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A SKETCH FROM NATURE. hear a sure foken,

A herald has spoken,

The sweet spell is broken

Of summer's warm days!

No more lovers toying, Their fond hopes, enjoying, Till kisses grow eloying

Beneath the moon's rays.

Harsh breezes Aro sighing, Earth's blossoms are dying, Pale rose-leaves are lying

Upon the damp lawn; Bright hours are flecting, Mists come with chill gresting, And cold is the meeting

Of evening or mom.

Gay summer is going The sweet meadow mowing, The reaping and sowing,

Are over and past; The robin is singing, The summer's knell ringing, While Autumn is bringing His yellow leaves fast.

As twilight falls lightly, With gray shadow nightly, The sun still looks brightly

Upon that red breast

A fools warm and glowing, A last fond look throwing, Where melody's flowing,

As he sinka to rest. --Charles Curle.

talas five tona.

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I that, they could not, pull them apart. | It'u a bad¡ practiop song, some divers to go through the pockets of porpens that they find, and take all the valuables. I have known divers to make thousands of dollara In that way. There is a sort of a pocket in the armor, in which, they carry wols, and I have scon divers come out of a wreck in which they had been working, with their pockets filled with gold watches, | diamond rings, and plas, and all sorts of trash. I dove in Mobile Hay, where I put over 300 chains under an ironclad. The greatest annoyance that we had there was tharks. They didn't hardly dare tackle, un, because with our armor we looked more like scarecrows than anything else, They would come sailing along, and gra- dually swim up towards us with their great big mouths wide open, but when they got within a few fest of us they would stop and, lag there flapping their fins and looking, it seemed to me, like the very devil himself. Finally we devised a way to scare them off that never failed to frighten them so that they would stay away an hour or longer before they dared to come back. The armor that we wear la air-tight, you know. Our jacket slearen were faster around our wrists with an olastic, so that the atr could not escape. By running my finger under the sleeve of my jacket I could let the air out, and as it rushed into the water it would make a hissing noise and a volume

of bubbles shoot up. So whenever those

infernal abarks would come prowling around I would bold out my arm toward them, and, patting my finger under the elastic of my jacket aleeve, I would let a lot of air out, and send a stream of bubbles Into the shark's face, with a hissing noise like steam from a gauge-cock. The way that those sharks would go scotting off was funny to behold."

"Jack," and the interviewer, "it is said that the submarine diving is very profitable business; what is the largest salary that you ever made !”

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THE CHINA MAIL.

[No 2464—Mar 25, 1878.

