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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1, No. 17, October 24, 1840 - -Author: Various - -Release Date: March 1, 2017 [EBook #54267] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE IRISH PENNY JOURNAL *** - - - - -Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading -Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from -images generously made available by JSTOR www.jstor.org) - - - - - - - - - - - THE IRISH PENNY JOURNAL. - - NUMBER 17. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1840. VOLUME I. - -[Illustration: NEW BRIDGE, COUNTY OF KILDARE.] - -It is a curious circumstance, that while among the most humble and -illiterate, as well as among the high and educated classes of society in -Ireland, a certain degree of interest and respect is usually felt for -the ecclesiastical and military remains of past ages, those of a purely -useful character, as ancient bridges for example, excite no corresponding -sentiments, and are destroyed without causing the slightest feeling of -regret in the minds of any portion of society. Strange, however, as this -may appear, the fact is undeniable, as the recent destruction of Thomond -Bridge at Limerick, and the intended destruction of other ancient bridges -on that noble river and elsewhere, sufficiently testify; and in a few -years more there will, in all probability, scarcely remain in the country -a single example of monuments of this class. Yet it cannot be said that -such memorials of the progress of civilization in past ages are without -their hallowing associations, or that their moss-stained and ivy-mantled -arches are less pleasing to the lover of the picturesque than those of -the ruined castle, church, or abbey. Who that has ever seen the ancient -bridge of Limerick, with its fifteen arches, exhibiting every variety -of form, its horizontal line contrasting so admirably with the upright -forms of the adjacent objects, and calling up in the mind recollections -of the finest landscapes of Claude--who, we say, that has enjoyed this -pleasure of a refined taste, but will hear testimony to the truth of -our assertion, and regret the circumstances which have given birth to -it? Who, in like manner, that has ever seen the ancient bridge which -forms the embellishment of our present number, but would deeply lament -its destruction? Yet such was the fate to which it was doomed, but a -few years since, by a county grand jury, and from which it only escaped -through the influence of the worthy proprietor of St Woolstan’s, Richard -Cane, Esq., who, in a spirit equally honourable to his taste and his -nationality, declared that sooner than permit so interesting a monument -of antiquity to be destroyed, he would build a new bridge at his own -expense. Alas! that we have not amongst us a greater number of gentlemen -of his taste, wealth, and spirit! - -Despite of its contradictory name, New Bridge is the oldest bridge now -remaining on the beautiful Liffey, and, with the exception of the ancient -Bridge of Dublin, which was taken down and rebuilt some years since, is -probably the first bridge of stone ever erected on it. From Pembridge’s -Annals, as published by the Father of British antiquaries, William -Camden, we learn that this bridge was erected in the year 1308, by John -le Decer, the Mayor of Dublin in that year, at his own expense. So that -by a curious and not uninteresting coincidence, it owes its erection to -one worthy and patriotic citizen of Dublin, and its preservation, after a -lapse of more than five hundred years, to another. - -New Bridge is situated in the barony of North Salt, about one Irish mile -south-west of the town of Leixlip. It consists of four arches, some -of which are semicircular and others pointed; and, like most ancient -bridges, it is high and extremely narrow. Mantled with luxuriant ivy, and -enriched with the varied and mellow tints of so many centuries, it is -in itself an object of great picturesque beauty; but these attractions -are greatly enhanced by the quiet yet romantic features of the scenery -immediately about it--particularly the woods and the ruins of the -venerable Abbey of St Woolstan, of which we shall give some account in a -future number. - - P. - - - - -ANCIENT IRISH LITERATURE. - -NUMBER III. - - -For our third specimen of the literature of our ancestors we have -selected an example of what may be called the fireside stories, in vogue -from a very ancient period till the last century. These stories are for -the most part only personal traditions, and as they are not found in any -vellum manuscripts which have descended to us, it might be concluded -that they are of very modern date. Such conclusion, however, would be -erroneous; there is no doubt that in their groundwork at least they are -of an antiquity of several centuries, although modified in their language -and allusions in conformity with the changes in manners and customs of -succeeding times. The personages who figure in them are always either -historical, or belonging to the ancient mythology of Ireland, and they -are well worthy of preservation, for the light which they reflect on the -habits of thought, as well as the manners and customs of bygone times. - - -BODACH AN CHOTA-LACHTNA, OR THE CLOWN WITH THE GREY COAT, A FENIAN TALE. - -On a certain day a fair and a gathering were held at Bineadar, by the -seven ordinary and seven extraordinary battalions of the Fenians of -Erinn. In the course of the day, on casting a look over the broad expanse -of the sea, they beheld a large, smooth-sided, and proud-looking ship -ploughing the waves from the east, and approaching them under full sail. -When the capacious vessel touched the shore and lowered her sails, the -Fenians of Erinn counted upon seeing a host of men disembark from her; -and great was their surprise when one warrior, and no more, came out -of the ship and landed on the beach. He was a hero of the largest make -of body, the strongest of champions, and the finest of the human race; -and in this wise was the kingly warrior equipped:--an impenetrable -helmet of polished steel encased his ample and beautiful head; a -deep-furrowed, thick-backed, sharp-edged sword hung at his left side; and -a purple bossed shield was slung over his shoulder. Such were his chief -accoutrements; and armed in this fashion and manner did the stranger come -into the presence of Finn Mac Coole and the Fenians of Erinn. - -It was then that Finn, the King of the Fenians, addressed the heroic -champion, and questioned him, saying, “From what quarter of the globe -hast thou come unto us, O goodly youth? or from which of the noble or -ignoble races of the universe art thou sprung? Who art thou?” - -“I am,” answered the stranger, “Ironbones, the son of the King of -Thessaly; and so far as I have travelled on this globe, since the day -that I left my own land, I have laid every country, peninsula, and -island, under contribution to my sword and my arm: this I have done even -to the present hour; and my desire is to obtain the crown and tribute of -this country in like manner: for if I obtain them not, I purpose to bring -slaughter of men and deficiency of heroes and youthful warriors on the -seven ordinary and seven extraordinary battalions of the Fenian host. -Such, O king, is the object of my visit to this country, and such is my -design in landing here.” - -Hereupon uprose Conán the Bald, and said, “Of a truth, my friend, it -seems to me that you have come upon a foolish enterprise, and that to -the end of your life, and the close of your days, you will not be able -to accomplish your purpose; because from the beginning of ages until -now, no man ever heard of a hero or ever saw a champion coming with any -such mighty design to Ireland, who did not find his match in that same -country.” - -But Ironbones replied: “I make but very little account of your speech, -Conán,” said he: “for if all the Fenian heroes who have died within the -last seven years were now in the world, and were joined by those who -are now living, I would visit all of them with the sorrow of death and -show all of them the shortness of life in one day; nevertheless I will -make your warriors a more peaceable proposal. I challenge you then, O -warriors, to find me a man among