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It was + formerly the seat of the Hon. Mrs. Egerton, of whom it was purchased by Queen + Charlotte, in 1792, who made considerable additions to the house and gardens. The + grounds were laid out by Uvedale Price, Esq. a celebrated person in the annals of + picturesque gardening. The ornamental improvements were made by the direction of the + Princess Elizabeth, (now Landgravine of Hesse Homburg,) whose taste for rural quiet + we noticed in connexion with an Engraving of Her Royal Highness' Cottage, adjoining + Old Windsor churchyard. <a id="footnotetag1" name="footnotetag1"></a><a + href="#footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a></p> + + <p>Frogmore occupies part of a fertile valley, which divides the Little Park from + Windsor Forest, and comprises about thirteen acres. Mr. Hakewill describes it as + "diversified with great skill and taste, and a piece of water winds throughout it + with a pleasing variety of turn and shape. The trees and shrubs, both native and + exotic, which spread their shade and diffuse their fragrance, are disposed with the + best effect; while buildings are so placed as to enliven and give character to the + general scene. The Ruin was designed by Mr. James Wyatt, and being seated on the bank + of the water, as well as in part in the wood, it presents, with its creeping ivy and + fractured buttresses, a most pleasing object from various points of the garden. The + <i>Hermitage (see the Engraving)</i> is a small circular thatched building, + completely embowered in lofty trees, and was constructed from a drawing of the + Princess Elizabeth. There is also a Gothic Temple, sacred to solitude, and a + well-imagined and picturesque barn, which heighten the appropriate scenery. Too much + cannot be said of the secluded beauty of this charming spot, and nothing further need + be said of the taste and judgment of Major Price, to whom its arrangements have been + entrusted."</p> + + <p>The <i>Hermitage</i> contains a tablet spread with fruit, eggs, and bread, and a + figure of a hermit reading the Scriptures; <span class="pagenum"><a name="page418" + id="page418"></a>[pg 418]</span> at the entrance are the following lines, written on + the marriage of the Princess Royal:—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Ye whom variety delights,</p> + + <p>Descend awhile from Windsor's heights,</p> + + <p>And in this hovel deign to tread,</p> + + <p>Quitting the castle for the shed;</p> + + <p>Such were the muse's favourite haunts,</p> + + <p>From care secluded and from wants.</p> + + <p>What nature needs this but can give,</p> + + <p>Could we as nature dictates live;</p> + + <p>For see, on this plain board at noon</p> + + <p>Are placed a platter and a spoon,</p> + + <p>Which, though they mark no gorgeous treat,</p> + + <p>Suggest 'tis reasonable to eat.</p> + + <p>What though the sun's meridian light</p> + + <p>Beams not on our hovel bright,</p> + + <p>Though others need, we need him not,</p> + + <p>Coolness and gloom befit a cot.</p> + + <p>Our hours we count without the sun.</p> + + <p>These sands proclaim them as they run,</p> + + <p>Sands within a glass confined,</p> + + <p>Glass which ribs of iron bind;</p> + + <p>For Time, still partial to this glass,</p> + + <p>Made it durable as brass,</p> + + <p>That, placed secure upon a shelf,</p> + + <p>None might crush it but himself.</p> + + <p>Let us here the day prolong</p> + + <p>With loyal and with nuptial song,</p> + + <p>Such as, with duteous strains addrest,</p> + + <p>May gratify each royal guest;</p> + + <p>Thrice happy, should our rural toils</p> + + <p>Be requited by their smiles.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>There are other affectionate testimonials in the grounds. The Gothic ruin contains + an apartment fitted up as an oratory, ornamented with a copy of the Descent from the + Cross, modelled in chalk, after the celebrated painting by Rembrandt; busts of George + III. and the Duke of Kent; a posthumous marble figure of an infant child of his + present Majesty; and an alto-relievo representing an ascending spirit attended by a + guardian angel with the inscription—</p> + + <center> + <p>Monumental Tablet<br /> + To the Memory<br /> + of<br /> + Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte.</p> + </center> + <hr /> + + <h3>ANCIENT WAGES TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <p>Chamberlayne, in his <i>Angliæ Notitia</i>, says, "Although the lords of + parliament are to bear their own charges, because they represent there only + themselves; yet all the commons, both lay and clergy, that is, <i>Procuratores + Cleri</i>, are to have <i>rationales expensus</i>, (as the words of the writ are) + that is, such allowance as the king considering the prices of all things, shall judge + meet to impose upon the people to pay. In the 17th of Edward II. it was ten groats + for knights, and five groats for burgesses; but not long after it was four shillings + for all others, which in those days, as appears by the prices of all things, was a + considerable sum, above ten times more than it is now, (1688) for not only then + expenses were considered, though that was great by reason of the suitable attendance + that then every parliament-man had, but also their pains, their loss of time, and + necessary neglect of their own private affairs for the service of their country; and + when the counties, cities, and boroughs paid so dear for their expenses, they were + wont to take care to chuse such men as were best able, and most diligent in the + speedy despatch of affairs; by which means, with some others, more business in those + times was despatched in parliament in a week, than is now perhaps in ten; so that the + protections for parliament-men and their servants from arrests were not then + grievous, when scarce any parliament or sessions lasted so long as one of the four + terms at Westminster.</p> + + <p>"The aforementioned expenses duly paid, did cause all the petty decayed boroughs + of England to become humble suitors to the king, that they might not be obliged to + send burgesses to parliament; whereby it came to pass, that divers were unburgessed, + as it was in particular granted to <i>Chipping</i>, or <i>Market-Morriton</i>, upon + their petition; and then the number of the <i>Commons House</i> being scarce half so + many as at present, then debates and bills were sooner expedited." page 156, 21st. + edit.</p> + + <p>Halsted, in his <i>History of Kent</i>, tells us, "The pay of the burgesses of + Canterbury was fixed (anno 1411) at two shillings a-day for each, while such burgess + was absent from his family attending his duty. In 1445 the wages were no more than + twelve pence a-day; two years afterwards they were increased to sixteenpence, and in + 1503 had again been raised to two shillings. In Queen Mary's reign, the corporation + refused to continue this payment any longer, and the wages of the members were then + levied by assessment on the inhabitants at large, and continued to be so raised till + these kinds of payments were altogether discontinued."</p> + + <h4>P.T.W.</h4> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE WORD "EI."</h3> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <p>This word, which was engraven on the temple of Apollo, at Delphi, has occasioned + much controversy among the literati. The learned and admirable Plutarch tells us that + it means "thou art" as if "thou art one." The Langhornes, in their life of this + philosopher, <a id="footnotetag2" name="footnotetag2"></a><a + href="#footnote2"><sup>2</sup></a> attack his opinion as inconsistent with "the whole + tenour of the Heathen Mythology." <span class="pagenum"><a name="page419" + id="page419"></a>[pg 419]</span> It in to be observed, that the Greek word for + priests is "[Greek: iereis]" (iereis). But I infer nothing from this; yet at the same + time it is a remarkable circumstance. The objection of the Langhornes is frivolous; + for the sun (Apollo) in most nations, was considered chief of the gods, and this + inscription was placed to prove his <i>superiority and unity</i>.</p> + + <p>It is a very remarkable circumstance, that when the Pythia refused to enter the + temple, at the application of Alexander, "Philip's godlike son," and he attempting to + force her in, she exclaimed—"[Greek: Anikaetos ei o pai]" (My son, you are + invincible.) Now, probably, she had some other intention in using that word; but, + however, that does not affect the argument. I cannot but consider that Plutarch is + right.</p> + + <h4>B.K.</h4> + <hr /> + + <h3>A FAREWELL TO SPAIN.</h3> + + <h4>FOR MUSIC.<br /> + <br /> + (<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Land of the myrtle and the vine,</p> + + <p class="i2">The sunny citron-tree,</p> + + <p>With heart upon the waves I give</p> + + <p class="i2">My latest look to thee.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Thy glorious scenes of vale and hill</p> + + <p class="i2">With joy I now resign,</p> + + <p>And seek a more congenial land,</p> + + <p class="i2">Where Freedom will be mine.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Farewell! thou hast the iron sway</p> + + <p class="i2">Of bigots and of slaves,</p> + + <p>But mine shall be a chainless heart</p> + + <p class="i2">Upon the dark blue waves.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>For thee our sires have fought and died,</p> + + <p class="i2">For thee their blood have given,</p> + + <p>When tyrants o'er the trampled field</p> + + <p class="i2">Like thunder-clouds were driven.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And has the purple tide in vain,</p> + + <p class="i2">From hill and vale been poured,</p> + + <p>Or do the hopes of Freedom sleep</p> + + <p class="i2">With mighty Mina's sword?</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Oh! no—the trumpet-voice of war,</p> + + <p class="i2">Shall proudly sound again,</p> + + <p>And millions shall obey its call,</p> + + <p class="i2">And break their chartered chain!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Till then, my native hearth and home</p> + + <p class="i2">I'll joyfully resign;</p> + + <p>Farewell! thou song-enchanted land</p> + + <p class="i2">Of myrtle and of vine.</p> + </div> + + <p><i>Deal</i></p> + </div> + + <h4>G.K.C.</h4> + <hr /> + + <h3>THE DEATH-BEDS OF GREAT MEN.</h3> + + <h4>(<i>For the Mirror.