boale, pointed, at both ends; and provided | crowd, cnch, individual mombor (of which, à vessel belonging to this same company ↑ 3 :: JOSH BILLINGSGATE. EL with a small awning. They have deep was anadious to extol the merits of his own was assailed in that wayed Everyone on When a man gits his harte broke be" keels; and underneath the floor there is one sampan. The carriage having driven off, board was murdered, and the ship taken to generally puts it to soak in whisky na place for a cocking fire, another for an I was quite alone, and had same diffentigo Macaotlus But this voyageza waa vymores de The strongest kind ov men are those who altar, and a third where the children are in dispersing them and being allowed to prosperous, the baptain Mine meat bind and | hay got the most weaknesses and kuo it s stowed to be out of the way. In those enter the sampan I had selected. However, polite, and the boat plean and comfortable. The grate weakness or most people laya sampans whole families, sometimes live I did quoceed at last; andi making my Anexonilept breakfast, and an elaborate in the fact that their nabora kúo them generations, live død move and have their boatmen understand that they were to take, biflu wore served at noong all for the sum : better than they to themselfs, R being. I never shall forget my astonish- me, to the white chip, as the yacht is of four deilare a bead, including wine, beer, I noties one thing, the man who rides on mont when, going ashore very early one generally called, returned on board te rest! and spirits ad libituminen did take the kars every day iz satisfied with one marning in one of these strange craft, the Tuesday, February 27th-Until half-past On first learing Hongkong the couran lies seat, but the man who rides once a year! proprietor lifted up what I had thought was ten we were occupied in the pleasant task between Islands and through fine mountain wants at least 4. the bottom of the boat, and disclosed three of reading poys from home-all good this pa890s, Later on the country becomes fat Lasting repatanhuns are a slow growth. or four childron, packed away as tight as time, I am happy to say. At 10.30 we and uninteresting till the Bogue Farts are The man who wakes up famus sam morning herrings, while under the seats were half- | landed and want up the hill to breakfast reached. Here are to be seen the remains is quite apt to go to bed sum night and d-dozen people of larger growth. The with Sir Arthur and Miss Kennedy, and of the old forts knocked down by the French sleep it sii off. young mother of the small family generally heard a good deal about the colony. It in and English guns and water teruk vite Friendship don't appear to be anny thing. rows with the smallest baby strapped on wonderful to think that thirty yours ago it|| About one o'clock we reached Whampoa, more thana bizzness operashua, into which to her bank, and the next-nized one in her scurvely, existed, and now it in a large and the leading port of Canton: Tha Pearlman put a certain amount oy kapital, and ® arms, whom she is also teaching to row flourishing, placo, with splendid, Cheusca, River is too shallow for large steamers to then commence trading upon (to get bla The children begin to row by themselves institutions, roads, and gardens. We were go up any higher; so we stopped here only Young man, husband yure, plezzares - when they are about two years old. The also most agreeably surprised by the beauty a few minutes to disembark some of the thare iz not only were fan but more length boys have a gourd, intended for a life of the scenery, It is really lovely, and Chinesa passengers, and from this point to the fun in sucking sider, thru a straw preserver, tied round their necks as soon though the hills around are barren, wher the interesting part of the voyage began. than drinking it out ov a four-quart as they are born. The girls are left to ever cultivation has been attempted, vegeta- The river, as well as all the little cap pitcher. A their fate, a Chinaman thinking it rather tion appears to flourish luxuriantly. The plementary creeks, was alive with junks an udantage to lose a daughter or two climate, cannot be very bad, judging by the end gampang masts and sails stuck up in occasionally.

healthy look of the residents and troops. bvery direction, gliding about among the Typhoons seem to be the greatest drawback. fat paddyfields. Such masts and sails as They come without any warning, and it is they are 1. The mandarins' beats, especially, impossible to guard against them and their are so beautifully carved, printed, and disastrous effects. Thousands of lives, and decorated, that they look, mora as if they millions of pounds worth of property, are era floating about, for ornement than for destroyed in a few hours. We have been ase. Just about two se'clock pur large

Many of these sampan people have never set foot on shore in their lives, and this water-life of China is one of the most extraordinary features of the country. It is what strikes all travellers, and so bas tempted me to a digression.

A Bentonaut from the flag ship came on

board and piloted us into a snug barth, among the men-of-war, and close to the shore, where we were immediately sur. rounded by sampars, and pestered by pertinacions Chinese clambering on board. The donkey-engine, with well-rigged tone, soon, however, cleared the decks, bulwarks, and gangways, and we were not bothered

any more.

After breakfast we landed on the Praya, a fine quay, extending the whole length of the town. On it are situated many of the large stores, bifices, and markets of the city. The streets are wide and handsome, and the buildings in European style, with deep verandaks and arcades, all built of stone. The town is built on the side of a hill, with formy, moss-covered banks, overhung by tropical tress, close to some of the principal offices. At the back are the mountains, the peak overhead, with the signal station on the top, always busily at work, making and answering signals with flags as ships and junks enter or leave the harbour. Soldiers and sailors abound in the streets; and if it were not for the sedan-chairs and palangnins, in which everybody is carried about by Chinese coolies with enormous hats, one might easily fancy oneself at dear old Gib, so much do these dependencies of the Crown in foreign countries resemble one another, even in such opposite quarters of the globe.