you who can vanquish me in running, -in fighting, or in wrestling; if you can do this, I shall give you no -further trouble, but return to my own country without loitering here any -longer.” - -“And pray,” inquired Finn, “which of those three manly exercises that you -have named will it please you to select for the first trial of prowess?” - -To this Ironbones answered, “If you can find for me any one champion of -your number who can run faster than I can, I will give you no further -annoyance, but depart at once to my own country.” - -“It so happens,” said Finn, “that our Man of Swiftness, Keelte Mac Ronan, -is not here at present to try his powers of running with you; and as he -is not, it were better, O hero, that you should sojourn here a season -with the Fenians, that you and they may mutually make and appreciate each -other’s acquaintance by means of conversation and amusements, as is our -wont. In the meanwhile I will repair to Tara of the Kings in quest of -Keelte Mac Ronan; and if I have not the good fortune to find him there, I -shall certainly meet with him at Ceis-Corann of the Fenii, from whence I -shall without delay bring him hither to meet you.” - -To this Ironbones agreed, saying that he was well satisfied with what -Finn proposed; and thereupon Finn proceeded on his way towards Tara of -the Kings, in search of Keelte. Now, it fell out that as he journeyed -along he missed his way, so that he came to a dense, wide, and gloomy -wood, divided in the midst by a broad and miry road or pathway. Before he -had advanced more than a very little distance on this road, he perceived -coming directly towards him an ugly, detestable looking giant, who wore -a grey frize coat, the skirts of which reached down to the calves of -his legs, and were bespattered with yellow mud to the depth of a hero’s -hand; so that every step he made, the lower part of that coat struck -with such violence against his legs as to produce a sound that could be -distinctly heard a full mile of ground off. Each of the two legs that -sustained the unwieldy carcase of this horrible hideous monster was like -the mast of a great ship, and each of the two shoes that were under his -shapeless, horny, long-nailed hoofs, resembled a roomy long-sided boat; -and every time that he lifted his foot, and at every step that he walked, -he splashed up from each shoe a good barrelful of mire and water on the -lower part of his body. Finn gazed in amazement at the colossal man, for -he had never before seen any one so big and bulky; yet he would have -passed onward and continued his route, but the giant stopped and accosted -him, and Finn was under the necessity of stopping also, and exchanging a -few words with the giant. - -The giant began in this manner:--“What, ho! Finn Mac Coole,” said he, -“what desire for travelling is this that has seized on you, and how far -do you mean to go upon this journey?” - -“Oh,” said Finn, “as to that, my trouble and anxiety are so great that I -cannot describe them to you now, and indeed small is the use,” added he, -“it would be of to me to attempt doing so; and I think it would be better -for you to let me go on my way without asking any more questions of me.” - -But the giant was not so easily put off. “O Finn,” said he, “you may keep -your secret if you like, but all the loss and the misfortune attending -your silence will be your own; and when you think well upon that, maybe -you would not boggle any longer about disclosing to me the nature of your -errand.” - -So Finn, seeing the huge size of the giant, and thinking it advisable -not to provoke him, began to tell him all that had taken place among the -Fenians of Erinn so short a time before. “You must know,” said he, “that -at the meridian hour of this very day the great Ironbones, the son of -the King of Thessaly, landed at the harbour of Bineadar, with the view -of taking the crown and sovereignty of Ireland into his own hands; and -if he does not obtain them with the free and good will of the Irish, he -threatens to distribute death and destruction impartially among the young -and old of our heroes; howbeit he has challenged us to find a man able to -surpass him in running, fighting, or wrestling, and if we can find such a -man, then he agrees to forego his pretensions, and to return to his own -country without giving us further trouble; and that,” said Finn, “is the -history that I have for you.” - -“And how do you intend to oppose the royal warrior?” asked the giant; “I -know him well, and I know he has the vigour in his hand and the strength -in his arm to carry every threat he makes into effect.” - -“Why, then,” said Finn, in answer to this, “I intend to go to Tara of -the Kings for Keelte Mac Ronan, and if I do not find him there, I will -go to look for him at Ceis-Corann of the Fenii; and it is he,” said he, -“whom I mean to bring with me for the purpose of vanquishing this hero in -running.” - -“Alas!” said the giant, “weak is your dependence and feeble your champion -for propping and preserving the monarchy of Ireland; and if Keelte -Mac Ronan be your _Tree of Defiance_, you are already a man without a -country.” - -“It is I, then,” said Finn, “who am sorry you should say so; and what to -do in this extremity I cannot tell.” - -“I will show you,” replied the gigantic man: “just do you say nothing at -all but accept of me as the opponent of this champion; and it may happen -that I shall be able to get you out of your difficulty.” - -“O,” said Finn, “for the matter of that, it is my own notion that you -have enough to do if you can carry your big coat and drag your shoes with -you one half mile of ground in a day, without trying to rival such a hero -as Ironbones in valour or agility.” - -“You may have what notions you like,” returned the giant, “but I tell you -that if I am not able to give battle to this fighting hero, there never -has been and there is not now a man in Ireland able to cope with him. But -never mind, Finn Mac Coole, let not your spirits be cast down, for I will -take it on myself to deliver you from the danger that presses on you.” - -“What is your name?” demanded Finn. - -“Bodach-an-Chota-Lachtna (the Churl with the Grey Coat) is my name,” the -giant answered. - -“Well, then,” said Finn, “you will do well to come along with me.” So -Finn turned back, and the Bodach went with him; but we have no account of -their travels till they reached Bineadar. There, when the Fians beheld -the Bodach attired in such a fashion and trim, they were all very much -surprised, for they had never before seen the like of him; and they were -greatly overjoyed that he should make his appearance among them at such a -critical moment. - -As for Ironbones, he came before Finn, and asked him if he had got the -man who was to contend with him in running. Finn made answer that he -had, and that he was present among them; and thereupon he pointed out -the Bodach to him. But as soon as Ironbones saw the Bodach, he was -seized with astonishment, and his courage was damped at the sight of -the gigantic proportions of the mighty man, but he pretended to be only -very indignant, and exclaimed, “What! do you expect me to demean myself -by engaging in a contest with such an ugly, greasy, hateful-looking -Bodach as that? It is myself that will do no such thing!” said he; and he -stepped back and would not go near the Bodach. - -When the Bodach saw and heard this, he burst into a loud, hoarse, -thunderous laugh, and said, “Come, Ironbones, this will not do; I am not -the sort of person you affect to think me; and it is you that shall have -proof of my assertion before to-morrow evening; so now, let me know,” -said he, “what is to be the length of the course you propose to run over, -for over the same course it is my own intention to run along with you; -and if I do not succeed in running that distance with you, it is a fair -conclusion that you win the race, and in like manner if I do succeed in -outstripping you, then it stands to reason that you lose the race.” - -“There is sense and rationality in your language,” replied Ironbones, for -he saw that he must submit, “and I agree to what you say, but it is my -wish not to have the course shorter or longer than three score miles.” - -“Well,” said the Bodach, “that will answer me too, for it is just three -score