</i>)</h4> + + <p>If there are any remarks which deserve to be recorded for the benefit of mankind, + they are those which have been expressed on a dying bed, when, unfettered by + prejudice or passion, Truth shines forth in her real colours. Sir John Hawkins has + recorded of Dr. Johnson, that when suffering under that disease which ended in his + dissolution, he addressed his friends in the following words:—"You see the + state I am in, conflicting with bodily pain and mental distraction. While you are in + health and strength, labour to do good, and avoid evil, if ever you wish to escape + the distress that oppresses me."</p> + + <p>When Lord Lyttleton was on his death-bed, his daughter, Lady Valentia, and her + husband, came to see him. He gave them his solemn benediction, adding—"Be good, + be virtuous, my lord; you must come to this."</p> + + <p>The triumphant death of Addison will be remembered with feelings of pleasure by + all. Having sent for the young Earl of Warwick, he affectionately pressed his hand, + saying—"See in what peace a Christian can die!"</p> + + <p>The father of William Penn was opposed to his son's religious principles; but + finding that he acted with sincerity, was at last reconciled. When dying, he adjured + him to do nothing contrary to his conscience—"So," said he, "you will keep + peace within, which will be a comfort in the day of trouble."</p> + + <p>Locke, the day before his death, addressed Lady Masham, who was sitting by his + bedside, exhorting her to regard this world only as a state of preparation for a + better. He added, that he had lived long enough, and expressed his gratitude to God + for the happiness that had fallen to his lot.</p> + + <p>Tillotson, when dying, thanked his Maker that he felt his conscience at ease, and + that he had nothing further to do but to await the will of Heaven.</p> + + <p>Sir Walter Raleigh behaved on the scaffold with the greatest composure. Having + vindicated his conduct in an eloquent speech, he felt the edge of the axe, observing + with a smile—"It is a sharp medicine, but a sure remedy, for all woes." Being + asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he replied—"So the heart be + right, it is no matter which way the head lies."</p> + + <p>Latimer, when he beheld a fagot ready kindled laid at Ridley's feet, + exclaimed—"Be of good cheer, master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day + light such a candle in England, as I hope, by God's grace, shall never be put + out."</p> + + <p>The author of Hervey's Meditations, when on his sick bed, observed that his time + had been too much occupied in reading the historians, orators, and poets of ancient + and modern times; and that were he to renew his studies, he <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page420" id="page420"></a>[pg 420]</span> would devote his attention to the + Scriptures.</p> + + <p>The last words which the eminent physician Haller addressed to his medical + attendant expressed the calm serenity of his mind. "My friend," said he, laying his + hand on his pulse, "the artery no longer beats."</p> + + <p>M. De La Harpe, one of the first literary characters of the last century, who for + many years laboured to spread the principles of the French philosophy, but afterwards + became a most strenuous defender of Christianity, on the evening preceding his death + was visited by a friend. He was listening to the Prayers for the Sick; as soon as + they were concluded, he stretched forth his hand and said—"I am grateful to + Divine mercy, for having left me sufficient recollection to feel how consoling these + prayers are to the dying."</p> + + <p>Cardinal Wolsey, when dying, by slow progress and short journeys, reached + Leicester Abbey. He was received with the greatest respect. His only observation was, + "Father Abbot, I am come to lay my bones among you." He died three days after, with, + great composure and fortitude. He said, shortly before his death—"Had I but + served my God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have forsaken me + in my grey hairs; but this is the just reward I must receive for my pains and study, + in not regarding my service to God, but only to my prince."</p> + + <p>Melancthon, a few days before his death, although extremely debilitated, delivered + his usual lecture. At the termination of it, he said, impressively—"I am a + dying man, and these are the three subjects for intercession with God, which I leave + to my children and their little ones—that they may form part of his church, and + worship him aright—that they may be one in him, and live in harmony with each + other—and that they may be fellow-heirs of eternal life." The day before his + death, he addressed some present—"God bestows talents on our youth, do you see + that they use them aright." While dying, his friends discerned a slight motion of the + countenance, which was peculiar to him when deeply affected by religious joy.</p> + + <h4>W.</h4> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE NOVELIST.</h2> + + <h3>OSMYN AND ZAMBRI.<br /> + <i>A Persian Tale. From the French.</i></h3> + + <h4>(<i>From a Correspondent.</i>)</h4> + + <p>A worthy old Persian having arrived at the end of an irreproachable life, + experienced in his last moments the greatest uneasiness for the fate of his two sons, + whom he was about to leave without fortune, without a livelihood, and without a + prospect. The elder called Osmyn, was twenty years of age, and the younger, eighteen, + bore the name of Zambri.</p> + + <p>As the old man drew near his last hour, he thought much less of his own sufferings + than of the fate of his children, when his ear was agreeably struck with a soft and + melodious voice, which said to him, "Fear nothing, old man, I will watch over your + children; die in peace as thou hast lived. I bring a present for each of your sons; + let them make good use of it, and one day perhaps they may be re-united, and live in + happiness."</p> + + <p>At these words a balsamic odour spread itself in the cottage, and a bright light + discovered to the view of the astonished Persian, the features of a young man, whose + expressive countenance had in it something celestial. It was a beneficent genius, who + after having deposited his presents on the bed of the old man, vanished like + lightning. The old man called his two sons, they ran eagerly towards him with a + light, and approached the bed of their father, who related to them the visit he had + been honoured with, and showed them the presents of the genius. On one side was a + small box covered with brilliant spangles; on the other a sheet of paper carefully + sealed. "Come Osmyn," said the old man, "you are the eldest, it is for you to + choose."</p> + + <p>Osmyn attracted by the richness of the box, chose it with eagerness, and poor + Zambri was obliged to be contented with the humble envelope. The old man embraced + them, blessed them, and died as one resigning himself to the arms of hope. After + having wept sincerely the death of so good a father, and having rendered the last + offices to his remains, the two brothers were anxious to know what aid they should + find in the presents of the genius. Osmyn opened his little box and found it filled + with pastilles of divers forms and colours. He was almost tempted to laugh at the + meanness of such a gift, when he perceived these words written on the lid of the + box—"<i>Each time that thou eatest one of these pastilles, thine imagination + will bring forth a poem perfect in all its parts, sublime and delicate in its + details, such in short as will surpass the ablest works of the best Persian + poets.</i>"</p> + + <p>Osmyn did not want vanity; the possession of so fine a secret failed not to turn + his young brain, and a hundred <span class="pagenum"><a name="page421" + id="page421"></a>[pg 421]</span> illusions of fortune and glory presented themselves + at once to his imagination.</p> + + <p>From the value of the present given by the genius to his brother, Zambri doubted + not that his paper contained also some marvellous secret. He opened it and read with + as much surprise as sorrow—"<i>A new Receipt for preparing Sherbet.</i>" Some + lines pointed out the method of composing a liquor, of which one drop only being + infused in a bowl of Sherbet, would give it a taste and perfume hitherto unknown to + the most voluptuous Asiatics.</p> + + <p>Osmyn was overjoyed, and Zambri was in despair; Osmyn wished not to quit his + brother, but the orders of the genius were imperative. The two brothers embraced each + other tenderly, shed tears, and separated. The eldest took the road to Bagdad, where + all the learned, and all the poets of Asia were assembled to attend the court of the + Caliph. As to poor Zambri, he quitted the cottage of his father, carrying nothing + with him but <i>the humble receipt for preparing Sherbet</i>, and leaving to chance + the direction of his course.</p> + + <p>Before his arrival at Bagdad, Osmyn had already eaten half-a-dozen of the + pastilles, and consequently carried with him half-a-dozen poems, beside which were to + fade the productions of the greatest Eastern poets. But he soon found that pretenders + to talent often succeed better than those who really possess it. He felt the + necessity of connecting himself with literary men, and men of the world; but he only + found them occupied with their business, their pleasures, or their own pretensions. + Under what title could he present himself? Under that of a poet? The court and the + city overflowed with them; they had already filled every avenue. To consult his + fellows would be to consult his rivals; to ask their praises would be to ask a miser + for his treasures. Besides, so many books appeared, that people did not care to read. + However, Osmyn's works were published, but they were not even noticed in the + multitude of similar productions.</p> + + <p>After having vegetated four or five years at Bagdad, without obtaining anything + but weak encouragement given by wise men, (who are without influence because they are + wise,) poor Osmyn began to lose the brilliant hopes that formerly had dazzled him. + However, by dint of eating the pastilles, he at last attracted some notice. If it + requires time for genius to emerge from obscurity, no sooner is it known than + recompense is made for slow injustice. It is sought after not for itself, but for the + sake of vanity. Envy often avails itself of it as a fit instrument subservient to its + own purposes. Soon, in fact, the works of Osmyn only were spoken of, and after + languishing a long time unnoticed, he saw himself at once raised to the pinnacle, + without having passed the steps which lead from misery to fortune, from obscurity to + glory.