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shown some of the effects of a very severe

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stosuper), was brought up close alongside

We landed, and, after proceeding a short distance along the dirty street, came to a bridge with iron gaten, which were thrown open by the sentry After crossing a dirty stream we found ourselves in the foreign settlement Shameen it is called-walking on nice turf, under the iade of fine trees. The houses of the anerchants which line this promenade are all fine, handsome, tone buildings, with deep verandahs. At the back there are compounds with kitchen gardens, and under the trees dairy cows re grazing Every household appears to supply itself with garden and farm produce, and the whole some has a most English, home-like appearance. We went first to the Vice-Coneal, and then to the Jardine Hong. All the business houses retain the aames of the firms to which they originally belonged, even when they have passed into entirely different hands. After a little chat we went on to the Deacon Hong, where we found they had just done tiffin, and where: we met some old friends

Beware of that s and suspishus kritter, the man who knows thare iz going to be a sadden rise in here eggs, and kant tell it without taking ya out behind the barn to whisper it in yure ear,

1 wouldn't give 10 cents a yard for all the pedigree in the world; if a man has got a level head on his shoulders, and an honest harte in hiz body, he haz all

pedigros i am in search or to the

I am allwus a little apspishus or the old phellow who is forever preaching morality and the 10 commandments; i^often find that biz morality dates no further bak than the time that the handle ov liz own paskuna went out.

A THRENODY:

"The Akhoond of Swat is dead.", Papers of January 22.

What, what, what, What's the news from Swat P

Bad news,

Bad nowe

Comes by the cable lad

Through the Indian Ocean's bed, Through the Persian Gulf, the Red

Sea and the Med Iterranean he's dead-- The Akhoond is dead f

For the Akhoond I mourn,

Who wouldn't?

He strove to disregard, the message etern,

But he Akhoondn't,

Dend, dead, dead;

(Borrow, Swate) Swats who has wi Akhoond bled, swats wham he hath often led Onward to a gory bed,

Or to vistory, As the case might be, Borrow, Swals! Tears' shed,

shed tears like water

Your great Akhoond is dead i That'e Bwat's the matter!

By the kindness of various people, to whom we were introduced, we all found Moura, city of Swat, ourselves gradually installed in luxurious Your great Akhoond is not, quarters. As for us, we had a large room. But lain mid woring to rote comfortably furnished in English fashion, His mortal part alone, his soul waseanght with a bath room attached. All the housBS

(Because he was a good Akhound) are very much alike, and are fitted up in an

Up to the bosom of Mahound. equally comfortable style.

`tish nation !

Let Swat bury the great Akhband With a noise of mourning and of lamentation! Lot Swat bary the great Akhoond With the noise of the mourning of the Swat- Fallen is at length Its tower of strength, Its sun is dimmed ere it had nooned, Dead lies the great Akhoond,

The great Akhoond of Bwat Is not!

Miscellaneous

typhoon that occurred in 1574. It seems the wooden pier as sazily as a skiff, but it almost incredible that the mere fores' of must require some skill to navigate this the wind can snap iron posts in two, breek trowded river without accident. On the granite columns, and blow off heavy roofs shore was an excited, vociferating crowd, After breakfast the ceremony of prosent- but no one came to meet up; and we had ing the departing Governor with a State begun to wonder what was to become of ne umbrella took place. It was a token of what we should do, and whither we should respect from tom thousand Chinese, in go in a strange city, where we did not JACK, THE DIVER.

habitants of Hongkong, and is the greatest | know a soul when we were relieved from *Too old to dive !” said he, with great

compliment that can be paid to any official bur embarrassment by the appearance of emphasis; "not a bit of it. As soon as