miles from Mount Loocra in Munster to Bineadar; and it will be a -pleasant run for the pair of us; but if you find that I am not able to -finish it before you, of course the victory is yours.” - -Ironbones replied that he would not contradict so evident a proposition, -whereupon the Bodach resumed: “What it is proper for you to do now,” said -he, “is to come along with me southward to Mount Loocra this evening, in -order that we may make ourselves acquainted with the ground we are to -go over to-morrow on our return; and we can stop for the night on the -Mount, so that we may be able to start with the break of day.” To this -also Ironbones acceded, saying it was a judicious speech, and that he had -nothing to object to it. - -Upon this the two competitors commenced their journey, and little was the -delay they made until they arrived at Mount Loocra in Munster. As soon as -they had got thither, the Bodach again addressed Ironbones, and told him -that he thought their best plan would be to build a hut in the adjoining -wood, that so they might be protected from the inclemency of the night: -“for it seems to me, O son of the King of Thessaly,” said he, “that if -we do not, we are likely to have a hard couch and cold quarters on this -exposed hill.” - -To this Ironbones made reply as thus: “You may do so, if you please, O -Bodach of the Big Coat, but as for me, I am Ironbones, and care not for -dainty lodging; and I am mightily disinclined to give myself the trouble -of building a house hereabouts only to sleep in it one night and never -see it again; howbeit, if you are desirous of employing your hands there -is nobody to cross you; you may build, and I shall stay here until you -have finished.” - -“Very good,” said the Bodach, “and build I will; but I shall take good -care that a certain person who refuses to assist me shall have no share -in my sleeping-room, should I succeed in making it as comfortable as I -hope to do;” and with this he betook himself into the wood, and began -cutting down and shaping pieces of timber with the greatest expedition, -never ceasing until he had got together six pair of stakes and as many of -rafters, which with a sufficient quantity of brushwood and green rushes -for thatch, he carried, bound in one load, to a convenient spot, and -there set them up at once in regular order; and this part of his work -being finished, he again entered the wood, and carried from thence a good -load of dry green sticks, which he kindled into a fire that reached from -the back of the hut to the door. - -While the fire was blazing merrily he left the hut, and again addressing -his companion, said to him, “O son of the King of Thessaly, called by men -Ironbones, are you provided with provisions for the night, and have you -eatables and drinkables to keep you from hunger and thirst?” - -“No, I have not,” said Ironbones proudly; “it is myself that used never -to be without people to provide victuals for me when I wanted them,” said -he. - -“Well, but,” said the Bodach, “you have not your people near you now, and -so the best thing you can do is to come and hunt with me in the wood, and -my hand to you, we shall soon have enough of victuals for both of us.” - -“I never practised pedestrian hunting,” said Ironbones; “and with the -like of you I never hunted at all; and I don’t think I shall begin now,” -said he, in a very dignified sort of way. - -“Then I must try my luck by myself,” said the Bodach; and off again he -bounded into the wood, and after he had gone a little way he roused a -herd of wild swine and pursued them into the recesses of the wood, and -there he succeeded in separating from the rest the biggest and fattest -hog of the herd, which he soon ran down and carried to his hut, where he -slaughtered it, and cut it into two halves, one of which he placed at -each side of the fire on a self-moving holly-spit. He then darted out -once more, and stopped not until he reached the mansion of the Baron of -Inchiquin, which was thirty miles distant, from whence he carried off a -table and a chair, two barrels of wine, and all the bread fit for eating -he could lay his hands on, all of which he brought to Mount Loocra in one -load. When he again entered his hut, he found his hog entirely roasted -and in nice order for mastication; so he laid half the meat and bread on -the table, and sitting down, disposed of them with wonderful celerity, -drinking at the same time precisely one barrel of the wine, and no more, -for he reserved the other, as well as the rest of the solids, for his -breakfast in the morning. Having thus finished his supper, he shook a -large bundle of green rushes over the floor, and laying himself down, -soon fell into a comfortable sleep, which lasted until the rising of the -sun next morning. - -As soon as the morning was come, Ironbones, who had got neither food nor -sleep the whole night, came down from the mountain’s side and awoke the -Bodach, telling him that it was time to commence their contest. The -Bodach raised his head, rubbed his eyes, and replied, “I have another -hour to sleep yet, and when I get up I have to eat half a hog and drink a -barrel of wine; but as you seem to be in a hurry, you have my consent to -proceed on your way before me: and you may be sure I will follow you.” So -saying, he laid his head down and fell again a-snoring; and upon seeing -this, Ironbones began the race by himself, but he moved along heavily and -dispiritedly, for he began to have great dread and many misgivings, by -reason of the indifference with which the Bodach appeared to regard the -issue of the contest. - -When the Bodach had slept his fill he got up, washed his hands and face, -and having placed his bread and meat on the table, he proceeded to devour -them with great expedition, and then washed them down with his barrel of -wine; after which he collected together all the bones of the hog and put -them into a pocket in the skirt of his coat. Then setting out on his race -in company with a pure and cool breeze of wind, he trotted on and on, nor -did he ever halt on his rapid course until he had overtaken Ironbones, -who with a dejected air and drooping head was wending his way before him. -The Bodach threw down the bare bones of the hog in his path, and told -him he was quite welcome to them, and that if he could find any pickings -on them he might eat them, “for,” said he, “you must surely be hungry by -this time, and myself can wait until you finish your breakfast.” - -But Ironbones got into a great passion on hearing this, and he cried, -“You ugly Bodach with the Big Coat, you greasy, lubberly, uncouth tub of -a man, I would see you hanged, so I would, before you should catch me -picking such dirty common bones as these--hogs’ bones, that have no meat -on them at all, and have moreover been gnawed by your own long, ugly, -boarish tusks.” - -“O, very well,” replied the Bodach, “then we will not have any more words -about them for bones; but let me recommend to you to adopt some more -rapid mode of locomotion, if you desire to gain the crown, sovereignty, -and tributes of the kingdom of Ireland this turn, for if you go on at -your present rate, it is second best that you will be after coming off, -I’m thinking.” And having so spoken, off he darted as swift as a swallow, -or a roebuck, or a blast of wind rushing down a mountain declivity on a -March day, Ironbones in the meantime being about as much able to keep -pace with him as he was to scale the firmament; nor did he check his own -speed until he had proceeded thirty miles on the course. He then stopped -for a while to eat of the blackberries which grew in great abundance on -the way, and while he was thus employed, Ironbones came up with him and -spoke to him. “Bodach,” said he, “ten miles behind us I saw one skirt of -your grey coat, and ten miles farther back again I saw another skirt; and -it is my persuasion, and I am clearly of the opinion, that you ought to -return for these two skirts without more to do, and pick them up.” - -“Is it the skirts of this big coat that I have on me you mean?” asked the -Bodach, looking down at his legs. - -“Why, to be sure it is them that I mean,” answered Ironbones. - -“Well,” said the Bodach, “I certainly must get my coat skirts again; -and so I will run back for them if you consent