</p> + + <p>The Caliph desired to see so great a genius, and to possess him at his court. + Osmyn was overwhelmed with favours; he sung the praises of the Caliph with a delicacy + that other poets were far from being able to imitate. The Caliph admired delicate + praise the more because it is rare at court.</p> + + <p>So much merit and favour besides, soon created the jealousy of other poets, and + likewise of the courtiers. Even those, who had showed themselves the most + enthusiastic admirers of Osmyn's talents, feared to see themselves eclipsed by this + new comer, and resolved to destroy the idol they had raised so much higher than they + wished.</p> + + <p>One of the poets, Osmyn's enemy, was employed to compose a satire against the + Caliph, and it was agreed that this should be circulated under the favourite's name. + From that time the avenger of the common cause never quitted Osmyn, nor ceased to + load him with praises and caresses.</p> + + <p>One day when Osmyn delivered an extempore poem before the Caliph, his rival, after + having warmly applauded him, cast down his eyes by accident, and saw shining on the + floor one of the pastilles that Osmyn, who was led away by the vivacity of his + declamation, had let fall by mistake. The traitor snatched it up, and put it + mechanically in his mouth.</p> + + <p>The pastille produced its effect; the poet felt a sudden inspiration, left the + hall and flew to compose the projected satire. He was surprised at his own aptitude; + the verses cost him no trouble, but flowed of themselves. The bitterest expressions + escaped from his pen without his seeking for them. In short, in an instant, he + brought forth a true <i>chef-d'oeuvre</i> of malice.</p> + + <p>He continued some moments in ecstacy with his work, and carried it in triumph to + his friends—or rather to his accomplices. The satire was received with the + liveliest applause: it was the pure and vigorous style of Osmyn. The writer had + imitated his handwriting; and soon the libel was spread about in his name.</p> + + <p>Murmurs arose on all sides against <span class="pagenum"><a name="page422" + id="page422"></a>[pg 422]</span> the ingratitude of Osmyn. The satire fell into the + hands of the Caliph, who in his rage ordered the unfortunate Osmyn to be stript of + all his property, and driven from Bagdad. Osmyn, overpowered by the blow, could not + defend himself; besides, how could he make his innocence heard amidst the cries of + his calumniators.</p> + + <p>After having wandered a long time, every where imploring pity—sometimes + meeting with kindness, but oftener repulsed with selfishness—he arrived, at + nightfall, before a superb country house, magnificently illuminated. He heard the + accents of joy mingled with the sounds of a brilliant concert of music, and saw all + the signs of a splendid fête. However, the thunder began to roll, the sky was + obscured by heavy clouds, and Osmyn's miserable clothing was soon drenched by the + rain.</p> + + <p>He approached this beautiful house, in hopes to find there, if not hospitality for + the night, at least an asylum for some minutes. The slaves perceived him, and said to + him harshly—"What do you ask, beggar?"</p> + + <p>"A humble shelter from the storm, a morsel of bread to appease my hunger, and a + little straw to rest my body on, borne down by fatigue."</p> + + <p>"Thou shalt have none of these."</p> + + <p>"For pity—"</p> + + <p>"Begone!"</p> + + <p>"See how it rains!—Hear how it thunders!"</p> + + <p>"Go elsewhere, and come not to disturb by thy presence the pleasures of our + master."</p> + + <p>Osmyn was on the point of obeying this order, when the master of the house, who + had witnessed this scene from a window, came down, called his slaves, and ordered + them to receive the unfortunate man, to procure him clothes, a bed, and all he was in + need of. "Misery," said he, "misery is for him who revels in the presence of the + poor, and suffers them to plead for assistance in vain; and misfortune for the rich + who, cloyed with luxuries, refuse a morsel of bread to a famishing stranger. Poor + traveller, go and repose thyself, and may the Prophet send thee refreshing slumbers, + that thou mayst for a time forget thy sufferings."</p> + + <p>"Oh Heaven!" cried Osmyn, "what voice strikes my ear? It is the voice—the + voice of Zambri!"</p> + + <p>"Zambri! what! do you know him?"</p> + + <p>"Heavens! do I know him?—Do I know my brother?"</p> + + <p>"You my brother!" cried Zambri in his turn. "Can it be? That voice—those + features, disfigured by poverty and misery. Ah! I recognise you, my dear Osmyn!"</p> + + <p>No more need be said: he flew to embrace his brother; but Osmyn, overcome by the + excess of his joy, fell senseless at his feet.</p> + + <p>He was conveyed into the finest apartment of the villa, every assistance was + afforded him, and he was soon restored. Zambri ordered him magnificent apparel, and + taking him by the hand, conducted him to the banquet, and presented him to his + friends. After the repast, Osmyn related all the vicissitudes of his fortune, his + long suffering, his rapid glory, the jealousy and perfidy of his enemies, "But thou," + added he, "my dear Zambri, by what good fortune do I find you in such an enviable + situation? What! this beautiful house, this crowd of slaves, these sumptuous + ornaments!—to what dost thou owe them?"</p> + + <p>"<i>To the receipt for preparing Sherbet,</i>" said Zambri, smiling. "Listen to my + story, it is very simple. Soon after we parted, I directed my steps towards Teflis, + where I sought only to gain a livelihood. On my arrival, I went into the public + places where the opulent people assemble, to refresh themselves with ices and + sherbet. I solicited employment there, but was refused, and harshly sent away. Not + knowing what to do, and not having money to procure a subsistence, I went at length + to one of the obscure cafés, frequented by the lowest people. The master of + this wretched place, who was named Mehdad, agreed to accept my services. I prepared a + bottle of the liquor for which the good genius had given me the receipt, but the + ingredients of which, although cheap, I had not before been able to purchase, and + soon I found an immense company crowding to Mehdad's café. The rich people + also would take no other; and Mehdad soon had before him the prospect of becoming + opulent.</p> + + <p>"He had a daughter; she was young and beautiful; I became enamoured of her, and + ventured to ask her hand. I had preserved the secret of my receipt. Mehdad was + ignorant that he owed his good fortune to me, and believed that it was through his + own talent. He rejected my offer with disdain, and drove me from his house. Poor + fellow! he was not the first who, without knowing it, had driven good luck from his + home.</p> + + <p>"I had gained some money in his service; and I employed the fruit of my economy in + forming for myself an establishment in one of the public gardens of Teflis, on the + banks of the charming <span class="pagenum"><a name="page423" id="page423"></a>[pg + 423]</span> river Khur. Here I erected a small, but elegant pavilion, and I sold my + Sherbet to all the promenaders of the garden. In a short time Mehdad, and all the + cafés of Teflis, were abandoned for my little pavilion. Zambri's Sherbet was + alone in demand: it was spoken of in all companies—it was taken at all + festivals. The garden of Zambri was crowded from morning till night. The multitude + was attracted towards my pavilion like swarms of flies towards a honey-comb. I was + compelled to erect a pavilion ten times larger than the former, and I decorated it + magnificently.</p> + + <p>"A year had scarcely elapsed before I had acquired a considerable fortune. I + quitted my new establishment, returned to the city, and purchased merchandize of all + descriptions. I prepared a great quantity of this favourite liquor, to which I owe + all my wealth. I sent it to all the cities of Persia, and into the most distant + countries. Heaven seemed to smile on my exertions. A beautiful widow, aged twenty + years, saw and loved me; I was not insensible to her charms. We made mutual vows of + attachment, and marriage crowned my happiness.</p> + + <p>"We have acquired this charming retreat, and reside here during the most beautiful + season of the year, amongst our good friends, who, in partaking our pleasures, add to + them the charms of their society.</p> + + <p>"How many times, dear Osmyn, have my thoughts been occupied with thee! Often have + I said, in the midst of my prosperity, Where is my brother?—where dwells Osmyn? + No doubt the invaluable secret he possesses has gained him an immense fortune, and + raised him to the pinnacle of honour. But I see that in these times happiness, + tranquillity, and perhaps riches, are more easily obtained by humble and modest + employment, than by splendid abilities. In the course of my transactions, I have met + with vexations and disappointments. Sometimes my Sherbet has been imitated; but the + fraud has always been discovered, and the intrigues of my rivals have added to my + reputation. At length I have found that it is easier to satisfy the caprice than the + judgment of mankind, and that those who could not understand the merits of a clever + work, would readily agree upon the subject of a delicious and agreeable + beverage."</p> + + <p>Thus spoke the good Zambri: he strove affectionately to console Osmyn. The two + brothers separated no more; and, thanks to the <i>receipt for preparing</i> + <i>Sherbet</i>, they lived long together amidst the pleasures that wealth commands, + and the still more true and solid happiness procured by peace and friendship.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE NATURALIST.</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>BOTANY OF SHAKSPEARE.</h3> + + <p>At a recent meeting of the Medico-Botanical Society, a very interesting + dissertation on the medicinal plants which occur in the plays of Shakspeare, from the + pen of Mr. Rootsay, of Bristol, was read, and excited considerable attention. The + hebenon henbane alluded to in <i>Hamlet</i>, the mandragora, the various plants so + beautifully alluded to in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, and in other dramas, were the + subject of the inquiry, and much classical information was displayed by the ingenious + author in the illustration of the subject. We hope to report more respecting this + very interesting paper to our readers.