1 arrived in a large camphor-wood box, the Vico Consul, who came on board to times get a little botter I'll be at it again,

and the address, beautifully embroidered in mest a friend. He told us that, owing to and I'll make mere money in one day than

gold thread and silk, was enclosed in an expected: kall, all the houses, wars un these land. Iubbers make in a month." "I was working for Otis & Brothers,

magnificent sandal-wood: box about four usually fall, and that not one of the people "But," continued be, bis anger dying getting out bales of cotton. I was to have

feet long, covered with the richest carving who had been written to could take us in, away, you wanted me to spin a yarn about $5 a day, work or play, and so for every

Precisely at twelve some forty vermillon. This was rather bad news, but we felt sure myself. Well, I was born in Dublin, ould bale of cotton that I got out. I worked

coloured visiting.cards were handed in, that something would turn up. Ireland, in March, 1813. I went to sea shout six hours one day, and got out 485

with the name each member of the when I was between 3 and 10 years old. I bales of cotton. My income that day was

deputation written in Chinese and English called almost all over the world. I went $2,480. I tell you, I have made enough

characters. The visitors were all received to the West Indies and to the Hast Indies.to buy and sell many a rich man in this

in a large drawing room, whilst we ladion I saw considerable of war, too. I entled on town but bless you! I could never keep

observed the proceedings through the doors the English gunboat Talaveria, of seventy-it."

leading from a smaller room. Its not four guns, in 89.2-was in the battle of I have had several Darrow escapes from

considered etiquette by the Chinese for Joan D'Aro, and received a medal for bra- drowning," said Jack, as he re-lighted his

ladies to appear at these public seremonies. very while there. I mailed on the frigate ancient and mach-tanned pipe, but about

After it was all over, a stroll through the Brandycina for two years and three months. the closest call was when I was workin' in

town, sad a look at the shopej filled up the Then I went on a West India mail steam the waterworks crib in Cleveland. You use

rest of the time in the morning, until we best. Finally I went aboard the steamer much depends on having a good signal

went on board to fetch the children for an De. It was while I was on her that I tender. I can tell when some one else beside

expedition up the Peak to the signal begun to dive. I came on dock one day, the regular signal-man steps up and takes

station. As usual many visitors came on and, in fun, tald I would like to dive. hold of the line. So can any good diver, for

board the yachs, and it was later than we said-in sport, you know that I didn't that matter. There was the diver that

had intended before we could make a start. believe there was anything so great about worked for the Lake Shore Railroad Com-

I had to be carried up the steep ascent in a divin' after all,. We had several with us, pany when they wore building the abutments We were very anxious to leave the yacht chair, but the children and dogs thoroughly you know. We were raisin' a wreck in the of their new bridge across the Manmes. here and to go up to Canton; but we find injoyed themselves seampering about. The Kagliah Channel. It was the wreak of an He, by the way, was paid $40 a day for there is no possible hotel at the latter place. little ones picked heaps of fiqwars and ferue. Host Indian merchantman that was sunk. 100 days. He was working one day shortly This is rather unfortunate, as, after oor The dogs had not been allowed to land She was loaded with all sorts of merchan. after he had begun the job, and I went long residence on board, and all the knock before, as everybody told me they would diss. They were rainin' her with rubber down to see him.he signalstender asked ing about at sea, the yacht requires re- be sure to be stolen directly, We returned big The diver would go down and take me if I would take hold of the line. 1 did pairing and refitting. She looke very well on board before sunset, and had time for a with him a big air tight rubber bag. Each so, and gave it three or four little shakes painted white, and the change is a great little rest before some friends arrived to of them bags, when filled with air, would that a good diver always understands. He comfort in hot weather; but white paint dinner. We have shipped two Chinese They were fastened all immediately answered back and let me does not wear well, and in order to maintain boys here to work in the pantry and over the vessel and connected with rubber understand that he knew I was there. But her good looks she ought to receive a fresh kitchen. They are excellent servante as pipe, WAfter we had fastened hundreds of I was going to tell you about, that narrow cost at every port. We can only go up the rule, bat how they will get on with the them to her, air was pumped into 'em and escape. I had a signal-tender who didn't Paari River at the very top of the tide, for others, and how they will like the sea-life, they lifted that vessel out of the water just hardly underetand his business, The in several places there are not fourteen feet remains to be proved. pangandara as easy as rollin' off a log. It was to fasten mouth of the crib had been stopped up of water over the shoals. It will, therefore,