to stop here eating -blackberries until I return.” - -“What nonsense you talk!” cried Ironbones. “I tell you I am decidedly -resolved not to loiter on the race; and my fixed determination is not to -eat any blackberries.” - -“Then move on before me,” said the Bodach, upon which Ironbones pushed -onward, while the Bodach retraced his steps to the different spots where -the skirts of his coat were lying, and having found them and tacked -them to the body of the coat, he resumed his route and again overtook -Ironbones, whom he thus addressed: “It is needful and necessary that I -should acquaint you of one thing, O Ironbones, and that is, that you -must run at a faster rate than you have hitherto used, and keep pace -with me on the rest of the course, or else there is much likelihood and -considerable probability that the victory will go against you, because -I will not again have to go back either for my coat-skirts or anything -else;” and having given his companion this warning, he set off once -more in his usual manner, nor did he stop until he reached the side of -a hill, within ten miles of Bineadar, where he again fell a-plucking -blackberries, and ate an extraordinary number of them. When he could eat -no more, his jaws being tired and his stomach stuffed, he took off his -great coat, and handling his needle and thread, he sewed it into the -form of a capacious sack, which he filled with blackberries; this he -slung over his shoulders, and then off he scampered for Bineadar, greatly -refreshed, and with the speed of a young buck. - -In the meantime Finn and his troops were awaiting in great doubt and -dread the result of the race, though, without knowing who the Bodach was, -they had a certain degree of confidence in him; and there was a champion -of the Fenians on the top of the Hill of Howth, who had been sent thither -by Finn, and had been there from an early hour of the morning to see -which of the competitors would make his appearance first in view. When -this man saw the Bodach coming over the nearest eminence, with his heavy -burden on his back, he thought that to a certainty it was Ironbones -whom he beheld, and fled back quite terrified to Finn and the troops, -telling them Ironbones was coming up, carrying the Bodach dead over his -shoulders. This news at first depressed Finn and the troops; but Finn by -and bye exclaimed, “I will give a suit of armour and arms to the man who -brings me better news than that!” whereupon one of the heroes went forth, -and he had not proceeded far when he espied the Bodach advancing towards -the outposts of the troops, and knowing him at a glance, he flew back to -Finn and announced to him the glad tidings. - -Finn thereupon went joyfully out to meet the Bodach, who speedily came -up and threw down his burden, crying out aloud, “I have good and famous -news for all of you; but,” added he, “my hunger is great, and my desire -for food pressing; and I cannot tell you what has occurred until I have -eaten a very large quantity of oatmeal and blackberries. Now, as for the -latter, that is, the blackberries, I have got them myself in this big -sack, but the oatmeal I expect to be provided for me by you; and I hope -that you will lose no time in getting it, and laying it before me, for I -am weak for the want of nutriment, and my corporeal powers are beginning -to be exhausted.” Upon hearing this Finn replied that his request should -be at once attended to, and in a little space of time, accordingly, there -was spread under the Bodach a cloth of great length and breadth, with a -vast heap of oatmeal in the middle of it, into which the Bodach emptied -out all the blackberries in his bag; and having stirred the entire mess -about for some time with a long pole, he commenced eating and swallowing -with much vigour and determination. - -He had not been long occupied in this way before he descried Ironbones -coming towards the troops with his hand on the hilt of his sword, -his eyes flaming like red coals in his head, and ready to commence -slaughtering all before him because he had been vanquished in the -contest. But he was not fated to put his designs into execution, for when -the Bodach saw what wickedness he had in his mind, he took up a handful -of the oatmeal and blackberries, and dashing it towards Ironbones with -an unerring aim, it struck him so violently on the face that it sent his -head spinning through the air half a mile from his body, which fell to -the ground and there remained writhing in all the agonies of its recent -separation, until the Bodach had concluded his meal. The Bodach then rose -up and went in quest of the head, which after a little searching about -he found; and casting it from his hands with an unerring aim, he sent -it bowling along the ground all the half mile back again, until coming -to the body it stopped and fastened itself on as well as ever, the only -difference being that the face was now turned completely round to the -back of the neck, while the back of the head was in front. - -The Bodach having accomplished this feat much to his satisfaction, -now grasped Ironbones firmly by the middle, threw him to the ground, -tied him hand and foot so that he could not stir, and addressed him in -these words: “O Ironbones, justice has overtaken you: the sentence your -own vain mind had passed on others is about to be pronounced against -yourself; and all the liberty that I feel disposed to leave you is the -liberty of choosing what kind of death you think it most agreeable to -die of. What a silly notion you did get into your noddle, surely, when -you fancied that you, single-handed, could make yourself master of the -crown, sovereignty, and tributes of Ireland, even though there had been -nobody to thwart your arrogant designs but myself! But take comfort and -be consoled, for it shall never be said of the Fians of Ireland that -they took mortal vengeance on a single foe without any warriors to back -him; and if you be a person to whom life is a desirable possession, I am -willing to allow you to live, on condition that you will solemnly swear -by the sun and moon that you will send the chief tributes of Thessaly -every year to Finn Mac Coole here in Ireland.” - -With many wry faces did Ironbones at length agree to take this oath; upon -which the Bodach loosed his shackles and gave him liberty to stand up; -then having conducted him towards the sea-shore, he made him go into the -ship, to which, after turning its prow from the shore, he administered -a kick in the stern, which sent it seven miles over the waters at once. -And such was the manner in which Ironbones executed his vain-glorious -project, and in this way it was that he was sent off from the shores of -Ireland, without victory, honour, or glory, and deprived of the power of -ever again boasting himself to be the first man on the earth in battle or -combat. - -But on the return of the Bodach to the troops, the sun and the wind -lighted up one side of his face and his head in such a way that Finn -and the Fians at once recognised him as Manannan Mac Lir, the Tutelary -Fairy of Cruachan, who had come to afford them his assistance in their -exigency. They welcomed him accordingly with all the honour that was due -to him, and feasted him sumptuously for a year and a day. And these are -the adventures of the Bodach an Chota-Lachtna. - - - - -THE BARGAIN. - - -“What have you there, husband?” said Mrs Courtland to her thrifty and -careful spouse, as the latter paused in the open door to give some -directions to a couple of porters who had just set something upon the -pavement in front of the house. - -“Just wait a moment, and I’ll tell you. Here, Henry! John! bring it in -here,” and the two porters entered with a beautiful sofa, nearly new. - -“Why, that _is_ a beauty, husband! How kind you are!” - -“It’s second-hand, you perceive; but it’s hardly soiled--no one would -know the difference.” - -“It’s just as good as new. What did you give for it?” - -“That’s the best part of it. It is a splendid bargain. It didn’t cost a -cent less than a hundred dollars. Now, what do you think I got it for?” -“Sixty dollars?” - -“Guess again.” “Fifty?” - -“Guess again.” “Forty-five?” - -“No. Try again.” - -“But what _did_ you give for it, dear?” “Why, only twenty dollars!” - -“Well, now, that is a bargain.” - -“Ain’t it, though? It takes me to get things cheap,” continued the -prudent Mr Courtland, chuckling with delight. - -“Why, how in the world did it go off so low?” “I managed that. It ain’t -every one that understands how to do these things.” - -“But how did you manage it, dear? I should like to know.” - -“Why, you see, there were a great many other things there, and among the -rest some dirty carpets. Before the sale I pulled over these carpets and -threw them upon the sofa; a good deal of dust fell from them, and made -the sofa look fifty per cent. worse than it really was. When the sale -commenced, there happened to be but few persons there, and I asked the -auctioneer to sell the sofa first, as I wanted to go, and would bid for -it if it were sold then. Few persons bid freely at the opening of a sale. - -‘What’s bid for this splendid sofa?’ he began. - -‘I’ll give you fifteen dollars for it,’ said I; ‘it’s not worth more than -that, for it’s dreadfully abused.’ - -‘Fifteen dollars! fifteen dollars! only fifteen dollars for this -beautiful sofa!’ he went on; and a man next to me bid seventeen dollars. -I let the auctioneer cry the last bid for a few minutes, until I saw he -was likely to knock it down. - -‘Twenty dollars!’ said I, ‘and that’s as much as I’ll go for it.’ - -The other bidder was deceived by this as to the real value of the -sofa, for it did look dreadfully disfigured by the dust and dirt, and -consequently the sofa was knocked off to me.” - -“That was admirably done, indeed!” said Mrs Courtland, with a bland smile -of satisfaction at having obtained the elegant piece of furniture at so -cheap a rate. “And it’s so near a match, too, for the sofa in our front -parlour.” - -This scene occurred at the residence of a merchant in this city, who was -beginning to count his fifty thousands. Let us look at the other side of -the picture. - -On the day previous to this sale, a widow lady with one daughter, a -beautiful and interesting girl about seventeen, were seated on a sofa -in a neatly furnished parlour in Hudson-street. The mother held in her -hand a small piece of paper, on which her eyes were intently fixed; but -it could readily be perceived that she saw not the characters that were -written upon it. - -“What is to be done, ma?” at length asked the daughter. - -“Indeed, my child, I cannot tell. The bill is fifty dollars, and has been -due, you know, for several days. I haven’t got five dollars, and your -bill for teaching the Miss Leonards cannot be presented for two weeks, -and then it will not amount to this sum.” - -“Can’t we sell something more, ma?” suggested the daughter. - -“We have sold all our plate and jewellery, and now I’m sure I don’t know -what we can dispose of, unless it be something that we really want.” - -“What do you say to selling the sofa, ma?” - -“Well, I don’t know, Florence. It don’t seem right to part with it. But -perhaps we can do without it.” - -“It will readily bring fifty dollars, I suppose.” - -“Certainly. It is of the best wood and workmanship, and cost one hundred -and forty dollars. Your father bought it a short time before he died, and -that is less than two years past you know.” - -“I should think it would bring nearly a hundred dollars,” said Florence, -who knew nothing of auction sacrifices; “and that would give us enough, -besides paying the quarter’s rent, to keep us comfortably until some of -my bills come due.” - -That afternoon the sofa was sent, and on the next afternoon Florence went -to the auctioneer’s to receive the money for it. - -“Have you sold that sofa yet, sir?” asked the timid girl, in a low, -hesitating voice. - -“What sofa, miss?” asked the clerk, looking steadily in her face with a -bold stare. - -“The sofa sent by Mrs ----, sir.” - -“When was it to have been sold?” - -“Yesterday, sir.” - -“Oh, we haven’t got the bill made out yet. You can call the day after -to-morrow, and we’ll settle it for you.” - -“Can’t you settle it to-day, sir? We want the money particularly.” - -Without replying to the timid girl’s request, the clerk commenced -throwing over the leaves of a large account-book, and in a few minutes -had taken off the bill of the sofa. - -“Here it is--eighteen dollars and sixty cents. See if it’s right, and -then sign this receipt.” - -“Ain’t you mistaken, sir? It was a beautiful sofa, and cost one hundred -and forty dollars.” - -“That’s all it brought, miss, I assure you. Furniture sells very badly -now.” - -Florence rolled up the bills that were given her, and returned home with -a heavy heart. - -“It only brought eighteen dollars and sixty cents, ma,” she said, -throwing the notes into her mother’s lap, and bursting into tears. - -“Heaven only knows, then, what we shall do,” said the widow, clasping her -hands together, and looking upwards. - - * * * * * - -There are always two parties in the case of bargains--the gainer and the -loser; and while the one is delighted with the advantage he has obtained, -he thinks nothing of the necessities which have forced the other party to -accept the highest offer. But few buyers of bargains think or care about -taking this view of the subject.--_From the New York Mirror._ - - - - -SONNET--THE DEPARTURE OF LOVE. - - - Spirit of wordless Love, that in the lone - Bowers of the Poet’s museful soul dost weave - Tissues of thought, hued like the skies of eve, - Ere the last glories of the sun have shone, - How soon--almost before our hearts have known - The change--above the ruins of thy throne-- - Whose vanished beauty we would fain retrieve - With all Earth’s thrones beside--we stand and grieve! - We weep not, for the world’s chill breath hath bound - In chains of ice the fountains of our tears, - But ever-mourning Memory thenceforth rears - Her altars upon desecrated ground, - And always, with a low despairful sound, - Tolls the disastrous bell of all our years! - - M. - - - - -THE MANUFACTURE OF CLOTH. - - -In the present limited and daily declining condition of the woollen -manufacture in Ireland, so few individuals in the country can be -acquainted with the mode of preparing the clothing of the sheep, and -altering its form so as to make it suitable and fit for the clothing of -man, that we deem a short account of the various processes through which -it passes may be acceptable to many of our readers. - -When the sheep-shearer has taken off the fleece, he ties it up in a -peculiar knot, which is not opened again until the wool-sorter takes it -in hands. It is his business to open it, and having spread the fleece -upon a table, and cast his eye over it, he separates it into the number -of sorts required, the wool being of different degrees of fineness upon -different parts of the animal. The coarse qualities of fleeces, from -which low descriptions of cloths, kerseys, blankets, and friezes are -made, are seldom divided into more than three sorts, the finer into -four or five, and the finest Saxony into seven, eight, and sometimes -nine. With the latter we have little to do in this country, there being -but _one_ factory (that of Messrs Willans) where it is worked; and we -shall therefore merely follow the progress of a piece of ordinary coarse -cloth, there being but little difference between it and the finest in the -general detail: indeed very little at all, except in the additional care -and expense. - -The sorted wool having been carefully examined by women, and freed from -straws and motes, is taken to the scouring department attached to the -dye-house, where it is immersed in a hot ley with soap, and well scoured, -after which it is washed in clean water and left to drain. - -It is then coloured, and either allowed to drain, or the colouring matter -is wrung out, and it is again washed in water until the water runs from -it unsullied. The apparatus in which it undergoes this process is called -“the washing-box:” one side and the bottom being of metal perforated with -innumerable small holes, the water has free ingress and egress, whilst -the wool is securely retained. Having been thoroughly cleansed, it is -taken to the drying-loft, if the weather be fine, or to the stove if it -be unfavourable, and there perfectly dried. From thence it is carried -to the factory, and placed in the first machine called “the willow,” or -more generally “the devil”--a machine formed of five