1 ་ crossed, and a settlement, called Bathurst, has been esta- of THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALIA. 1" "I am now writing in the midst of winter, in my tent, with a fire in front of it. The sun has risen seven mornings at least out of ten, without a cloud in the horizon, and has set the same. About four P. M., it begins to feel cold, much the same as in the shutting in of a very clear day in England, in November. The stars twinkle at night as in a frost, and the cold reminds you that a fire is necessary for your comfort. Notwithstanding this, I have not yet seen ice, although I am told that water has sometimes been very slightly incrusted during the night. We are nearer the sea here, and consequently milder in winter, and cooler in summer, than if farther from the coast, while, at the distance of twenty miles, I have seen ice as thick as a dollar. I have peas now in my garden, in blossom; and the hills about my tent are bespangled with violets, and a delicate white flower, that reminds me of the snowdrop; so you may judge what the climate must be. Still the weather in winter is cold enough to the feelings to remind us, occasionally, of your fine dry weather in March and November, with a moderate east wind, though it more frequently has the mildness of May, with a clear sun. Sometimes we have refreshing showers, or heavy rains, succeeded always by fine clear weather; and, as I have said before, seven days at least out of ten, exhibit the blue ethereal sky' without a spoti I have now seen three seasons in this country-summer, autumn, and winter. The summer is a little too hot, but I have felt more inconvenience from hot weather in England than here: it lasts longer in this country, but you are sooner cool after exertion, and less liable to be chilled. The weather in autumn and winter is truly delightful, neither too hot nor too cold. I am told that the spring is equally agreeable; and that, although the winters are so mild, still nature appears to undergo an invigorating change, ascin colder regions. Animals lose their long coats; flowers spring up in the gardens and fields; birds begin to sing more generally; and the trees, although evergreens, change their somewhat faded hue for the more refreshing green of spring." We have room for only one other extract, but it is a long one, descriptive of one of the most favourite occupations of the natives, and introducing us at once to the interior of the country: ༄།། KANGAROO-HUNTING. would do, and as they are armed with long sharp claws, they frequently let a dog's entrails out, or otherwise lacerate them in the most dreadful manner, sitting all the while on their haunches, hugging and scratching with determined fury. Young dogs, that are fierce and of good bottom, are almost sure to be sacrificed, if allowed to run at these old men,' before they have acquired some experience with smaller ones. After having been once or twice wounded, they get pretty cunning, and very few dogs will attack a 'wool man,' when they are away from their keepers: their practice is to him till some person come up, when, either with large sticks keep the enemy at bay, by running round, and barking at or pistols, and the aid of the dogs, he is finally dispatched, but not without some difficulty and caution. A full-sized he rises to move forward, he stands four or four and a half 'wool man' at bay always sits on his haunches, and when feet high. In this manuer, he will, when pressed, meet a man, and hug and scratch him, if not to death, in such a way as he does not soon forget it. When hard pressed, and near to water, the kangaroo always takes it; if it be deep water, and the dogs follow him, one or the other is almost sure to be drowned. If a single dog, the kangaroo is nearly certain to come off victorious, by taking his assailant in his fore-arms, and holding him under water till he is dead; but if he has two dogs opposed to him, he is not left at liberty to hold either of his opponents long enough under water to drown him, and he generally himself falls a sacrifice, after a long and hard struggle. Notwithstanding the courage and ferocity of the kangaroo when pressed, he is otherwise extremely timid, and more easily domesticated than any wild animal with which I am acquainted. The smaller ones are frequently quite as swift as a hare, and I have sometimes seen them outstrip the fleetest dogs. The kind of dog used for coursing the kangaroo, is generally a cross between the greyhound and the mastiff, or sheep-dog; but in a climate like New South Wales, they have, to use the common phrase, too much lumber about them. The true-bred greyhound is the most useful dog; he has more wind; he ascends the hill with more ease, and will run double the number of courses in a day. He has tore bottom in running, and if he has less ferocity when he comes up with an old man,' so much the