Wednesday, February 28th-1 was up on those air-bags that the divers were hired, with dirt, and I was clearing it out. I had take us two or three days to accomplish and off at half past six to the market, and About three o'clock, we started in five I had often wished that I could be a diver, crawled through the antrazice, whisks was what the steamers do in six hours, and returned to a late breakfast on board; after chairs, with Man-luck-Chiu for our guide. because they were getting £45 a month, port of door, and all at once, when I went grant waste of time will be involved. which a large party of China merchants Tom vigorously protected against not being while we sailors were making only £3. But to turn around, I pulled my helmet off. Today, for the first time, we have heard came as a deputation to invite Tom to fix allowed to use his own legs, but everybody I had never thought that I could, because There I was, oat in the water, where, in a pidgin English' seriously spoken. It is day to dine with them. I think they assured him that it was impossible in the I didn't suppose I had the grit to learn, short tims, I know I would drown, very trying to one's camposure to hear proposed to pay him what is for them an crowded streets of the city, so he had to Many man gets killed while learnin' to pulled twice on the life-line for the signal grave marchants, in their counting houses, unusual compliment, partly because they submit to being carried. No Chinaran, dire, you know. But as I was tellin' ge, fender to pall me up, but he didn't do it giving important orders to clerks and com- were pleased with some remarks he made except those employed by foreignere, is one day I came on deck and was sayin' that I felt that I was filling up with water fast, prodors in what sounds, until one gets yesterday at Government House, and allowed to cross any of the bridges over I would like to dive, when the Captain and I pulled again. But still he did not accustomed to it, like the silliest of baby-partly because they think so much of his the stream, which, completely surrounds took me up. Said he, "I want you to go understand. Of course all my armor had talks. The term really means businom enterprise in making a voyage round the the foreign settlement, and ranked the below and shorten up that wheel rope." "I filled with water, there was no air in it, I English; and certain it is that most world in a yacht with his wife and family, suburb of Shameen a perfect island. There would have given most anything to have was held down by tons weight. Suddenly Chinamon you meet understand it perfectly. They examined everything on board, and are iron gates on each bridge, guarded by gut out of it, but I wasn't goin' to back down George, who I was telling you about, and though you might just as well talk Grook seemed to be specially, interested in Tom's sentries in the state of things presented by Because if I had 1 would never have heard who had just come down to see me, stapped as ordinary English to them. Take pissey Board of Trade certificate, which one of the two sides of the bridge is most marvel- the last of it. I got on the armor, and in up and took hold of the life-line, shook it, missisy one piecey bag topside, seems their number translated in full for the lous. From the quiet country park, foll the afternoon I went below. I can't de- and asked me what I wanted. I had just quite as difficult to understand as Take benefit of the rcut.

of large villas and pretty gardens, you scribe you the feelin' that comes over a strength enough left to give two hard pulls, the lady's bag upstairs' would be ; but it is The Chinese part of the town stands emerge into a filthy city, full of a seething man when for the first time he puts on the which meant," ull me up quick. George, easier to a Chinaman's intellect.

