly plucked from the
+      tree that produced it. An interesting collection of these
+      relics of a former world may be seen at a watchmaker's on the
+      cliff, at Margate, including the most remarkable productions
+      of the isle of Sheppey.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>The Camelopard</i>.
+    </center>
+    <div class="figure" style="width: 50%; float: right;">
+      <a href="images/280-2.png"><img width="100%"
+      src="images/280-2.png" alt="The Camelopard." /></a>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      As a live camelopard has been sent to London and another to
+      Paris, the history and habits of these animals have excited
+      some interest. At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences in
+      Paris, on the 2nd of July last, M. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
+      observed that naturalists were wrong in supposing that there
+      was only one species of the camelopard. The animal now in
+      Paris differs from the Cape of Good Hope species by several
+      essential anatomical characters, and he proposes to
+      distinguish it by the name of the <i>Giraffe of Sennaar</i>,
+      the country from which it comes. Some natives of Egypt having
+      come to see the one in Paris in the costume of the country,
+      the animal gave evident proofs of joy, and
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page290" name="page290"></a>[pg
+      290]</span> loaded them with caresses. This fact is explained
+      by the circumstance that the Giraffe has an ardent affection
+      for its Arabian keeper, and that it naturally is delighted
+      with the sight of the turban and the costume of its keeper.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the
+      camelopard, while others represent it as incapable of being
+      tamed. This difference is ascribed by M. Saint-Hilaire to
+      difference of education. Four or five years ago a male
+      Giraffe, extremely savage, was brought to Constantinople. The
+      keeper of the present Giraffe had also the charge of this
+      one, and he ascribes its savageness entirely to the manner in
+      which it was treated. At the same time M. Mongez read a
+      memoir on the testimony of ancient authors respecting the
+      Giraffe. Moses is the first author who speaks of it. As
+      Aristotle does not mention it, M. Mongez supposes that it was
+      unknown to the Greeks, and that it did not then exist in
+      Egypt, otherwise Aristotle, who travelled there, must have
+      known about it. In the year 708 of Rome, Julius Caesar
+      brought one to Europe, and the Roman emperors afterwards
+      exhibited them at Rome, either for the games in the circus,
+      or in their triumphs over the African princes. Albertus
+      Magnus, in his <i>Treatise de Animalibus</i>, is the first
+      modern author who speaks of the Giraffe. In 1486, one of the
+      Medici family possessed one at Florence, where it lived for a
+      considerable time.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In its native country the Giraffe browses on the twigs of
+      trees, preferring plants of the Mimosa genus; but it appears
+      that it can without inconvenience subsist on other vegetable
+      food. The one kept at Florence fed on the fruits of the
+      country, and chiefly on apples, which it begged from the
+      inhabitants of the first storeys of the houses. The one now
+      in Paris, from its having been accustomed in early life to
+      the food prepared by the Arabs for their camels, is fed on
+      mixed grains bruised, such as maize, barley, &amp;c., and it
+      is furnished with milk for drink morning and evening. It
+      however willingly accepts fruits and the branches of the
+      acacia which are presented to it. It seizes the leaves with
+      its long rugous and narrow tongue by rolling it about them,
+      and seems annoyed when it is obliged to take any thing from
+      the ground, which it seems to do with difficulty. To
+      accomplish this it stretches first one, then the other of its
+      long fore-legs asunder, and it is not till after repeated
+      attempts that it is able to seize the objects with its lips
+      and tongue.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The pace of the Giraffe is an amble, though when pursued it
+      flies with extreme rapidity, but the small size of its lungs
+      prevents it from supporting a lengthened chase. The Giraffe
+      defends itself against the lion, its principal enemy, with
+      its fore feet, with which it strikes with such force as often
+      to repulse him. The specimen in the museum at Paris is about
+      two years and a half old.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The name <i>Camelo-pardalis</i> (camel-leopard) was given by
+      the Romans to this animal, from a fancied combination of the
+      characters of the camel and leopard; but its ancient
+      denomination was <i>Zurapha</i>, from which the name Giraffe
+      has been adopted.&mdash;<i>Brewster's Journal</i>.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>Sugar</i>.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      About 3,700,000 cwt. of sugar are annually imported from the
+      West Indies. An advance in price, therefore, of one penny per
+      pound is a charge on the public of 1,726,600<i>l.</i> a year,
+      being more than one-third of the gross amount of the duty
+      levied at the Custom-house for the revenue.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>Silk</i>.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      Lord Kingston has upwards of 30,000 mulberry-trees growing
+      upon one estate in Ireland, and has already sent raw silk
+      into the market.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      SINGULAR ASSASSINATION IN KINCARDINESHIRE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The fate of one of the sheriffs of this county, in former
+      times, merits notice, especially as connected with a ruin in
+      the parish of Eccliscraig, formerly a place of great
+      strength, being erected on a perpendicular and peninsulated
+      rock, sixty feet above the sea, at the mouth of a small
+      rivulet. It was built in consequence of a murder committed in
+      the reign of James the First, and the circumstance deserves
+      to be recorded, as it affords a specimen of the barbarity of
+      the times. Melville, sheriff of Kincardineshire, had, by a
+      vigorous exercise of his authority, rendered himself so very
+      obnoxious to the barons of the county, that they had made
+      repeated complaints to the king. On the last of these
+      occasions the king, in a fit of impatience, happened to say
+      to Barclay, of Mathers, "I wish that sheriff were sodden and
+      supped in brue." Barclay instantly withdrew, and reported to
+      his neighbours the king's words, which they resolved
+      literally to fulfil. Accordingly, the conspirators invited
+      the unsuspecting Melville to a hunting party in the forest of
+      Garvock; where, having a fire kindled, and a cauldron of
+      water boiling on it, they rushed to the spot, stripped the
+      sheriff naked, and threw him headlong into the boiling
+      vessel: after which, on <span class="pagenum"><a id="page291"
+      name="page291"></a>[pg 291]</span> pretence of fulfilling the
+      royal mandate, each swallowed a spoonful of the broth. After
+      this cannibal feast, Barclay, to screen himself from the
+      vengeance of the king, built this fortress, which before the
+      invention of gunpowder must have been impregnable. Some of
+      the conspirators were afterwards pardoned. One of the pardons
+      is said to be still in existence; and the reason assigned for
+      granting it is, that the conspirator was within the tenth
+      degree of kin to Macduff, thane of Fife.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      CHARLES STUART.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      USE OF HORSE-CHESTNUTS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      These nuts are much used in France and in Switzerland, in
+      whitening not only of hemp and flax, but also of silk and
+      wool. They contain a soapy juice, fit for washing of linens
+      and stuffs, for milling of caps and stockings, &amp;c., and
+      for fulling of stuffs and cloths.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Twenty nuts are sufficient for five quarts of water. They
+      must be first peeled, which can be done by children, then
+      rasped or dried, and ground in a malt-mill, or any other
+      common steel mill. The water must be soft, either rain or
+      river water, for hard well water will by no means do. When
+      the nuts are rasped or ground, they must be steeped in the
+      water quite cold, which soon becomes frothy, (as it does with
+      soap,) and then turns white as milk. It must be well stirred
+      at first with a stick, and then, after standing some time to
+      settle, must be strained, or poured off quite clear. Linen
+      washed in this liquor, and afterwards rinsed in clear running
+      water, takes an agreeable light sky-blue colour. It takes
+      spots out of both linen and woollen, and never damages or
+      injures the cloth. Poultry will eat the meal of them, if it
+      is steeped in hot water, and mixed with an equal quantity of
+      pollard. The nuts also are eat by some cows, and without
+      hurting their milk; but they are excellent for horses whose
+      wind is injured.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A.B.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      A FETCH.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "I do believe," (as Byron cries,)
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          "There is a haunted spot,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And I can point out where it lies,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But cannot&mdash;where 'tis not.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Turn gentle people, lend an ear,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Unto my simple tale,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It will not draw a single tear
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Nor make the heart bewail,
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          'Tis of a ghost! O ladies fair!
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Start not with sore affright,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It will not harm a single hair,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Nor 'make it stand upright."
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Attend, it was but yesternight,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I in my garret sat,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I saw&mdash;no, nothing yet I saw,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But something went pit-pat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          So did my heart responsively,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Beat like a prison'd bird,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          That's newly caught&mdash;but no reply
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I made, to what I heard.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          It nearer came&mdash;'Angels,' I cried,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          'And Ministers of Grace defend.'
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Yet nothing I as yet descried,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          My hair stood all on end.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          My breath was short, I'm sure my eye
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Was dim, so was the light,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I thought that I that hour should die,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With sad and sore affright.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then came o'er me&mdash;what came o'er?
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some spectre grim I'll bet,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          O tell me!&mdash;why at every pore&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A very heavy sweat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Poh, don't delay the wond'rous tale,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          What follow'd? tell me that,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          (I feel my heart and limbs too fail)
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The same thing, pit-a-pat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then there came before my eyes,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I pray thee 'list, O list,'
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          You fill my heart with dread surprise
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          What was it? why a mist.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then around my head there play'd
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A flame, so wond'rous bright,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          That made me more than all afraid&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          My wig had caught the light.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And there came wand'ring by at last,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The same thing, pit-a-pat,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I found as 'cross the room it past,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The cat had got a rat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      MAY.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TEA.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "The Muses' friend, <i>tea</i>, does our fancy aid,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Repress those vapours which the head invade."
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          WALLER.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      The tea-tree loves to grow in valleys, at the foot of
+      mountains, and upon the banks of rivers, where it enjoys a
+      southern exposure to the sun, though it endures considerable
+      variations of heat and cold, as it flourishes in the northern
+      clime of Peking, as well as about Canton; and it is observed
+      that the degree of cold at Peking is as severe in winter as
+      in some parts of Europe. However, the best tea grows in a
+      mild, temperate climate, the country about Nanking producing
+      better tea than either Peking or Canton, betwixt which places
+      it is situated. The root resembles that of the peach-tree;
+      the leaves are green, longish at the point, and narrow, an
+      inch and half long, and jagged all round. The flower is much
+      like that of the wild rose, but smaller. The fruit is of
+      different forms, sometimes round,
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page292" name="page292"></a>[pg
+      292]</span> sometimes long, sometimes triangular, and of the
+      ordinary size of a bean, containing two or three seeds, of a
+      mouse colour, including each a kernel. These are the seeds by
+      which the plant is propagated, a number, from six to twelve,
+      or fifteen, being promiscuously put into one hole, four or
+      five inches deep, at certain distances from each other. The
+      seeds vegetate without any other care, though the more
+      industrious annually remove the weeds and manure the land.
+      The leaves which succeed are not fit to be plucked before the
+      third year's growth, at which period they are plentiful, and
+      in their prime. In about seven years the shrub rises to a
+      man's height, and as it then bears few leaves, and grows
+      slowly, it is cut down to the stem, which occasions an
+      exuberance of fresh shoots and leaves the succeeding summer.
+      In Japan, the tea-tree is cultivated round the borders of the
+      fields, without regard to soil, but as the Chinese export
+      great quantities of tea, they plant whole fields with it. The
+      tea-trees that yield often the finest leaves, grow on the
+      steep declivities of hills, where it is dangerous and in some
+      cases impracticable to collect them. The Chinese are said to
+      vanquish this difficulty by a singular contrivance. The large
+      monkeys which inhabit these cliffs are irritated, and in
+      revenge they break off the branches and throw them down, so
+      that the leaves are thus obtained. The leaves should be dried
+      as soon as possible after they are gathered. The Chinese are
+      always taking tea, especially at meals; it is the chief treat
+      with which they regale their friends, but they use it without
+      the addition of sugar and milk. Tea was first introduced into
+      Europe by the Dutch East India Company very early in the
+      seventeenth century, and a great quantity of it was brought
+      over from Holland by Lord Arlington and Lord Ossory about the
+      year 1666, at which time it sold for 60s. per pound. Tea
+      exhilarates without intoxication, and its enlivening
+      qualities are equally felt by the sedentary student and the
+      active labourer. Dr. Johnson dearly loved tea, and drank
+      great quantities of this elegant and popular beverage, and so
+      does P.T.W.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      PORSON.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      The late professor having once exasperated a disputant by the
+      dryness of his sarcasm, the petulant opponent thus addressed
+      him:&mdash;"Mr. Porson, I beg leave to tell you, sir, that my
+      opinion of you is perfectly contemptible." Person replied, "I
+      never knew an opinion of yours, sir, which was not
+      contemptible."
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      THE DRAMA AND ITS PROFESSORS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It is remarkable with what difference actors were treated
+      among the ancients. At Athens, they were held in such esteem,
+      as to be sometimes appointed to discharge embassies and other
+      negotiations; whereas, at Rome, if a citizen became an actor,
+      he thereby forfeited his freedom. Among the moderns, actors
+      are best treated in England; the French having much the same
+      opinion of them that the Romans had; for though an actor of
+      talent, in Paris, is more regarded than here, he nevertheless
+      is deeply degraded. He may die amid applauses on the stage,
+      but at his natural death, he must pass to his grave, without
+      a prayer or <i>de profundis</i>, unless a minister of
+      religion receives his last sigh.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Cromwell and his Puritans had a holy horror of actors. They
+      pronounced them Sons of Belial! and professors of
+      abomination. During the whole reign of the Republican
+      Parliament, and Protectorate, the theatres of that day were
+      closed, or, if opened by stealth, were subject to the visits
+      of the emissaries of "Praise God Barebones," "Fight the Good
+      Fight," and their crew. The actors were driven off the stage
+      by soldiers, and the cant word of that period is still
+      recorded, "Enter red coat, exit hat and cloak." William
+      Prynne was celebrated for his writings against the immorality
+      of the stage, and the furious invectives of Jeremy Collier,
+      are still extant; his pen was roused by Dryden's <i>Spanish
+      Friar</i>, and Congreve's witty, but licentious comedies.
+      Collier inveighed without mercy, but he certainly did much to
+      reform the stage. Our Evangelicals and Methodists denounce
+      the histrionic art to this day, with more than the zeal of
+      the Church of Rome. But a follower of Wesley or Whitfield
+      would not enter the den of abomination. Here, however, we
+      take care all our comedies shall be purified, and our
+      tragedies free, even from an oath; both are subject to the
+      censor's unsparing pen, and must be subsequently licensed by
+      the Lord Chamberlain.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The actors in England, have, it is true, only become
+      respectable within the last half century, and though they are
+      termed his majesty's servants, yet an <i>unrepealed</i>
+      statute denounces them as vagabonds. As a body, numerous in
+      itself, they are as free from crime as any other associated
+      body or profession of men, and yet do they "his majesty's
+      servants" continue to lay under the stigma which the above
+      unrepealed act fixes upon them.
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page293" name="page293"></a>[pg
+      293]</span> This is perfectly anomalous, and it was
+      spiritedly denounced by Sir Walter Scott, when on a recent
+      and interesting occasion he nobly and manfully declared "Its
+      professors had been stigmatized; and laws had been passed
+      against them less dishonourable to them than to the statesman
+      by whom they were proposed, and to the legislators by whom
+      they were passed." To repeal, therefore, an act nugatory in
+      itself, would not add to the reputation of the profession,
+      nor give a license to further abuse; but it would be an act
+      of justice, and remove a prejudice unjustly attached to the
+      professors of a difficult art.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The critical pen of Mrs. Inchbald justly remarks, "To the
+      honour of a profession long held in contempt by the
+      wise&mdash;and still contemned by the weak&mdash;Shakspeare,
+      the pride of Britain, was a player." To the illustrious bard,
+      the modern drama is indebted for its excellence. His writings
+      will remain for ever the grandest monument of a genius which
+      opened to him the whole heart of man, all the mines of fancy,
+      all the stores of nature, and gave him power beyond all other
+      writers, to move, astonish, and delight mankind. In the
+      drama, the most interesting emotions are excited; the
+      dangerous passions of hate, envy, avarice, and pride, with
+      all their innumerable train of attendant vices, are detected
+      and exposed. Love, friendship, gratitude, and all those
+      active and generous virtues which warm the heart and exalt
+      the mind, are held up as objects of emulation. And what can
+      be a more effectual method of softening the ferocity, and
+      improving the minds of the inconsiderate? The heart is melted
+      by the scene, and ready to receive an impression&mdash;either
+      to warn the innocent, or to appal the guilty; and numbers of
+      those who have neither abilities nor time for deriving
+      advantage from reading, are powerfully impressed through the
+      medium of the eyes and ears, with those important truths
+      which while they illuminate the understanding, correct the
+      heart. The moral laws of the drama are said to have an effect
+      next after those conveyed from the pulpit, or promulgated in
+      courts of justice. Mr. Burke, indeed, has gone so far as to
+      observe that "the theatre is a better school of moral
+      sentiment than churches." The drama, therefore, has a right
+      to find a place; and to its professors are we indebted for
+      what may justly be considered one of the highest of all
+      intellectual gratifications.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      F.K.Y.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      MEMORY.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          How many a mortal bears a heavy chain,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Of bitter sorrow, 'neath thy iron reign,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And many a one, whose harder fate has given,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some early woes, by thee to madness driven,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Sees the sad vision of some bygone day,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And thinks on what he hath seen with dismay:
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So some lone murderer, wanders o'er the world
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          By thy dread arm to desperation hurl'd;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          In vain he prays, or bends the lowly knee,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With fiendlike power, thou dragg'st him back with thee,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Point'st to some scene of early guilt and woe,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Opening the source from whence his sorrows flow.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As round the bark which feels the tempest's shock,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The lightning plays, and shows the fatal rock,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So memory brings our sorrows all to light
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With vivid truth presents them to the sight;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Pursues the wretch who else some joy might find,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          To fix her seat of empire in his mind.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As desert lakes in sad illusion fly,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Before the weary traveller's cheated eye
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So memory shows, those hopes we still would cherish.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Pleased but to fade, allured us but to perish.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      M.B.S.
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ON COALHEAVERS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      Although in this age of all but universal hypocrisy and
+      make-believe, every man has at least two fashions of one
+      countenance, it is in dress principally that most men are
+      most unlike themselves. But the coalheaver always sticks
+      close to the attire of his station; he alone wears the
+      consistent and befitting garb of his forefathers; he alone
+      has not discarded "the napless vesture of humility," to
+      follow the always expensive, and often absurd fashions of his
+      superiors. All ungalled of him is each courtier's heel or
+      great man's kibe. Yet, is not even his every-day clothing
+      unseemly, or his aspect unprepossessing. He casts as broad
+      and proper a shadow in the sun as any other man. Black he is,
+      indeed, but comely, like the daughters of Jerusalem.&mdash;To
+      begin with the hat which he has honoured with a
+      preference&mdash;what are your operas or your fire-shovels
+      beside it? they must instantly (on a fair comparison) sink
+      many degrees below zero in the scale of contempt. In a word,
+      I would make bold to assert that it unites in perfection the
+      two grand requisites of a head covering, beauty and comfort.
+      Gentlemen may smile at this if they will, and take exception
+      to my taste; but, I ask, does the modern round hat, whatever
+      the insignificant <span class="pagenum"><a id="page294"
+      name="page294"></a>[pg 294]</span> variations of its form,
+      possess either quality? No, not a jot of it. One would think,
+      by our pertinacious adherence to the head-ach giving,
+      circular conformation, that we wished to show our anger at
+      the Almighty for not shaping our caputs like cylinders. In
+      fine, though the parson's and the quaker's hat has each its
+      several merits, commend me to the fan-tailed <i>shallow</i>.
+      The flap part attached to the cap seems, at first sight, as
+      to use, supernecessary, although so ornamental withal. It no
+      doubt (as its name, indeed indicates) had its origin in
+      gallantry, and was invented in the age of fans, for the
+      purpose of cooling their mistresses' bosoms, heated&mdash;as
+      they would necessarily be&mdash;at fair time, by their
+      gravel-grinding walks, under a fervid sun, to the elegant
+      revels of West-end, of Greenwich, or of Tothill-fields.
+      Breeches, rejected by common consent of young and old alike,
+      cling to the legs of the coalheaver with an abiding fondness,
+      as to the last place of refuge; and, on gala-days, a dandy
+      might die of envy to mark the splendour of those nether
+      integuments&mdash;which he has not soul enough to dare to
+      wear&mdash;of brilliant eye-arresting blue, or glowing
+      scarlet plush, glittering in the sun's rays, giving and
+      taking glory! But enough of the dress of these select
+      "true-born Englishmen"&mdash;for right glad I am to state
+      that there are but <i>two</i> Scotch coalheavers on the whole
+      river, and <i>no</i> Irish. I beg leave to return to the more
+      important consideration of their manners. Most people you
+      meet in your walks in the common thoroughfare of London,
+      glide, shuffle, or crawl onward, as if they conscientiously
+      thought they had no manner of right to tread the earth but on
+      sufferance. Not so our coalheaver. Mark how erect <i>he</i>
+      walks! how firm a keel he presents to the vainly breasting
+      human tide that comes rolling on with a show of opposition to
+      his onward course! It is he, and he only, who preserves, in
+      his gait and in his air, the self-sustained and conscious
+      dignity of the first-created man. Surrounded by an inferior
+      creation, he gives the wall to none. That pliancy of temper,
+      which is wont to make itself known by the waiving a point or
+      renouncing a principle for others' advantage, in him has no
+      place; he either knows it not, or else considers it a poor,
+      mean-spirited, creeping baseness, altogether unworthy of his
+      imitation, and best befitted with ineffable contempt. He
+      neither dreads the contact of the baker&mdash;the Scylla of
+      the metropolitan peripatetic, nor yet shuns the dire
+      collision of the chimney-sweep&mdash;his Charybdis. Try to
+      pass him as he walks leisurely on, making the solid earth
+      ring with his bold tread, and you will experience more
+      difficulties in the attempt than did that famous admiral,
+      Bartholomew Diaz, when he first doubled the Cape of Storms.