better, as he exposes himself the less, and lives to afford sport another day. The strongest and most courageous dog can seldom conquer a wool man' alone, and not one in fifty will face him fairly; the dog who has the temerity, is certain to be disabled, if not killed. "The herd of kangaroos we had thus come upon was too numerous to allow of the dogs being let loose; but as the day's walk was drawing to a close, I had given Maty Bill liberty to catch another kangaroo, if we should fall in with a single one. After moving up to the foot of the hill, about a quarter of a mile from the river, my sable companion eyed a corbon wool man,' as he called it, quietly feeding at a distance on the slope of the hill. His eyes sparkled, he was all agitation, and he called out, Massa! massa! You tee! you tee! wool man! wool man! corbon wool man!" and off he ran with his dogs till he was within a fair distance, when he slipped their collars. I was at this time on foot, and the whole of them therefore were soon out of my The country on our right consisted of high and poor sight. They had turned round the bottom of the hill, in stony hills, thickly timbered; that on the left, on the opposite the direction of the river, and as I was following them side of the river, was a rich and thinly timbered country. down, I heard the dogs at bay, and the shrill call of, ' cooA low and fertile flat meadow there skirted the river, and 00-00,' from my companion, to direct me to the spot; and, at the extremity of the flat the hills gradually arose with a on turning the corner of the hill, I met him, running and gentle slope, covered with verdure, upon which an immense calling as fast and as loud as he could. As soon as he saw herd of kangaroos was feeding. I crossed over with Matyme, he stopped and called out, Massa! massa! make Bill and a brace of dogs, leaving the party to proceed on haste; dingo (dogs) have got him in ribber. Many corbon their route. The moment we had crossed, the kangaroos | wool man, all te same like it bullock.' All this was said in moved off. It is extremely curious to see the manner in a breath, and as I could not pretend to run with him, I which a large herd of these animals jump before you. It desired him to go as fast as he could and help the dogs till I has often been asserted in England that they make use of should arrive. When I got up to the spot, he was in the their tails to spring from you when they are pursued: this is middle of the river, with about two feet depth of water, not correct. Their tails never touch the ground when they while the kangaroo, sitting upright on its haunches, was move, except when they are on their feed, or at play; and keeping both him and the dogs at a respectful distance, and the faster they run or jump, the higher they carry them. had laid bare the wind-pipe of one of the dogs. Billy's The male kangaroos were called, by the natives, old men, Waddy was too short to reach him without coming to close * wool man; and the females, young ladies,' young liddy.' quarters, and he knew better than do that; at length he got The males are not so swift as the females, and the natives, behind him, and with a blow on the head he dispatched in per seasons, occasionally run the former down when very him. No huntsman could have shown more ardour in large, their weight causing them to sink in the wet ground, pursuit, or more pleasure at the death of a fox, than did and thus to become tired. They frequently, however, make poor Maty Bill upon this occasion. The kangaroo was so up for this disadvantage, by fierceness and cunning, when heavy, weighing above 150 pounds, that he could not lift attacked either by men or dogs, and it is exceedingly diffi- him out of the water, and we were obliged to leave him till cult for a brace of the best dogs to kill a 'corbon wool man.' our party arrived on the opposite side. A fresh scene of When they can, they will hug a dog or a man as a bear pleasure ensued among the natives when they became ac quainted with our good fortune. They were now all in the river, from whence they drew the wool man,' and placed him on the back of one of the horses. I wished to have left him, as we had already enough; but as they were eager beyond every thing to take him, I indulged them. It appears that the natives have a great partiality for the flesh of the old and large kangaroos, just as we have for mutton or venison of a proper age. I never could discover any difference in flavour; but if they can partake of a 'wool man,' they refuse any other; and when asked the reason, they replied to me, Wool man budgeree (food) fatter. Black fellow like him always more better.'» We have read the whole of Mr Dawson's work with pleasure; and though we understand that the Australian Agricultural Company, who sent him out as their chief agent, and for whom he had the merit of organising the first settlement, have seen fit to supersede him-for what reason we know not-we cannot think otherwise of him than as an able aud conscientious man, who has extended our knowledge of one of the finest portions of the habitable globe, and who has also made an important contribution to the history of uncivilized and unsophisticated life. The Retrospect; or, Youthful Scenes. With other Poms and Songs. By John Wright. Edinburgh. John Boyd. 1830. 