quite away from the foreign settlement. It dirty population, and where smells and armor and gets ready to dire. The great afterwards beard them tell, yelled to the From the Praya we went up the bill to is dirty and crowded in spite of its wide eights of the most disgusting description heavy helmet makes him feel as if he was signal man and told him, Help me pull in write ont names in the Governor's book. atreets, and the large, gaily coloured houses nicet you at every turn. People who have goin' to smother. As I looked at the long that life-line, and pull for all you're It was a beautiful road all the way, have the names and advertisements of their acon many Chinese cities say that Canton Tax Grand Orient of France, having rabber pipe leadin' from the air pump to worth, for Jack is drowning. They hauled running between lovely gardens and beneath proprietors painted all across them. The is the cleanest of them all, What the eliminated the name of the Suprema Being the helmet, I thought what if that should me up out of there mighty quick, now I shady trees. Government House is a fine thestre is in the middle of the city, and was dirtiest zonat be like is therefore beyond from its proceedings, the Grand Lodge get broke while I was down below. Some tell you, and it took lots of strength to do building, situated on a high point of land, densely crowded. à box had been reserved my imagination. The suburbs of the city, of English Freemasons have opposed such careless fellow must stop on it and shut off it, because my armor was full of water, commanding extensive views in every for us, for the ordinary seats are like a where all sorts of cheap eating-shopus stop, a belief in the Great Architect of the air, an' then what would become of me? When they got me to the surface I was direction, After a pleasant chat we de-carpenter's bench. On the floor of the abound where the butchers and fishmon the Universe being one of the landmarks Balore 1 went down I had to learn the olean gone, and it was more than an hour scended the hill again, and proceeded to house men and women sat together, but ingers expose the most untempting-looking of Freemasonry. elgnals. Besides the long hose that came before I came to, enough to speak, the Hongkong hotel for tifin. It dose not the galleries the men sat apart, and there morsels for sale, and where there are

OCEAN TEMPERATURS-The temperature `down and connected with my helmet, there **The deepest water that I was in waseem a very desirable abode, being large, were separate boxes for the women. The hampers of all sorts of nasty-looking com-

was a life-line about my waist which a 168 feet. When one is down so low it is dirty, and ill kept, At one o'clock a bell acting was rough,, and accompanied by the pounds, done up ready for the buyer of the of the ocean is invariably highest at the signal-man on desk held. That is of almost hard work to get air. I have had the air-rang, and the visitors all rushed in and most discordant music. The scenery camed smallest portion to take home are surfaco. Down to 100 fathoms it coole as much consequence as the base. I was amp manned by six men working with all took their places at various little tables, of an excessively radimentary description, especially revolting. The Chinese, how rapidly, more slowly to 100 or 600 is thoms, taught if I wanted more I should jerk on their might, and still I've been obliged to and were served with a sorambly' sort of as you may imagine when I tell you that sever poor like several courses to their and with extreme slowness to the bottom, the hose once; if I wanted 'em to take up pull on the air-line and call for more air."

meal by Chiness boys.

steep hill up which the hero and heroine meals, which are served in little bowls on where it is almost uniform. At Fernando the slack on the hose, I was to pull three The old residenter has a wife and family

After this, a carriage was sent for us, and olmbed with great difficulty was composed small table to each person, and eaten Neronha, almost under the Equator, is times on it. Then there were signals on living in Blackwols, Eng., none of whom

we drove to the race-course. This is the of five kitchen chairs arranged in a pyramid with chopsticks, as in Japan. It is to actually reaches almost to the freezing, point, the life-line. One jerk on the line meant he has seen for years, and from whom he fourth and last day of the races, and there on the top of three kitchen tables, held in gratify this taste that what we should think at the greatest depth, while at the surface. Hold on!' ons pull and a shake, Lower has not heard in some time. Out of his is to be a ball to night to wind up with, to position by man in their ordinary, dress. a very minute fish, or a tiny ahisker, is its mean is 21 degrees centigrade and the sway; two jerks, Pull up,' (whatever the vast earnings he has saved but little which every body seems to be going. The The fagitives were supposed to be a Tartar cut up into half a dozen pieces and sold to medit heat of the urnst of the earth is not tackle may be attached ;) three pulls, Take farm of wild land near Manistee, Mich., drive was a very pleasant one, the road general and his wife, escaping from their several purchasers,

**** | less than 8 degrees oontigrade. · The ex- meout. There are several signsis. There's being about all his possessions. But he is presenting a most animated sppearance, enemies after a great battle, The fighting here since been told that only the osptain the constant current of cold water which

planation of this low bottom temperature i one which every signal-man knows all about, happy, and what more could be desired with crowds of soldiers, sailors, Obinemen, was renewed at intervals with great noise that means, Full me out quick, for God's Toledo Blade.