+      Or let us suppose, that haply you allow your frail carcass to
+      go full drive against his sturdiness, when lo!&mdash;in
+      beautiful illustration of those doctrines in projectiles,
+      that relate to the concussion of moving bodies&mdash;you fly
+      off at an angle "right slick" into the middle of the
+      carriage-way; whence a question of some interest presently
+      arises, whether you will please to be run over by a short or
+      a long stage.&mdash;But to return. Who hesitates to make way
+      for a coalheaver? As for their drays&mdash;as
+      <i>consecutive</i> a species of vehicles as a body can be
+      stopped by&mdash;every one knows they make way for
+      themselves.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      I one Sunday met a party of my favourites in St. Paul's
+      cathedral. They seemed to view with becoming respect and even
+      awe that splendid place; and they listened to and observed,
+      with apparent profound attention, the cathedral service. Yet
+      I must confess my favourable opinion of their grave looks was
+      rather staggered by overhearing afterwards one of them say to
+      his neighbour, casting a look all round the while, "My eyes,
+      Tom, what lots o' <i>coals</i> this here place would hold."
+      Perhaps the observation was meant in honour.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>Monthly Magazine</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TRAVELLING FARE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      If you shut yourself up for some fifty hours or so in a
+      mail-coach, that keeps wheeling along at the rate of ten
+      miles an hour, and changes horses in half a minute,
+      certainly, for obvious reasons, the less you eat and drink
+      the better; and perhaps a few hundred daily drops of
+      laudanum, or equivalent grains of opium, would be advisable,
+      so that the transit from London to Edinburgh might be
+      performed in a phantasma. But a free agent ought to live well
+      on his travels&mdash;some degrees better, without doubt, than
+      when at home. People seldom live very well at home. There is
+      always something requiring to be eaten up, that it may not be
+      lost, which destroys the soothing and satisfactory symmetry
+      of an unexceptionable dinner. We have detected the same duck
+      through many unprincipled disguises, playing a different part
+      in the farce of domestic economy, with a versatility hardly
+      to have been expected in one of the most generally despised
+      of the web-footed tribe. When travelling at one's own sweet
+      will, one feeds at a different inn every meal; and, except
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page295" name="page295"></a>[pg
+      295]</span> when the coincidence of circumstances is against
+      you, there is an agreeable variety both in the natural and
+      artificial disposition of the dishes.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ENGLISH FRUITS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>Continued from page 231</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Currant</i>&mdash;The native place of this useful
+      fruit is not exactly ascertained; nearly allied to the
+      gooseberry, it receives the same treatment, shows the same
+      changes, and may be further improved by the same means; a
+      cross between the white Dutch and red, might be a valuable
+      mule. It is probable the black also may be induced to sport
+      from that steady character it has hitherto maintained; there
+      are but few domesticated plants but which (like animals)
+      depart, in some way or other, from their native caste.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Apple</i>.&mdash;It is difficult to find adequate
+      terms to set forth the value of the advantages which have
+      accrued to mankind from the cultivation of this deservedly
+      high-prized fruit. One circumstance in the history of the
+      apple must not pass unnoticed here, viz., the deterioration
+      of the old sorts, which regaled and were the boast of our
+      forefathers a century ago. It is the opinion of an eminent
+      orchardist that as the apple is an artificial production,
+      and, as such, has its stages of youth, maturity, and old age,
+      it cannot, in its period of decrepitude, be by any means
+      renovated to its pristine state, either by pruning or cutting
+      down, changing its place, or by transferring its parts to
+      young and vigorous stocks; and that, in whatever station it
+      may be placed, it carries with it the decay and diseases of
+      its parent. This is the most rational account which has been
+      given of this indisputable fact; and though its accuracy has
+      been called in question by some naturalists, the general
+      failure in our old orchards, and the difficulties in forming
+      new ones with the old favourite sorts, is a decisive proof
+      that such deterioration exists. It is therefore the chief
+      object of the modern pomologist, to obtain from seeds of the
+      best <i>wildings</i> new varieties wherewith to form new and
+      profitable orchards; and which may be expected to continue in
+      health and fertility, as the old sorts have done, for the
+      next century.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The foregoing are the fruits found wild in our climate; the
+      difference in their aboriginal and cultivated state has been
+      pointed out; we shall now give short descriptions of foreign
+      fruits, which have been partly naturalized, the management of
+      which forms so considerable a share of the gardener's art and
+      attention.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Apricot</i>.&mdash;It is supposed that this fruit is a
+      native of Africa: from thence it appears to have come through
+      Persia and Greece to us, with the name "a praecox,"
+      significant of its earliness. There are several varieties
+      which have been obtained by means similar to those already
+      mentioned; and there is room for further exertion in
+      endeavouring to improve the size of the fruit, or any other
+      desirable quality.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Peach</i>&mdash;This delicate and excellent fruit is a
+      striking instance of what judicious cultivation may produce.
+      The common almond has always been considered the original
+      stock of this monument of skill and assiduity. The estimation
+      in which it is held, and the care and expense incurred in its
+      cultivation both in forcing-houses and in the open air, is
+      proof of its superiority: and no fruit repays the labour of
+      the attendant, or the expense of the owner, more bountifully
+      than this. Seedlings of this fruit are, if we can credit what
+      is written and said of it, less inclined to depart from the
+      properties or qualities of the parent, than most others of
+      our improved fruits. In America, they are in common and
+      general cultivation. No trouble is bestowed in either
+      layering (which is practicable), or budding them. Sowing a
+      quantity of the stones, they are sure to pick out from among
+      the seedlings as many good sorts as they may wish to
+      cultivate: few of these may be exactly like the parent; some
+      may be superior, but all are passable, especially if the
+      young trees have been selected by a skilful hand; and this he
+      is enabled to do, merely from the appearance of the wood and
+      leaves. Many new sorts have lately been obtained and brought
+      into notice in this country; and this facility of the peach
+      to multiply its varieties will no doubt be taken advantage of
+      by propagators.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Nectarine</i>.&mdash;This, it is allowed by all
+      writers, is certainly a child of cultivation: there being no
+      wild plant from which it could be derived, except the almond.
+      It is therefore a collateral branch with, or rather of, the
+      peach: of this no better proof can be given, than the
+      circumstance that nectarines are sometimes produced by a
+      peach tree.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Orange</i>.&mdash;This endless family of fruits it is
+      probable had the small but useful wild lime for its
+      progenitor. The monstrous shaddock, citrons of all shapes and
+      sizes, oranges and lemons, are all varieties, obtained in the
+      course of long cultivation.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      (<i>To be concluded in our next</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page296" name="page296"></a>[pg
+      296]</span>
+    </p>
+    <h2>
+      THE GATHERER.
+    </h2>
+    <p>
+      "I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's
+      stuff."&mdash;<i>Wotton</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TO CHLOE, AT SIXTY.
+    </h3>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Those teeth, as white as orient pearls
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Stolen from th' Indian deep,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Those locks, whose light and auburn curls
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Soft on thy shoulders sleep,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Expose a woman to the sight
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          None but old friends can know;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Thy locks were grey, thy teeth not white,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some twenty years ago.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <p>
+      Wilkes used to say, that a gentleman did not always require a
+      footman to carry a parcel, for there were three things which
+      he might always carry openly in his hand,&mdash;a book, a
+      paper of snuff, and a string of fish.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      HEREDITARY TALENT IN ACTORS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      "Families are chequered as in brains, so in
+      bulk."&mdash;FULLER.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The children of many obscure performers have become eminent:
+      but there are very few instances in which the descendant of a
+      considerable actor or actress has been distinguished. To take
+      instances within recent recollection, or of the present day,
+      for example&mdash;Mr. Elliston has a son upon the stage: with
+      none of the striking talent of the father. Mr. Henry Siddons,
+      the son of Mrs. Siddons, was a very bad actor indeed. Lewis
+      had two sons upon the stage, neither of them of any value.
+      Mr. Dowton has two sons (or had), in the same situation. And
+      Mrs. Glover's two daughters will never rise above mediocrity.
+      On the other hand, Mr. Macready and Mr. Wallack, are both
+      sons of very low actors; and the late Mr. John Bannister and
+      Mr. Tokely were similarly descended. Almost the only modern
+      instance of the immediate descendant of a valuable performer
+      turning out well, was in the case of Mrs. Jordan's daughter,
+      Mrs. Alsop; who was very nearly as good an actress as her
+      mother. We doubt, too, if there is an instance on record of a
+      very young man being a considerable actor.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      PRISON TORTURE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      A horrible instance of human vengeance occurred a short time
+      since, at Minden, in Westphalia. The object was a person who,
+      from conscientious motives, peculiar to the religious body of
+      which he was a member, had refused to serve in the militia.
+      He was placed in a cell, the floor and sides of which were
+      closely studded with projecting spikes, or pieces of
+      sharpened iron resembling the blades of knives. The
+      individual remained in this state for twenty-four hours, and
+      the punishment was repeated at three distinct intervals. It
+      is considered a rare occurrence for a person to survive the
+      second infliction of this species of cruelty. In this
+      instance, however, the sufferer did not perish&mdash;<i>From
+      the last Report of the Prison Discipline Society</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      As her Grace was one day rambling in the neighbourhood of
+      Chiswick, she was overtaken by a violent storm, and
+      accordingly took shelter, in a cottage where she happened to
+      be unknown. Among other topics she introduced with her usual
+      affability, she asked the poor woman if she knew the Duchess
+      of Devonshire? "Know her, (answered the woman,)
+      <i>everybody</i> has cause to know her here; never was there
+      a better lady born." "I am afraid you are mistaken, (said her
+      Grace); from what I understand of her, she is no better than
+      she should be." "I am sure <i>you</i> are no better than you
+      should be, (returned the poor woman,) to find fault with the
+      Duchess; but you'll never be worthy to wipe her shoes." "Well
+      then, (rejoined her Grace,) I must be beholden to <i>you</i>,
+      as they are at present very dirty." The good woman perceiving
+      the awkward mistake, ran to perform the office with great
+      humility, and received an ample reward.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      KITCHEN CONUNDRUM.
+    </h3>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "Come Thomas," says Kitty, "pray make us a pun,&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          You're goodnatured and never refuse;"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "Ask coachee," says Tom, "<i>he's</i> the fellow for
+          Fun,&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For he knows the way to <i>a-mews</i>."
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Says coachee, "Why Thomas you puzzle my brains,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For you never can bridle your wit;"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "But how comes it, that I, tho' exposed to the
+          <i>reins</i>
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Ev'ry day, never <i>suffer a bit</i>?"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza"></div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      DEAR TIMES.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      After the union with Ireland, when the Irish members had
+      taken their seats, one of them, in the heat of his maiden
+      speech, blustered out, "Now, dare Mr. Speaker," which, of
+      course, set the house in an immoderate fit of laughter. When
+      the tumult had subsided, Sheridan observed, "that the
+      honourable gentleman was perfectly in order, since, thanks to
+      the ministry, everything at that time was immoderately
+      <i>dear</i>."
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <p>
+      <i>Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD. 143. Strand, (near
+      Somerset House,) and sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers</i>.
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+
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a id="page281" name="page281"></a>[pg
+    281]</span>
+    <h1>
+      THE MIRROR<br />
+       OF<br />
+       LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
+    </h1>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <table width="100%" summary="Banner">
+      <tr>
+        <td align="left">
+          <b>VOL. X, NO. 280.]</b>
+        </td>
+        <td align="center">
+          <b>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1827.</b>
+        </td>
+        <td align="right">
+          <b>[PRICE 2d.</b>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    </table>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      Illustrations of Shakspeare.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      NO. XIII. ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.
+    </h3>
+    <hr />
+    <div class="figure" style="width: 100%;">
+      <a href="images/280-1.png"><img width="100%"
+      src="images/280-1.png"
+      alt="Elsineur, from Hamlet's Garden." /></a>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      We augur that the above will prove one of the most
+      interesting of our Shakspearian Illustrations, inasmuch as
+      the garden where Hamlet was wont to revel in the fitful
+      dreams of his philosophic melancholy, is holy ground. "The
+      lapse of ages and the fables of the poet," says a delighted
+      visiter, "were all lost in the reality of Shakspeare's
+      painting: the moment of his scene seemed present with me; and
+      eager to traverse every part of this consecrated ground, I
+      had already followed Hamlet every where; I had measured the
+      deep shadows of the platform, encountered the grey ghost of
+      the Royal Dane, had killed Polonius in the queen's closet,
+      and drowned poor Ophelia in the willowed stream. The modern
+      aspect of Elsineur is, however, far from inviting, and not a
+      single vestige presents itself that bears the smallest trace
+      of this town ever having been hallowed by the mausoleum of an
+      Ophelia, or proudly decorated with the stately walls of a
+      royal palace."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      About a mile from the town is a place that bears the name of
+      Hamlet's garden. Here is no relic of ancient interest,
+      excepting the tradition, which affirms that to be the spot
+      where once stood the Danish palace, and where was enacted
+      that tragedy, which has been so gloriously immortalized by
+      the genius of our great dramatic bard.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The present edifice is erected on the brow of a gently rising
+      hill, the summit of which is gained by means of a winding
+      walk cut through a small shrubbery. In the surrounding
+      prospect, the town of Elsineur, on the plain beneath,
+      presents itself ill-built, red, and without any public
+      building, or spire, to vary its sameness. Far to the left of
+      the city stands the castle of Kronenberg, a bold and fine
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page282" name="page282"></a>[pg
+      282]</span> feature; the waves of the Cattegut roll at its
+      feet; and are bounded on the opposite side by the Swedish
+      coast. When the annexed sketch was made, 400 sail of
+      merchants' ships were lying there at anchor, which added
+      greatly to the interest of the picture. The small village on
+      the distant shore is Elsenberg. The forest of Kronenberg is
+      indeed proudly situated; the form of the building, with its
+      spires and minarets, is nobly picturesque; the fabric is of
+      grey stone; and its innumerable windows, varied towers, and
+      other architectural ornaments, make it a striking and
+      beautiful contrast to the dull uniformity of the town.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Sir Robert Ker Porter, in his visit to this sacred spot,
+      collected a few interesting circumstances at the
+      fountain-head, relating to Shakspeare's northern hero, from
+      the very source whence our poet must have drawn the incidents
+      of his tragedy, viz. the "Annals of Denmark," written by Saxo
+      Grammaticus in the twelfth century. The work is in Latin, and
+      in our next number we intend inserting a short abstract of
+      Hamlet's story. It will be curious to compare the dialogues
+      of the original with their counterpart in the play.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN AURORA BOREALIS, ON THE NIGHT OF THE
+      25TH OF SEPTEMBER.
+    </h3>
+    <center>
+      BY A LADY IN HER THIRTEENTH YEAR.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          What may this mean? this ruddy blaze of light,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Breaking effulgent through the stilly night;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Darting its blood-red form along the sky,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Glowing with heaven's glorious majesty.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          How with its phalaxy of rays unfurl'd,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It comes: its radiance circling all our mother world.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The pharos of the night; where gods might dance.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Heedless of mortals dull, unmeaning trance;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Where spirits in their mysteries might find,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A sail to float upon the yielding wind;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But see, it flies, its shadow; form outspread,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          In fainting radiance o'er earth's startled bed,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Yet rests, like the death gleam of beauty's eye,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Or last rich tint of an autumnal sky.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And now in fleecy clouds the heav'ns appear.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again it darts, dreamer, there's naught to fear;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again, like a proud spirit of the sky,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Though conquer'd, breaking forth in majesty.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Britain, for thee this fearful warning sent,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Oh! mock not foolishly its dire portent;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For now that vice on all her malice wreaks,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Charms on the stage, and in the assembly speaks;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Now that with cheating fires she shameless dares,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Fortunate where virtue once defied her snares;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Again I say, for thee this warning sent,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Oh! mark it well, mock not its dire portent.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      F.J.H.
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      THE SELECTOR,<br />
+      AND<br />
+      LITERARY NOTICES OF<br />
+       <i>NEW WORKS</i>.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.
+    </h3>
+    <center>
+      (<i>By the author of Waverley</i>.)
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      [We have the pleasure of submitting to our readers, (almost
+      entire,) one of the stories of the forthcoming <i>Chronicles
+      of the Canongate</i>, it being the second narrative, and the
+      last in the first volume, and as well as the others, founded
+      on true incidents. The <i>Chronicles</i> are domestic tales;
+      but the <i>Two Drovers</i> should not be taken as a specimen
+      of the work. Slender as are its incidents, it proves that
+      "Richard (or Walter) is himself again," for in no vein of
+      writing is the author of Waverley more felicitous than in
+      delineating scenes of actual life, splendid as are his
+      narratives of the fairy scenes and halls of romance: and in
+      the prevailing taste for this description of writing, we
+      think the Chronicles of the Canongate bid fair to enjoy
+      popularity equal to any of Sir Walter's previous
+      productions.]
+    </p>
+    <h3>
+      <i>The Two Drovers</i>.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      It was the day after the Doune Fair when my story commences.
+      It had been a brisk market, several dealers had attended from
+      the northern and midland counties in England, and the English
+      money had flown so merrily about as to gladden the hearts of
+      the Highland farmers. Many large droves were about to set off
+      for England, under the protection of their owners, or of the
+      topsmen whom they employed in the tedious, laborious and
+      responsible office of driving the cattle for many hundred
+      miles, from the market where they had been purchased, to the
+      fields or farm-yards where they were to be fattened for the
+      shambles.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Of the number who left Doune in the morning, and with the
+      purpose we have described, not a <i>Glunamie</i> of them all
+      cocked his bonnet more briskly, or gartered his tartan hose
+      under knee over a pair of more promising <i>spiogs</i>
+      (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich, called familiarly Robin
+      Oig, that is Young, or the Lesser, Robin. Though small of
+      stature, as the epithet Oig implies, and not very strongly
+      limbed, he was as light and alert as one of the deer of his
+      mountains. He had an elasticity of step, which, in the course
+      of a long march, made many a stout fellow envy him; and the
+      manner in which he busked his plaid and adjusted his bonnet,
+      argued a consciousness that so smart a John Highlandman as
+      himself would not <span class="pagenum"><a id="page283"
+      name="page283"></a>[pg 283]</span> pass unnoticed among the
+      Lowland lasses. The ruddy cheek, red lips, and white teeth,
+      set off a countenance which had gained by exposure to the
+      weather, a healthful and hardy rather than a rugged hue. If
+      Robin Oig did not laugh, or even smile frequently, as indeed
+      is not the practice among his countrymen, his bright eyes
+      usually gleamed from under his bonnet with an expression of
+      cheerfulness ready to be turned into mirth.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The departure of Robin Oig was an incident in the little
+      town, in and near which he had many friends male and female.
+      He was a topping person in his way, transacted considerable
+      business on his own behalf, and was intrusted by the best
+      farmers in the Highlands, in preference to any other drover
+      in that district. He might have increased his business to any
+      extent had he condescended to manage it by deputy; but except
+      a lad or two, sister's sons of his own, Robin rejected the
+      idea of assistance, conscious, perhaps how much his
+      reputation depended upon his attending in person to the
+      practical discharge of his duty in every instance. He
+      remained, therefore, contented with the highest premium given
+      to persons of his description, and comforted himself with the
+      hopes that a few journeys to England might enable him to
+      conduct business on his own account, in a manner becoming his
+      birth. For Robin Oig's father, Lachlan M'Combich, (or, <i>son
+      of my friend</i>, his actual clan surname being M'Gregor,)
+      had been so called by the celebrated Rob Roy, because of the
+      particular friendship which had subsisted between the
+      grandsire of Robin and that renowned cateran. Some people
+      even say, that Robin Oig derived his Christian name from a
+      man, as renowned in the wilds of Lochlomond, as ever was his
+      namesake Robin Hood, in the precincts of merry Sherwood. "Of
+      such ancestry," as James Boswell says, "who would not be
+      proud?" Robin Oig was proud accordingly; but his frequent
+      visits to England and to the Lowlands had given him tact
+      enough to know that pretensions, which still gave him a
+      little right to distinction in his own lonely glen, might be
+      both obnoxious and ridiculous if preferred elsewhere. The
+      pride of birth, therefore, was like the miser's treasure, the
+      secret subject of his contemplation, but never exhibited to
+      strangers as a subject of boasting.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Many were the words of gratulation and goodluck which were
+      bestowed on Robin Oig. The judges commended his drove,
+      especially the best of them, which were Robin's own property.