12mo, pp. 180. WE introduced Mr Wright's name to the acquaintance of our readers some time ago. His preface, which is well and modestly written, will best explain the circumstances under which he now comes before the public: PREFACE. "With some slight hopes, flattered as the author has been with favourable opinions from some of the first poetical authorities in Edinburgh, yet, with many fears, gloomy misgivings, and paternal yearnings of heart, he ushers this little volume into the world. Of the cares that attend publication he is well aware; for though there are individuals scattered up and down who peruse poetry, in all cases, for its own sake, yet there are others, indeed the majority of those that are termed admirers of poetry, who may read what has been laid out for them by approved critics, and the general consent of ages; but no sooner does a young and unsupported author set his foot on the stage of competition, than they are instantly on the tiptoe of alarm: they investigate, not to discover genius, but to expose its defects; and however great his powers of mind may be, he is sure to perish, or at least to be neglected, unless some Herculean Connoisseur interpose in his behalf, and lift him from oblivion. "When the sixth and seventh stanzas of the RETROSPECT were composed, the author had not the slightest intention of ever going farther, when circumstances successively occurred which led to the composition of more, till, in the course of three or four months, the poem had swollen into almost two hundred stanzas; and he may say, that before thinking of a hero, the whole of the first, and considerable part of the second canto, was composed. He hopes, therefore, to be pardoned-if it be a fault-for often recurring to personal feeling, more so, as the theme so naturally leads into it. 4 In the soft carol of my simple song! And, searching nature with unsullied eye, The aggregated charms of earth and sky, The blight of Winter, and the bloom of Spring, The green and golden mantle and soft sigh Of gentle Autumn-all alike did bring Fresh beauty to the mind, on adoration's wing. "Then sweet to wander through the leafless grove, While yet Spring's infant anthem rang, to wake Earth into life with Winter now she strove, Now would the hue of Summer's beauty take, Now Autumn's drapery, and then all forsake, To shine herself alone, and, 'midst our bliss, Even as we gazed, to hide the late-fallen flake, Seem'd plant to spring, that sunbeam loved to kissTheir tender mother smiled to mark the sweet caress. "And sweet to roam o'er yet snow-chequer'd scene, Along the hilly rise, and there behold, Earth-one vast gem of sparkling white and green; And down the steeps streams dashing, bright and bold, Noisy, innumerous-half from Winter hold Their short duration, yet impetuous, proud, As through all lands, all ages they had roll'd; Ephemeral offspring of the fleeting cloud, Foam on!--the upstart streams of life yet rage more loud. "Thou comest, Spring! like an o'er-fondled child, That pets, and brawls, and weeps, and knows not why; Straight smil'st, with cheek all beauty, dimpling, miki, And now, to tempt pursuit, afar dost flyg And in thy absence with each other vie, To seize thy sceptre, frost, snow, wind, and rain And opening flowerets drop their heads to die: With wreath of beams, and beaming flowers, again’Thou com'st, to rout abash'd stern Winter's hostile train." The miscellaneous poems are of unequal merit. best, entitled, "Kiss the Goblet and live!" has already appeared in the Journal. The Edinburgh Cabinet Library. Volume II. Discovery and Adventure in Africa. Edinburgh. Oliver and Boyd. 1830. On the appearance of the first volume of this series of works, we spoke with due praise of the handsome and careful manner in which it was got up. We have been favoured with an early copy of the second volume, and though we must reserve our more detailed account of it till next week, we take this opportunity of mentioning, that it appears to be in all respects worthy of its prede Cessor. It contains a narrative of discoveries and adventures in Africa, from the earliest ages to the present time. The historical part has been executed by Mr Hugh Marray; the geological and mineralogical, by Professor Ja `meson; and the zoological, by Mr James Wilson, than whom no one is more qualified for the task. A small but very distinct map of Africa is also given; together with numerous wood-cuts by Branston. 