Parsees, Jews, all hurrying along by the and epirit. Some of the costumes were and one or two passengers were killed, and the wells up the deep Atlantic at deep levels from the Autarctis Sea, interrupted only take l'Finally, after I'd got ready, they

side of the numerous sedan-chaire and very fine, and cost from 801. to 401. apiece. Tessel raz ashore near, not at Maosa. lowered me down. The minute I struck

Barringes. We were puzzled to imagine From the theatre we drove to the Chi-

by certain nocidental parciers, while the the water I felt all right. The heavy feel.

where, on this rocky, hilly island, there masa hospital, and thence to the Chinese

heat of the surface is regulated by other low ing of the armor went away, and I seemed

universal agendies. It is supposed that this could possibly be found a piece of ground recreation ground, where we saw dandry light as a feather. As soon as I struck

flat enough for a zase-course, But the itinerant qnacks and vendors of all sorts of Bonaparte's ManNER-Funerally the constant indux from the south is neut allead the deck of the wreck I began to walk

mystery was solved when we resched a rubbish. As we were walking along, having speeches of Bonaparte were luoid sud apark by the greater evaporation in the morn around. I couldn't seo very well, and had

lovely little valley, about two miles from left our chairs for a few minutes to look ating they were concise, vigorous, full of northerly regions, while its supply is kept to be careful not to get my life line tangled

the town, where we found a For fair the Chinese shops, a man picked my pocket power and sense, but, wanting in feeling up by the great deposit of rain and snow In the rigging. I hadn't been down long We extract the following from Mrs course, about the size of that af Chester, of a one-dollar note Mr Freer and the The impression exolted by this young man the extreme south. The Arado Ben, being, before I wanted more air. I felt as if I was Brassey's now book, The Oruise of the Bus but not so dangerous. The grand stand is Doctor saw, pursued, and caught him. He was a painful admiration the mind was nearly landlooked and of smaller zient smothering. Ob, it was terrible. The

a picturesque object, with its thatched roof, vehemently protested his innooszce, but to dassled by the spertority of his talento, appears to have Hitle Influence, London moet peculiar thing about a man's feelings, beam 2--

varandahs, and sun-blinds. The interior, no avail. They proceeded to strip him, but the beart felt oppressed. There was Spectator, when for the Brat time he's down below a Monday, February 28th-At 4 am. we tob, looks comfortably arranged, and cer found the note, gave him a good shaking, not to be found in are any trace of that