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE CUTTLE-FISH.</h3> + + <p>The following account of the <i>sepia media</i>, a small species of cuttle-fish, + is given by Mr. Donovan, in his "Excursion through South Wales:"—"When first + caught, the eyes, which are large and prominent, glistened with the lustre of the + pearl, or rather of the emerald, whose luminous transparency they seemed to emulate. + The pupil is a fine black, and above each eye is a semilunar mark of the richest + garnet. The body, nearly transparent, or of a pellucid green, is glossed with all the + variety of prismatic tints, and thickly dotted with brown. At almost every effort of + respiration, the little creature tossed its arms in apparent agony, and clung more + firmly to the finger; while the dark-brown spots upon the body alternately faded and + revived, diminishing in size till they were scarcely perceptible, and then appearing + again as large as peas, crowding, and becoming confluent nearly all over the body. At + length, the animal being detained too long from its native element, became enfeebled, + the colours faded, the spots decreased in size, and all its pristine beauty vanished + with the last gasp of life."</p> + + <h4>W.G.C.</h4> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE OSTRICH.</h3> + + <p>The Ostriches in the Gardens of the Zoological Society would be truly a noble + pair, were it not for an unnatural curve in the neck of the male, in consequence, it + is said, of its having formerly swallowed something more than usually bulky and hard + of digestion.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page424" id="page424"></a>[pg 424]</span> + + <h2>MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.</h2> + + <div class="figure" style="width:100%;"> + <a href="images/495-2.png"><img width="100%" src="images/495-2.png" + alt="Russian Burial Ground" /></a> + </div> + + <h3>RUSSIAN BURIAL GROUND.</h3> + + <p>Mr. James's popular Journal of a Tour in Russia, &c., has supplied the above + illustration of honours paid to the dead in that country. The Cut represents one of + the Cemeteries of the government of Tchernigoff. Mr. James describes it as planted + around with trees, and studded thick with wooden crosses, oratories, and other + permanent marks of reverence. The general appearance of piety with which these + grounds are kept up, their sequestered situation apart from any town, the profound + veneration with which they are saluted by the natives, added to the dark and + sepulchral shade of the groves, lend them an interest with which the tinsel ornaments + of more gorgeous cemeteries can in no degree compare.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>ANCESTORS.</h3> + + <p>Some nations pay particular attention to the memory of their ancestors. The + Quojas, a people of Africa, offer sacrifices of rice and wine to their ancestors, + before they undertake any considerable action; and the anniversaries of their death + are always kept by their families with great solemnity; the king invokes the souls of + his father and mother to make trade flourish and the chase succeed. But the Chinese + have distinguished themselves above all other nations, by the veneration in which + they hold their ancestors. Part of the duty, according to the laws of Confucius, + which children owe their parents, consists in worshipping them when dead. They have a + solemn and an ordinary worship for this purpose, the former of which is held twice a + year with great pomp, and is described as follows by an eye witness:—The + sacrifices were made in a chapel, well adorned, where there were six altars, + furnished with censers, tapers, and flowers. There were three ministers, and behind + them two young acolites: he that officiated was an aged man, and a new Christian. The + three former went with a profound silence, and made frequent genuflexions towards the + five altars, pouring out wine; afterwards they drew near to the sixth, and when they + came to the foot of the altar, half bowed down, they said their prayers with a low + voice. That being finished, the three ministers went to the altar; the priest took up + a vessel full of wine, and drank; then he lifted up the head of a deer, or goat; + after which, taking fire from the altar, they lighted a bit of paper, and the + minister of ceremonies turning towards the people, said, with a high voice, that he + gave them thanks in the name of their ancestors, for having so well honoured them; + and in recompense he promised them, on their part, a plentiful harvest, a fruitful + issue, good health and long life, and all those advantages which are most pleasing to + men.</p> + + <p>The Chinese have also in their houses a niche, or hollow place, in which they put + the names of their deceased fathers, to which they make prayers and offerings of + perfumes and spices at certain periods.</p> + + <h4>A.V.</h4> + <hr class="full" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page425" id="page425"></a>[pg 425]</span> + + <h2>THE SELECTOR;<br /> + AND LITERARY NOTICES OF <i>NEW WORKS</i>.</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>HISTORY OF POLAND.</h3> + + <p>This volume, a goodly octavo, will be peculiarly acceptable at the present season. + It presents a lucid view of Polish history, from the earliest period to the present + eventful moment; and, as a passage of immediate interest, we quote the following + character of the President of the National Government of Poland:</p> + + <blockquote> + <p>This illustrious personage, Prince Adam Czartoryski, is the eldest son of the + late prince of the same house, and is descended from the family of Jagellon, the + ancient sovereigns of Lithuania. His father was long known, not only as a nobleman + of the first rank in Poland, but as one of the most accomplished scholars in + Europe. Such was his reputation, that at the period of the last vacancy in the + throne of Poland, Poniatowski (afterwards king) was deputed by the diet to + propitiate the Empress Catherine, to second the election of Czartoryski; but the + deputy's handsome form found such favour in the licentious eyes of the modern + Messalina, that he ceased to urge the suit of the diet, and returned the avowed + nominee of his imperial mistress. Prince Czartoryski's claims on the throne, + popularity, and consequent influence, rendered him odious to the court of St. + Petersburg, and when the last act of spoliation was perpetrated, his lands were + ravaged, his beautiful Castle of Pulawy destroyed, and a sentence of extermination + pronounced against him, unless he would consent to send his two sons, one the + subject of this notice, and the other Prince Constantino Czartoryski, as hostages + to St. Petersburg. To avoid this wretched alternative, the prince and his princess, + who still survive, consented to the separation, and the two young noblemen, were + placed under the eye of those who were deemed worthy, by the Autocrat, of reforming + their principles. The talents displayed by both brothers soon obtained for them the + admiration of the court; and as it was of great importance to gain them over, every + mark of imperial favour was heaped upon them by the Emperor Alexander, with whom, + from infancy, they had established terms of the utmost familiarity. The elder + brother held for a long time the portfolio of the Foreign Office, and, in his + official capacity, accompanied his imperial master to the scenes of some of his + most serious disasters. During Napoleon's invasion, Prince Constantino was in + Poland, and confiding in the integrity of the then master of the destinies of + Europe, and breathing naught but freedom for his country, he joined the banners of + the invader, and raised a regiment at his own expense to aid in the cause of + liberation. At Smolensk he received a severe wound, from the effects of which he + has never yet recovered. He resides at Vienna.</p> + + <p>The influence of Prince Adam Czartoryski proved to be singularly useful to + Poland after the downfall of Napoleon. He interposed, and interposed successfully, + between the anger of Alexander and his suffering country; and, on the establishment + of the kingdom of Poland, was appointed the curator of all the universities, both + there and in the incorporated provinces. These duties he sedulously discharged, + until he was superseded by the notorious Count Novozilzoff. From this period he has + lived in retirement, faithfully performing all the duties of private life. The + promotion of agriculture, science in all its branches, and kindly offices among + mankind, constituted his occupations until recent events drew him from his privacy. + The first call was made by the Russian functionaries, as stated in the text, for + the purpose of self-protection! the second was that of his devoted country, when a + government was essential to success. He was chosen not only one of the five members + of the executive body, but its president, a station which he still honourably + fills. Into his new office he has carried all the unostentatious and disinterested + virtues that adorned Pulawy, and there is little doubt that if (and no one suspects + that such will not be the case) the independence of Poland be fairly won, the + choice of his country will point to him as its sovereign. Having finished his + academical career at the University of Edinburgh, he early acquired a strong taste + for English institutions and for Englishmen, and of this he gave substantial proof + by devoting 250<i>l.</i> a-year to the exclusive purchase of English books. His + revenues are enormous; but his liberality is unbounded; and, as it is a rule in his + munificent establishment to provide liberally for the families of all his + dependants, his means are comparatively restricted, but his personal wants are few; + and that he is ready to accommodate himself to circumstances, was well shown by his + only observation on hearing of the confiscation of his large property in Podolia by + Nicholas. "Instead of riding, I must walk, and instead of sumptuous <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page426" id="page426"></a>[pg 426]</span> fare, I must + dine on buck-wheat."