or six cylinders -of different sizes, armed with steel spikes three or four inches long: -the motion of the cylinders being contrary, the spikes pass between -each other, tearing the wool open if it should have clotted or got into -lumps. Cheviot and Scotch wools, and wools damaged by shipwreck, must be -_willowed_ before they can be even scoured, in consequence of their being -always matted. - -The willow, and all the machines which shall be subsequently mentioned -in this paper, are driven by the water-wheel or steam-engine--in this -country almost uniformly by the former. Having been thoroughly opened by -the willow, the wool is spread upon a floor and oiled, about a quart of -fine olive oil being the proportion to every stone weight of wool. The -effect of the oil is to cause the fibres of the wool to separate more -easily upon the carding-machines, and prevent the too rapid wearing of -the cards. - -The next machine that takes up the work is called “the teazer:” it has -a greater number of cylinders than the willow, with shorter teeth, -about an inch in length, and hooked, and some of the cylinders have -coarse wire cards. Having passed twice or thrice through the teazer, -the wool is transferred to that part of the mill called, by way of -pre-eminence, “the machine-room,” where the great scribbling machines, -or, as they are styled, “scribblers,” are placed. These machines have a -great number of cylinders of different sizes covered with wire cards of -various degrees of fineness, so arranged that they take the wool from -one another, separating the fibres, and transferring it until it has -passed quite over every cylinder, and is carded out at the farther end -of the machine (sixteen or eighteen feet from where it was put in) in a -thin flake like gauze. Having been run through two or three scribblers -of various fineness, it is passed to the carding machine, or “carder,” -which resembles the “scribbler,” but is smaller, and instead of the wool -falling out at the end in a flake, it is caught by a fluted cylinder of -wood, which, revolving in a semi-cylindrical box, divides and converts -it into separate soft rolls, about the thickness of ordinary sash rope; -and these are thrown out upon a sheet of canvass stretched horizontally -upon rollers, which from its slowly moving, so as to prevent one roll -from falling upon another, is called “the creeper.” The rolls are taken -to “the billy,” a sort of preliminary spinning-machine, sometimes worked -by the water-wheel, but (as yet, especially in Ireland) more generally -by a man called a “slubber,” who is enabled by it to form from fifty to -one hundred threads at a time, children being employed to stick the ends -of the rolls together, which is done by lapping a small portion of the -tip of one on the other which lies on the “billy-sheet,” and then giving -them a slight rub. The soft thick thread which the slubber forms is made -up in conical rolls or “cops,” and is taken to the spinning-machine, “the -mule,” which has now quite superseded the spinning-jenny, which in its -day superseded the spinning-wheel. The wheel could spin only one thread -at a time: the jenny was first made to spin thirty, then forty, then -fifty, sixty, seventy, and eighty threads at once, by a man’s hand. By -the “mule,” worked by water, a man can now spin from five hundred to one -thousand threads of woollen yarn, and of cotton two or three thousand, at -once. - -The thread for the warp is taken from the mule to the “warping-mill,” -where it is prepared according to the number of threads for the breadth -of the cloth, the length arranged, and being tied up in a peculiar kind -of ball, it is called a “warp,” and is taken to the sizing shop, where it -is dipped in melted size; and having been opened, perfectly saturated, -and wrung out gently, it is carried to the field, or stove, to be dried. -The weaver then fixes it in the loom, and procures the “weft” thread, -which is spun differently from the warp, and is wound upon wooden -bobbins; having wetted these in water, he fixes one in his shuttle, and -the threads of the warp being lifted alternately, and the shuttle shot -between them, the beam of the loom strikes each thread home, and in due -time the piece is woven. A good weaver with a sound warp can weave in -a hand-loom from six to nine yards of cloth in a day, but with the new -power-loom he can weave twenty. - -The cloth when taken out of the loom is examined by the overseer, and -having been passed and dried, is taken to the “scouring-machine,” where -it is submitted to the action of a strong ley, with fullers’-earth, &c., -and worked by the rollers of the machine until both the oil and size have -been extracted; it is then washed clean with water, taken out, and dried. -It is next transferred to the tuck-mill, where it is spread out, a large -quantity of melted soap poured upon it, and being rolled up in a peculiar -manner, it is placed in “the stock,” where two huge hammers made of oak, -weighing from two to three cwt. each, called “stock-feet,” being raised -by a wheel and then let go, fall upon it alternately, until the soap has -been forced through every part of it, and the cloth has narrowed, or, -to speak technically, “milled in,” a half yard or three quarters, and -shortened a fourth or fifth of its length, when it is pronounced to be -“milled.” It is then again placed in the “washing-machine,” washed clean, -and transferred to the “gig-mill.” The “gig” is a machine having a large -cylinder in which teasles, a vegetable production somewhat resembling -thistle tops or burs, are set, and the wet cloth being dragged by a set -of rollers against the hooked spikes of the teasles, whilst the cylinder -in which they are set goes rapidly round in a contrary direction, a -portion of the short fibres of the wool have one of their ends disengaged -and exhibited upon the surface of the cloth, forming what is called the -pile or face: this process is called “raising.” When the piece has been -sufficiently raised, it is taken to the “tenter field,” and stretched -on frames called “tenters,” by means of hooks, to the proper length and -breadth, and it remains thus until thoroughly dried, when it is carried -to the “shearing loft,” where immense shears or machines called “knives” -are passed over the surface, cutting all the wool on the face to an -equal length. One of the improved knives can do as much work as twenty -hand-shearers did formerly. Having received what is technically called -a “cut” or two, it is returned to the gig mill to be “struck,” that is, -“raised,” or submitted to the action of the gig in a dry state, and it -then goes back again to the shear loft, and receives three or four more -cuts on the face. It is then passed to the “burlers,” women who pick -out all motes that have accidentally clung to or become embodied in the -cloth, with steel pincers having very sharp points called “burling irons.” - -If it is to be finished by being napped, that is, to have the surface -covered with little knots, as petershams and women’s cloaking, it is -taken to the “napping engines,” where it is submitted to the action of a -board curiously covered with sand, so firmly attached as not to wear off -for a considerable time; this is wedged down upon the cloth, and then set -in motion, describing small circles whilst the cloth is forcibly drawn -from under it by a strong roller, and thus the whole surface is covered -over with little knots; having been passed through the napping engine -three or four times, it is returned to the shear loft to get one or two -cuts on the back, thence again to the napping engine, where it receives a -final run or two, and is passed to the wareroom to be measured and made -up. - -But if it is to be finished as a cloth, instead of the napping-engine -it is sent to the steam-brushing mill, where it is passed against a -revolving cylinder covered with brushes and teasles alternately, and -working within a case, into which a stream of steam rushes constantly; -thence it passes to another machine nearly similar, but having brushes -only. Having undergone this process for several hours, it is dried, taken -again to the shear loft and properly cut, then carefully “burled” and -brushed, again to the “knife,” where it is “backed,” that is, cut or -shorn on