32mo. Pp. 308. "Though a very delicate task, the author considers he The Olive Branch. Edinburgh. H. S. Baynes. 1831. would be doing himself an injustice were he not in some measure to advert to his circumstances, so utterly unfavourable to every kind of improvement, and to his entire want of education; but as this has been taken notice of already in a very respectable periodical, he hopes none will deem him ostentatious for extracting barely a line or two before he concludes. Mr Wright is a self-taught poet, and has encountered difficulties in his progress more depressing to genius than any I have seen recorded of either Burns or Hogg !'" A considerable degree of gentle feeling, and acute sensibility to all the charms of nature, are the chief characteristics of Mr Wright's verses. The largest poem, which is in the Spenserian stanza, is rather deficient in condensation and continued interest, but contains many poetical and highly creditable stanzas; as, for example, the following: "In youth's bright summer, when I skimm'd along On rapture's rolling tide, how blest was I MR BAYNES is both the editor and publisher of this The contents are almost neat, but very small Annual. entirely of a religious character. Among the prose cantributors we observe the Rev. John Brown, Rev. Thomas Raffles, Rev. Edward Craig, Rev. Robert Burns, Rev. J. B. Patterson, Rev. James Gardner, Rev. James Anderson, Richard Huie, M.D., and one or two others. The poets are John Malcolm, Thomas Todd Stoddart, W. M. Hetherington, Thomas Atkinson, Hamilton Buchanan, Rev. Robert Turnbull, and the editor. It is a little volume, which can do no harm to any body; and though we have seen books "made of sterner stuff," it will not do to despise in these days "rats, and mice, and such small deer." We are most amiably inclined towards the Olive Branch. MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE. ADVICE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG MEN Letter from a Gentleman who has resided long in the MY DEAR SIR,-I had the pleasure of receiving your letters of the 6th and 17th ult., 'and am afraid you may think I have too long deferred replying to them. I have constantly had you in my mind, however, though unremittingly occupied with business of an important and troublesome nature, which has prevented me from answering you sooner; but I trust my advice, upon which #you pay me the compliment to set a value, will yet reach you in very good time before you sail, as the departure of the ship is generally protracted beyond expectation. I proceed, without farther preface, to the main purpose of my letter, and shall divide what I have to say under the following heads, viz. 1. What you should take with you;-2 How you should act on the passage;3. How you should act at any place of call during the passage ;-4. How you should act on your first arrival at Madras and 5. General advice with regard to your conduct and views in the civil service. the best game to play at, as it affords most occupation and amusement to the mind, and admits of no gambling. After this I went to my cabin, read again, then dressed for dinner, and came upon deck a quarter of an hour be fore it, and again took a turn with the passengers. Af and in various games, but sometimes went down to my ter dinner, I passed the evening chiefly in conversation," books for an hour before supper. If you adopt the same division of your time, you will have little cause to complain of ennui. Upon a slight acquaintance, the defects of men are not offensive to each other, indeed, are scarcely perceptible; but the intimacy produced by a long voyage, renders all these defects prominent and conspicuous. Familiarity, therefore, which is at all times improper, is most especially to be avoided on board ship, where it necessarily leads to quarrels. An open and cheerful, but polite and rather respectful manner, to every one, is the best that can be adopted. This generally purchases a return of politeness and respect to ourselves; where it does not do so, avoid intercourse with that person, as unworthy of your company. I need not recommend to you not to gamble; every other advice would be unavailing, were there any risk of your committing that folly. Should there be any ladies on board, show that you are anxious to please and amuse them, but avoid being par1. Young men going out to India, usually apply to the ticular in your attentions to any of them, as I am sure dealers in ready-made clothes-commonly called slop- you could never be guilty of the extravagance of burdenmerchants-about the India-house. These people, in ordering yourself with a wife, (probably of very unsuitable birth,) when yourself embarked in the wide oceau of life, and as yet unprovided for. to get off a greater quantity of their own wares, overload the young men with useless trash. You should take only such things as will be afterwards