+      Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for the parting
+      pinch&mdash;others tendered the <i>doch-an-dorrach</i>, or
+      parting cup. All cried&mdash;"Good-luck travel out with you
+      and come home with you.&mdash;Give you luck in the Saxon
+      market&mdash;brave notes in the <i>leabhar-dhu</i>, (black
+      pocket-book,) and plenty of English gold in the
+      <i>sporran</i> (pouch of goat-skin.)"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The bonny lasses made their adieus more modestly, and more
+      than one, it was said, would have given her best brooch to be
+      certain that it was upon her that his eye last rested as he
+      turned towards his road.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig had just given the preliminary "<i>Hoo-hoo!</i>" to
+      urge forward the loiterers of the drove, when there was a cry
+      behind him.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Stay, Robin&mdash;bide a blink. Here is Janet of
+      Tomahourich&mdash;auld Janet, your father's sister."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Plague on her, for an auld Highland witch and spaewife,"
+      said a farmer from the Carse of Stirling; "she'll cast some
+      of her cantrips on the cattle."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "She canna do that," said another sapient of the same
+      profession&mdash;"Robin Oig is no the lad to leave any of
+      them, without tying Saint Mungo's knot on their tails, and
+      that will put to her speed the best witch that ever flew over
+      Dimayet upon a broomstick."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It may not be indifferent to the reader to know, that the
+      Highland cattle are peculiarly liable to be <i>taken</i>, or
+      infected, by spells and witchcraft, which judicious people
+      guard against by knitting knots of peculiar complexity on the
+      tuft of hair which terminates the animal's tail.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      But the old woman who was the object of the farmer's
+      suspicion, seemed only busied about the drover, without
+      paying any attention to the flock. Robin, on the contrary,
+      appeared rather impatient of her presence.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "What auld-world fancy," he said, "has brought you so early
+      from the ingle-side this morning, Muhme? I am sure I bid you
+      good even, and had your God-speed, last night."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And left me more siller than the useless old woman will use
+      till you come back again, bird of my bosom," said the sibyl.
+      "But it is little I would care for the food that nourishes
+      me, or the fire that warms me, or for God's blessed sun
+      itself, if aught but weal should happen to the grandson of my
+      father. So let me walk the <i>deasil</i> round you, that you
+      may go safe out into the far foreign land, and come safe
+      home."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig stopped, half embarrassed, half laughing, and
+      signing to those around that he only complied with the old
+      woman to soothe her humour. In the meantime, she traced
+      around him, with wavering
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page284" name="page284"></a>[pg
+      284]</span> steps, the propitiation, which some have thought
+      has been derived from the Druidical mythology. It consists,
+      as is well known, in the person who makes the <i>deasil</i>,
+      walking three times round the person who is the object of the
+      ceremony, taking care to move according to the course of the
+      sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a
+      voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is
+      blood on your hand." "Hush, for God's sake, aunt," said Robin
+      Oig; "you will bring more trouble on yourself with this
+      Taishataragh (second sight) than you will be able to get out
+      of for many a day."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The old woman only repeated, with a ghastly look, "There is
+      blood on your hand, and it is English blood. The blood of the
+      Gael is richer and redder. Let us see&mdash;let us&mdash;"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Ere Robin Oig could prevent her, which, indeed, could only
+      have been by positive violence, so hasty and peremptory were
+      her proceedings, she had drawn from his side the dirk which
+      lodged in the folds of his plaid, and held it up, exclaiming,
+      although the weapon gleamed clear and bright in the sun,
+      "Blood, blood&mdash;Saxon blood again. Robin Oig M'Combich,
+      go not this day to England!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Prutt, trutt," answered Robin Oig, "that will never do
+      neither&mdash;it would be next thing to running the country.
+      For shame, Muhme&mdash;give me the dirk. You cannot tell by
+      the colour the difference betwixt the blood of a black
+      bullock and a white one, and you speak of knowing Saxon from
+      Gaelic blood. All men have their blood from Adam, Muhme. Give
+      me my skenedhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been
+      half way to Stirling brig by this time&mdash;Give me my dirk,
+      and let me go."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Never will I give it to you," said the old
+      woman&mdash;"Never will I quit my hold on your plaid, unless
+      you promise me not to wear that unhappy weapon."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The women around him urged him also, saying few of his aunt's
+      words fell to the ground; and as the Lowland farmers
+      continued to look moodily on the scene, Robin Oig determined
+      to close it at any sacrifice.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Well, then," said the young drover, giving the scabbard of
+      the weapon to Hugh Morrison, "you Lowlanders care nothing for
+      these freats. Keep my dirk for me. I cannot give it you,
+      because it was my father's; but your drove follows ours, and
+      I am content it should be in your keeping, not in mine. Will
+      this do, Muhme?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It must", said the old woman&mdash;"that is, if the
+      Lowlander is mad enough to carry the knife."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The strong westlandman laughed aloud.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Good wife," said he, "I am Hugh Morrison from Glenae, come
+      of the Manly Morrisons of auld langsyne, that never took
+      short weapon against a man in their lives. And neither needed
+      they; they had their broadswords, and I have this bit supple
+      (showing a formidable cudgel)&mdash;for dirking ower the
+      board, I leave that to John Highlandman. Ye needna snort,
+      none of you Highlanders, and you in especial, Robin. I'll
+      keep the bit knife, if you are feared for the auld
+      spae-wife's tale, and give it back to you whenever you want
+      it."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin was not particularly pleased with some part of Hugh
+      Morrison's speech; but he had learned in his travels more
+      patience than belonged to his Highland constitution
+      originally, and he accepted the service of the descendant of
+      the Manly Morrisons, without finding fault with the rather
+      depreciating manner in which it was offered.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a
+      Dumfries-shire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more
+      like a gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a
+      grumph. It's a shame my father's knife should ever slash a
+      haggis for the like of him."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Thus saying, (but saying it in Gaelic,) Robin drove on his
+      cattle, and waved farewell to all behind him. He was in the
+      greater haste, because he expected to join at Falkirk a
+      comrade and brother in profession, with whom he proposed to
+      travel in company.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig's chosen friend was a young Englishman, Harry
+      Wakefield by name, well known at every northern market, and
+      in his way as much famed and honoured as our Highland driver
+      of bullocks. He was nearly six feet high, gallantly formed to
+      keep the rounds at Smithfield, or maintain the ring at a
+      wrestling-match; and although he might have been overmatched,
+      perhaps, among the regular professors of the Fancy, yet as a
+      chance customer, he was able to give a bellyful to any
+      amateur of the pugilistic art. Doncaster races saw him in his
+      glory, betting his guinea, and generally successfully; nor
+      was there a main fought in Yorkshire, the feeders being
+      persons of celebrity, at which he was not to be seen, if
+      business permitted. But though a <i>sprack</i> lad, and fond
+      of pleasure and its haunts, Harry Wakefield was steady, and
+      not the cautious Robin Oig M'Combich himself was more
+      attentive to the main chance. His holidays were holidays
+      indeed; but his days of work were dedicated
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page285" name="page285"></a>[pg
+      285]</span> to steady and persevering labour. In countenance
+      and temper, Wakefield was the model of Old England's merry
+      yeomen, whose clothyard shafts, in so many hundred battles,
+      asserted her superiority over the nations, and whose good
+      sabres, in our own time, are her cheapest and most assured
+      defence. His mirth was readily excited; for, strong in limb
+      and constitution, and fortunate in circumstances, he was
+      disposed to be pleased with every thing about him; and such
+      difficulties as he might occasionally encounter, were, to a
+      man of his energy, rather matter of amusement than serious
+      annoyance. With all the merits of a sanguine temper, our
+      young English drover was not without his defects. He was
+      irascible, and sometimes to the verge of being quarrelsome;
+      and perhaps not the less inclined to bring his disputes to a
+      pugilistic decision, because he found few antagonists able to
+      stand up to him in the boxing-ring.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It is difficult to say how Henry Wakefield and Robin Oig
+      first became intimates; but it is certain a close
+      acquaintance had taken place betwixt them, although they had
+      apparently few common topics of conversation or of interest,
+      so soon as their talk ceased to be of bullocks. Robin Oig,
+      indeed, spoke the English language rather imperfectly upon
+      any other topics but stots and kyloes, and Harry Wakefield
+      could never bring his broad Yorkshire tongue to utter a
+      single word of Gaelic. It was in vain Robin spent a whole
+      morning, during a walk over Minch-Moor, in attempting to
+      teach his companion to utter, with true precision, the
+      shibboleth <i>Llhu</i>, which is the Gaelic for a calf.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The pair of friends had traversed with their usual cordiality
+      the grassy wilds of Liddesdale, and crossed the opposite part
+      of Cumberland, emphatically called the Waste. In these
+      solitary regions, the cattle under the charge of our drovers
+      subsisted themselves cheaply, by picking their food as they
+      went along the drove-road, or sometimes by the tempting
+      opportunity of a <i>start and owerloup</i>, or invasion of
+      the neighbouring pasture, where an occasion presented itself.
+      But now the scene changed before them; they were descending
+      towards a fertile and enclosed country, where no such
+      liberties could be taken with impunity, or without a previous
+      arrangement and bargain with the possessors of the ground.
+      This was more especially the case, as a great northern fair
+      was upon the eve of taking place, where both the Scotch and
+      English drover expected to dispose of a part of their cattle,
+      which it was desirable to produce in the market, rested and
+      in good order. Fields were therefore difficult to be
+      obtained, and only upon high terms. This necessity occasioned
+      a temporary separation betwixt the two friends, who went to
+      bargain, each as he could, for the separate accommodation of
+      his herd. Unhappily it chanced that both of them, unknown to
+      each other, thought of bargaining for the ground they wanted
+      on the property of a country gentleman of some fortune, whose
+      estate lay in the neighbourhood. The English drover applied
+      to the bailiff on the property, who was known to him. It
+      chanced that the Cumbrian Squire, who had entertained some
+      suspicions of his manager's honesty, was taking occasional
+      measures to ascertain how far they were well founded, and had
+      desired that any inquiries about his enclosures, with a view
+      to occupy them for a temporary purpose, should be referred to
+      himself. As, however, Mr. Ireby had gone the day before upon
+      a journey of some miles distance to the northward, the
+      bailiff chose to consider the check upon his full powers as
+      for the time removed, and concluded that he should best
+      consult his master's interest and perhaps his own, in making
+      an agreement with Harry Wakefield. Meanwhile, ignorant of
+      what his comrade was doing, Robin Oig, on his side, chanced
+      to be overtaken by a well-looked smart little man upon a
+      pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the
+      fashion, the rider wearing tight leather breeches, and
+      long-necked bright spurs. This cavalier asked one or two
+      pertinent questions about markets and the price of stock. So
+      Donald, seeing him a well-judging, civil gentleman, took the
+      freedom to ask him whether he could let him know if there was
+      any grass-land to be let in that neighbourhood, for the
+      temporary accommodation of his drove. He could not have put
+      the question to more willing ears. The gentleman of the
+      buckskins was the proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry
+      Wakefield had dealt, or was in the act of dealing.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Thou art in good luck, my canny Scot," said Mr. Ireby, "to
+      have spoken to me, for I see thy cattle have done their day's
+      work, and I have at my disposal the only field within three
+      miles that is to be let in these parts."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "The drove can pe gang two, three, four miles very pratty
+      weel indeed&mdash;" said the cautious Highlander; "put what
+      would his honour pe axing for the peasts pe the head, if she
+      was to tak the park for twa or three days?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "We wont differ, Sawney, if you let me have six stots for
+      winterers, in the way of reason."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page286" name="page286"></a>[pg
+      286]</span> "And which peasts wad your honour pe for having?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Why&mdash;let me see&mdash;the two black&mdash;the dun
+      one&mdash;yon doddy&mdash;him with the twisted horn&mdash;and
+      brockit&mdash;How much by the head?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Ah," said Robin, "your honour is a shudge&mdash;a real
+      shudge&mdash;I couldna have set off the pest six peasts
+      petter myself, me that ken them as if they were my pairns,
+      puir things."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Well, how much per head, Sawney," continued Mr. Ireby.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It was high markets at Doune and Falkirk," answered Robin.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      And thus the conversation proceeded, until they had agreed on
+      the <i>prix juste</i> for the bullocks, the Squire throwing
+      in the temporary accommodation of the enclosure for the
+      cattle into the boot, and Robin making, as he thought, a very
+      good bargain, providing the grass was but tolerable. The
+      Squire walked his pony alongside of the drove, partly to show
+      him the way, and see him put into possession of the field,
+      and partly to learn the latest news of the northern markets.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      They arrived at the field, and the pasture seemed excellent.
+      But what was their surprise when they saw the bailiff quietly
+      inducting the cattle of Harry Wakefield into the grassy
+      Goshen which had just been assigned to those of Robin Oig
+      M'Combich by the proprietor himself. Squire Ireby set spurs
+      to his horse, dashed up to his servant, and learning what had
+      passed between the parties, briefly informed the English
+      drover that his bailiff had let the ground without his
+      authority, and that he might seek grass for his cattle
+      wherever he would, since he was to get none there. At the
+      same time he rebuked his servant severely for having
+      transgressed his commands, and ordered him instantly to
+      assist in ejecting the hungry and weary cattle of Harry
+      Wakefield, which were just beginning to enjoy a meal of
+      unusual plenty, and to introduce those of his comrade, whom
+      the English drover now began to consider as a rival.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The feelings which arose in Wakefield's mind, would have
+      induced him to resist Mr. Ireby's decision; but every
+      Englishman has a tolerably accurate sense of law and justice,
+      and John Fleecebumpkin, the bailiff, having acknowledged that
+      he had exceeded his commission, Wakefield saw nothing else
+      for it than to collect his hungry and disappointed charge,
+      and drive them on to seek quarters elsewhere. Robin Oig saw
+      what had happened with regret, and hastened to offer to his
+      English friend to share with him the disputed possession. But
+      Wakefield's pride was severely hurt, and he answered
+      disdainfully, "Take it all man&mdash;take it all&mdash;never
+      make two bites of a cherry&mdash;thou canst talk over the
+      gentry, and blear a plain man's eye&mdash;Out upon you,
+      man&mdash;I would not kiss any man's dirty latchets for leave
+      to bake in his oven."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig, sorry but not surprised at his comrade's
+      displeasure, hastened to entreat his friend to wait but an
+      hour till he had gone to the Squire's house to receive
+      payment for the cattle he had sold, and he would come back
+      and help him to drive the cattle into some convenient place
+      of rest, and explain to him the whole mistake they had both
+      of them fallen into. But the Englishman continued indignant:
+      "Thou hast been selling, hast thou? Ay, ay&mdash;thou is a
+      cunning lad for kenning the hours of bargaining. Go to the
+      devil with thyself, for I will ne'er see thy fause loon's
+      visage again&mdash;thou should be ashamed to look me in the
+      face."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I am ashamed to look no man in the face," said Robin Oig,
+      something moved; "and, moreover, I will look you in the face
+      this blessed day, if you will bide at the Clachan down
+      yonder."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Mayhap you had as well keep away," said his comrade; and
+      turning his back on his former friend, he collected his
+      unwilling associates, assisted by the bailiff, who took some
+      real and some affected interest in seeing Wakefield
+      accommodated.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      After spending some time in negotiating with more than one of
+      the neighbouring farmers, who could not, or would not, afford
+      the accommodation desired, Henry Wakefield, at last, and in
+      his necessity, accomplished his point by means of the
+      landlord of the alehouse at which Robin Oig and he had agreed
+      to pass the night, when they first separated from each other.
+      Mine host was content to let him turn his cattle on a piece
+      of barren moor, at a price little less than the bailiff had
+      asked for the disputed enclosure; and the wretchedness of the
+      pasture, as well as the price paid for it, were set down as
+      exaggerations of the breach of faith and friendship of his
+      Scottish crony. This turn of Wakefield's passions was
+      encouraged by the bailiff (who had his own reasons for being
+      offended against poor Robin, as having been the unwitting
+      cause of his falling into disgrace with his master), as well
+      as by the innkeper, and two or three chance guests, who
+      soothed the drover in his resentment against his quondam
+      associate,&mdash;some from the ancient grudge against the
+      Scots, which, when it exists any where, is to be found
+      lurking in the Border counties, and some from the general
+      love of mischief, which characterizes
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page287" name="page287"></a>[pg
+      287]</span> mankind in all ranks of life, to the honour of
+      Adam's children be it spoken. Good John Barleycorn also, who
+      always heightens and exaggerates the prevailing passions, be
+      they angry or kindly, was not wanting in his offices on this
+      occasion; and confusion to false friends and hard masters,
+      was pledged in more than one tankard.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In the meanwhile, Mr. Ireby found some amusement in detaining
+      the northern drover at his ancient hall. He caused a cold
+      round of beef to be placed before the Scot in the butler's
+      pantry, together with a foaming tankard of home-brewed, and
+      took pleasure in seeing the hearty appetite with which these
+      unwonted edibles were discussed by Robin Oig M'Combich. The
+      squire himself lighting his pipe, compounded between his
+      patrician dignity and his love of agricultural gossip, by
+      walking up and down while he conversed with his guest.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I passed another drove," said the squire, with one of your
+      countrymen behind them, they were something less beasts than
+      your drove&mdash;doddies most of them; a big man was with
+      them&mdash;none of your kilts though, but a decent pair of
+      breeches;&mdash;d'ye know who he may be?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Hout ay&mdash;that might, could, and would pe Hughie
+      Morrison&mdash;I didna think he could hae peen sae weel up.
+      He has made a day on us; put his Argyle-shires will have
+      wearied shanks. How far was he pehind?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I think about six or seven miles," answered the squire, "for
+      I passed them at the Christenbury Cragg, and I overtook you
+      at the Hollan Bush. If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be
+      may be selling bargains."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Na, na, Hughie Morrison is no the man for pargains&mdash;ye
+      maun come to some Highland body like Robin Oig hersell for
+      the like of these;&mdash;put I maun be wishing you good
+      night, and twenty of them, let alane ane, and I maun down to
+      the Clachan to see if the lad Henry Waakfelt is out of his
+      humdudgeons yet."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The party at the alehouse were still in full talk, and the
+      treachery of Robin Oig still the theme of conversation, when
+      the supposed culprit entered the apartment. His arrival, as
+      usually happens in such a case, put an instant stop to the
+      discussion of which he had furnished the subject, and he was
+      received by the company assembled with that chilling silence,
+      which more than a thousand exclamations tells an intruder
+      that he is unwelcome. Surprised and offended, but not
+      appalled by the reception which he experienced, Robin entered
+      with an undaunted, and even a haughty air, attempted no
+      greeting as he saw he was received with none, and placed
+      himself by the side of the fire, a little apart from a table,
+      at which Harry Wakefield, the bailiff, and two or three other
+      persons, were seated. The ample Cumbrian kitchen would have
+      afforded plenty of room even for a larger separation.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for
+      a pint of twopenny.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "We have no twopenny ale," answered Ralph Heskett, the
+      landlord; but as thou find'st thy own tobacco, its like thou
+      may'st find thine own liquor too&mdash;it's the wont of thy
+      country, I wot."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Shame, goodman," said the landlady, a blithe, bustling
+      housewife, hastening herself to suply the guest with
+      liquor&mdash;"Thou knowest well enow what the strange man
+      wants, and it's thy trade to be a civil man. Thou shouldest
+      know, that if the Scot likes a small pot, he pays a sure
+      penny."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Without taking any notice of this nuptial dialogue, the
+      Highlander took the flagon in his hand, and, addressing the
+      company generally, drank the interesting toast of "Good
+      markets," to the party assembled.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "The better that the wind blew fewer dealers from the north,"
+      said one of the farmers, and fewer Highland runts to eat up
+      the English meadows."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Soul of my pody, put you are wrang there, my friend,"
+      answered Robin, with composure, "it is your fat Englishmen
+      that eat up our Scots cattle, puir things."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I wish there was a summat to eat up their drovers," said
+      another; "a plain Englishman canna make bread within a
+      kenning of them."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Or an honest servant keep his master's favour, but they will
+      come sliding in between him and the sunshine," said the
+      bailiff.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "If these pe jokes," said Robin Oig, with the same composure,
+      "there is ower mony jokes upon one man."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "It is no joke, but downright earnest," said the bailiff.
+      "Harkye, Mr. Robin Ogg, or whatever is your name, it's right
+      we should tell you that we are all of one opinion, and that
+      is, that you, Mr. Robin Ogg, have behaved to our friend, Mr.
+      Harry Wakefield here, like a raff and a blackguard."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Nae doubt, nae doubt," answered Robin with great composure;
+      "and you are a set of very feeling judges, for whose prains
+      or pehaviour I wad not gae a pinch of sneeshing. If Mr. Harry
+      Waakfelt kens where he is wranged, he kens where he may be
+      righted."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "He speaks truth," said Wakefield, who had listened to what
+      passed, divided between the offence which he had taken
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page288" name="page288"></a>[pg
+      288]</span> at Robin's late behaviour, and the revival of his
+      habitual acts of friendship.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      He now rose and went towards Robin, who got up from his seat
+      as he approached, and held out his hand.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "That's right, Harry&mdash;go it&mdash;serve him out!"