the back, and then brushed again, preparatory to being placed in -the press, in which it is arranged in neat folds, with thin pasteboard -called “presspaper” between the folds, and hot metal plates at intervals. -The press is then screwed down, and after a proper lapse of time the -cloth is taken out, the folds altered in order that every part may be -properly pressed, and again screwed down. It then goes to the brush-mill -for the last time, from whence the measurer at length gets it to make up. - -Fine cloth sometimes undergoes another process called “singeing,” in -which it is passed over hot cylinders; but as our object is merely to -give a general idea of the complicated processes of the manufacture to -our readers, and not to make them at once masters of the business, we do -not think it necessary to go into very minute detail. The entire length -of time occupied may be estimated at from one to nearly two months. - -The machinery in the woollen factories of Ireland is certainly inferior -to that of our English neighbours, and the decline of the trade renders -improvement difficult, if not altogether hopeless. Power-looms for the -weaving of woollen cloth, so generally at work at the other side of the -Channel, have been only this year introduced for the first time to this -country by Mr Moore, proprietor of the Milltown factory near Dublin; and -that Irish mechanists are not inferior to any others, is evidenced by -the fact that the power-looms erected at Milltown are vastly superior to -those imported, and which were on the most improved construction. Whether -the experiment will have any effect in reviving this sinking business, -remains to be seen; but it is much to be feared that as a great branch -of trade it has deserted our shores altogether; certain it is, that -the great factory at Celbridge (within ten miles of Dublin), which was -dismantled about five years since, employed so lately as the year 1829 -more looms than are now (1840) at work in the whole county of Dublin, -probably in the entire province of Leinster, and yet the introduction of -machinery could be effected much more easily in Ireland than almost any -where else, in consequence of the absence of a manufacturing population, -whose interests might be so compromised as to make them adverse to such -change, and water power, so much cheaper than steam, is both abundant and -unemployed. - - N. - - - - -ENIGMA, BY P. M’TEAGUE, ESQ. - - -Who or what am I, that, dwelling amongst the most humble, can associate -with the highest? I am low in the scale of rank, but at the head of my -race, and the most ancient of my tribe; the offspring and representative -of want, and despised by multitudes, yet of regal descent. I have the -likeness of woman and man, but I am neither man nor woman. I have neither -father nor mother, and I am childless. I have the appearance of a -potentate, yet I am not a potentate, but the companion of the lowly, and -their most frequent visitor and guest. It is my destiny to live equally -in palaces and farm-houses, jails and hovels. I am a traveller, though -one who is always obliged to journey blindfold, and sometimes bound in -cords with vulgar companions, and strictly guarded. - -No creature undergoes greater vicissitudes. I am the attendant of most -that walk, sail, and ride. I am attached to the pedestrian, yet generally -kept in confinement; or when at times liberated, exposed to the rudest -scoffs and sports of the vulgar, who toss me up in the air, pelt me -with sticks and stones, tumble me on the earth, and stamp on me; and -if I am raised again, it is either to endure a repetition of insult, or -administer to the cupidity of vagabonds. - -Though I never push myself forward, I have a face of brass, and yet my -eyes can never look you straight in the face. I am fickle and changeable -as the wind, yet I am a friend in adversity, and never desert those who -do not first discard me. I may be the first to leave you; but in the hour -of your utmost necessity you will acknowledge with a sigh _that I have -been the last to desert my post_. - -I am frequently trusted, though I often betray. How many petitions may -have been offered up to heaven for my coming, no man living can tell, and -yet I appear every where. - -I have been in the earth, I have been in the sea, I have been in the -air, I have been in the fire, and can endure unhurt, and with fortitude, -greater extremities of heat and cold than any mortal. All the blows in -the face I have ever received have never made me move a muscle. I have -been crushed, but am sound and whole; and notwithstanding the contempt -with which I have been treated (thanks to the present feelings of the -age), am more and more respected every day--sought after indeed with -eagerness, though seldom long retained. I am the beloved of schoolboys, -but as quickly discarded by them. I attend churches and chapels, fairs -and markets; yet though a friend and supporter of the Bible and many -pious institutions, I am a heathen in religion, nor can I partake of -any thing which I buy. Though my letters may be read by every body, I -can neither read nor write. I am a proud stickler indeed in the school -of aristocracy, for I never move out of my own circle; and with my -associates, both male and female, am often nearly squeezed to death, -according to the highest forms of fashionable usage. - -I have given birth to hundreds of thousands, and with me fortunes -invariably expire. My existence may continue for a thousand years, nay, -to the very end of time, and yet may be cut short in a moment. But if -you destroy me, which it is certainly in your power to do, know that -innumerable myriads are at my back, and always ready to replace me. - -Though committing no offence, I am liable to transportation without -even a trial, but I am always well received after my return from exile. -A master of all languages, but speaking none, I find my way in foreign -countries without difficulty, for, though speechless, I am eloquent -enough in my own way. From my features and head-dress you might suppose -that I belonged to some Indian tribe, but I am British and Irish all -over, and flourish best upon my own soil. I am an ever-welcome friend to -the forlorn, but am myself very poor. I have a mint of money at my back, -but am not worth three half-pence. At the moment you are reading this, -you will indeed be wretched if you cannot command my services. - -And now, having by the unwearied diligence, talent, and influence of -Mr Rowland Hill, been enabled to give myself up for the support and -encouragement of the IRISH PENNY JOURNAL, I hereby particularly enjoin it -upon all my brethren more and more to patronise that excellent work. - - * * * * * - -IRISH BRAVERY.--The following instance of Irish bravery, recorded in -Falkner’s Journal, March 18, 1760, is too remarkable to be buried in -oblivion:--“On Saturday last, arrived at Youghal the ship _Good Intent_, -belonging to Waterford, but last from Bilboa: she was taken the Tuesday -before by a French privateer off Ushant, and had on board ten or twelve -hands, her lading brandy and iron. The French took away the master -(Bongar), and all the men, except five and a boy. On Friday last, four -of them (the fifth not consenting) formed a plan to surprise the nine -Frenchmen who were navigating the vessel to France, and succeeded -therein. Four of the Frenchmen were under deck, three aloft, one at the -helm, and the other man near him: three of the Irishmen were under deck, -one at the helm, and the fifth hiding. One Brien by surprise tripped -up the heels of the Frenchman at the helm, seized his pistol, and -discharged it at the other, at the same instant making a signal for his -three comrades below to follow his example: they assailed the Frenchmen, -and by getting at their broadswords soon compelled them to be quiet; -and immediately getting above, shut the hatches. After a desperate cut -which one of the Frenchmen received on the arm in defending his head, -and another a bruise by throwing the pistol at his head after it was -discharged (for he missed him), those above likewise called out for -quarter, and yielded up the quarterdeck to the intrepid Mr Brien. Not one -of these fellows could read or write; of consequence they knew not how to -navigate the ship, but