TEE following, according to the Zinios"-" generous magnanimity that forestalls con Calcutta Correspondent, is the peroration of divin is the pain that takes-bim in the found ourselves close under the light on tainly contains the most inaurious basket and told him to go. head right behind the ears. It feels as if the eastern end of the island of Hongkong. chairs one could posdbly desire. There Thursday, March 1st-A most lovely Adence, and forms the most beautiful Lord Lytton's remarkably powerful and same one was sticking a sharp knife into We were surrounded by Islands, and the are a lawn and a paddock sitached, and morning ashered in the new month, which feature in the character of heroes, *brilliant speech tent to Binar hies. It put me in terribly misery, and it morning was dark and thick; so we waited very good temporary stables, over many of having come in like, the most peaceable si Among the personages met in the different “I am unwilling to hamper the diffusian was some little time before I got over it. till 8.30, and then steamed on through the which are private stands and tiffin rooms. lambs, will, we hope, not end like a roaring genes jum, described, Bonaparte alone of honest thought; but I recognise in the stayed down over an hour, and when I Howloon passage up to the city of Victoria, Hongkong rases are a great event, and lion just as we expect to be in the middle seemed to pomes the habite and easy air present, ciroumstances of this country, and came up I bled pretty bad out of the eyes, as it is really named, though it is generally people come down from Canton, Shanghal, of the Bay of Bengal. We left the yacht given by frequenting society. His smooth in the prosent condition of the populations ente, nose and mouth. But I felt big, 1 called Hongkong. The channel is long, Macao, and all sorts of places for them. at 7.50, and went on board the Kin-Shan, auburn hair was dressed in a one, it was committed to our charge the dear and tell you, because I hadn't allowed them to and in some places so narrow that it is like Everybody knows everybody, and it seems which is a regular American river steamer not powdered, and hang very low over his obvious duty of checking the propagation of going through a mountain pass, with barren to be altogether most pleasant social with beam engines and many desk-houses, forehead and the sides of his faos; his eyes edition, and preventing Ignorant, foolish, Jack gave a graphic description of the Aile and zove on either hand but the meeting. Many ladies were present. Some which are painted white. The lower desk were red with fatigue. He had the smooth and irresponsible persons fram real sppearance of the first anaken staamboat combined affees of the blue waters, and red, of the races were expital; the little Chinese crowded with the most inferior class of sallow coloring that physiologista state to destroying the noble edifica which util lots which he ever want. It was about brown, and yellow hills, is very dns. ponies seattling along at a great pass ander Chinese, soms eight hundred of them being belong to melancholy temperaments, and generously shelters even te lle detractores two miles from shore that the vessel had Of the town of Victoris like crowd of their big riders, whose fast seamed siment on board. It gave us gather a turn to see is, in their opinion, an index of the greatest chat edice has been slowly reared by the gone down. He went into her for the par- shipping in immense, and it became to teach the ground. There was slao a them all padlocked in under the hatchways powers of mind. Lastly, as said before, he genius of British statesmanship utilising the po of renovering her cargo. The bodies dificult tank to thread our way between the rane for Australian horses. But the most and iron gratings. Ab each opening lawas quite destitute of gentleness or graos achievements of British walour. It was were of no consequence, he stated it fleste af sampats and junks. The intter amusing event of all was the last scramble posted an armed santinal, ready to fire in actions and words always, bors the founded by, English enterprise and demotivad le singular fact, said he, in substante, are the most extramdinary-looking draft for Chinese ponies ridden by Chinese boys, among the crowd in case of any disturbance. impress of a harsh arrogates, making his by English blood, and is sagraed with the #that the corpace of women in sunken over saw, with high, overhanging terms and in which horses and riders seemed to be in the saloon, lacy is a stand of pistola, superiority always felt but by making brightest memorials of English characters vossela siways lie tace upward, while men roll, or rather draw, np sailt, compedimes: exsatiy suited to pus anotheri bike and rides with fized bayanets, ready for the others ill at ease, As he was going away. The preservation of this great Imperial, are invariably fase downwards. The cabin eally made of silk, and pafted like a The and went down, and it grew sold and European passengers to defend themedyas the Marquis Beary somewhat happily heirloom is the first, and his heat unt of the vessel presented a horrid appearance, lady ant ball dress Than their danke are, dark before all was over. The gentlemen will in cade of emergency. These are pressed, the painful feeling he had expe those to whose charge the inheritance The biopted bodies all laid up next the to arowded, wifi limber, Eve and dead, that walked back to the town, and went down very hecessary precautions on socpnet of zened, General was his departing intrusted duty owed to the memory of eiling. Some were clasped in sach other's you wonder how the hosts can be navigated, so the Indding plaos in Kollery Alate, in the mamesons pirates who occasionaly say why not men love you as our stores, as well as to the tape of que sama One mother bad in her arms her ablko. 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