useful in India, as well I have now to mention the means of preserving your as on the voyage. The constant dress in India in the health. The regular habits which I have described morning, and even at dinner, where there are no ladies, is above, as being well calculated to avert ennui, are also a round white jacket, white waistcoat, and white breeches, well calculated for the preservation of health. Your or pantaloons. In buying light clothing, therefore, for diet should be simple: At breakfast, avoid eating butter, the tropical climates, you should take no coloured things which generates bile; you should also avoid eating the of this sort, which are vulgar. Let all your light dresses inside dough of certain abominable hot rolls, which are be white, and, if it can be obtained, made of a light cot- usually served up. The dough is exceedingly indigestton, cloth, of Madras manufacture, called Izeree. If that ible. Tea and eggs, the outside crust of the rolls, and, I cannot be had, or if very expensive in this country, take if necessary, a little cold meat, should form your breaksome of our cotton cloths of home manufacture, nearly fast. At dinner, eat of one dish of plain roast or boiled resembling it. By using this precaution, you will be saved meat. Avoid salted meats when fresh are to be had, the expense of a complete new equipment on your arrival and prefer roasted to boiled; eat of some farinaceous vein India. All you want is the proper supply of coats,getables, and of some pudding or tart; drink white wine, waistcoats, &c., for the colder climates, made by your as the red wines, particularly Port, are apt to produce own tailor at the west end of the town, and the requisite obstruction and bile; and above all, avoid malt liquor, quantity of shirts, cravats, handkerchiefs, stockings, light|and using variety of wines on the same day. Take no jackets, waistcoats, &c., as formerly described. All these tea, and very little supper. When you use medicine, last should be made of cotton, as it absorbs perspiration, prefer pills, containing three grains of rhubarb and one which linen does not; and you should have a good boat-of calomel in each, unless the doctor is absolutely against cloak, and a good gold watch, made by one of the best makers, and of the plainest construction, in order that any ordinary watch-maker may be able to clean, or repair it. it. This preparation is undoubtedly better for bile than any other. Exercise has been already mentioned: it is of leading importance. I recommend to you to take with you some bottles of syrup of vinegar, and of various fruits. I always took a spoonful or two of these in half a glass of water, before dinner, and thought they not only promoted appetite and digestion, but kept me free from a tendency to scorbutic disorders and dysentery, which ap peared to exist in others who did not use the same precaution. 2. Without seeming, or professing, to give a scrupulous attention to such matters, you should take strict care of health during the voyage, and be attentive to divide your time properly, and to vary your occupation, so as to avoid ennui. I never was subject to ennui on board ship any more than in other places. I rose early, and, about half an hour before breakfast, came out on the 3. The outward-bound fleet in which you will sail, quarter-deck, and took a turn up and down with the rest very often does not stop or call anywhere, but makes of the passengers. After breakfast, I sat half an hour, or the whole voyage without interruption. If this should ́an hour, so long as conversation continued animated and be the course pursued by the ship in which you are emagreeable; then retired to my cabin, and read for a couple barked, a more particular attention to health will be of hours; then came up, and in all weathers took one necessary, because the length of the voyage, and the nehour of constitutional exercise, walking up and down on cessity of using salted meats which it induces, occasion deck, which is very essential to the preservation of health. a general depression of spirits on board the ship, and a I took very little luncheon, if any, as it overloads the tendency to different disorders, especially in the colder stomach; but you being a growing youth, may require latitudes. If, on the other hand, the fleet should call something more than I did. I joined in the cheerful anywhere, pray be attentive to avoid expense, as the conversation of the rest of the passengers after their lun-charges made in such places are usually exorbitant. Have cheon, and then played a game or two at chess, which is patience until you reach India, where you will enjoy all the luxuries of life. Also, be particularly careful and observant during your transit in boats to and from the shore incur no unnecessary risks. You will see fools going ashore, or on board, in a gale of wind, to show their courage, when another time would do as well. Despise this. Some of the places of landing and embarkation are very dangerous, particularly that of St Helena. Never be in a hurry; be collected; and (to use a cant phrase) have a good, quick, observant eye in your head. This may preserve your life. In an open boat, which is always a dangerous conveyance, be watchful, without seeming to' be so. But do not interfere or make any observations, unless it be absolutely necessary to do so. In the road of the Island of Ascension, I was myself obliged to assume the direction of a boat, my companions being all tipsy. 