+      resounded on all sides&mdash;"tip him the nailer&mdash;show
+      him the mill."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Hold your peace, all of you, and be&mdash;&mdash;," said
+      Wakefield; and then addressing his comrade, he took him by
+      the extended hand, with something alike of respect and
+      defiance. "Robin," he said, "thou hast used me ill enough
+      this day; but if you mean, like a frank fellow, to shake
+      hands, and take a tussel for love on the sod, why I'll forgie
+      thee, man, and we shall be better friends than ever."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And would it not pe petter to be cooed friends without more
+      of the matter?" said Robin; "we will be much petter
+      friendships with our panes hale than broken."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Harry Wakefield dropped the hand of his friend, or rather
+      threw it from him.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I did not think I had been keeping company for three years
+      with a coward."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Coward belongs to none of my name," said Robin, whose eyes
+      began to kindle, but keeping the command of his temper. "It
+      was no coward's legs or hands, Harry Waakfelt, that drew you
+      out of the fords of Fried, when you was drifting ower the
+      place rock, and every eel in the river expected his share of
+      you."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "And that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, struck
+      by the appeal.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Adzooks!" exclaimed the bailiff&mdash;"sure Harry Wakefield,
+      the nattiest lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Carlisle
+      Sands, or Stagshaw Bank, is not going to show white feather?
+      Ah, this comes of living so long with kilts and
+      bonnets&mdash;men forget the use of their daddies."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I may teach you, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have not lost
+      the use of mine," said Wakefield, and then went on. "This
+      will never do, Robin. We must have a turn-up, or we shall be
+      the talk of the country side. I'll be d&mdash;&mdash;d if I
+      hurt thee&mdash;I'll put on the gloves gin thou like. Come,
+      stand forward like a man."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "To pe peaten like a dog," said Robin; "is there any reason
+      in that? If you think I have done you wrong, I'll go before
+      your shudge, though I neither know his law nor his language."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A general cry of "No, no&mdash;no law, no lawyer! a bellyful
+      and be friends," was echoed by the bystanders.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "But," continued Robin, "if I am to fight, I have no skill to
+      fight like a jackanapes, with hands and nails."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "How would you fight then?" said his antagonist; "though I am
+      thinking it would be hard to bring you to the scratch any
+      how."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "I would fight with proadswords, and sink point on the first
+      plood drawn&mdash;&mdash;- like a gentlemans."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A loud shout of laughter followed the proposal, which indeed
+      had rather escaped from poor Robin's swelling heart, than
+      been the dictates of his sober judgment.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Gentleman, quotha!" was echoed on all sides, with a shout of
+      unextinguishable laughter; "a very pretty gentleman, God
+      wot&mdash;Canst get two swords for the gentleman to fight
+      with, Ralph Heskett?"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "No, but I can send to the armoury at Carlisle, and lend them
+      two forks to be making shift with in the meantime."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Tush, man," said another, "the bonny Scots come into the
+      world with the blue bonnet on their heads, and dirk and
+      pistol at their belt."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Best send post," said Mr. Fleecebumpkin, "to the squire of
+      Corby Castle to come and stand second to the
+      <i>gentleman</i>."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In the midst of this torrent of general ridicule, the
+      Highlander instinctively griped beneath the folds of his
+      plaid.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "But it's better not," he said in his own language. "A
+      hundred curses on the swine-eaters, who know neither decency
+      nor civility!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Make room, the pack of you," he said, advancing to the door.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      But his former friend interposed his sturdy bulk, and opposed
+      his leaving the house; and when Robin Oig attempted to make
+      his way by force, he hit him down on the floor, with as much
+      ease as a boy bowls down a nine-pin.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters,
+      and the hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very
+      platters on the <i>bink</i> clattered against each other.
+      "Well done, Harry."&mdash;"Give it him home,
+      Harry."&mdash;"Take care of him now&mdash;he sees his own
+      blood!"
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Such were the exclamations, while the Highlander, starting
+      from the ground, all his coldness and caution lost in frantic
+      rage, sprung at his antagonist with the fury, the activity,
+      and the vindictive purpose of an incensed tiger-cat. But when
+      could rage encounter science and temper? Robin Oig again went
+      down in the unequal contest; and as the blow was necessarily
+      a severe one, he lay motionless on the floor of the kitchen.
+      The landlady ran to offer some aid, but Mr. Fleecebumpkin
+      would not permit her to approach.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Let him alone," he said, "he will come to within time, and
+      come up to the scratch again. He has not got half his broth
+      yet."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page289" name="page289"></a>[pg
+      289]</span> "He has got all I mean to give him though," said
+      his antagonist, whose heart began to relent towards his old
+      associate; "and I would rather by half give the rest to
+      yourself, Mr. Fleecebumpkin, for you pretend to know a thing
+      or two, and Robin had not art enough even to peel before
+      setting to, but fought with his plaid dangling about
+      him.&mdash;Stand up, Robin, my man! all friends now; and let
+      me hear the man that will speak a word against you, or your
+      country, for your sake."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Robin Oig was still under the dominion of his passion, and
+      eager to renew the onset; but being withheld on the one side
+      by the peace-making Dame Heskett, and on the other, aware
+      that Wakefield no longer meant to renew the combat, his fury
+      sunk into gloomy sullenness.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Come, come, never grudge so much at it, man," said the
+      brave-spirited Englishman, with the placability of his
+      country; "shake hands, and we will be better friends than
+      ever."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Friends!" exclaimed Robin Oig with strong
+      emphasis&mdash;"friends!&mdash;Never. Look to yourself, Harry
+      Waakfelt."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      "Then the curse of Cromwell on your proud Scots stomach, as
+      the man says in the play, and you may do your worst and be
+      d&mdash;&mdash;; for one man can say nothing more to another
+      after a tussel, than that he is sorry for it."
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      On these terms the friends parted; Robin Oig drew out, in
+      silence, a piece of money, threw it on the table, and then
+      left the alehouse. But turning at the door, he shook his hand
+      at Wakefield, pointing with his fore-finger upwards, in a
+      manner which might imply either a threat or a caution. He
+      then disappeared in the moonlight.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      (<i>To be concluded in our next</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      ARCANA OF SCIENCE.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <p>
+      <i>Sheppey</i>.&mdash;The isle of Sheppey is quickly giving
+      way to the sea, and if measures are not hereafter taken to
+      remedy this, possibly in a century or two hence its name may
+      be required to be obliterated from the map. Whole acres, with
+      houses upon them, have been carried away in a single storm,
+      while clay shallows, sprinkled with sand and gravel, which
+      stretch a full mile beyond the verge of the cliff, over which
+      the sea now sweeps, demonstrate the original area of the
+      island. From the blue clay of which these cliffs are composed
+      may be culled out specimens of all the fishes, fruits, and
+      trees, which abounded in Britain before the birth of Noah;
+      and the traveller may consequently handle fish which swam,
+      and fruit which grew, in the days of the antediluvians, all
+      now converted into sound stone, by the petrifying qualities
+      of the soil in which they are imbedded. Here are lobsters,
+      crabs, and nautili, presenting almost the same reality as
+      those we now see crawling and floating about; branches of
+      trees, too, in as perfect order as when lopped from their
+      parent stems; and trunks of them, twelve feet in length and
+      two or three diameter, fit, in all appearance, for the
+      operations of the saw, with great varieties of fruits,
+      resembling more those of tropical climates than of cold
+      latitudes like ours, one species having a large kernel, with
+      an adherent stalk, as complete as when newly plucked from the
+      tree that produced it. An interesting collection of these
+      relics of a former world may be seen at a watchmaker's on the
+      cliff, at Margate, including the most remarkable productions
+      of the isle of Sheppey.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>The Camelopard</i>.
+    </center>
+    <div class="figure" style="width: 50%; float: right;">
+      <a href="images/280-2.png"><img width="100%"
+      src="images/280-2.png" alt="The Camelopard." /></a>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      As a live camelopard has been sent to London and another to
+      Paris, the history and habits of these animals have excited
+      some interest. At a meeting of the Academy of Sciences in
+      Paris, on the 2nd of July last, M. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
+      observed that naturalists were wrong in supposing that there
+      was only one species of the camelopard. The animal now in
+      Paris differs from the Cape of Good Hope species by several
+      essential anatomical characters, and he proposes to
+      distinguish it by the name of the <i>Giraffe of Sennaar</i>,
+      the country from which it comes. Some natives of Egypt having
+      come to see the one in Paris in the costume of the country,
+      the animal gave evident proofs of joy, and
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page290" name="page290"></a>[pg
+      290]</span> loaded them with caresses. This fact is explained
+      by the circumstance that the Giraffe has an ardent affection
+      for its Arabian keeper, and that it naturally is delighted
+      with the sight of the turban and the costume of its keeper.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the
+      camelopard, while others represent it as incapable of being
+      tamed. This difference is ascribed by M. Saint-Hilaire to
+      difference of education. Four or five years ago a male
+      Giraffe, extremely savage, was brought to Constantinople. The
+      keeper of the present Giraffe had also the charge of this
+      one, and he ascribes its savageness entirely to the manner in
+      which it was treated. At the same time M. Mongez read a
+      memoir on the testimony of ancient authors respecting the
+      Giraffe. Moses is the first author who speaks of it. As
+      Aristotle does not mention it, M. Mongez supposes that it was
+      unknown to the Greeks, and that it did not then exist in
+      Egypt, otherwise Aristotle, who travelled there, must have
+      known about it. In the year 708 of Rome, Julius Caesar
+      brought one to Europe, and the Roman emperors afterwards
+      exhibited them at Rome, either for the games in the circus,
+      or in their triumphs over the African princes. Albertus
+      Magnus, in his <i>Treatise de Animalibus</i>, is the first
+      modern author who speaks of the Giraffe. In 1486, one of the
+      Medici family possessed one at Florence, where it lived for a
+      considerable time.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      In its native country the Giraffe browses on the twigs of
+      trees, preferring plants of the Mimosa genus; but it appears
+      that it can without inconvenience subsist on other vegetable
+      food. The one kept at Florence fed on the fruits of the
+      country, and chiefly on apples, which it begged from the
+      inhabitants of the first storeys of the houses. The one now
+      in Paris, from its having been accustomed in early life to
+      the food prepared by the Arabs for their camels, is fed on
+      mixed grains bruised, such as maize, barley, &amp;c., and it
+      is furnished with milk for drink morning and evening. It
+      however willingly accepts fruits and the branches of the
+      acacia which are presented to it. It seizes the leaves with
+      its long rugous and narrow tongue by rolling it about them,
+      and seems annoyed when it is obliged to take any thing from
+      the ground, which it seems to do with difficulty. To
+      accomplish this it stretches first one, then the other of its
+      long fore-legs asunder, and it is not till after repeated
+      attempts that it is able to seize the objects with its lips
+      and tongue.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The pace of the Giraffe is an amble, though when pursued it
+      flies with extreme rapidity, but the small size of its lungs
+      prevents it from supporting a lengthened chase. The Giraffe
+      defends itself against the lion, its principal enemy, with
+      its fore feet, with which it strikes with such force as often
+      to repulse him. The specimen in the museum at Paris is about
+      two years and a half old.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The name <i>Camelo-pardalis</i> (camel-leopard) was given by
+      the Romans to this animal, from a fancied combination of the
+      characters of the camel and leopard; but its ancient
+      denomination was <i>Zurapha</i>, from which the name Giraffe
+      has been adopted.&mdash;<i>Brewster's Journal</i>.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>Sugar</i>.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      About 3,700,000 cwt. of sugar are annually imported from the
+      West Indies. An advance in price, therefore, of one penny per
+      pound is a charge on the public of 1,726,600<i>l.</i> a year,
+      being more than one-third of the gross amount of the duty
+      levied at the Custom-house for the revenue.
+    </p>
+    <center>
+      <i>Silk</i>.
+    </center>
+    <p>
+      Lord Kingston has upwards of 30,000 mulberry-trees growing
+      upon one estate in Ireland, and has already sent raw silk
+      into the market.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      SINGULAR ASSASSINATION IN KINCARDINESHIRE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The fate of one of the sheriffs of this county, in former
+      times, merits notice, especially as connected with a ruin in
+      the parish of Eccliscraig, formerly a place of great
+      strength, being erected on a perpendicular and peninsulated
+      rock, sixty feet above the sea, at the mouth of a small
+      rivulet. It was built in consequence of a murder committed in
+      the reign of James the First, and the circumstance deserves
+      to be recorded, as it affords a specimen of the barbarity of
+      the times. Melville, sheriff of Kincardineshire, had, by a
+      vigorous exercise of his authority, rendered himself so very
+      obnoxious to the barons of the county, that they had made
+      repeated complaints to the king. On the last of these
+      occasions the king, in a fit of impatience, happened to say
+      to Barclay, of Mathers, "I wish that sheriff were sodden and
+      supped in brue." Barclay instantly withdrew, and reported to
+      his neighbours the king's words, which they resolved
+      literally to fulfil. Accordingly, the conspirators invited
+      the unsuspecting Melville to a hunting party in the forest of
+      Garvock; where, having a fire kindled, and a cauldron of
+      water boiling on it, they rushed to the spot, stripped the
+      sheriff naked, and threw him headlong into the boiling
+      vessel: after which, on <span class="pagenum"><a id="page291"
+      name="page291"></a>[pg 291]</span> pretence of fulfilling the
+      royal mandate, each swallowed a spoonful of the broth. After
+      this cannibal feast, Barclay, to screen himself from the
+      vengeance of the king, built this fortress, which before the
+      invention of gunpowder must have been impregnable. Some of
+      the conspirators were afterwards pardoned. One of the pardons
+      is said to be still in existence; and the reason assigned for
+      granting it is, that the conspirator was within the tenth
+      degree of kin to Macduff, thane of Fife.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      CHARLES STUART.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      USE OF HORSE-CHESTNUTS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      These nuts are much used in France and in Switzerland, in
+      whitening not only of hemp and flax, but also of silk and
+      wool. They contain a soapy juice, fit for washing of linens
+      and stuffs, for milling of caps and stockings, &amp;c., and
+      for fulling of stuffs and cloths.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Twenty nuts are sufficient for five quarts of water. They
+      must be first peeled, which can be done by children, then
+      rasped or dried, and ground in a malt-mill, or any other
+      common steel mill. The water must be soft, either rain or
+      river water, for hard well water will by no means do. When
+      the nuts are rasped or ground, they must be steeped in the
+      water quite cold, which soon becomes frothy, (as it does with
+      soap,) and then turns white as milk. It must be well stirred
+      at first with a stick, and then, after standing some time to
+      settle, must be strained, or poured off quite clear. Linen
+      washed in this liquor, and afterwards rinsed in clear running
+      water, takes an agreeable light sky-blue colour. It takes
+      spots out of both linen and woollen, and never damages or
+      injures the cloth. Poultry will eat the meal of them, if it
+      is steeped in hot water, and mixed with an equal quantity of
+      pollard. The nuts also are eat by some cows, and without
+      hurting their milk; but they are excellent for horses whose
+      wind is injured.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      A.B.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      A FETCH.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "I do believe," (as Byron cries,)
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          "There is a haunted spot,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And I can point out where it lies,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But cannot&mdash;where 'tis not.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Turn gentle people, lend an ear,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Unto my simple tale,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It will not draw a single tear
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Nor make the heart bewail,
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          'Tis of a ghost! O ladies fair!
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Start not with sore affright,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          It will not harm a single hair,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Nor 'make it stand upright."
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Attend, it was but yesternight,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I in my garret sat,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I saw&mdash;no, nothing yet I saw,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          But something went pit-pat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          So did my heart responsively,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Beat like a prison'd bird,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          That's newly caught&mdash;but no reply
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I made, to what I heard.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          It nearer came&mdash;'Angels,' I cried,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          'And Ministers of Grace defend.'
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Yet nothing I as yet descried,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          My hair stood all on end.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          My breath was short, I'm sure my eye
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Was dim, so was the light,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I thought that I that hour should die,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With sad and sore affright.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then came o'er me&mdash;what came o'er?
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some spectre grim I'll bet,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          O tell me!&mdash;why at every pore&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A very heavy sweat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Poh, don't delay the wond'rous tale,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          What follow'd? tell me that,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          (I feel my heart and limbs too fail)
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The same thing, pit-a-pat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then there came before my eyes,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I pray thee 'list, O list,'
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          You fill my heart with dread surprise
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          What was it? why a mist.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And then around my head there play'd
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          A flame, so wond'rous bright,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          That made me more than all afraid&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          My wig had caught the light.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          And there came wand'ring by at last,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The same thing, pit-a-pat,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          I found as 'cross the room it past,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The cat had got a rat.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      MAY.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TEA.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "The Muses' friend, <i>tea</i>, does our fancy aid,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Repress those vapours which the head invade."
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          WALLER.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      The tea-tree loves to grow in valleys, at the foot of
+      mountains, and upon the banks of rivers, where it enjoys a
+      southern exposure to the sun, though it endures considerable
+      variations of heat and cold, as it flourishes in the northern
+      clime of Peking, as well as about Canton; and it is observed
+      that the degree of cold at Peking is as severe in winter as
+      in some parts of Europe. However, the best tea grows in a
+      mild, temperate climate, the country about Nanking producing
+      better tea than either Peking or Canton, betwixt which places
+      it is situated. The root resembles that of the peach-tree;
+      the leaves are green, longish at the point, and narrow, an
+      inch and half long, and jagged all round. The flower is much
+      like that of the wild rose, but smaller. The fruit is of
+      different forms, sometimes round,
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page292" name="page292"></a>[pg
+      292]</span> sometimes long, sometimes triangular, and of the
+      ordinary size of a bean, containing two or three seeds, of a
+      mouse colour, including each a kernel. These are the seeds by
+      which the plant is propagated, a number, from six to twelve,
+      or fifteen, being promiscuously put into one hole, four or
+      five inches deep, at certain distances from each other. The
+      seeds vegetate without any other care, though the more
+      industrious annually remove the weeds and manure the land.
+      The leaves which succeed are not fit to be plucked before the
+      third year's growth, at which period they are plentiful, and
+      in their prime. In about seven years the shrub rises to a
+      man's height, and as it then bears few leaves, and grows
+      slowly, it is cut down to the stem, which occasions an
+      exuberance of fresh shoots and leaves the succeeding summer.
+      In Japan, the tea-tree is cultivated round the borders of the
+      fields, without regard to soil, but as the Chinese export
+      great quantities of tea, they plant whole fields with it. The
+      tea-trees that yield often the finest leaves, grow on the
+      steep declivities of hills, where it is dangerous and in some
+      cases impracticable to collect them. The Chinese are said to
+      vanquish this difficulty by a singular contrivance. The large
+      monkeys which inhabit these cliffs are irritated, and in
+      revenge they break off the branches and throw them down, so
+      that the leaves are thus obtained. The leaves should be dried
+      as soon as possible after they are gathered. The Chinese are
+      always taking tea, especially at meals; it is the chief treat
+      with which they regale their friends, but they use it without
+      the addition of sugar and milk. Tea was first introduced into
+      Europe by the Dutch East India Company very early in the
+      seventeenth century, and a great quantity of it was brought
+      over from Holland by Lord Arlington and Lord Ossory about the
+      year 1666, at which time it sold for 60s. per pound. Tea
+      exhilarates without intoxication, and its enlivening
+      qualities are equally felt by the sedentary student and the
+      active labourer. Dr. Johnson dearly loved tea, and drank
+      great quantities of this elegant and popular beverage, and so
+      does P.T.W.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      PORSON.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      The late professor having once exasperated a disputant by the
+      dryness of his sarcasm, the petulant opponent thus addressed
+      him:&mdash;"Mr. Porson, I beg leave to tell you, sir, that my
+      opinion of you is perfectly contemptible." Person replied, "I
+      never knew an opinion of yours, sir, which was not
+      contemptible."
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      THE DRAMA AND ITS PROFESSORS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      It is remarkable with what difference actors were treated
+      among the ancients. At Athens, they were held in such esteem,
+      as to be sometimes appointed to discharge embassies and other
+      negotiations; whereas, at Rome, if a citizen became an actor,
+      he thereby forfeited his freedom. Among the moderns, actors
+      are best treated in England; the French having much the same
+      opinion of them that the Romans had; for though an actor of
+      talent, in Paris, is more regarded than here, he nevertheless
+      is deeply degraded. He may die amid applauses on the stage,
+      but at his natural death, he must pass to his grave, without
+      a prayer or <i>de profundis</i>, unless a minister of
+      religion receives his last sigh.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Cromwell and his Puritans had a holy horror of actors. They
+      pronounced them Sons of Belial! and professors of
+      abomination. During the whole reign of the Republican
+      Parliament, and Protectorate, the theatres of that day were
+      closed, or, if opened by stealth, were subject to the visits
+      of the emissaries of "Praise God Barebones," "Fight the Good
+      Fight," and their crew. The actors were driven off the stage
+      by soldiers, and the cant word of that period is still
+      recorded, "Enter red coat, exit hat and cloak." William
+      Prynne was celebrated for his writings against the immorality
+      of the stage, and the furious invectives of Jeremy Collier,
+      are still extant; his pen was roused by Dryden's <i>Spanish
+      Friar</i>, and Congreve's witty, but licentious comedies.
+      Collier inveighed without mercy, but he certainly did much to
+      reform the stage. Our Evangelicals and Methodists denounce
+      the histrionic art to this day, with more than the zeal of
+      the Church of Rome. But a follower of Wesley or Whitfield
+      would not enter the den of abomination. Here, however, we
+      take care all our comedies shall be purified, and our
+      tragedies free, even from an oath; both are subject to the
+      censor's unsparing pen, and must be subsequently licensed by
+      the Lord Chamberlain.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The actors in England, have, it is true, only become
+      respectable within the last half century, and though they are
+      termed his majesty's servants, yet an <i>unrepealed</i>
+      statute denounces them as vagabonds. As a body, numerous in
+      itself, they are as free from crime as any other associated
+      body or profession of men, and yet do they "his majesty's
+      servants" continue to lay under the stigma which the above
+      unrepealed act fixes upon them.