Brien said that as he knew his course was north -in general, being near Ushant, he steered at a venture, and the first -land he made was near Youghal, where he happily arrived and landed his -prisoners, who are now in Youghal gaol.” - - - - -MIGRATION OF FISHES. - - -Amongst the migrations of fishes, I must not neglect those that take -place in consequence of the water in the ponds or pools that they inhabit -being dried up: some of these are very extraordinary, and prove that when -the Creator gave being to these animals, he foresaw the circumstances in -which they would be placed, and mercifully provided them with means of -escape from dangers to which they were necessarily exposed. - -In very dry summers, the fishes that inhabit the above situations -are reduced often to the last extremities, and endeavour to relieve -themselves by plunging, first their heads, and afterwards their whole -bodies, in the mud to a considerable depth; and so, though many in such -seasons perish, some are preserved till a rainy one again supplies them -with the element so indispensable to their life. Carp, it is known, may -be kept and fed a very long time in nets in a damp cellar, a faculty -which fits them for retaining their vitality when they bury themselves at -such a depth as to shelter them from the heat. - -But others, when reduced to this extremity, desert their native pool, -and travel in search of another that is better supplied with water. -This has long been known of eels, which wind, by night, through the -grass in search of water, when so circumstanced. Dr Hancock, in the -Zoological Journal, gives an account of a species of fish called by the -Indians the Flat-head Hassar, and belonging to a genus of the family -of the Siluridans, which is instructed by its Creator, when the pools -in which they commonly reside in very dry seasons lose their water, to -take the resolution of marching by land in search of others in which -the water is not evaporated. These fish grow to about the length of a -foot, and travel in large droves with this view; they move by night, and -their motion is said to be like that of the two-footed lizard. A strong -serrated arm constitutes the first ray of its pectoral fin. Using this as -a kind of foot, it should seem they push themselves forwards by means of -their elastic tail, moving nearly as fast as a man will leisurely walk. -The strong plates which envelope their body probably facilitate their -progress in the same manner as those under the body of serpents, which -in some degree perform the office of feet. It is affirmed by the Indians -that they are furnished with an internal supply of water sufficient for -their journey, which seems confirmed by the circumstance that their -bodies when taken out of the water, even if wiped dry with a cloth, -become instantly moist again. Mr Campbell, a friend of Dr Hancock’s, -resident in Essequibo, once fell in with a drove of these animals, which -were so numerous that the Indians filled several baskets with them. - -Another migrating fish was found by thousands in the ponds and all the -fresh waters of Carolina, by Bosc; and as these pools are subject to -be dry in summer, the Creator has furnished this fish, as well as one -of the flying ones, by means of a membrane which closes its mouth, -with the faculty of living out of water, and of travelling by leaps to -discover other pools. Bosc often amused himself with their motions when -he had placed them on the ground, and he found that they always direct -themselves towards the nearest water, which they could not possibly -see, and which they must have discovered by some internal index; during -their migrations they furnish food to numerous birds and reptiles. They -belong to a genus of abdominal fishes, and are called swampines. It is -evident from this statement that these fishes are both fitted by their -Creator not only to exist, but also move along out of the water, and are -directed by the instinct implanted by Him to seek the nearest pool that -contains that element; thus furnishing a strong proof of what are called -compensating contrivances; neither of these fishes have legs, yet the one -can walk and the other leap without them, by other means with which the -Supreme Intelligence has endowed it. I may here observe that the serrated -bone, or first ray of the pectoral fin, by the assistance of which the -flat-head appears to move, is found in other Siluridans, which leads to a -conjecture that those may sometimes also move upon land. - -Another fish found by Daldorf in Tranquebar, not only creeps upon the -shore, but even climbs the Fan palm in pursuit of certain Crustaceans -which form its food. The structure of this fish peculiarly fits it for -the exercise of this remarkable instinct. Its body is lubricated with -slime, which facilitates its progress over the bark, and amongst its -chinks; its gill-covers are armed with numerous spines, by which, used as -hands, it appears to suspend itself; turning its tail to the left, and -standing as it were on the little spines of its anal fin, it endeavours -to push itself upwards by the expansion of its body, closing at the -same time its gill-covers, that they may not prevent its progress; then -expanding them again, it reaches a higher point: thus, and by bending the -spiny rays of its dorsal fins to the right and left, and fixing them in -the bark, it continues its journey upwards. The dorsal and anal fins can -be folded up and received into a cavity of the body. - -How exactly does this structure fit it for this extraordinary instinct! -These fins assist it in certain parts of its progress, and when not -employed, can be packed up so as not to hinder its progress. The lobes of -its gill-covers are so divided and armed as to be employed together, or -separately as hands, for the suspension of the animal, till, by fixing -its dorsal and anal fins, it prepares itself to take another step: all -showing the Supreme Intelligence and Almighty hand that planned and -fabricated its structure, causing so many organs, each in its own way, to -assist in promoting a common purpose. The Fan palm in which this animal -was taken by Daldorf, grew near the pool inhabited by these fishes. -He makes no mention, however, of their object in these terrestrial -excursions; but Dr Virey observes that it is for the sake of small -Crustaceans on which they feed.--_Kirby’s Bridgewater Treatise._ - - - - -“THY KINGDOM COME,” - -BY MARY ANNE BROWNE. - - - Thy kingdom come! but where shall it be? - In the sweet, wild groves of Araby, - Where the citron groves and the date-tree grow, - Where the fair and thornless roses blow, - Where the sunlight falls in radiant streams, - And the moon on forests of palm-trees beams? - Fair are its roses and clustering vine, - And its kingdom is bright!--but it is not Thine. - - Thy kingdom come! shall it be in the land - Where the wrecks of the mighty and valiant stand; - Where the temples, once by the heathen trod, - Resound to the holy name of God; - Where the fallen pillars and sculptured stone - Are ’midst sweet wreaths of wild flowers thrown? - It hath a sad grace, that land so fair, - But thy kingdom--thy kingdom is not there! - - Thy kingdom come! oh, wilt thou reign - Within some grand and mighty fane? - By the work of our hands we will raise the pile, - We will strew with flowers the vaulted aisle, - We will toss the silver censers around, - And a thousand voices of sweetest sound - Shall breathe at once; but it may not be-- - Such a kingdom accepted is not by Thee! - - Thy kingdom come! in our cottage homes - We will give thee our hearts, by our kindred’s tombs, - By the rippling streams, in the ancient woods, - Alike in clouds and in solitudes: - When the sun in his glory is beaming on high, - When the moon and stars are lighting the sky, - Our souls shall be breathed in praise and prayer, - So Thou wilt make thy kingdom there! - - --_From the Knickerbocker._ - - * * * * * - -LOVE OF CHILDREN.--Tell me not of the trim, precisely arranged homes -where there are no children--“where,” as the good German has it, -“the fly-traps always hang straight on the wall:” tell me not of the -never-disturbed nights and days--of the tranquil, un-anxious hearts, -where children are not! 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