<a id="footnotetag3" name="footnotetag3"></a><a + href="#footnote3"><sup>3</sup></a> Such is a faint outline of this illustrious + man's character. Were it only for the admirable example of such an individual + guiding the reigns of the government of a devoted people, it is most ardently to be + hoped that Poland may triumph over her enemies, and be raised to that rank from + which she was degraded only by the basest of treasons.—<i>Fletcher's History + of Poland.</i></p> + </blockquote> + + <p>As the pronunciation of the Polish language is attended with some difficulty, the + author of this work has, in his advertisement, subjoined the following hints, taken + principally from the "Letters Literary and Political on Poland, Edinburgh, 1823."</p> + + <p>All vowels are sounded as in French and Italian; and there are no diphthongs, + every vowel being pronounced distinctly. The consonants are the same as in English, + except</p> + + <blockquote> + <p><i>w</i>, which is sounded like <i>v</i>, at the beginning of a word; thus, + Warsawa—<i>Varsafa</i>; in the middle or at the end of a word it has the + sound of <i>f</i>, as in the instance already cited; and + Narew—<i>Nareff</i>.</p> + + <p><i>c</i>, like <i>tz</i>, and never like <i>k</i>; thus, Pac is sounded + <i>Patz</i>.</p> + + <p><i>g</i>, like <i>g</i> in Gibbon; thus, <i>Oginski</i>.</p> + + <p><i>ch</i>, like the Greek [Greek: ch] or <i>k</i>; thus, + Lech—<i>Lek</i>.</p> + + <p><i>cz</i>, like the English <i>tch</i> in pitch;—thus, Czartoryski + pronounce <i>Tchartoryski</i>.</p> + + <p><i>sz</i>, like <i>sh</i> in <i>shape</i>; thus, Staszyc like + <i>Stashytz</i>.</p> + + <p><i>szcz</i>, like <i>shtch</i>; thus, Szczerbiec like <i>Shtcherbietz</i>.</p> + + <p><i>rz</i>, like <i>j</i> in <i>je</i>, with a slight sound of <i>r</i>; thus, + Rzewuski—<i>Rjevuski</i>.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>WHITE'S BAMPTON LECTURES.</h3> + + <p>Dr. Dibdin has prefixed the subsequent Note to one of these Lectures (Character of + Christ compared with that of Mahomet), which he has reprinted in vol. iii. of the + <i>Sunday Library</i>:—</p> + + <p>"Of all the sermons preached in this, or in any other country, THESE are perhaps + the most celebrated; or, if this observation require qualification, the only + exception may be in favour of those of the <i>Petit Carême</i> of MASILLON. For + three successive terms, the church of St. Mary's, at Oxford, was crowded with an + auditory breathless in admiration of the splendour of diction and vividness of + imagery manifested in these discourses. The subject treated of—'<i>A Comparison + of Mahometanism and Christianity in their History, their Evidences, and their + Effects</i>'—was new and striking in the pulpit of the University Church. A + great deal of highly wrought expectation, from more than a whisper spread abroad of + the sources whence the chief materials had been derived, preceded their publicity; + and the preacher, although by no means remarkable for elegance of manner, or + ductility and melody of voice, applied his whole energies to the task of giving power + and effect to his delivery. He succeeded, greatly beyond his own expectations; and + the University rung with his praises. The fame which ensued was merited; for the + public, till then satisfied with the tame polish and cold invective of BLAIR, became + delighted by the union of such harmony of language, skilfulness of argument, and + singularity of research, as were blended in these lectures. Yet it may be questioned, + not only whether a display of similar talent would <i>now</i> receive the like + applause, but whether many subsequent courses of Bampton lectures have not rendered a + more essential service to Christianity.</p> + + <p>"But, extraordinary as was the result of the <i>preaching</i> of these Bampton + lectures, perhaps a more extraordinary history belongs to their <i>composition</i>; + and posterity will learn, with wonder, and perhaps with mingled pity and contempt, + that the measures resorted to by the Laudian Professor of Arabic, in order to impose + upon his best friend and most able coadjutor, DR. PARR, form such a tissue of petty + artifice and intrigue as scarcely to be believed. The whole plot, however, is + minutely and masterly developed in Dr. Johnstone's <i>Life of Dr. Parr</i>, vol. i. + p. 216-281, to which I refer the curious reader for some very singular particulars. + The facts, as there delineated, are simply these:—A secret correspondence was + carried on between Professor White and Mr. Badcock, a dissenting minister of + Devonshire, who furnished the greater part of the materials of these lectures; which + materials, copied out by Professor White, with a few emendations and additions, were + sent to Dr. Parr as the exclusive composition of the Professor. Several of the + lectures are wholly Badcock's, by the express admission of Dr. White; and the + undeniable evidence of a douceur of 500<i>l.</i> from the Professor to Mr. Badcock, + is a sufficiently solid proof of the value in which the former held the labours of + the latter. There could be no violation of any great moral feeling in the transaction + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page427" id="page427"></a>[pg 427]</span> thus simply + considered; for the labourer was worthy of his hire; but the evasive subtleties and + shuffling subterfuges by which the literary intercourse was stubbornly denied, and + attempted to be set aside, by Professor White, is matter of perfect astonishment! In + the mean while, Dr. Parr steadily continued his critical labours, believing that the + Professor sought no <i>aid</i> but his <i>own</i>. He revised, added, and polished at + his entire discretion; and while it is allowed that <i>one-fifth</i> at least, of + these lectures are the work of his learned hand, he undoubtedly gave to the whole its + last and most effectual polish. The history which belongs to his discovery of the + collateral aid of Badcock, is curious and amusing; but can have no place here. It + does great credit to the head and heart of Dr. Parr. Thus the reader will observe + that no small interest is attached to the volume from which the ensuing extracts are + made: a volume, full, doubtless, of extensive and learned research, and exhibiting a + style remarkable alike for its consummate art and harmonious copiousness."</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>WEALTH OF HENRY VII.</h3> + + <p>The hoard amassed by Henry, and "most of it under his own key and keeping, in + secret places at Richmond," is said to have amounted to near 1,800,000<i>l.</i>, + which, according to our former conjectures, would be equivalent to about + 16,000,000<i>l.</i>; an amount of specie so immense as to warrant a suspicion of + exaggeration, in an age when there was no control from public documents on a matter + of which the writers of history were ignorant. Our doubts of the amount amassed by + Henry are considerably warranted by the computation of Sir W. Petty, who, a century + and a half later, calculated the whole specie of England at only + 6,000,000<i>l.</i>—This hoard, whatever may have been its precise extent, was + too great to be formed by frugality, even under the penurious and niggardly Henry. A + system of extortion was employed, which "the people, into whom there is infused for + the preservation of monarchies a natural desire to discharge their princes, though it + be with the unjust charge of their counsellors, did impute unto Cardinal Morton and + Sir Reginald Bray, who, as it after appeared, as counsellors of ancient authority + with him, did so second his humours as nevertheless they did temper them. Whereas + Empson and Dudley, that followed, being persons that had no reputation with him, + otherwise than by the servile following of his bent, did not give way only as the + first did, but shaped his way to those extremities for which himself was touched with + remorse at his death."<a id="footnotetag4" name="footnotetag4"></a><a + href="#footnote4"><sup>4</sup></a> The means of exaction chiefly consisted in the + fines incurred by slumbering laws, in commuting for money other penalties which fell + on unknown offenders, and in the sale of pardons and amnesties. Every revolt was a + fruitful source of profit. When the great confiscations had ceased, much remained to + be gleaned by true or false imputations of participation in treason. To be a dweller + in a disaffected district, was, for the purposes of the king's treasure, to be a + rebel. No man could be sure that he had not incurred mulcts, or other grievous + penalties, by some of those numerous laws which had so fallen into disuse by their + frivolous and vexatious nature as to strike before they warned. It was often more + prudent to compound by money, even in false accusations, than to brave the rapacity + and resentment of the king and his tools. Of his chief instruments, "Dudley was a man + of good family, eloquent, and one that could put hateful business into good language; + Empson, the son of a sieve-maker, of Towcester, triumphed in his deeds, putting off + all other respects. They were privy counsellors and lawyers, who turned law and + justice into wormwood and rapine."<a id="footnotetag5" name="footnotetag5"></a><a + href="#footnote5"><sup>5</sup></a> They threw into prison every man whom they could + indict, and confined him, without any intention to prosecute, till he ransomed + himself. They prosecuted the mayors and other magistrates of the city of London, for + pretended or trivial neglects of duty, long after the time of the alleged offences; + subservient judges imposed enormous fines, and the king imprisoned during his own + life some of the contumacious offenders. Alderman Hawes is said to have died + heartbroken by the terror and anguish of these proceedings. <a id="footnotetag6" + name="footnotetag6"></a><a href="#footnote6"><sup>6</sup></a> They imprisoned and + fined juries who hesitated to lend their aid when it was deemed convenient to seek + it. To these, Lord Bacon tells us, were added "other courses fitter to be buried than + repeated."<a id="footnotetag7" name="footnotetag7"></a><a + href="#footnote7"><sup>7</sup></a> Emboldened by long success, they at last disdained + to observe "<i>the half face of justice</i>,"<a id="footnotetag8" + name="footnotetag8"></a><a href="#footnote8"><sup>8</sup></a> but summoning the + wealthy and timid before them in private houses, "shuffled up" a summary <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page428" id="page428"></a>[pg 428]</span> examination + without a jury, and levied such exactions as were measured only by the fears and + fortunes of their victims.