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page293" name="page293"></a>[pg
+      293]</span> This is perfectly anomalous, and it was
+      spiritedly denounced by Sir Walter Scott, when on a recent
+      and interesting occasion he nobly and manfully declared "Its
+      professors had been stigmatized; and laws had been passed
+      against them less dishonourable to them than to the statesman
+      by whom they were proposed, and to the legislators by whom
+      they were passed." To repeal, therefore, an act nugatory in
+      itself, would not add to the reputation of the profession,
+      nor give a license to further abuse; but it would be an act
+      of justice, and remove a prejudice unjustly attached to the
+      professors of a difficult art.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The critical pen of Mrs. Inchbald justly remarks, "To the
+      honour of a profession long held in contempt by the
+      wise&mdash;and still contemned by the weak&mdash;Shakspeare,
+      the pride of Britain, was a player." To the illustrious bard,
+      the modern drama is indebted for its excellence. His writings
+      will remain for ever the grandest monument of a genius which
+      opened to him the whole heart of man, all the mines of fancy,
+      all the stores of nature, and gave him power beyond all other
+      writers, to move, astonish, and delight mankind. In the
+      drama, the most interesting emotions are excited; the
+      dangerous passions of hate, envy, avarice, and pride, with
+      all their innumerable train of attendant vices, are detected
+      and exposed. Love, friendship, gratitude, and all those
+      active and generous virtues which warm the heart and exalt
+      the mind, are held up as objects of emulation. And what can
+      be a more effectual method of softening the ferocity, and
+      improving the minds of the inconsiderate? The heart is melted
+      by the scene, and ready to receive an impression&mdash;either
+      to warn the innocent, or to appal the guilty; and numbers of
+      those who have neither abilities nor time for deriving
+      advantage from reading, are powerfully impressed through the
+      medium of the eyes and ears, with those important truths
+      which while they illuminate the understanding, correct the
+      heart. The moral laws of the drama are said to have an effect
+      next after those conveyed from the pulpit, or promulgated in
+      courts of justice. Mr. Burke, indeed, has gone so far as to
+      observe that "the theatre is a better school of moral
+      sentiment than churches." The drama, therefore, has a right
+      to find a place; and to its professors are we indebted for
+      what may justly be considered one of the highest of all
+      intellectual gratifications.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      F.K.Y.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      MEMORY.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>For the Mirror</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          How many a mortal bears a heavy chain,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Of bitter sorrow, 'neath thy iron reign,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And many a one, whose harder fate has given,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some early woes, by thee to madness driven,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Sees the sad vision of some bygone day,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          And thinks on what he hath seen with dismay:
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So some lone murderer, wanders o'er the world
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          By thy dread arm to desperation hurl'd;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          In vain he prays, or bends the lowly knee,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With fiendlike power, thou dragg'st him back with thee,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Point'st to some scene of early guilt and woe,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Opening the source from whence his sorrows flow.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As round the bark which feels the tempest's shock,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          The lightning plays, and shows the fatal rock,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So memory brings our sorrows all to light
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          With vivid truth presents them to the sight;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Pursues the wretch who else some joy might find,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          To fix her seat of empire in his mind.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          As desert lakes in sad illusion fly,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Before the weary traveller's cheated eye
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          So memory shows, those hopes we still would cherish.
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Pleased but to fade, allured us but to perish.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <p>
+      M.B.S.
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <h2>
+      SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
+    </h2>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ON COALHEAVERS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      Although in this age of all but universal hypocrisy and
+      make-believe, every man has at least two fashions of one
+      countenance, it is in dress principally that most men are
+      most unlike themselves. But the coalheaver always sticks
+      close to the attire of his station; he alone wears the
+      consistent and befitting garb of his forefathers; he alone
+      has not discarded "the napless vesture of humility," to
+      follow the always expensive, and often absurd fashions of his
+      superiors. All ungalled of him is each courtier's heel or
+      great man's kibe. Yet, is not even his every-day clothing
+      unseemly, or his aspect unprepossessing. He casts as broad
+      and proper a shadow in the sun as any other man. Black he is,
+      indeed, but comely, like the daughters of Jerusalem.&mdash;To
+      begin with the hat which he has honoured with a
+      preference&mdash;what are your operas or your fire-shovels
+      beside it? they must instantly (on a fair comparison) sink
+      many degrees below zero in the scale of contempt. In a word,
+      I would make bold to assert that it unites in perfection the
+      two grand requisites of a head covering, beauty and comfort.
+      Gentlemen may smile at this if they will, and take exception
+      to my taste; but, I ask, does the modern round hat, whatever
+      the insignificant <span class="pagenum"><a id="page294"
+      name="page294"></a>[pg 294]</span> variations of its form,
+      possess either quality? No, not a jot of it. One would think,
+      by our pertinacious adherence to the head-ach giving,
+      circular conformation, that we wished to show our anger at
+      the Almighty for not shaping our caputs like cylinders. In
+      fine, though the parson's and the quaker's hat has each its
+      several merits, commend me to the fan-tailed <i>shallow</i>.
+      The flap part attached to the cap seems, at first sight, as
+      to use, supernecessary, although so ornamental withal. It no
+      doubt (as its name, indeed indicates) had its origin in
+      gallantry, and was invented in the age of fans, for the
+      purpose of cooling their mistresses' bosoms, heated&mdash;as
+      they would necessarily be&mdash;at fair time, by their
+      gravel-grinding walks, under a fervid sun, to the elegant
+      revels of West-end, of Greenwich, or of Tothill-fields.
+      Breeches, rejected by common consent of young and old alike,
+      cling to the legs of the coalheaver with an abiding fondness,
+      as to the last place of refuge; and, on gala-days, a dandy
+      might die of envy to mark the splendour of those nether
+      integuments&mdash;which he has not soul enough to dare to
+      wear&mdash;of brilliant eye-arresting blue, or glowing
+      scarlet plush, glittering in the sun's rays, giving and
+      taking glory! But enough of the dress of these select
+      "true-born Englishmen"&mdash;for right glad I am to state
+      that there are but <i>two</i> Scotch coalheavers on the whole
+      river, and <i>no</i> Irish. I beg leave to return to the more
+      important consideration of their manners. Most people you
+      meet in your walks in the common thoroughfare of London,
+      glide, shuffle, or crawl onward, as if they conscientiously
+      thought they had no manner of right to tread the earth but on
+      sufferance. Not so our coalheaver. Mark how erect <i>he</i>
+      walks! how firm a keel he presents to the vainly breasting
+      human tide that comes rolling on with a show of opposition to
+      his onward course! It is he, and he only, who preserves, in
+      his gait and in his air, the self-sustained and conscious
+      dignity of the first-created man. Surrounded by an inferior
+      creation, he gives the wall to none. That pliancy of temper,
+      which is wont to make itself known by the waiving a point or
+      renouncing a principle for others' advantage, in him has no
+      place; he either knows it not, or else considers it a poor,
+      mean-spirited, creeping baseness, altogether unworthy of his
+      imitation, and best befitted with ineffable contempt. He
+      neither dreads the contact of the baker&mdash;the Scylla of
+      the metropolitan peripatetic, nor yet shuns the dire
+      collision of the chimney-sweep&mdash;his Charybdis. Try to
+      pass him as he walks leisurely on, making the solid earth
+      ring with his bold tread, and you will experience more
+      difficulties in the attempt than did that famous admiral,
+      Bartholomew Diaz, when he first doubled the Cape of Storms.
+      Or let us suppose, that haply you allow your frail carcass to
+      go full drive against his sturdiness, when lo!&mdash;in
+      beautiful illustration of those doctrines in projectiles,
+      that relate to the concussion of moving bodies&mdash;you fly
+      off at an angle "right slick" into the middle of the
+      carriage-way; whence a question of some interest presently
+      arises, whether you will please to be run over by a short or
+      a long stage.&mdash;But to return. Who hesitates to make way
+      for a coalheaver? As for their drays&mdash;as
+      <i>consecutive</i> a species of vehicles as a body can be
+      stopped by&mdash;every one knows they make way for
+      themselves.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      I one Sunday met a party of my favourites in St. Paul's
+      cathedral. They seemed to view with becoming respect and even
+      awe that splendid place; and they listened to and observed,
+      with apparent profound attention, the cathedral service. Yet
+      I must confess my favourable opinion of their grave looks was
+      rather staggered by overhearing afterwards one of them say to
+      his neighbour, casting a look all round the while, "My eyes,
+      Tom, what lots o' <i>coals</i> this here place would hold."
+      Perhaps the observation was meant in honour.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>Monthly Magazine</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TRAVELLING FARE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      If you shut yourself up for some fifty hours or so in a
+      mail-coach, that keeps wheeling along at the rate of ten
+      miles an hour, and changes horses in half a minute,
+      certainly, for obvious reasons, the less you eat and drink
+      the better; and perhaps a few hundred daily drops of
+      laudanum, or equivalent grains of opium, would be advisable,
+      so that the transit from London to Edinburgh might be
+      performed in a phantasma. But a free agent ought to live well
+      on his travels&mdash;some degrees better, without doubt, than
+      when at home. People seldom live very well at home. There is
+      always something requiring to be eaten up, that it may not be
+      lost, which destroys the soothing and satisfactory symmetry
+      of an unexceptionable dinner. We have detected the same duck
+      through many unprincipled disguises, playing a different part
+      in the farce of domestic economy, with a versatility hardly
+      to have been expected in one of the most generally despised
+      of the web-footed tribe. When travelling at one's own sweet
+      will, one feeds at a different inn every meal; and, except
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page295" name="page295"></a>[pg
+      295]</span> when the coincidence of circumstances is against
+      you, there is an agreeable variety both in the natural and
+      artificial disposition of the dishes.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>Blackwood's Magazine</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      ENGLISH FRUITS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      (<i>Continued from page 231</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Currant</i>&mdash;The native place of this useful
+      fruit is not exactly ascertained; nearly allied to the
+      gooseberry, it receives the same treatment, shows the same
+      changes, and may be further improved by the same means; a
+      cross between the white Dutch and red, might be a valuable
+      mule. It is probable the black also may be induced to sport
+      from that steady character it has hitherto maintained; there
+      are but few domesticated plants but which (like animals)
+      depart, in some way or other, from their native caste.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Apple</i>.&mdash;It is difficult to find adequate
+      terms to set forth the value of the advantages which have
+      accrued to mankind from the cultivation of this deservedly
+      high-prized fruit. One circumstance in the history of the
+      apple must not pass unnoticed here, viz., the deterioration
+      of the old sorts, which regaled and were the boast of our
+      forefathers a century ago. It is the opinion of an eminent
+      orchardist that as the apple is an artificial production,
+      and, as such, has its stages of youth, maturity, and old age,
+      it cannot, in its period of decrepitude, be by any means
+      renovated to its pristine state, either by pruning or cutting
+      down, changing its place, or by transferring its parts to
+      young and vigorous stocks; and that, in whatever station it
+      may be placed, it carries with it the decay and diseases of
+      its parent. This is the most rational account which has been
+      given of this indisputable fact; and though its accuracy has
+      been called in question by some naturalists, the general
+      failure in our old orchards, and the difficulties in forming
+      new ones with the old favourite sorts, is a decisive proof
+      that such deterioration exists. It is therefore the chief
+      object of the modern pomologist, to obtain from seeds of the
+      best <i>wildings</i> new varieties wherewith to form new and
+      profitable orchards; and which may be expected to continue in
+      health and fertility, as the old sorts have done, for the
+      next century.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The foregoing are the fruits found wild in our climate; the
+      difference in their aboriginal and cultivated state has been
+      pointed out; we shall now give short descriptions of foreign
+      fruits, which have been partly naturalized, the management of
+      which forms so considerable a share of the gardener's art and
+      attention.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Apricot</i>.&mdash;It is supposed that this fruit is a
+      native of Africa: from thence it appears to have come through
+      Persia and Greece to us, with the name "a praecox,"
+      significant of its earliness. There are several varieties
+      which have been obtained by means similar to those already
+      mentioned; and there is room for further exertion in
+      endeavouring to improve the size of the fruit, or any other
+      desirable quality.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Peach</i>&mdash;This delicate and excellent fruit is a
+      striking instance of what judicious cultivation may produce.
+      The common almond has always been considered the original
+      stock of this monument of skill and assiduity. The estimation
+      in which it is held, and the care and expense incurred in its
+      cultivation both in forcing-houses and in the open air, is
+      proof of its superiority: and no fruit repays the labour of
+      the attendant, or the expense of the owner, more bountifully
+      than this. Seedlings of this fruit are, if we can credit what
+      is written and said of it, less inclined to depart from the
+      properties or qualities of the parent, than most others of
+      our improved fruits. In America, they are in common and
+      general cultivation. No trouble is bestowed in either
+      layering (which is practicable), or budding them. Sowing a
+      quantity of the stones, they are sure to pick out from among
+      the seedlings as many good sorts as they may wish to
+      cultivate: few of these may be exactly like the parent; some
+      may be superior, but all are passable, especially if the
+      young trees have been selected by a skilful hand; and this he
+      is enabled to do, merely from the appearance of the wood and
+      leaves. Many new sorts have lately been obtained and brought
+      into notice in this country; and this facility of the peach
+      to multiply its varieties will no doubt be taken advantage of
+      by propagators.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Nectarine</i>.&mdash;This, it is allowed by all
+      writers, is certainly a child of cultivation: there being no
+      wild plant from which it could be derived, except the almond.
+      It is therefore a collateral branch with, or rather of, the
+      peach: of this no better proof can be given, than the
+      circumstance that nectarines are sometimes produced by a
+      peach tree.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <i>The Orange</i>.&mdash;This endless family of fruits it is
+      probable had the small but useful wild lime for its
+      progenitor. The monstrous shaddock, citrons of all shapes and
+      sizes, oranges and lemons, are all varieties, obtained in the
+      course of long cultivation.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      (<i>To be concluded in our next</i>.)
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <p>
+      <span class="pagenum"><a id="page296" name="page296"></a>[pg
+      296]</span>
+    </p>
+    <h2>
+      THE GATHERER.
+    </h2>
+    <p>
+      "I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's
+      stuff."&mdash;<i>Wotton</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      TO CHLOE, AT SIXTY.
+    </h3>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Those teeth, as white as orient pearls
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Stolen from th' Indian deep,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Those locks, whose light and auburn curls
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Soft on thy shoulders sleep,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Expose a woman to the sight
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          None but old friends can know;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Thy locks were grey, thy teeth not white,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Some twenty years ago.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <p>
+      Wilkes used to say, that a gentleman did not always require a
+      footman to carry a parcel, for there were three things which
+      he might always carry openly in his hand,&mdash;a book, a
+      paper of snuff, and a string of fish.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      HEREDITARY TALENT IN ACTORS.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      "Families are chequered as in brains, so in
+      bulk."&mdash;FULLER.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The children of many obscure performers have become eminent:
+      but there are very few instances in which the descendant of a
+      considerable actor or actress has been distinguished. To take
+      instances within recent recollection, or of the present day,
+      for example&mdash;Mr. Elliston has a son upon the stage: with
+      none of the striking talent of the father. Mr. Henry Siddons,
+      the son of Mrs. Siddons, was a very bad actor indeed. Lewis
+      had two sons upon the stage, neither of them of any value.
+      Mr. Dowton has two sons (or had), in the same situation. And
+      Mrs. Glover's two daughters will never rise above mediocrity.
+      On the other hand, Mr. Macready and Mr. Wallack, are both
+      sons of very low actors; and the late Mr. John Bannister and
+      Mr. Tokely were similarly descended. Almost the only modern
+      instance of the immediate descendant of a valuable performer
+      turning out well, was in the case of Mrs. Jordan's daughter,
+      Mrs. Alsop; who was very nearly as good an actress as her
+      mother. We doubt, too, if there is an instance on record of a
+      very young man being a considerable actor.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      PRISON TORTURE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      A horrible instance of human vengeance occurred a short time
+      since, at Minden, in Westphalia. The object was a person who,
+      from conscientious motives, peculiar to the religious body of
+      which he was a member, had refused to serve in the militia.
+      He was placed in a cell, the floor and sides of which were
+      closely studded with projecting spikes, or pieces of
+      sharpened iron resembling the blades of knives. The
+      individual remained in this state for twenty-four hours, and
+      the punishment was repeated at three distinct intervals. It
+      is considered a rare occurrence for a person to survive the
+      second infliction of this species of cruelty. In this
+      instance, however, the sufferer did not perish&mdash;<i>From
+      the last Report of the Prison Discipline Society</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      As her Grace was one day rambling in the neighbourhood of
+      Chiswick, she was overtaken by a violent storm, and
+      accordingly took shelter, in a cottage where she happened to
+      be unknown. Among other topics she introduced with her usual
+      affability, she asked the poor woman if she knew the Duchess
+      of Devonshire? "Know her, (answered the woman,)
+      <i>everybody</i> has cause to know her here; never was there
+      a better lady born." "I am afraid you are mistaken, (said her
+      Grace); from what I understand of her, she is no better than
+      she should be." "I am sure <i>you</i> are no better than you
+      should be, (returned the poor woman,) to find fault with the
+      Duchess; but you'll never be worthy to wipe her shoes." "Well
+      then, (rejoined her Grace,) I must be beholden to <i>you</i>,
+      as they are at present very dirty." The good woman perceiving
+      the awkward mistake, ran to perform the office with great
+      humility, and received an ample reward.
+    </p>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      KITCHEN CONUNDRUM.
+    </h3>
+    <div class="poem">
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "Come Thomas," says Kitty, "pray make us a pun,&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          You're goodnatured and never refuse;"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "Ask coachee," says Tom, "<i>he's</i> the fellow for
+          Fun,&mdash;
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For he knows the way to <i>a-mews</i>."
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          Says coachee, "Why Thomas you puzzle my brains,
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          For you never can bridle your wit;"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza">
+        <p>
+          "But how comes it, that I, tho' exposed to the
+          <i>reins</i>
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          Ev'ry day, never <i>suffer a bit</i>?"
+        </p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="stanza"></div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <h3>
+      DEAR TIMES.
+    </h3>
+    <p>
+      After the union with Ireland, when the Irish members had
+      taken their seats, one of them, in the heat of his maiden
+      speech, blustered out, "Now, dare Mr. Speaker," which, of
+      course, set the house in an immoderate fit of laughter. When
+      the tumult had subsided, Sheridan observed, "that the
+      honourable gentleman was perfectly in order, since, thanks to
+      the ministry, everything at that time was immoderately
+      <i>dear</i>."
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <p>
+      <i>Printed and published by J. LIMBIRD. 143. Strand, (near
+      Somerset House,) and sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers</i>.
+    </p>
+    <hr class="full" />
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<pre>
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and
+Instruction., by Various
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.
+       Volume X, No. 280, Saturday, October 27, 1827.
+
+Author: Various
+
+Release Date: February 29, 2004 [EBook #11369]
+
+Language: English
+
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+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 280 ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Keith M. Eckrich, David Garcia and the
+Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
+
+
+
+
+
+THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
+
+VOL. X, NO. 280.] SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1827. [PRICE 2d.
+
+
+
+
+
+Illustrations of Shakspeare.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NO. XIII. ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+[Illustration: ELSINEUR, FROM HAMLET'S GARDEN.]
+
+
+We augur that the above will prove one of the most interesting of our
+Shakspearian Illustrations, inasmuch as the garden where Hamlet was
+wont to revel in the fitful dreams of his philosophic melancholy, is
+holy ground. "The lapse of ages and the fables of the poet," says a
+delighted visiter, "were all lost in the reality of Shakspeare's
+painting: the moment of his scene seemed present with me; and eager to
+traverse every part of this consecrated ground, I had already followed
+Hamlet every where; I had measured the deep shadows of the platform,
+encountered the grey ghost of the Royal Dane, had killed Polonius in
+the queen's closet, and drowned poor Ophelia in the willowed stream.
+The modern aspect of Elsineur is, however, far from inviting, and not
+a single vestige presents itself that bears the smallest trace of this
+town ever having been hallowed by the mausoleum of an Ophelia, or
+proudly decorated with the stately walls of a royal palace."
+
+About a mile from the town is a place that bears the name of Hamlet's
+garden. Here is no relic of ancient interest, excepting the tradition,
+which affirms that to be the spot where once stood the Danish palace,
+and where was enacted that tragedy, which has been so gloriously
+immortalized by the genius of our great dramatic bard.
+
+The present edifice is erected on the brow of a gently rising hill,
+the summit of which is gained by means of a winding walk cut through a
+small shrubbery. In the surrounding prospect, the town of Elsineur, on
+the plain beneath, presents itself ill-built, red, and without any
+public building, or spire, to vary its sameness. Far to the left of
+the city stands the castle of Kronenberg, a bold and fine feature;
+the waves of the Cattegut roll at its feet; and are bounded on the
+opposite side by the Swedish coast. When the annexed sketch was made,
+400 sail of merchants' ships were lying there at anchor, which added
+greatly to the interest of the picture. The small village on the
+distant shore is Elsenberg. The forest of Kronenberg is indeed proudly
+situated; the form of the building, with its spires and minarets, is
+nobly picturesque; the fabric is of grey stone; and its innumerable
+windows, varied towers, and other architectural ornaments, make it a
+striking and beautiful contrast to the dull uniformity of the town.