4. On your arrival in Madras Roads, you will see the Fort St George, with all its buildings, lying upon a low, flat, sandy beach, on which breaks a heavy surf. Distant mountains are on the horizon, and the intermediate country, which is level, is covered with groves of cocoa-nut trees. A native, sitting on his hams on two logs of wood lashed together, with a conical osier cap on his head, will come off from the shore to the ship, and will carry letters back in the crown of his cap. Next, a masuler boat, of a peculiar construction, very high in the sides, and fitted | to stand the shock of the surf, will come off, laden with a number of debashes, or head servants, and general agents. These men, like all the more opulent natives of Hindostan, are dressed in white cotton robes, or petticoats, with turbans on their heads, and rings in their ears, and they come on board to offer their services to the Europeans newly arrived, in procuring them boats for landing themselves and their baggage, and the other requisite accommodations on a first arrival. I paint these things, that your young mind, being previously prepared, may not be too much occupied with the novelty of the scene; for you must look sharp about you, as these fellows are great rogues. They are extremely polite, and even insinuating. In concert with the most respectable young men on board, with whom you will have become most intimate during the voyage, you will indulge your eagerness to go ashore, by ordering a debash to procure a boat immediately, if it be daylight; but by no means attempt this during the night, should it be late before your ship makes the roads. Take care that the boat be not overloaded. The natives who row it, utter a sort of plaintive song, to assist them in pulling together with their oars. This song they swell into quick and loud exclamations, when they get into the surf, merely for the purpose of encouraging each other to greater exertion, which then becomes necessary; but there is no cause for alarm. Your debash will have hired palanquins ready to receive you, and your companions, upon the shore; but you must really keep a sharp look-out on your baggage, otherwise some rogues, most probably in the employ of your own debash, may slip away with one of your trunks. You will then proceed to a tavern, and there I recommend to you to do nothing but secure your baggage, and obtain the necessary refreshments. You will previously have selected the most particular letter of recommendation you have for a person of suitable condition, and you will now send it by a careful man to its destination, enclosed in a polite note, dated at the tavern. That person will, no doubt, immediately come and call on you, and will carry you off with him to his house; a measure which you must agree to; and there you will take up your quarters, and in every matter of detail be guided by his advice. Your father will procure you letters of introduction to the heads of the government, who receive their appointments at home. Strong letters of recommendation to the governor, to the commander-in-chief, to the members of council, and to the heads of the different boards, (revenue, trade, &c. &c.) are of substantial use; but none of these dignitaries will take the trouble to go with you, and introduce you everywhere. Some younger man, of suitable rank, in the civil or military service, must be fixed upon for this purpose. As there is a certain esprit de corps subsisting between the two services, it would perhaps be more desirable that you should have a conductor of the civil service. When you a are once fairly fixed in the house of a Mentor, you must send all your letters of introduction, enclosed in polite cards, to their respective destinations; and you may add to each card, that you will do yourself the honour of calling upon the person to whom it is addressed. When you make these visits, the Mentor will accompany you, and save you the embarrassment of continually re peating your own name. In India, every body knows every body, so you will find your Mentor acquainted with all the persons to whom your letters are addressed. My particular advice to you is, never to breakfast at home, and never to dine at home, when invited out. It is the universal practice in India, for the young