—<i>Mackintosh's England</i>, Vol. 2.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.</h2> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE COURSE OF THE NIGER.</h3> + + <p>The discovery of the termination of the course of the Niger, will be of the + greatest importance to geography, to our political power, and to civilization.</p> + + <p>With regard to geography, perhaps the contradiction which was afforded by the + various sources whence we derived our knowledge of the character of the interior of + Africa, and of the course of, next to the Nile, the most renowned, and, as was + considered from the same accounts, the greatest river of that country, have in late + times given unlimited zest in the pursuit of further information, and has not in the + least detracted from the pleasure with which we find that we are indebted to our + countrymen for the solution of this all-absorbing problem. It appears, that among the + ancients many facts connected with the geography of the interior of Africa were well + known, which have still been an object of discussion among the moderns; and of these, + we may enumerate the occurrence of a large lake or marsh (for it is either, at + different seasons of the year), whose real existence, beyond the speculations of + geographers, was very unsatisfactorily established, until the journey of Denham and + Clapperton; and the fact of the occurrence of a great river in the west, emptying + itself into the ocean, though many were of opinion that it lost itself in an inland + marsh, or in the desert, while others supported the opinion of its identity with the + Nile of the Egyptians. The researches of Ptolemy and the Arabian geographers on the + Nile of the Negroes, and in later times the travels of Leo Africanus, who was a Moor + of Grenada, demonstrated the absurdity of this opinion; and how extraordinary that, + in the boasted perfection of human intellect, it should have been broached several + centuries afterwards, and that the barometric levellings of Bruce should have been + necessary to enforce conviction! It is not at all improbable that Hanno, the + Carthaginian, as advanced by Macqueen, reached the Bight of Benin, or of Biafra; and + certainly the geographical information obtained on these countries by Herodotus and + Edrisi was more accurate than the speculations of many modern geographers.</p> + + <p>Observation had demonstrated to the moderns that no large river emptied itself + into the ocean on the north-west coast, though it required a more accurate + acquaintance with the Senegal and the Gambia before it was fully ascertained that + they were not the outlets of this great stream. The progress of navigation along the + south-eastern shores of Africa also showed that no large river emptied itself into + the sea along that coast; while the settlements of the Portuguese on the coast to the + south of Cape Lopez, led them, at an early period, to adopt the opinion afterwards + supported by Mungo Park and Mr. Barrow, that one or more of the rivers in their + vicinity were the outlets of the great river of the interior of Africa. Two + celebrated geographers, D'Anville and Major Rennell, however, espoused the theory of + the waters emptying themselves into the Wangara, or great marsh; which argument + underwent various modifications in the hands of different geographers; and though the + probability of its emptying itself into the Gulf of Guinea had been pointed out on + the continent, and vigorously supported in this country, an expedition was fitted out + to explore the Congo or Zaire, which, though unfortunate to the individuals + concerned, was yet satisfactory in a geographical point of view, and demonstrated + that the rivers south of Cape Lopez were not the outlets of the waters of the Niger, + and gave origin to a speculation which partook of all the characters of a romance of + the desert, beneath the sands of which its author buried the gigantic stream, loaded + with the waters of the Wangara or Lake Tchad, to make it flow into the Mediterranean + at the Syrtis of the ancients.</p> + + <p>In the history of geography there are no examples of greater perseverance and + courageous determination than in the efforts made to triumph over the difficulties + presented in the solution of this important question. Since 1815, there has scarcely + a year passed in which a new attempt has not been made; and of these, if we recede a + little farther back, twenty-five were made by our countrymen, fourteen by Frenchmen, + two by Americans, and one by a German; of which but a small number, since the days of + Houghton, have not fallen victims to their heroic devotion.</p> + + <p>Mungo Park first observed the direction of the stream which had become as much an + object of discussion as its termination; and, strange to say, after the present + discovery, it will, in some parts of its course, still remain so. The <span + class="pagenum"><a name="page429" id="page429"></a>[pg 429]</span> unfortunate + traveller just alluded to, previous to his descent of the river, obtained some + information from Moors and from negroes, on its course by Timbuctoo. The Jinnie of + Park is synonymous with Jenné, Giné, Dhjenné, of other writers, + as Jenné has again been confounded with Kano or Kanno. It may be a figurative + term—for the Jinnie of Park was on an island, as was the Jenné of the + Moorish reports, while the Jenné of some travellers is at a short distance + from the river. This cannot be the case with regard to Timbuctoo, which is visited by + caravans twice a year from Morocco; nor is the name met with any where, except the + two first syllables in the town of Timbo, which cannot be mistaken for Timbuctoo.</p> + + <p>Major Laing had discovered the source of the Niger to be in the mountains of Loma, + in 9 deg. 15 min. west latitude, and had ascertained its course for a short distance + from its source. We were also aware of the existence of one or two streams joining + the great river, or branching from it near Timbuctoo. De Lisle had marked a river + Gambarra, on his maps drawn up for Louis XV., and not without good authority. This is + the river coming from Houssa; and the Joliba of modern travellers is a river, we + could prove, from the concurring testimony of a variety of sources, coming from the + north-west, and joining its waters with, that is to say flowing into the Niger, in + the immediate neighbourhood of Timbuctoo; still at that point the Kowarra, or Quorra + of the Moors, or Quolla of the Negroes, who always change the <i>r</i> for <i>l</i> a + name which, according to Laing, it has at its sources—according to Clapperton, + it preserves beyond Timbuctoo, and is probably still the name of the same stream at + its embouchure in the Bight of Biafra. The Quarrama is another tributary stream which + passes by Saccatoo, and falls into the Quorra above Youri, and above the point where + Mungo Park was wrecked; and the line of country between this river and the Shashum, + comprising the hills of Doochee, of Naroo, and of Dull, is the line of water-shed to + the rivers joining the Quorra on the one hand, and those emptying themselves into the + Wangara on the other. The course given by Sultan Bello, and the information obtained + by Major Denham, both pointed out a river coursing to the east, which is probably the + branch followed by the Landers: for its termination in Lake Tchad had not even the + air of probability; though it is not, on the other-hand, at all improbable that other + branches empty themselves into the Bight of Benin, by the rivers Formosa or Volta, + according to information given to Captain Clapperton and Major Laing.</p> + + <p>We had intended to embody some remarks upon the pretended journey of + Caillié; but we find we have already occupied too much space in details + necessary to make the geographical nature of the question well understood; and we + shall content ourselves with remarking, that the discovery of the termination of the + Quorra, or Niger, tends to throw a degree of improbability upon the narrative of that + individual, which it will require much ingenuity to explain away. It is certain that + the latitude given to Timbuctoo by the editor of those travels, and upon which + sufficient ridicule has already been thrown in the Edinburgh Geographical Journal, + may be considered as an error entirely of the editor's, who, by taking it upon + himself, will relieve the burden of the mistake from the traveller, and thus lighten + the weighty doubts which might in consequence bear upon the remainder of the details; + for the situation of that city, as given by Jomard, is quite inconsistent with the + situation it must be in, from the ascertained source, direction, and termination of + the river. There can be no doubt but that a portion of the labours presented to the + public as the travels of Caillié are founded upon valid documents, wherever + obtained, and probably most of the errors are those of the editor. But though + authorities can be found in support of the division of the Quorra into two branches; + one of which, the Joliba, flows to the north-west, and the other in an almost + opposite direction,—fact which has no analogy in geography, and, what is + better, no existence in nature; yet no authority can be found for placing Timbuctoo + on a river flowing north from the Niger.</p> + + <p>The details which will be given to us by the results of this successful expedition + will, then, not only be of assistance in allying the existing condition of things + with the knowledge of the ancients, but it will enable us to reduce to a few facts + the many contradictory statements which have originated in the variety of the sources + of information, and the individual and national rivalry which the interest of the + question gave birth to among the geographers of the present day. It will also be of + importance, as it was connected with a great question, as to the possibility of a + large river traversing an extensive continent, or losing itself in a marsh or lake, + or being buried in the extensive sands of the desert. By <span class="pagenum"><a + name="page430" id="page430"></a>[pg 430]</span> laying open the interior of Africa to + us, it will increase our political strength and commercial advantages on those + coasts;—it will enable us to put into practice an amelioration long + contemplated by Mr. Barrow, in the choice of our settlements on those + coasts;—it will place the greatest and most important vent of the barbarous and + inhuman traffic of negroes in our possession; and it will enable us to diffuse the + benefits of superior intelligence among an ignorant and suffering + people.