+
+Sir Robert Ker Porter, in his visit to this sacred spot, collected
+a few interesting circumstances at the fountain-head, relating to
+Shakspeare's northern hero, from the very source whence our poet must
+have drawn the incidents of his tragedy, viz. the "Annals of Denmark,"
+written by Saxo Grammaticus in the twelfth century. The work is in
+Latin, and in our next number we intend inserting a short abstract of
+Hamlet's story. It will be curious to compare the dialogues of the
+original with their counterpart in the play.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN AURORA BOREALIS, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 25TH OF
+SEPTEMBER.
+
+BY A LADY IN HER THIRTEENTH YEAR.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  What may this mean? this ruddy blaze of light,
+  Breaking effulgent through the stilly night;
+  Darting its blood-red form along the sky,
+  Glowing with heaven's glorious majesty.
+  How with its phalaxy of rays unfurl'd,
+  It comes: its radiance circling all our mother world.
+  The pharos of the night; where gods might dance.
+  Heedless of mortals dull, unmeaning trance;
+  Where spirits in their mysteries might find,
+  A sail to float upon the yielding wind;
+  But see, it flies, its shadow; form outspread,
+  In fainting radiance o'er earth's startled bed,
+  Yet rests, like the death gleam of beauty's eye,
+  Or last rich tint of an autumnal sky.
+  And now in fleecy clouds the heav'ns appear.
+  Again it darts, dreamer, there's naught to fear;
+  Again, like a proud spirit of the sky,
+  Though conquer'd, breaking forth in majesty.
+  Britain, for thee this fearful warning sent,
+  Oh! mock not foolishly its dire portent;
+  For now that vice on all her malice wreaks,
+  Charms on the stage, and in the assembly speaks;
+  Now that with cheating fires she shameless dares,
+  Fortunate where virtue once defied her snares;
+  Again I say, for thee this warning sent,
+  Oh! mark it well, mock not its dire portent.
+
+F.J.H.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE SELECTOR,
+
+AND
+
+LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS_.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.
+
+(_By the author of Waverley_.)
+
+
+[We have the pleasure of submitting to our readers, (almost entire,)
+one of the stories of the forthcoming _Chronicles of the Canongate_,
+it being the second narrative, and the last in the first volume, and
+as well as the others, founded on true incidents. The _Chronicles_
+are domestic tales; but the _Two Drovers_ should not be taken as a
+specimen of the work. Slender as are its incidents, it proves that
+"Richard (or Walter) is himself again," for in no vein of writing is
+the author of Waverley more felicitous than in delineating scenes of
+actual life, splendid as are his narratives of the fairy scenes and
+halls of romance: and in the prevailing taste for this description of
+writing, we think the Chronicles of the Canongate bid fair to enjoy
+popularity equal to any of Sir Walter's previous productions.]
+
+
+_The Two Drovers_.
+
+It was the day after the Doune Fair when my story commences. It had
+been a brisk market, several dealers had attended from the northern
+and midland counties in England, and the English money had flown so
+merrily about as to gladden the hearts of the Highland farmers. Many
+large droves were about to set off for England, under the protection
+of their owners, or of the topsmen whom they employed in the tedious,
+laborious and responsible office of driving the cattle for many
+hundred miles, from the market where they had been purchased, to the
+fields or farm-yards where they were to be fattened for the shambles.
+
+Of the number who left Doune in the morning, and with the purpose we
+have described, not a _Glunamie_ of them all cocked his bonnet more
+briskly, or gartered his tartan hose under knee over a pair of more
+promising _spiogs_ (legs), than did Robin Oig M'Combich, called
+familiarly Robin Oig, that is Young, or the Lesser, Robin. Though
+small of stature, as the epithet Oig implies, and not very strongly
+limbed, he was as light and alert as one of the deer of his mountains.
+He had an elasticity of step, which, in the course of a long march,
+made many a stout fellow envy him; and the manner in which he busked
+his plaid and adjusted his bonnet, argued a consciousness that so
+smart a John Highlandman as himself would not pass unnoticed among the
+Lowland lasses. The ruddy cheek, red lips, and white teeth, set off a
+countenance which had gained by exposure to the weather, a healthful
+and hardy rather than a rugged hue. If Robin Oig did not laugh,
+or even smile frequently, as indeed is not the practice among his
+countrymen, his bright eyes usually gleamed from under his bonnet
+with an expression of cheerfulness ready to be turned into mirth.
+
+The departure of Robin Oig was an incident in the little town, in
+and near which he had many friends male and female. He was a topping
+person in his way, transacted considerable business on his own behalf,
+and was intrusted by the best farmers in the Highlands, in preference
+to any other drover in that district. He might have increased his
+business to any extent had he condescended to manage it by deputy; but
+except a lad or two, sister's sons of his own, Robin rejected the idea
+of assistance, conscious, perhaps how much his reputation depended
+upon his attending in person to the practical discharge of his duty
+in every instance. He remained, therefore, contented with the highest
+premium given to persons of his description, and comforted himself
+with the hopes that a few journeys to England might enable him to
+conduct business on his own account, in a manner becoming his birth.
+For Robin Oig's father, Lachlan M'Combich, (or, _son of my friend_,
+his actual clan surname being M'Gregor,) had been so called by the
+celebrated Rob Roy, because of the particular friendship which had
+subsisted between the grandsire of Robin and that renowned cateran.
+Some people even say, that Robin Oig derived his Christian name from a
+man, as renowned in the wilds of Lochlomond, as ever was his namesake
+Robin Hood, in the precincts of merry Sherwood. "Of such ancestry,"
+as James Boswell says, "who would not be proud?" Robin Oig was proud
+accordingly; but his frequent visits to England and to the Lowlands
+had given him tact enough to know that pretensions, which still gave
+him a little right to distinction in his own lonely glen, might be
+both obnoxious and ridiculous if preferred elsewhere. The pride of
+birth, therefore, was like the miser's treasure, the secret subject of
+his contemplation, but never exhibited to strangers as a subject of
+boasting.
+
+Many were the words of gratulation and goodluck which were bestowed on
+Robin Oig. The judges commended his drove, especially the best of them,
+which were Robin's own property. Some thrust out their snuff-mulls for
+the parting pinch--others tendered the _doch-an-dorrach_, or parting
+cup. All cried--"Good-luck travel out with you and come home with
+you.--Give you luck in the Saxon market--brave notes in the
+_leabhar-dhu_, (black pocket-book,) and plenty of English gold in the
+_sporran_ (pouch of goat-skin.)"
+
+The bonny lasses made their adieus more modestly, and more than one,
+it was said, would have given her best brooch to be certain that it
+was upon her that his eye last rested as he turned towards his road.
+
+Robin Oig had just given the preliminary "_Hoo-hoo!_" to urge forward
+the loiterers of the drove, when there was a cry behind him.
+
+"Stay, Robin--bide a blink. Here is Janet of Tomahourich--auld Janet,
+your father's sister."
+
+"Plague on her, for an auld Highland witch and spaewife," said a
+farmer from the Carse of Stirling; "she'll cast some of her cantrips
+on the cattle."
+
+"She canna do that," said another sapient of the same
+profession--"Robin Oig is no the lad to leave any of them, without
+tying Saint Mungo's knot on their tails, and that will put to her
+speed the best witch that ever flew over Dimayet upon a broomstick."
+
+It may not be indifferent to the reader to know, that the Highland
+cattle are peculiarly liable to be _taken_, or infected, by spells and
+witchcraft, which judicious people guard against by knitting knots of
+peculiar complexity on the tuft of hair which terminates the animal's
+tail.
+
+But the old woman who was the object of the farmer's suspicion, seemed
+only busied about the drover, without paying any attention to the
+flock. Robin, on the contrary, appeared rather impatient of her
+presence.
+
+"What auld-world fancy," he said, "has brought you so early from the
+ingle-side this morning, Muhme? I am sure I bid you good even, and had
+your God-speed, last night."
+
+"And left me more siller than the useless old woman will use till you
+come back again, bird of my bosom," said the sibyl. "But it is little
+I would care for the food that nourishes me, or the fire that warms
+me, or for God's blessed sun itself, if aught but weal should happen
+to the grandson of my father. So let me walk the _deasil_ round you,
+that you may go safe out into the far foreign land, and come safe
+home."
+
+Robin Oig stopped, half embarrassed, half laughing, and signing to
+those around that he only complied with the old woman to soothe her
+humour. In the meantime, she traced around him, with wavering steps,
+the propitiation, which some have thought has been derived from the
+Druidical mythology. It consists, as is well known, in the person who
+makes the _deasil_, walking three times round the person who is the
+object of the ceremony, taking care to move according to the course
+of the sun. At once, however, she stopped short, and exclaimed, in a
+voice of alarm and horror, "Grandson of my father, there is blood on
+your hand." "Hush, for God's sake, aunt," said Robin Oig; "you will
+bring more trouble on yourself with this Taishataragh (second sight)
+than you will be able to get out of for many a day."
+
+The old woman only repeated, with a ghastly look, "There is blood on
+your hand, and it is English blood. The blood of the Gael is richer
+and redder. Let us see--let us--"
+
+Ere Robin Oig could prevent her, which, indeed, could only have been
+by positive violence, so hasty and peremptory were her proceedings,
+she had drawn from his side the dirk which lodged in the folds of his
+plaid, and held it up, exclaiming, although the weapon gleamed clear
+and bright in the sun, "Blood, blood--Saxon blood again. Robin Oig
+M'Combich, go not this day to England!"
+
+"Prutt, trutt," answered Robin Oig, "that will never do neither--it
+would be next thing to running the country. For shame, Muhme--give me
+the dirk. You cannot tell by the colour the difference betwixt the
+blood of a black bullock and a white one, and you speak of knowing
+Saxon from Gaelic blood. All men have their blood from Adam, Muhme.
+Give me my skenedhu, and let me go on my road. I should have been half
+way to Stirling brig by this time--Give me my dirk, and let me go."
+
+"Never will I give it to you," said the old woman--"Never will I quit
+my hold on your plaid, unless you promise me not to wear that unhappy
+weapon."
+
+The women around him urged him also, saying few of his aunt's words
+fell to the ground; and as the Lowland farmers continued to look
+moodily on the scene, Robin Oig determined to close it at any
+sacrifice.
+
+"Well, then," said the young drover, giving the scabbard of the weapon
+to Hugh Morrison, "you Lowlanders care nothing for these freats. Keep
+my dirk for me. I cannot give it you, because it was my father's; but
+your drove follows ours, and I am content it should be in your
+keeping, not in mine. Will this do, Muhme?"
+
+"It must", said the old woman--"that is, if the Lowlander is mad
+enough to carry the knife."
+
+The strong westlandman laughed aloud.
+
+"Good wife," said he, "I am Hugh Morrison from Glenae, come of the
+Manly Morrisons of auld langsyne, that never took short weapon against
+a man in their lives. And neither needed they; they had their
+broadswords, and I have this bit supple (showing a formidable
+cudgel)--for dirking ower the board, I leave that to John Highlandman.
+Ye needna snort, none of you Highlanders, and you in especial, Robin.
+I'll keep the bit knife, if you are feared for the auld spae-wife's
+tale, and give it back to you whenever you want it."
+
+Robin was not particularly pleased with some part of Hugh Morrison's
+speech; but he had learned in his travels more patience than belonged
+to his Highland constitution originally, and he accepted the service
+of the descendant of the Manly Morrisons, without finding fault with
+the rather depreciating manner in which it was offered.
+
+"If he had not had his morning in his head, and been but a
+Dumfries-shire hog into the boot, he would have spoken more like a
+gentleman. But you cannot have more of a sow but a grumph. It's a
+shame my father's knife should ever slash a haggis for the like of
+him."
+
+Thus saying, (but saying it in Gaelic,) Robin drove on his cattle, and
+waved farewell to all behind him. He was in the greater haste, because
+he expected to join at Falkirk a comrade and brother in profession,
+with whom he proposed to travel in company.
+
+Robin Oig's chosen friend was a young Englishman, Harry Wakefield by
+name, well known at every northern market, and in his way as much
+famed and honoured as our Highland driver of bullocks. He was nearly
+six feet high, gallantly formed to keep the rounds at Smithfield, or
+maintain the ring at a wrestling-match; and although he might have
+been overmatched, perhaps, among the regular professors of the Fancy,
+yet as a chance customer, he was able to give a bellyful to any
+amateur of the pugilistic art. Doncaster races saw him in his glory,
+betting his guinea, and generally successfully; nor was there a main
+fought in Yorkshire, the feeders being persons of celebrity, at which
+he was not to be seen, if business permitted. But though a _sprack_
+lad, and fond of pleasure and its haunts, Harry Wakefield was steady,
+and not the cautious Robin Oig M'Combich himself was more attentive to
+the main chance. His holidays were holidays indeed; but his days of
+work were dedicated to steady and persevering labour. In countenance
+and temper, Wakefield was the model of Old England's merry yeomen,
+whose clothyard shafts, in so many hundred battles, asserted her
+superiority over the nations, and whose good sabres, in our own time,
+are her cheapest and most assured defence. His mirth was readily
+excited; for, strong in limb and constitution, and fortunate in
+circumstances, he was disposed to be pleased with every thing about
+him; and such difficulties as he might occasionally encounter, were,
+to a man of his energy, rather matter of amusement than serious
+annoyance. With all the merits of a sanguine temper, our young English
+drover was not without his defects. He was irascible, and sometimes to
+the verge of being quarrelsome; and perhaps not the less inclined to
+bring his disputes to a pugilistic decision, because he found few
+antagonists able to stand up to him in the boxing-ring.
+
+It is difficult to say how Henry Wakefield and Robin Oig first became
+intimates; but it is certain a close acquaintance had taken place
+betwixt them, although they had apparently few common topics of
+conversation or of interest, so soon as their talk ceased to be of
+bullocks. Robin Oig, indeed, spoke the English language rather
+imperfectly upon any other topics but stots and kyloes, and Harry
+Wakefield could never bring his broad Yorkshire tongue to utter a
+single word of Gaelic. It was in vain Robin spent a whole morning,
+during a walk over Minch-Moor, in attempting to teach his companion to
+utter, with true precision, the shibboleth _Llhu_, which is the Gaelic
+for a calf.
+
+The pair of friends had traversed with their usual cordiality the
+grassy wilds of Liddesdale, and crossed the opposite part of
+Cumberland, emphatically called the Waste. In these solitary regions,
+the cattle under the charge of our drovers subsisted themselves
+cheaply, by picking their food as they went along the drove-road, or
+sometimes by the tempting opportunity of a _start and owerloup_, or
+invasion of the neighbouring pasture, where an occasion presented
+itself. But now the scene changed before them; they were descending
+towards a fertile and enclosed country, where no such liberties could
+be taken with impunity, or without a previous arrangement and bargain
+with the possessors of the ground. This was more especially the case,
+as a great northern fair was upon the eve of taking place, where both
+the Scotch and English drover expected to dispose of a part of their
+cattle, which it was desirable to produce in the market, rested and in
+good order. Fields were therefore difficult to be obtained, and only
+upon high terms. This necessity occasioned a temporary separation
+betwixt the two friends, who went to bargain, each as he could, for
+the separate accommodation of his herd. Unhappily it chanced that both
+of them, unknown to each other, thought of bargaining for the ground
+they wanted on the property of a country gentleman of some fortune,
+whose estate lay in the neighbourhood. The English drover applied to
+the bailiff on the property, who was known to him. It chanced that the
+Cumbrian Squire, who had entertained some suspicions of his manager's
+honesty, was taking occasional measures to ascertain how far they were
+well founded, and had desired that any inquiries about his enclosures,
+with a view to occupy them for a temporary purpose, should be referred
+to himself. As, however, Mr. Ireby had gone the day before upon a
+journey of some miles distance to the northward, the bailiff chose
+to consider the check upon his full powers as for the time removed,
+and concluded that he should best consult his master's interest
+and perhaps his own, in making an agreement with Harry Wakefield.
+Meanwhile, ignorant of what his comrade was doing, Robin Oig, on his
+side, chanced to be overtaken by a well-looked smart little man upon a
+pony, most knowingly hogged and cropped, as was then the fashion, the
+rider wearing tight leather breeches, and long-necked bright spurs.
+This cavalier asked one or two pertinent questions about markets and
+the price of stock. So Donald, seeing him a well-judging, civil
+gentleman, took the freedom to ask him whether he could let him know
+if there was any grass-land to be let in that neighbourhood, for the
+temporary accommodation of his drove. He could not have put the
+question to more willing ears. The gentleman of the buckskins was the
+proprietor, with whose bailiff Harry Wakefield had dealt, or was in
+the act of dealing.
+
+"Thou art in good luck, my canny Scot," said Mr. Ireby, "to have
+spoken to me, for I see thy cattle have done their day's work, and I
+have at my disposal the only field within three miles that is to be
+let in these parts."
+
+"The drove can pe gang two, three, four miles very pratty weel
+indeed--" said the cautious Highlander; "put what would his honour pe
+axing for the peasts pe the head, if she was to tak the park for twa
+or three days?"
+
+"We wont differ, Sawney, if you let me have six stots for winterers,
+in the way of reason."
+
+"And which peasts wad your honour pe for having?"
+
+"Why--let me see--the two black--the dun one--yon doddy--him with the
+twisted horn--and brockit--How much by the head?"
+
+"Ah," said Robin, "your honour is a shudge--a real shudge--I couldna
+have set off the pest six peasts petter myself, me that ken them as if
+they were my pairns, puir things."
+
+"Well, how much per head, Sawney," continued Mr. Ireby.
+
+"It was high markets at Doune and Falkirk," answered Robin.
+
+And thus the conversation proceeded, until they had agreed on the
+_prix juste_ for the bullocks, the Squire throwing in the temporary
+accommodation of the enclosure for the cattle into the boot, and Robin
+making, as he thought, a very good bargain, providing the grass was
+but tolerable. The Squire walked his pony alongside of the drove,
+partly to show him the way, and see him put into possession of the
+field, and partly to learn the latest news of the northern markets.
+
+They arrived at the field, and the pasture seemed excellent. But what
+was their surprise when they saw the bailiff quietly inducting the
+cattle of Harry Wakefield into the grassy Goshen which had just been
+assigned to those of Robin Oig M'Combich by the proprietor himself.
+Squire Ireby set spurs to his horse, dashed up to his servant, and
+learning what had passed between the parties, briefly informed the
+English drover that his bailiff had let the ground without his
+authority, and that he might seek grass for his cattle wherever he
+would, since he was to get none there. At the same time he rebuked his
+servant severely for having transgressed his commands, and ordered him
+instantly to assist in ejecting the hungry and weary cattle of Harry
+Wakefield, which were just beginning to enjoy a meal of unusual
+plenty, and to introduce those of his comrade, whom the English drover
+now began to consider as a rival.
+
+The feelings which arose in Wakefield's mind, would have induced him
+to resist Mr. Ireby's decision; but every Englishman has a tolerably
+accurate sense of law and justice, and John Fleecebumpkin, the
+bailiff, having acknowledged that he had exceeded his commission,
+Wakefield saw nothing else for it than to collect his hungry and
+disappointed charge, and drive them on to seek quarters elsewhere.
+Robin Oig saw what had happened with regret, and hastened to offer
+to his English friend to share with him the disputed possession. But
+Wakefield's pride was severely hurt, and he answered disdainfully,
+"Take it all man--take it all--never make two bites of a cherry--thou
+canst talk over the gentry, and blear a plain man's eye--Out upon you,
+man--I would not kiss any man's dirty latchets for leave to bake in
+his oven."
+
+Robin Oig, sorry but not surprised at his comrade's displeasure,
+hastened to entreat his friend to wait but an hour till he had gone
+to the Squire's house to receive payment for the cattle he had sold,
+and he would come back and help him to drive the cattle into some
+convenient place of rest, and explain to him the whole mistake they
+had both of them fallen into. But the Englishman continued indignant:
+"Thou hast been selling, hast thou? Ay, ay--thou is a cunning lad for
+kenning the hours of bargaining. Go to the devil with thyself, for I
+will ne'er see thy fause loon's visage again--thou should be ashamed
+to look me in the face."
+
+"I am ashamed to look no man in the face," said Robin Oig, something
+moved; "and, moreover, I will look you in the face this blessed day,
+if you will bide at the Clachan down yonder."
+
+"Mayhap you had as well keep away," said his comrade; and turning his
+back on his former friend, he collected his unwilling associates,
+assisted by the bailiff, who took some real and some affected interest
+in seeing Wakefield accommodated.
+
+After spending some time in negotiating with more than one of the
+neighbouring farmers, who could not, or would not, afford the
+accommodation desired, Henry Wakefield, at last, and in his necessity,
+accomplished his point by means of the landlord of the alehouse at which
+Robin Oig and he had agreed to pass the night, when they first separated
+from each other. Mine host was content to let him turn his cattle on a
+piece of barren moor, at a price little less than the bailiff had asked
+for the disputed enclosure; and the wretchedness of the pasture, as well
+as the price paid for it, were set down as exaggerations of the breach
+of faith and friendship of his Scottish crony. This turn of Wakefield's
+passions was encouraged by the bailiff (who had his own reasons for
+being offended against poor Robin, as having been the unwitting cause of
+his falling into disgrace with his master), as well as by the innkeper,
+and two or three chance guests, who soothed the drover in his resentment
+against his quondam associate,--some from the ancient grudge against the
+Scots, which, when it exists any where, is to be found lurking in the
+Border counties, and some from the general love of mischief, which
+characterizes mankind in all ranks of life, to the honour of Adam's
+children be it spoken. Good John Barleycorn also, who always heightens
+and exaggerates the prevailing passions, be they angry or kindly, was
+not wanting in his offices on this occasion; and confusion to false
+friends and hard masters, was pledged in more than one tankard.