men to present themselves to breakfast at the tables of these ' to whom they have been introduced; and this voluntary visit, far from being considered an intrusion, is taken as a great mark of respect, and desire to cultivate their ac quaintance. You are to make your own fortune and friends for yourself in India, therefore must take inte your consideration that people only love and befriend those whom they know, and whose good qualities they have had opportunities of appreciating. For this reason, your first study here, as everywhere else, must be to deserve well; and your second, to make yourself generally known, and to render yourself agreeable to every respectable person. Your Mentor should be on the look-out, immediately, to secure you a pleasant set of rooms in the writers' apartments in the Fort Square; but you should continue to live with him until pretty generally acquainted, and no longer in need of a chaperon. When that is the case, your Mentor will desire his head-servant to look out for a respectable head-servant for you, and you may then establish yourself in your own apartments in the Fort Square. The Mentor will advise you in the purchase of a palanquin, in the purchase of a good and gentle horse, and of the furniture requisite for your rooms. Your establishment of servants should be,-a head-servant, an assistant under him, eight palanquin bearers, a horsekeeper, and a female to sweep the house. You cannot have less, and no more is necessary. With regard to the preservation of your health in India, the diet, regimen, and attention to exercise, already noted in this letter, are perfectly applicable to that climate. I advise you to have pantaloons made with feet to them, so that, in getting out of bed, you will be dressed in a moment, by pulling them on. Rise a little before five o'clock in the morning; mount your horse, and take a ride with some of your friends; but avoid very violent exercise, and sitting up very late at night, so long as you are a growing youth. When you come in from your ride, dress yourself and go out to breakfast, as before recom mended. From the place where you breakfast, you will go into the Fort St George, to attend the public office to which you may be attached. There you will remain till the cool time of the evening. In the forenoon, however, you will have luncheon-here called tiffen; but be moderate st this repast. In the evening, take another ride, or a drive in the carriage of some of your friends; then go home, dress for dinner, and go out whenever invited with some friend. Give no dinners yourself, it is not expected of a young man just entering the service. About once a-week you should take the tepid bathi that is to say, a bath cooler than the human blood, and warmer than the temperate point of the thermometer. “ Use it heated to about 92 of Fahrenheit. For this pur pose, no expensive or troublesome preparation is necessary; buy a little bath thermometer, and a large hogshead, with have a stool fixed in the bottom of it. Your servants will plainer and more substantial species of food. They assu red us, that there was about ten leagues off another island, where they had mines of hams, sausages, and well-seasoned ragouts, which they dug as people dig the gold mines of Peru. They said there were also rivulets of onion sauces, that the walls of the houses were of piecrust, and that in bad weather it rained wine of a strong body, while on fine days the morning dew resembled Greek or other white wine. went to rest. To enable us to reach this island, we caused to be placed on the quay we were about to leave, twelve men of a prodigious size, who were fast asleep, and they blew so strongly in snoring, that they filled our sails with a favourable wind. As soon as we arrived on the other 5. Toa young man well educated, as you have been, it would island, we found on the shore merchants who wished to be idle to repeat the well-known maxims for the conduct sell us appetites, which are often wanted amidst so many of life; but I may just observe, that at Madras, as in ragouts. There were people, too, who sold sleep; the every other place, there is one set of the young men who price was so much an hour; but they had sleeps at all are fond of drinking and guzzling, dissipation, clamorous prices, according to the dreams one chose to have. The merriment, idleness, &c. There is another set prodi- finest dreams were very dear. I demanded one of the giously fastidious, who are constantly complaining of the most agreeable for my money, and, as I was fatigned, I climate of India, and enlarging upon the superior luxuries Before falling asleep, however, I heard a and pleasures of Britain, very few, if any, of which they terrific noise. On enquiring its cause, they told me it perhaps ever enjoyed. Avoid these absurdities, and re- was the earth opening. I thought myself lost; but they collect