—Literary Gazette.</p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.</h2> + + <h3>DISAGREEABLES.</h3> + + <h4>BY THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.</h4> + + <blockquote> + <p>"For four things the earth is disquieted, and five which it cannot bear." + AGUR.</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>This world is a delightful place to dwell in,</p> + + <p>And many sweet and lovely things are in it;</p> + + <p>Yet there are sundry, at the which I have</p> + + <p>A natural dislike, against all reason.</p> + + <p>I never like A TAILOR. Yet no man</p> + + <p>Likes a new coat or inexpressibles</p> + + <p>Better than I do—few, I think, so well:</p> + + <p>I can't account for this. The tailor is,</p> + + <p>A far more useful member of society</p> + + <p>Than is a poet;—then his sprightly wit,</p> + + <p>His glee, his humour, and his happy mind</p> + + <p>Entitle him to fair esteem. Allowed.</p> + + <p>But then, his self-sufficiency;—his shape</p> + + <p>So like a frame, whereon to hang a suit</p> + + <p>Of dandy clothes;—his small straight back and arms,</p> + + <p>His thick bluff ankles, and his supple knees,</p> + + <p>Plague on't!—'Tis wrong—I do not like a tailor.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2">AN OLD BLUE-STOCKING MAID! Oh! that's a being,</p> + + <p>That's hardly to be borne. Her saffron hue,</p> + + <p>Her thinnish lips, close primmed as they were sewn</p> + + <p>Up by a milliner, and made water-proof,</p> + + <p>To guard the fount of wisdom that's within.</p> + + <p>Her borrowed locks, of dry and withered hue,</p> + + <p>Her straggling beard of ill-condition'd hairs,</p> + + <p>And then her jaws of wise and formal cast;</p> + + <p>Chat-chat—chat-chat! Grand shrewd remarks!</p> + + <p>That may have meaning, may have none for me.</p> + + <p>I like the creature so supremely ill,</p> + + <p>I never listen, never calculate.</p> + + <p>I know this is ungenerous and unjust:</p> + + <p>I cannot help it; for I do dislike</p> + + <p>An old blue-stocking maid even to extremity.</p> + + <p>I do protest I'd rather kiss a tailor.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2">A GREEDY EATER! He is worst of all.</p> + + <p>The gourmand bolts and bolts, and smacks his chops—</p> + + <p>Eyes every dish that enters, with a stare</p> + + <p>Of greed and terror, lest one thing go by him.</p> + + <p>The glances that he casts along the board,</p> + + <p>At every slice that's carved, have that in them</p> + + <p>Beyond description. I would rather dine</p> + + <p>Beside an ox—yea, share his cog of draff;</p> + + <p>Or with a dog, if he'd keep his own side;</p> + + <p>Than with a glutton on the rarest food.</p> + + <p class="i2">A thousand times I've dined upon the waste,</p> + + <p>On dry-pease bannock, by the silver spring.</p> + + <p>O, it was sweet—was healthful—had a zest;</p> + + <p>Which at the paste my palate ne'er enjoyed.</p> + + <p>My bonnet laid aside, I turned mine eyes</p> + + <p>With reverence and humility to heaven,</p> + + <p>Craving a blessing from the bounteous Giver;</p> + </div> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Then grateful thanks returned. There was a joy</p> + + <p>In these lone meals, shared by my faithful dog,</p> + + <p>Which I remind with pleasure, and has given</p> + + <p>A verdure to my spirit's age. Then think</p> + + <p>Of such a man, beside a guzzler set;</p> + + <p>And how his stomach nauseates the repast.</p> + + <p class="i2">"When he thinks of days he shall never more see.</p> + + <p>Of his cake and his cheese, and his lair on the lea,</p> + + <p>His laverock that hung on the heaven's ee-bree,</p> + + <p class="i2">His prayer and his clear mountain rill."</p> + + <p>I cannot eat one morsel. There is that,</p> + + <p>Somewhere within, that balks each bold attempt;</p> + + <p>A loathing—a disgust—a something worse:</p> + + <p>I know not what it is. A strong desire</p> + + <p>To drink, but not for thirst. 'Tis from a wish</p> + + <p>To wash down that enormous eater's food—</p> + + <p>A sympathetic feeling. Not of love!</p> + + <p>And be there ale, or wine, or potent draught</p> + + <p>Superior to them both, to that I fly,</p> + + <p>And glory in the certainty that mine</p> + + <p>Is the ethereal soul of food, while his</p> + + <p>Is but the rank corporeal—the vile husks</p> + + <p>Best suited to his crude voracity.</p> + + <p>And far as the bright spirit may transcend</p> + + <p>Its mortal frame, my food transcendeth his.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2">A CREDITOR! Good heaven, is there beneath</p> + + <p>Thy glorious concave of cerulean blue,</p> + + <p>A being formed so thoroughly for dislike,</p> + + <p>As is a creditor? No, he's supreme,</p> + + <p>The devil's a joke to him! Whoe'er has seen</p> + + <p>An adder's head upraised, with gleaming eyes,</p> + + <p>About to make a spring, may form a shade</p> + + <p>Of mild resemblance to a creditor.</p> + + <p class="i2">I do remember once—'tis long agone—</p> + + <p>Of stripping to the waist to wade the Tyne—</p> + + <p>The English Tyne, dark, sluggish, broad, and deep;</p> + + <p>And just when middle-way, there caught mine eye,</p> + + <p>A lamprey of enormous size pursuing me!</p> + + <p>L—— what a fright! I bobb'd, I splashed, I flew.</p> + + <p>He had a creditor's keen, ominous look,</p> + + <p>I never saw an uglier—but a real one.</p> + + <p class="i2">This is implanted in man's very nature,</p> + + <p>It cannot be denied. And once I deemed it</p> + + <p>The most degrading stain our nature bore:</p> + + <p>Wearing a shade of every hateful vice,</p> + + <p>Ingratitude, injustice, selfishness.</p> + + <p>But I was wrong, for I have traced the stream</p> + + <p>Back to its fountain in the inmost cave,</p> + + <p>And found in postulate of purest grain,</p> + + <p>It's first beginning.—It is not the man,</p> + + <p>The friend who has obliged us, we would shun,</p> + + <p>But the conviction which his presence brings,</p> + + <p>That we have done him wrong:—a sense of grief</p> + + <p>And shame at our own rash improvidence:</p> + + <p>The heart bleeds for it, and we love the man</p> + + <p>Whom we would shun. The feeling's hard to bear.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i2">A BLUSTERING FELLOW! There's a deadly bore,</p> + + <p>Placed in a good man's way, who only yearns</p> + + <p>For happiness and joy. But day by day,</p> + + <p>This blusterer meets me, and the hope's defaced.</p> + + <p>I cannot say a word—make one remark,</p> + + <p>That meets not flat and absolute contradiction—</p> + + <p>I nothing know on earth—am misinformed</p> + + <p>On every circumstance. The very terms,</p> + + <p>Scope, rate, and merits of my own transactions</p> + + <p>Are all to me unknown, or falsified,</p> + + <p>Of which most potent proof can be adduced.</p> + + <p>Then the important thump upon the board,</p> + + <p>Snap with the thumb, and the disdainful 'whew!'</p> + + <p>Sets me and all I say at less than naught.</p> + + <p class="i2">What can a person do?—To knock him down</p> + + <p>Suggests itself, but then it breeds a row</p> + + <p>In a friend's house, or haply in your own,</p> + + <p>Which is much worse; for glasses go like cinders;</p> + + <p>The wine is spilled—the toddy. The chair-backs</p> + + <p>Go crash! No, no, there's nothing but forbearance,</p> + </div> + </div> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page431" id="page431"></a>[pg 431]</span> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And mark'd contempt. If that won't bring him down,</p> + + <p>There's nothing will. Ah! can the leopard change</p> + + <p>His spots, or the grim Ethiop his hue?</p> + + <p>Sooner they may and nature change her course,</p> + + <p>Than can a blusterer to a modest man:</p> + + <p>He still will stand a beacon of dislike.</p> + + <p>A fool—I wish all blustering chaps were dead,</p> + + <p>That's the true bathos to have done with them.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <h4><i>Fraser's Magazine.</i></h4> + <hr class="full" /> + + <h2>THE GATHERER.</h2> + + <blockquote> + <p>A snapper up of unconsidered trifles.<br /> + <span style="margin-left: 15em;">SHAKSPEARE.</span></p> + </blockquote> + + <h3>GAD'S HILL.</h3> + + <p>Gad's Hill, not far from Chatham, was formerly a noted place for depredations on + seamen, after they had received their pay at the latter place. The following + robbery was committed there in or verging on the year 1676: About four o'clock one + morning, a gentleman was robbed by one Nicks, on a bay mare, just as he was on the + declivity of the hill, on the west side. Nicks rode away, and as he said, was + stopped nearly an hour by the difficulty of getting a boat, to enable him to cross + the river; but he made the best use of it as a kind of bait to his horse. From + thence he rode across the county of Essex to Chelmsford. Here he stopped about an + hour to refresh his horse, and give the animal a ball;—from thence to + Braintree, Bocking, and Withersfield; thence over the Downs to Cambridge; and from + thence, keeping still the cross roads, he went by Fenny Stratford, <a + id="footnotetag9" name="footnotetag9"></a><a href="#footnote9"><sup>9</sup></a> to + Godmanchester and Huntingdon, where he and his mare baited about an hour; and, as + he said himself, he slept about half an hour: then holding on the north road, and + keeping a full gallop most of the way, he came to York the same afternoon; put off + his boots and riding clothes, and went dressed as if he had been an inhabitant of + the place, to the bowling-green, where, among many other gentlemen, was the Lord + Mayor of the city. He, singling out his lordship, studied to do something + particular that the mayor might remember him, and then took occasion to ask him + what o'clock it was. The mayor, pulling out his watch, told him the time, which was + a quarter before, or a quarter after eight at night. Upon a prosecution for this + robbery, the whole merit of the case turned upon this single point:—the + person robbed, swore to the man, to the place, and to the time, in which the + robbery was committed; but Nicks, proving by the Lord Mayor of York, that he was as + far off as <i>Yorkshire</i> at that time, the jury acquitted him on the bare + supposition, that the man could not be at two places so remote on one and the same + day.