+
+In the meanwhile, Mr. Ireby found some amusement in detaining the
+northern drover at his ancient hall. He caused a cold round of beef
+to be placed before the Scot in the butler's pantry, together with a
+foaming tankard of home-brewed, and took pleasure in seeing the hearty
+appetite with which these unwonted edibles were discussed by Robin Oig
+M'Combich. The squire himself lighting his pipe, compounded between his
+patrician dignity and his love of agricultural gossip, by walking up and
+down while he conversed with his guest.
+
+"I passed another drove," said the squire, with one of your countrymen
+behind them, they were something less beasts than your drove--doddies
+most of them; a big man was with them--none of your kilts though, but
+a decent pair of breeches;--d'ye know who he may be?"
+
+"Hout ay--that might, could, and would pe Hughie Morrison--I didna
+think he could hae peen sae weel up. He has made a day on us; put his
+Argyle-shires will have wearied shanks. How far was he pehind?"
+
+"I think about six or seven miles," answered the squire, "for I passed
+them at the Christenbury Cragg, and I overtook you at the Hollan Bush.
+If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be may be selling bargains."
+
+"Na, na, Hughie Morrison is no the man for pargains--ye maun come to
+some Highland body like Robin Oig hersell for the like of these;--put
+I maun be wishing you good night, and twenty of them, let alane ane,
+and I maun down to the Clachan to see if the lad Henry Waakfelt is out
+of his humdudgeons yet."
+
+The party at the alehouse were still in full talk, and the treachery
+of Robin Oig still the theme of conversation, when the supposed
+culprit entered the apartment. His arrival, as usually happens in
+such a case, put an instant stop to the discussion of which he had
+furnished the subject, and he was received by the company assembled
+with that chilling silence, which more than a thousand exclamations
+tells an intruder that he is unwelcome. Surprised and offended, but
+not appalled by the reception which he experienced, Robin entered with
+an undaunted, and even a haughty air, attempted no greeting as he saw
+he was received with none, and placed himself by the side of the fire,
+a little apart from a table, at which Harry Wakefield, the bailiff,
+and two or three other persons, were seated. The ample Cumbrian
+kitchen would have afforded plenty of room even for a larger
+separation.
+
+Robin, thus seated, proceeded to light his pipe, and call for a pint
+of twopenny.
+
+"We have no twopenny ale," answered Ralph Heskett, the landlord; but
+as thou find'st thy own tobacco, its like thou may'st find thine own
+liquor too--it's the wont of thy country, I wot."
+
+"Shame, goodman," said the landlady, a blithe, bustling housewife,
+hastening herself to suply the guest with liquor--"Thou knowest well
+enow what the strange man wants, and it's thy trade to be a civil man.
+Thou shouldest know, that if the Scot likes a small pot, he pays a
+sure penny."
+
+Without taking any notice of this nuptial dialogue, the Highlander
+took the flagon in his hand, and, addressing the company generally,
+drank the interesting toast of "Good markets," to the party assembled.
+
+"The better that the wind blew fewer dealers from the north," said one
+of the farmers, and fewer Highland runts to eat up the English
+meadows."
+
+"Soul of my pody, put you are wrang there, my friend," answered Robin,
+with composure, "it is your fat Englishmen that eat up our Scots
+cattle, puir things."
+
+"I wish there was a summat to eat up their drovers," said another;
+"a plain Englishman canna make bread within a kenning of them."
+
+"Or an honest servant keep his master's favour, but they will come
+sliding in between him and the sunshine," said the bailiff.
+
+"If these pe jokes," said Robin Oig, with the same composure, "there
+is ower mony jokes upon one man."
+
+"It is no joke, but downright earnest," said the bailiff. "Harkye,
+Mr. Robin Ogg, or whatever is your name, it's right we should tell you
+that we are all of one opinion, and that is, that you, Mr. Robin Ogg,
+have behaved to our friend, Mr. Harry Wakefield here, like a raff and
+a blackguard."
+
+"Nae doubt, nae doubt," answered Robin with great composure; "and you
+are a set of very feeling judges, for whose prains or pehaviour I wad
+not gae a pinch of sneeshing. If Mr. Harry Waakfelt kens where he is
+wranged, he kens where he may be righted."
+
+"He speaks truth," said Wakefield, who had listened to what passed,
+divided between the offence which he had taken at Robin's late
+behaviour, and the revival of his habitual acts of friendship.
+
+He now rose and went towards Robin, who got up from his seat as he
+approached, and held out his hand.
+
+"That's right, Harry--go it--serve him out!" resounded on all
+sides--"tip him the nailer--show him the mill."
+
+"Hold your peace, all of you, and be----," said Wakefield; and then
+addressing his comrade, he took him by the extended hand, with
+something alike of respect and defiance. "Robin," he said, "thou hast
+used me ill enough this day; but if you mean, like a frank fellow, to
+shake hands, and take a tussel for love on the sod, why I'll forgie
+thee, man, and we shall be better friends than ever."
+
+"And would it not pe petter to be cooed friends without more of the
+matter?" said Robin; "we will be much petter friendships with our
+panes hale than broken."
+
+Harry Wakefield dropped the hand of his friend, or rather threw it
+from him.
+
+"I did not think I had been keeping company for three years with a
+coward."
+
+"Coward belongs to none of my name," said Robin, whose eyes began to
+kindle, but keeping the command of his temper. "It was no coward's
+legs or hands, Harry Waakfelt, that drew you out of the fords of
+Fried, when you was drifting ower the place rock, and every eel in the
+river expected his share of you."
+
+"And that is true enough, too," said the Englishman, struck by the
+appeal.
+
+"Adzooks!" exclaimed the bailiff--"sure Harry Wakefield, the nattiest
+lad at Whitson Tryste, Wooler Fair, Carlisle Sands, or Stagshaw Bank,
+is not going to show white feather? Ah, this comes of living so long
+with kilts and bonnets--men forget the use of their daddies."
+
+"I may teach you, Master Fleecebumpkin, that I have not lost the use
+of mine," said Wakefield, and then went on. "This will never do,
+Robin. We must have a turn-up, or we shall be the talk of the country
+side. I'll be d----d if I hurt thee--I'll put on the gloves gin thou
+like. Come, stand forward like a man."
+
+"To pe peaten like a dog," said Robin; "is there any reason in that?
+If you think I have done you wrong, I'll go before your shudge, though
+I neither know his law nor his language."
+
+A general cry of "No, no--no law, no lawyer! a bellyful and be
+friends," was echoed by the bystanders.
+
+"But," continued Robin, "if I am to fight, I have no skill to fight
+like a jackanapes, with hands and nails."
+
+"How would you fight then?" said his antagonist; "though I am thinking
+it would be hard to bring you to the scratch any how."
+
+"I would fight with proadswords, and sink point on the first plood
+drawn----- like a gentlemans."
+
+A loud shout of laughter followed the proposal, which indeed had
+rather escaped from poor Robin's swelling heart, than been the
+dictates of his sober judgment.
+
+"Gentleman, quotha!" was echoed on all sides, with a shout of
+unextinguishable laughter; "a very pretty gentleman, God wot--Canst
+get two swords for the gentleman to fight with, Ralph Heskett?"
+
+"No, but I can send to the armoury at Carlisle, and lend them two
+forks to be making shift with in the meantime."
+
+"Tush, man," said another, "the bonny Scots come into the world with
+the blue bonnet on their heads, and dirk and pistol at their belt."
+
+"Best send post," said Mr. Fleecebumpkin, "to the squire of Corby
+Castle to come and stand second to the _gentleman_."
+
+In the midst of this torrent of general ridicule, the Highlander
+instinctively griped beneath the folds of his plaid.
+
+"But it's better not," he said in his own language. "A hundred curses
+on the swine-eaters, who know neither decency nor civility!"
+
+"Make room, the pack of you," he said, advancing to the door.
+
+But his former friend interposed his sturdy bulk, and opposed his
+leaving the house; and when Robin Oig attempted to make his way by
+force, he hit him down on the floor, with as much ease as a boy bowls
+down a nine-pin.
+
+"A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters, and the
+hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very platters on the
+_bink_ clattered against each other. "Well done, Harry."--"Give it him
+home, Harry."--"Take care of him now--he sees his own blood!"
+
+Such were the exclamations, while the Highlander, starting from the
+ground, all his coldness and caution lost in frantic rage, sprung at
+his antagonist with the fury, the activity, and the vindictive purpose
+of an incensed tiger-cat. But when could rage encounter science and
+temper? Robin Oig again went down in the unequal contest; and as the
+blow was necessarily a severe one, he lay motionless on the floor of
+the kitchen. The landlady ran to offer some aid, but Mr. Fleecebumpkin
+would not permit her to approach.
+
+"Let him alone," he said, "he will come to within time, and come up to
+the scratch again. He has not got half his broth yet."
+
+"He has got all I mean to give him though," said his antagonist, whose
+heart began to relent towards his old associate; "and I would rather by
+half give the rest to yourself, Mr. Fleecebumpkin, for you pretend to
+know a thing or two, and Robin had not art enough even to peel before
+setting to, but fought with his plaid dangling about him.--Stand up,
+Robin, my man! all friends now; and let me hear the man that will speak
+a word against you, or your country, for your sake."
+
+Robin Oig was still under the dominion of his passion, and eager to
+renew the onset; but being withheld on the one side by the
+peace-making Dame Heskett, and on the other, aware that Wakefield no
+longer meant to renew the combat, his fury sunk into gloomy
+sullenness.
+
+"Come, come, never grudge so much at it, man," said the brave-spirited
+Englishman, with the placability of his country; "shake hands, and we
+will be better friends than ever."
+
+"Friends!" exclaimed Robin Oig with strong emphasis--"friends!--Never.
+Look to yourself, Harry Waakfelt."
+
+"Then the curse of Cromwell on your proud Scots stomach, as the man
+says in the play, and you may do your worst and be d----; for one man
+can say nothing more to another after a tussel, than that he is sorry
+for it."
+
+On these terms the friends parted; Robin Oig drew out, in silence, a
+piece of money, threw it on the table, and then left the alehouse. But
+turning at the door, he shook his hand at Wakefield, pointing with his
+fore-finger upwards, in a manner which might imply either a threat or
+a caution. He then disappeared in the moonlight.
+
+(_To be concluded in our next_.)
+
+     *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ARCANA OF SCIENCE.
+
+
+_Sheppey_.--The isle of Sheppey is quickly giving way to the sea, and
+if measures are not hereafter taken to remedy this, possibly in a
+century or two hence its name may be required to be obliterated from
+the map. Whole acres, with houses upon them, have been carried away in
+a single storm, while clay shallows, sprinkled with sand and gravel,
+which stretch a full mile beyond the verge of the cliff, over which
+the sea now sweeps, demonstrate the original area of the island. From
+the blue clay of which these cliffs are composed may be culled out
+specimens of all the fishes, fruits, and trees, which abounded in
+Britain before the birth of Noah; and the traveller may consequently
+handle fish which swam, and fruit which grew, in the days of the
+antediluvians, all now converted into sound stone, by the petrifying
+qualities of the soil in which they are imbedded. Here are lobsters,
+crabs, and nautili, presenting almost the same reality as those we now
+see crawling and floating about; branches of trees, too, in as perfect
+order as when lopped from their parent stems; and trunks of them,
+twelve feet in length and two or three diameter, fit, in all
+appearance, for the operations of the saw, with great varieties of
+fruits, resembling more those of tropical climates than of cold
+latitudes like ours, one species having a large kernel, with an
+adherent stalk, as complete as when newly plucked from the tree that
+produced it. An interesting collection of these relics of a former
+world may be seen at a watchmaker's on the cliff, at Margate,
+including the most remarkable productions of the isle of Sheppey.
+
+
+_The Camelopard_.
+
+[Illustration: The Camelopard.]
+
+
+As a live camelopard has been sent to London and another to Paris, the
+history and habits of these animals have excited some interest. At a
+meeting of the Academy of Sciences in Paris, on the 2nd of July last, M.
+Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire observed that naturalists were wrong in supposing
+that there was only one species of the camelopard. The animal now in
+Paris differs from the Cape of Good Hope species by several essential
+anatomical characters, and he proposes to distinguish it by the name of
+the _Giraffe of Sennaar_, the country from which it comes. Some natives
+of Egypt having come to see the one in Paris in the costume of the
+country, the animal gave evident proofs of joy, and loaded them with
+caresses. This fact is explained by the circumstance that the Giraffe
+has an ardent affection for its Arabian keeper, and that it naturally is
+delighted with the sight of the turban and the costume of its keeper.
+
+Some authors have proved the mildness and docility of the camelopard,
+while others represent it as incapable of being tamed. This difference
+is ascribed by M. Saint-Hilaire to difference of education. Four or
+five years ago a male Giraffe, extremely savage, was brought to
+Constantinople. The keeper of the present Giraffe had also the charge
+of this one, and he ascribes its savageness entirely to the manner in
+which it was treated. At the same time M. Mongez read a memoir on the
+testimony of ancient authors respecting the Giraffe. Moses is the
+first author who speaks of it. As Aristotle does not mention it, M.
+Mongez supposes that it was unknown to the Greeks, and that it did not
+then exist in Egypt, otherwise Aristotle, who travelled there, must
+have known about it. In the year 708 of Rome, Julius Caesar brought
+one to Europe, and the Roman emperors afterwards exhibited them at
+Rome, either for the games in the circus, or in their triumphs over
+the African princes. Albertus Magnus, in his _Treatise de Animalibus_,
+is the first modern author who speaks of the Giraffe. In 1486, one of
+the Medici family possessed one at Florence, where it lived for a
+considerable time.
+
+In its native country the Giraffe browses on the twigs of trees,
+preferring plants of the Mimosa genus; but it appears that it can
+without inconvenience subsist on other vegetable food. The one kept
+at Florence fed on the fruits of the country, and chiefly on apples,
+which it begged from the inhabitants of the first storeys of the
+houses. The one now in Paris, from its having been accustomed in early
+life to the food prepared by the Arabs for their camels, is fed on
+mixed grains bruised, such as maize, barley, &c., and it is furnished
+with milk for drink morning and evening. It however willingly accepts
+fruits and the branches of the acacia which are presented to it. It
+seizes the leaves with its long rugous and narrow tongue by rolling it
+about them, and seems annoyed when it is obliged to take any thing
+from the ground, which it seems to do with difficulty. To accomplish
+this it stretches first one, then the other of its long fore-legs
+asunder, and it is not till after repeated attempts that it is able to
+seize the objects with its lips and tongue.
+
+The pace of the Giraffe is an amble, though when pursued it flies with
+extreme rapidity, but the small size of its lungs prevents it from
+supporting a lengthened chase. The Giraffe defends itself against the
+lion, its principal enemy, with its fore feet, with which it strikes
+with such force as often to repulse him. The specimen in the museum at
+Paris is about two years and a half old.
+
+The name _Camelo-pardalis_ (camel-leopard) was given by the Romans to
+this animal, from a fancied combination of the characters of the camel
+and leopard; but its ancient denomination was _Zurapha_, from which
+the name Giraffe has been adopted.--_Brewster's Journal_.
+
+
+_Sugar_.
+
+About 3,700,000 cwt. of sugar are annually imported from the West
+Indies. An advance in price, therefore, of one penny per pound is a
+charge on the public of 1,726,600_l._ a year, being more than one-third
+of the gross amount of the duty levied at the Custom-house for the
+revenue.
+
+
+_Silk_.
+
+Lord Kingston has upwards of 30,000 mulberry-trees growing upon one
+estate in Ireland, and has already sent raw silk into the market.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+SINGULAR ASSASSINATION IN KINCARDINESHIRE.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+The fate of one of the sheriffs of this county, in former times,
+merits notice, especially as connected with a ruin in the parish of
+Eccliscraig, formerly a place of great strength, being erected on a
+perpendicular and peninsulated rock, sixty feet above the sea, at the
+mouth of a small rivulet. It was built in consequence of a murder
+committed in the reign of James the First, and the circumstance
+deserves to be recorded, as it affords a specimen of the barbarity of
+the times. Melville, sheriff of Kincardineshire, had, by a vigorous
+exercise of his authority, rendered himself so very obnoxious to the
+barons of the county, that they had made repeated complaints to the
+king. On the last of these occasions the king, in a fit of impatience,
+happened to say to Barclay, of Mathers, "I wish that sheriff were
+sodden and supped in brue." Barclay instantly withdrew, and reported
+to his neighbours the king's words, which they resolved literally
+to fulfil. Accordingly, the conspirators invited the unsuspecting
+Melville to a hunting party in the forest of Garvock; where, having a
+fire kindled, and a cauldron of water boiling on it, they rushed to
+the spot, stripped the sheriff naked, and threw him headlong into
+the boiling vessel: after which, on pretence of fulfilling the royal
+mandate, each swallowed a spoonful of the broth. After this cannibal
+feast, Barclay, to screen himself from the vengeance of the king,
+built this fortress, which before the invention of gunpowder must have
+been impregnable. Some of the conspirators were afterwards pardoned.
+One of the pardons is said to be still in existence; and the reason
+assigned for granting it is, that the conspirator was within the tenth
+degree of kin to Macduff, thane of Fife.
+
+CHARLES STUART.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+USE OF HORSE-CHESTNUTS.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+These nuts are much used in France and in Switzerland, in whitening
+not only of hemp and flax, but also of silk and wool. They contain a
+soapy juice, fit for washing of linens and stuffs, for milling of caps
+and stockings, &c., and for fulling of stuffs and cloths.
+
+Twenty nuts are sufficient for five quarts of water. They must be first
+peeled, which can be done by children, then rasped or dried, and ground
+in a malt-mill, or any other common steel mill. The water must be soft,
+either rain or river water, for hard well water will by no means do.
+When the nuts are rasped or ground, they must be steeped in the water
+quite cold, which soon becomes frothy, (as it does with soap,) and then
+turns white as milk. It must be well stirred at first with a stick, and
+then, after standing some time to settle, must be strained, or poured
+off quite clear. Linen washed in this liquor, and afterwards rinsed in
+clear running water, takes an agreeable light sky-blue colour. It takes
+spots out of both linen and woollen, and never damages or injures the
+cloth. Poultry will eat the meal of them, if it is steeped in hot water,
+and mixed with an equal quantity of pollard. The nuts also are eat by
+some cows, and without hurting their milk; but they are excellent for
+horses whose wind is injured.
+
+A.B.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+A FETCH.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  "I do believe," (as Byron cries,)
+  "There is a haunted spot,
+  And I can point out where it lies,
+  But cannot--where 'tis not.
+
+  Turn gentle people, lend an ear,
+  Unto my simple tale,
+  It will not draw a single tear
+  Nor make the heart bewail,
+
+  'Tis of a ghost! O ladies fair!
+  Start not with sore affright,
+  It will not harm a single hair,
+  Nor 'make it stand upright."
+
+  Attend, it was but yesternight,
+  I in my garret sat,
+  I saw--no, nothing yet I saw,
+  But something went pit-pat.
+
+  So did my heart responsively,
+  Beat like a prison'd bird,
+  That's newly caught--but no reply
+  I made, to what I heard.
+
+  It nearer came--'Angels,' I cried,
+  'And Ministers of Grace defend.'
+  Yet nothing I as yet descried,
+  My hair stood all on end.
+
+  My breath was short, I'm sure my eye
+  Was dim, so was the light,
+  I thought that I that hour should die,
+  With sad and sore affright.
+
+  And then came o'er me--what came o'er?
+  Some spectre grim I'll bet,
+  O tell me!--why at every pore--
+  A very heavy sweat.
+
+  Poh, don't delay the wond'rous tale,
+  What follow'd? tell me that,
+  (I feel my heart and limbs too fail)
+  The same thing, pit-a-pat.
+
+  And then there came before my eyes,
+  I pray thee 'list, O list,'
+  You fill my heart with dread surprise
+  What was it? why a mist.
+
+  And then around my head there play'd
+  A flame, so wond'rous bright,
+  That made me more than all afraid--
+  My wig had caught the light.
+
+  And there came wand'ring by at last,
+  The same thing, pit-a-pat,
+  I found as 'cross the room it past,
+  The cat had got a rat.
+
+
+MAY.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TEA.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+  "The Muses' friend, _tea_, does our fancy aid,
+  Repress those vapours which the head invade."
+
+
+WALLER.
+
+
+The tea-tree loves to grow in valleys, at the foot of mountains, and
+upon the banks of rivers, where it enjoys a southern exposure to the
+sun, though it endures considerable variations of heat and cold, as it
+flourishes in the northern clime of Peking, as well as about Canton;
+and it is observed that the degree of cold at Peking is as severe in
+winter as in some parts of Europe. However, the best tea grows in a
+mild, temperate climate, the country about Nanking producing better
+tea than either Peking or Canton, betwixt which places it is situated.
+The root resembles that of the peach-tree; the leaves are green,
+longish at the point, and narrow, an inch and half long, and jagged
+all round. The flower is much like that of the wild rose, but smaller.
+The fruit is of different forms, sometimes round, sometimes long,
+sometimes triangular, and of the ordinary size of a bean, containing
+two or three seeds, of a mouse colour, including each a kernel. These
+are the seeds by which the plant is propagated, a number, from six to
+twelve, or fifteen, being promiscuously put into one hole, four or
+five inches deep, at certain distances from each other. The seeds
+vegetate without any other care, though the more industrious annually
+remove the weeds and manure the land. The leaves which succeed are not
+fit to be plucked before the third year's growth, at which period they
+are plentiful, and in their prime. In about seven years the shrub
+rises to a man's height, and as it then bears few leaves, and grows
+slowly, it is cut down to the stem, which occasions an exuberance of
+fresh shoots and leaves the succeeding summer. In Japan, the tea-tree
+is cultivated round the borders of the fields, without regard to soil,
+but as the Chinese export great quantities of tea, they plant whole
+fields with it. The tea-trees that yield often the finest leaves, grow
+on the steep declivities of hills, where it is dangerous and in some
+cases impracticable to collect them. The Chinese are said to vanquish
+this difficulty by a singular contrivance. The large monkeys which
+inhabit these cliffs are irritated, and in revenge they break off the
+branches and throw them down, so that the leaves are thus obtained.
+The leaves should be dried as soon as possible after they are
+gathered. The Chinese are always taking tea, especially at meals; it
+is the chief treat with which they regale their friends, but they use
+it without the addition of sugar and milk. Tea was first introduced
+into Europe by the Dutch East India Company very early in the
+seventeenth century, and a great quantity of it was brought over
+from Holland by Lord Arlington and Lord Ossory about the year 1666,
+at which time it sold for 60s. per pound. Tea exhilarates without
+intoxication, and its enlivening qualities are equally felt by the
+sedentary student and the active labourer. Dr. Johnson dearly loved
+tea, and drank great quantities of this elegant and popular beverage,
+and so does P.T.W.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+PORSON.
+
+The late professor having once exasperated a disputant by the dryness
+of his sarcasm, the petulant opponent thus addressed him:--"Mr.
+Porson, I beg leave to tell you, sir, that my opinion of you is
+perfectly contemptible." Person replied, "I never knew an opinion of
+yours, sir, which was not contemptible."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE DRAMA AND ITS PROFESSORS.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+It is remarkable with what difference actors were treated among the
+ancients. At Athens, they were held in such esteem, as to be sometimes
+appointed to discharge embassies and other negotiations; whereas, at
+Rome, if a citizen became an actor, he thereby forfeited his freedom.
+Among the moderns, actors are best treated in England; the French having
+much the same opinion of them that the Romans had; for though an actor
+of talent, in Paris, is more regarded than here, he nevertheless is
+deeply degraded. He may die amid applauses on the stage, but at his
+natural death, he must pass to his grave, without a prayer or _de
+profundis_, unless a minister of religion receives his last sigh.
+
+Cromwell and his Puritans had a holy horror of actors. They pronounced
+them Sons of Belial! and professors of abomination. During the whole
+reign of the Republican Parliament, and Protectorate, the theatres of
+that day were closed, or, if opened by stealth, were subject to the
+visits of the emissaries of "Praise God Barebones," "Fight the Good
+Fight," and their crew. The actors were driven off the stage by
+soldiers, and the cant word of that period is still recorded, "Enter
+red coat, exit hat and cloak." William Prynne was celebrated for his
+writings against the immorality of the stage, and the furious invectives
+of Jeremy Collier, are still extant; his pen was roused by Dryden's
+_Spanish Friar_, and Congreve's witty, but licentious comedies. Collier
+inveighed without mercy, but he certainly did much to reform the stage.
+Our Evangelicals and Methodists denounce the histrionic art to this day,
+with more than the zeal of the Church of Rome. But a follower of Wesley
+or Whitfield would not enter the den of abomination. Here, however, we
+take care all our comedies shall be purified, and our tragedies free,
+even from an oath; both are subject to the censor's unsparing pen, and
+must be subsequently licensed by the Lord Chamberlain.
+
+The actors in England, have, it is true, only become respectable
+within the last half century, and though they are termed his majesty's
+servants, yet an _unrepealed_ statute denounces them as vagabonds.
+As a body, numerous in itself, they are as free from crime as any other
+associated body or profession of men, and yet do they "his majesty's
+servants" continue to lay under the stigma which the above unrepealed
+act fixes upon them. This is perfectly anomalous, and it was spiritedly
+denounced by Sir Walter Scott, when on a recent and interesting occasion
+he nobly and manfully declared "Its professors had been stigmatized; and
+laws had been passed against them less dishonourable to them than to the
+statesman by whom they were proposed, and to the legislators by whom
+they were passed." To repeal, therefore, an act nugatory in itself,
+would not add to the reputation of the profession, nor give a license to
+further abuse; but it would be an act of justice, and remove a prejudice
+unjustly attached to the professors of a difficult art.
+
+The critical pen of Mrs. Inchbald justly remarks, "To the honour of
+a profession long held in contempt by the wise--and still contemned
+by the weak--Shakspeare, the pride of Britain, was a player." To the
+illustrious bard, the modern drama is indebted for its excellence. His
+writings will remain for ever the grandest monument of a genius which
+opened to him the whole heart of man, all the mines of fancy, all the
+stores of nature, and gave him power beyond all other writers, to move,
+astonish, and delight mankind. In the drama, the most interesting
+emotions are excited; the dangerous passions of hate, envy, avarice, and
+pride, with all their innumerable train of attendant vices, are detected
+and exposed. Love, friendship, gratitude, and all those active and
+generous virtues which warm the heart and exalt the mind, are held up
+as objects of emulation. And what can be a more effectual method of
+softening the ferocity, and improving the minds of the inconsiderate?
+The heart is melted by the scene, and ready to receive an
+impression--either to warn the innocent, or to appal the guilty; and
+numbers of those who have neither abilities nor time for deriving
+advantage from reading, are powerfully impressed through the medium
+of the eyes and ears, with those important truths which while they
+illuminate the understanding, correct the heart. The moral laws of the
+drama are said to have an effect next after those conveyed from the
+pulpit, or promulgated in courts of justice. Mr. Burke, indeed, has gone
+so far as to observe that "the theatre is a better school of moral
+sentiment than churches." The drama, therefore, has a right to find a
+place; and to its professors are we indebted for what may justly be
+considered one of the highest of all intellectual gratifications.
+
+F.K.Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+MEMORY.
+
+(_For the Mirror_.)
+
+
+  How many a mortal bears a heavy chain,
+  Of bitter sorrow, 'neath thy iron reign,
+  And many a one, whose harder fate has given,
+  Some early woes, by thee to madness driven,
+  Sees the sad vision of some bygone day,
+  And thinks on what he hath seen with dismay:
+  So some lone murderer, wanders o'er the world
+  By thy dread arm to desperation hurl'd;
+  In vain he prays, or bends the lowly knee,
+  With fiendlike power, thou dragg'st him back with thee,
+  Point'st to some scene of early guilt and woe,
+  Opening the source from whence his sorrows flow.
+  As round the bark which feels the tempest's shock,
+  The lightning plays, and shows the fatal rock,
+  So memory brings our sorrows all to light
+  With vivid truth presents them to the sight;
+  Pursues the wretch who else some joy might find,
+  To fix her seat of empire in his mind.
+  As desert lakes in sad illusion fly,
+  Before the weary traveller's cheated eye
+  So memory shows, those hopes we still would cherish.
+  Pleased but to fade, allured us but to perish.
+
+M.B.S.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ON COALHEAVERS.
+
+
+Although in this age of all but universal hypocrisy and make-believe,
+every man has at least two fashions of one countenance, it is in dress
+principally that most men are most unlike themselves. But the coalheaver
+always sticks close to the attire of his station; he alone wears the
+consistent and befitting garb of his forefathers; he alone has not
+discarded "the napless vesture of humility," to follow the always
+expensive, and often absurd fashions of his superiors. All ungalled of
+him is each courtier's heel or great man's kibe. Yet, is not even his
+every-day clothing unseemly, or his aspect unprepossessing. He casts
+as broad and proper a shadow in the sun as any other man. Black he is,
+indeed, but comely, like the daughters of Jerusalem.--To begin with the
+hat which he has honoured with a preference--what are your operas or
+your fire-shovels beside it? they must instantly (on a fair comparison)
+sink many degrees below zero in the scale of contempt. In a word, I
+would make bold to assert that it unites in perfection the two grand
+requisites of a head covering, beauty and comfort. Gentlemen may smile
+at this if they will, and take exception to my taste; but, I ask, does
+the modern round hat, whatever the insignificant variations of its form,
+possess either quality? No, not a jot of it. One would think, by our
+pertinacious adherence to the head-ach giving, circular conformation,
+that we wished to show our anger at the Almighty for not shaping our
+caputs like cylinders. In fine, though the parson's and the quaker's hat
+has each its several merits, commend me to the fan-tailed _shallow_.
+The flap part attached to the cap seems, at first sight, as to use,
+supernecessary, although so ornamental withal. It no doubt (as its
+name, indeed indicates) had its origin in gallantry, and was invented
+in the age of fans, for the purpose of cooling their mistresses'
+bosoms, heated--as they would necessarily be--at fair time, by their
+gravel-grinding walks, under a fervid sun, to the elegant revels of
+West-end, of Greenwich, or of Tothill-fields. Breeches, rejected by
+common consent of young and old alike, cling to the legs of the
+coalheaver with an abiding fondness, as to the last place of refuge;
+and, on gala-days, a dandy might die of envy to mark the splendour
+of those nether integuments--which he has not soul enough to dare
+to wear--of brilliant eye-arresting blue, or glowing scarlet plush,
+glittering in the sun's rays, giving and taking glory! But enough of
+the dress of these select "true-born Englishmen"--for right glad I am
+to state that there are but _two_ Scotch coalheavers on the whole
+river, and _no_ Irish. I beg leave to return to the more important
+consideration of their manners. Most people you meet in your walks in
+the common thoroughfare of London, glide, shuffle, or crawl onward, as
+if they conscientiously thought they had no manner of right to tread the
+earth but on sufferance. Not so our coalheaver. Mark how erect _he_
+walks! how firm a keel he presents to the vainly breasting human tide
+that comes rolling on with a show of opposition to his onward course!
+It is he, and he only, who preserves, in his gait and in his air,
+the self-sustained and conscious dignity of the first-created man.
+Surrounded by an inferior creation, he gives the wall to none. That
+pliancy of temper, which is wont to make itself known by the waiving
+a point or renouncing a principle for others' advantage, in him
+has no place; he either knows it not, or else considers it a poor,
+mean-spirited, creeping baseness, altogether unworthy of his imitation,
+and best befitted with ineffable contempt. He neither dreads the contact
+of the baker--the Scylla of the metropolitan peripatetic, nor yet shuns
+the dire collision of the chimney-sweep--his Charybdis. Try to pass him
+as he walks leisurely on, making the solid earth ring with his bold
+tread, and you will experience more difficulties in the attempt than did
+that famous admiral, Bartholomew Diaz, when he first doubled the Cape of
+Storms. Or let us suppose, that haply you allow your frail carcass to go
+full drive against his sturdiness, when lo!--in beautiful illustration
+of those doctrines in projectiles, that relate to the concussion of
+moving bodies--you fly off at an angle "right slick" into the middle of
+the carriage-way; whence a question of some interest presently arises,
+whether you will please to be run over by a short or a long stage.--But
+to return. Who hesitates to make way for a coalheaver? As for their
+drays--as _consecutive_ a species of vehicles as a body can be stopped
+by--every one knows they make way for themselves.
+
+I one Sunday met a party of my favourites in St. Paul's cathedral.
+They seemed to view with becoming respect and even awe that splendid
+place; and they listened to and observed, with apparent profound
+attention, the cathedral service. Yet I must confess my favourable
+opinion of their grave looks was rather staggered by overhearing
+afterwards one of them say to his neighbour, casting a look all round
+the while, "My eyes, Tom, what lots o' _coals_ this here place would
+hold." Perhaps the observation was meant in honour.
+
+_Monthly Magazine_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TRAVELLING FARE.
+
+
+If you shut yourself up for some fifty hours or so in a mail-coach,
+that keeps wheeling along at the rate of ten miles an hour, and
+changes horses in half a minute, certainly, for obvious reasons, the
+less you eat and drink the better; and perhaps a few hundred daily
+drops of laudanum, or equivalent grains of opium, would be advisable,
+so that the transit from London to Edinburgh might be performed in a
+phantasma. But a free agent ought to live well on his travels--some
+degrees better, without doubt, than when at home. People seldom live
+very well at home. There is always something requiring to be eaten up,
+that it may not be lost, which destroys the soothing and satisfactory
+symmetry of an unexceptionable dinner. We have detected the same duck
+through many unprincipled disguises, playing a different part in the
+farce of domestic economy, with a versatility hardly to have been
+expected in one of the most generally despised of the web-footed
+tribe. When travelling at one's own sweet will, one feeds at a
+different inn every meal; and, except when the coincidence of
+circumstances is against you, there is an agreeable variety both
+in the natural and artificial disposition of the dishes.
+
+_Blackwood's Magazine_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+ENGLISH FRUITS.
+
+(_Continued from page 231_.)
+
+
+_The Currant_--The native place of this useful fruit is not exactly
+ascertained; nearly allied to the gooseberry, it receives the same
+treatment, shows the same changes, and may be further improved by
+the same means; a cross between the white Dutch and red, might be a
+valuable mule. It is probable the black also may be induced to sport
+from that steady character it has hitherto maintained; there are but
+few domesticated plants but which (like animals) depart, in some way
+or other, from their native caste.
+
+_The Apple_.--It is difficult to find adequate terms to set forth
+the value of the advantages which have accrued to mankind from the
+cultivation of this deservedly high-prized fruit. One circumstance
+in the history of the apple must not pass unnoticed here, viz., the
+deterioration of the old sorts, which regaled and were the boast
+of our forefathers a century ago. It is the opinion of an eminent
+orchardist that as the apple is an artificial production, and, as
+such, has its stages of youth, maturity, and old age, it cannot, in
+its period of decrepitude, be by any means renovated to its pristine
+state, either by pruning or cutting down, changing its place, or by
+transferring its parts to young and vigorous stocks; and that, in
+whatever station it may be placed, it carries with it the decay and
+diseases of its parent. This is the most rational account which has
+been given of this indisputable fact; and though its accuracy has been
+called in question by some naturalists, the general failure in our
+old orchards, and the difficulties in forming new ones with the old
+favourite sorts, is a decisive proof that such deterioration exists.
+It is therefore the chief object of the modern pomologist, to obtain
+from seeds of the best _wildings_ new varieties wherewith to form new
+and profitable orchards; and which may be expected to continue in
+health and fertility, as the old sorts have done, for the next
+century.
+
+The foregoing are the fruits found wild in our climate; the difference
+in their aboriginal and cultivated state has been pointed out; we
+shall now give short descriptions of foreign fruits, which have been
+partly naturalized, the management of which forms so considerable a
+share of the gardener's art and attention.
+
+_The Apricot_.--It is supposed that this fruit is a native of Africa:
+from thence it appears to have come through Persia and Greece to us,
+with the name "a praecox," significant of its earliness. There are
+several varieties which have been obtained by means similar to those
+already mentioned; and there is room for further exertion in
+endeavouring to improve the size of the fruit, or any other desirable
+quality.
+
+_The Peach_--This delicate and excellent fruit is a striking instance
+of what judicious cultivation may produce. The common almond has
+always been considered the original stock of this monument of skill
+and assiduity. The estimation in which it is held, and the care and
+expense incurred in its cultivation both in forcing-houses and in the
+open air, is proof of its superiority: and no fruit repays the labour
+of the attendant, or the expense of the owner, more bountifully than
+this. Seedlings of this fruit are, if we can credit what is written
+and said of it, less inclined to depart from the properties or
+qualities of the parent, than most others of our improved fruits. In
+America, they are in common and general cultivation. No trouble is
+bestowed in either layering (which is practicable), or budding them.
+Sowing a quantity of the stones, they are sure to pick out from among
+the seedlings as many good sorts as they may wish to cultivate: few of
+these may be exactly like the parent; some may be superior, but all
+are passable, especially if the young trees have been selected by a
+skilful hand; and this he is enabled to do, merely from the appearance
+of the wood and leaves. Many new sorts have lately been obtained and
+brought into notice in this country; and this facility of the peach to
+multiply its varieties will no doubt be taken advantage of by
+propagators.
+
+_The Nectarine_.--This, it is allowed by all writers, is certainly a
+child of cultivation: there being no wild plant from which it could be
+derived, except the almond. It is therefore a collateral branch with,
+or rather of, the peach: of this no better proof can be given, than
+the circumstance that nectarines are sometimes produced by a peach
+tree.
+
+_The Orange_.--This endless family of fruits it is probable had the
+small but useful wild lime for its progenitor. The monstrous shaddock,
+citrons of all shapes and sizes, oranges and lemons, are all
+varieties, obtained in the course of long cultivation.
+
+(_To be concluded in our next_.)
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+THE GATHERER.
+
+"I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff."--_Wotton_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+TO CHLOE, AT SIXTY.
+
+
+  Those teeth, as white as orient pearls
+  Stolen from th' Indian deep,
+  Those locks, whose light and auburn curls
+  Soft on thy shoulders sleep,
+  Expose a woman to the sight
+  None but old friends can know;
+  Thy locks were grey, thy teeth not white,
+  Some twenty years ago.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+Wilkes used to say, that a gentleman did not always require a footman
+to carry a parcel, for there were three things which he might always
+carry openly in his hand,--a book, a paper of snuff, and a string of
+fish.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+HEREDITARY TALENT IN ACTORS.
+
+"Families are chequered as in brains, so in bulk."--FULLER.
+
+
+The children of many obscure performers have become eminent: but there
+are very few instances in which the descendant of a considerable actor
+or actress has been distinguished. To take instances within recent
+recollection, or of the present day, for example--Mr. Elliston has a
+son upon the stage: with none of the striking talent of the father.
+Mr. Henry Siddons, the son of Mrs. Siddons, was a very bad actor
+indeed. Lewis had two sons upon the stage, neither of them of any
+value. Mr. Dowton has two sons (or had), in the same situation. And
+Mrs. Glover's two daughters will never rise above mediocrity. On the
+other hand, Mr. Macready and Mr. Wallack, are both sons of very low
+actors; and the late Mr. John Bannister and Mr. Tokely were similarly
+descended. Almost the only modern instance of the immediate descendant
+of a valuable performer turning out well, was in the case of Mrs.
+Jordan's daughter, Mrs. Alsop; who was very nearly as good an actress
+as her mother. We doubt, too, if there is an instance on record of a
+very young man being a considerable actor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+PRISON TORTURE.
+
+
+A horrible instance of human vengeance occurred a short time since, at
+Minden, in Westphalia. The object was a person who, from conscientious
+motives, peculiar to the religious body of which he was a member, had
+refused to serve in the militia. He was placed in a cell, the floor and
+sides of which were closely studded with projecting spikes, or pieces of
+sharpened iron resembling the blades of knives. The individual remained
+in this state for twenty-four hours, and the punishment was repeated
+at three distinct intervals. It is considered a rare occurrence for a
+person to survive the second infliction of this species of cruelty.
+In this instance, however, the sufferer did not perish--_From the last
+Report of the Prison Discipline Society_.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.
+
+
+As her Grace was one day rambling in the neighbourhood of Chiswick,
+she was overtaken by a violent storm, and accordingly took shelter,
+in a cottage where she happened to be unknown. Among other topics she
+introduced with her usual affability, she asked the poor woman if
+she knew the Duchess of Devonshire? "Know her, (answered the woman,)
+_everybody_ has cause to know her here; never was there a better lady
+born." "I am afraid you are mistaken, (said her Grace); from what I
+understand of her, she is no better than she should be." "I am sure
+_you_ are no better than you should be, (returned the poor woman,) to
+find fault with the Duchess; but you'll never be worthy to wipe her
+shoes." "Well then, (rejoined her Grace,) I must be beholden to _you_,
+as they are at present very dirty." The good woman perceiving the
+awkward mistake, ran to perform the office with great humility, and
+received an ample reward.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+KITCHEN CONUNDRUM.
+
+
+  "Come Thomas," says Kitty, "pray make us a pun,--
+  You're goodnatured and never refuse;"
+
+  "Ask coachee," says Tom, "_he's_ the fellow for Fun,--
+  For he knows the way to _a-mews_."
+
+  Says coachee, "Why Thomas you puzzle my brains,
+  For you never can bridle your wit;"
+
+  "But how comes it, that I, tho' exposed to the _reins_
+  Ev'ry day, never _suffer a bit_?"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+DEAR TIMES.
+
+
+After the union with Ireland, when the Irish members had taken their
+seats, one of them, in the heat of his maiden speech, blustered out,
+"Now, dare Mr. Speaker," which, of course, set the house in an
+immoderate fit of laughter. When the tumult had subsided, Sheridan
+observed, "that the honourable gentleman was perfectly in order,
+since, thanks to the ministry, everything at that time was
+immoderately _dear_."
+
+
+
+
+
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