</p> + + <p>I need not remind your numerous readers that the roads in 1676 were in a very + different plight to those of 1831; at the former period it would not have been + possible for Tom Thumb to have trotted sixteen miles an hour on any turnpike road + in England. Even my friend, the respected driver of the Old Union Cambridge Coach + to London, can remember, in his time, the coach being two days on the road, and + occasionally being indebted to farmers for the loan of horses to drag the coach + wheels out of their sloughy tracks.</p> + + <h4>J.S.W.</h4> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>DIGNIFIED REPROOF.</h3> + + <p>Catherine Parthenay, niece of the celebrated Anna Parthenay, returned this + spirited reply to the importunities of Henry IV.—"Your majesty must know, + that although I am too humble to become your wife, I am at the same time descended + from too illustrious a family ever to become your mistress."</p> + + <h4>P.</h4> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>L—A—W.</h3> + + <p>The circumlocution and diffuseness of law papers—the apparent redundancy + of terms, and multiplicity of synonymes, which may be found on all judicial + proceedings, are happily hit off in the following, which we copy from <i>Jenk's New + York Evening Journal</i>:—</p> + + <p>"A LAWYER'S STORY.—Tom strikes Dick over the shoulders with a rattan as + big as your little finger. A lawyer would tell you the story something in this + way:—And that, whereas the said Thomas, at the said Providence, in the year + and day aforesaid, in and upon the body of the said Richard, in the peace of God + and the State, then and there being, did make a most violent assault and inflicted + a great many and divers blows, kicks, cuffs, thumps, bumps, contusions, gashes, + wounds, hurts, damages, and injuries, in and upon the head, neck, breast, stomach, + lips, knees, shins, and heels of the said Richard, with divers sticks, staves, + canes, poles, clubs, logs of wood, stones, guns, dirks, swords, daggers, pistols, + cutlasses, bludgeons, blunderbusses, and boarding pikes, then and there held in the + hands, fists, claws, and clutches of him the said Thomas."</p> + <hr class="short" /> + <span class="pagenum"><a name="page432" id="page432"></a>[pg 432]</span> + + <h3>WATERLOO—"FORGET ME NOT."</h3> + + <blockquote> + <p>"On one of these graves I observed the little wild blue flower, known by the + name of 'Forget me not'."—<i>Visit to the Field of Waterloo.</i></p> + </blockquote> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>No marble tells, nor columns rise,</p> + + <p class="i2">To bid the passing stranger mourn,</p> + + <p>Where valour fought, and bled, and died,</p> + + <p class="i2">From friends and life abruptly torn.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Yet on the earth that veils<a id="footnotetag10" name="footnotetag10"></a><a + href="#footnote10"><sup>10</sup></a> their heads,</p> + + <p class="i2">Where bravest hearts are doom'd to rot,</p> + + <p>This simple flower, with meek appeal,</p> + + <p class="i2">Prefers the prayer "Forget me not."</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Forget! forbid my heart responds</p> + + <p class="i2">While bending o'er the hero's grave—</p> + + <p>Forbid that e'er oblivion's gloom</p> + + <p class="i2">Should shade the spot where rest the brave.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Fond kindred at this awful shrine</p> + + <p class="i2">Will oft, with footsteps faltering,</p> + + <p>Approach and drop the pious tear—</p> + + <p class="i2">Sad Memory's purest offering.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And well their country marks those deeds—</p> + + <p class="i2">The land that gave each bosom fire:</p> + + <p>Deeds that her proudest triumph won,</p> + + <p class="i2">But gaining, saw her sons expire.</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p>And ages hence will Britain's sons,</p> + + <p class="i2">As trophied tributes meet their view,</p> + + <p>Admire, exult—yet mourn the pangs</p> + + <p class="i2">These glories cost, at Waterloo.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <h4>D.</h4> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>SWORD PRESENTED BY THE KING TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF + WATERLOO.</h3> + + <p>On the hilt, and executed in high relief, are branches of oak surrounding the + crown. The bark of the branches are opening, which display the words—"India, + Copenhagen, Peninsula, and Waterloo." The top part of the scabbard exhibits his + majesty's arms, initials, and crown; the middle of the scabbard exhibits the arms + and orders of the Duke of Wellington on the one side, and on the reverse his + batons. The lower end has the thunderbolt and wings, the whole surrounded with oak + leaves and laurel, with a rich foliage, in which was introduced the flower of the + Lotus. The blade exhibits, in has relief, his majesty's arms, initials, and crown; + the arms, orders, and batons, of the Duke of Wellington, Hercules taming the tiger, + the thunderbolt, the British colours bound up with the caduceus and fasces, + surrounded by laurel, and over them the words—"India, Copenhagen, Peninsula, + and Waterloo," terminating with a sheathed sword, surrounded by laurel and + palm.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>ODDITIES.</h3> + + <p>Fashion-mongers make odd work with language. Thus, we read of Mrs. Ravenshaw + giving a "petit" <i>souper</i> to about 150 of the <i>haut ton</i>.</p> + + <p>The <i>Court Journal</i>, too, tells us that a few days since Lord Lansdowne met + with "a severe accident," by which "he suffered no material injury."</p> + + <p>The Queen's dress at her last ball was "white and silver, striped with blue." + The song says—</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>To be nice about trifles</p> + + <p>Is trifling and folly;—</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>but the <i>modistes</i> can gather little from such a description as the + above.</p> + + <p>In the Zoological Gardens is a pheasant, one of whose feathers measures 5 feet + 11 inches in length!</p> + + <p>A "<i>Charming Fellow</i>,"—The records of the Horticultural Society + inform us that <i>Lady</i> Cochrane has been elected "a Fellow of the Society."</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <p>VEDI PAGANINI E MORI.</p> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>See Paganini, and then <i>die</i>!</p> + + <p class="i2">I beg to tell a different story;</p> + + <p>And to the <i>bowing</i> crowd I cry,</p> + + <p class="i2">See Paganini, and then Mori!</p> + </div> + + <div class="stanza"> + <p class="i8"><i>Court Journal.</i></p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>In a List of New Books and Reprints we find one by "Bishop Home; in silk, 2s. + 6d."</p> + + <div class="poem"> + <p><i>Epitaph on Spenser.</i></p> + + <p><i>In Spenserum.</i></p> + </div> + + <div class="poem"> + <div class="stanza"> + <p>Famous alive and dead, here is the odds,</p> + + <p>Then god of poets, now poet of the gods.</p> + </div> + </div> + + <p>The Philomathic Society of Warsaw have elected Mr. Campbell a corresponding + member, as "Campbell <i>Tomes</i> Poète Anglais."—<i>Literary + Gazette.</i></p> + + <p><i>Anatomy.</i>—The price for unopened subjects in Paris is 5 francs, or + 4<i>s.</i> 2<i>d.</i>; and 3 francs, or 2<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> for opened + ones.—<i>Lancet</i>.</p> + <hr class="short" /> + + <h3>THE LORD CHANCELLOR.</h3> + + <h4>Vol. XVII. of the MIRROR,</h4> + + <p>With a Steel-plate Portrait of this illustrious Individual, Memoir, &c., 50 + Engravings, and 450 closely printed Pages, will be published on the 30th instant, + price 5<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i> boards.</p> + + <p>Part 110, price 10<i>d.</i>, will be ready on the same day.</p> + + <p>The Supplementary Number will contain the above Portrait, a copious Memoir, + Title-page, Index, &c; and, from its extension beyond the usual space, will be + published at 4<i>d.</i></p> + <hr class="full" /> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote1" name="footnote1"></a><b>Footnote 1:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag1">(return)</a> + + <p>See <i>Mirror</i>, No 475.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote2" name="footnote2"></a><b>Footnote 2:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag2">(return)</a> + + <p>Langhorne's Plutarch, vol. i. p. xv.—Limbird's edition.]</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote3" name="footnote3"></a><b>Footnote 3:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag3">(return)</a> + + <p>The common food of the poor.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote4" name="footnote4"></a><b>Footnote 4:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag4">(return)</a> + + <p>Bacon, iii. 409.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote5" name="footnote5"></a><b>Footnote 5:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag5">(return)</a> + + <p>Ibid. iii. 380.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote6" name="footnote6"></a><b>Footnote 6:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag6">(return)</a> + + <p>See examples in Bacon, iii.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote7" name="footnote7"></a><b>Footnote 7:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag7">(return)</a> + + <p>Bacon, iii. 382.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote8" name="footnote8"></a><b>Footnote 8:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag8">(return)</a> + + <p>Ibid. 381.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote9" name="footnote9"></a><b>Footnote 9:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag9">(return)</a> + + <p>Fenny, or Fen Stanton, not Stratford, must be here meant, as the former is in + the direct road from Cambridge to Huntingdon.</p> + </blockquote> + + <blockquote class="footnote"> + <a id="footnote10" name="footnote10"></a><b>Footnote 10:</b> <a + href="#footnotetag10">(return)</a> + + <p>The layer of earth scarce covers the bodies, so may be called a veil.</p> + </blockquote> + <hr class="full" /> + + <p><i>Printed and published by J LIMBIRD, 143, Strand, (near Somerset House,) + London; sold by ERNEST FLEISCHER, 626, New Market, Leipsic; G.G. 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