that those men are most generally beloved, and re-assured me, by informing me that it opened thus every most successful in life, who are cheerful and serene, and night, at a certain hour, to vomit forth boiling rivulets of rather disposed to approve, and be pleased, than to find frothed chocolate, and iced liqueurs of all kinds. I rose fault and be unhappy. Prefer the society of men older in haste to taste them, and found them delicious, Afterthan yourself; and follow Bacon's recommendation, who wards I went to bed again, that I might not lose the.. advises to ask many questions, as we thereby not only money I had given for my dream. In my sleep, I beimprove ourselves, but please others, by giving them an lieved that I saw that every one was of crystal; that men opportunity of showing their knowledge. If ever you nourished themselves with perfumes; that their usual come to be really a superior man, be cautious of exciting motion was running, and their usual mode of speech singenvy, by displaying your attainments and accomplishments.ing; that they had wings to cut the air, and fins to These honours are by so much the more revered, as they are modestly worn. There is another thing I have to mention, in the words of a vulgar adage, “nev r throw pearls before swine"-that is to say, never talk to people respecting things of which they are ignorant, or of matters more abstract than they have capacity to understand. Nothing depreciates a character so much as acting in this manner. Having already said so much to you personally with respect to what ought to be your views and objects in the service, I need not run into repetitions, and delay the departure of my letter by enlarging upon that subject. I beg to trouble you with two letters for my brother, one open for your perusal, regarding yourself, and the other closed. I conceive the introduction to my brother alone to be equivalent to an introduction to all the respectable inhabitants of Madras, as he can easily make you acquainted with them. Even if my acquaintance with that place, therefore, were not worn out of date, it would be unnecessary to burden you with more Jetters. Wishing you a safe passage, health, wealth, and prosperity in India, and an early return with honour and fortune to your native country, I remain, my dear sir, your sincere friend. FAR out in the Pacific ocean, we came to an island of sugar, with mountains of stewed fruit, rocks of sugarcandy and barleysugar, and rivers of syrup which intersected, the country. The inhabitants, who appeared very sweet-toothed, licked the dust off the roads, and sucked their fingers after having dipped them in any of the adjoining rivers. There were also forests of licorice, and large trees whence fell abundance of sweet cakes, which the breezes were constantly puffing into the mouths of I travellers. We soon got tired of this island. So many sweets cloyed us, and we told the inhabitants that we longed for some enable them to pass through the sea. I was hardly awake, when a seller of appetites came to ask if I wanted any hunger, and if I wished him to sell me relays of stomachs, to enable me to eat during the whole day. I accepted the proposal. For my money, he gave me twelve little taffety pouches, which I immediately put on, and which were to serve me for twelve stomachs. No sooner had I put on the pouches, than I was ready to die of hunger. I passed my day in making twelve delicious repasts; as soon as one was finished, I began another. In the evening, feeling fatigued, with having spent the day at table like a horse at his rack, I resolved to take nothing next day but fine scents. They gave me orange-flower for breakfast; and for dinner, tuberoses and Spanish heather, with jonquils for a dessert; at supper, I had frankincense. There are Having heard that there was in this country a very singular city, I desired to be taken thither. They put me into a little wooden chair, very light, and garnished with large feathers;-they fastened to this chair, with silk, cords, four great birds, as large as ostriches, with wings proportioned to their bodies. These birds flew off, and, with the reins, I guided them towards the east, as I had been instructed. I saw high mountains at my feet; and we flew so fast, that I almost lost my breath in cutting the air. In about an hour, we arrived at the celebrated city. It is all of marble, and three times larger than Paris. The whole city is but one house. twenty-four great courts, every one of which is as large as the largest square in the world; and in the middle of these twenty-four courts there is a twenty-fifth, which is All the apartsix times larger than any of the others, ments of this house are equal, for there is no inequality of condition among the inhabitants of this city. There are neither domestics nor lower sort of people; every one serves himself; nobody is waited on; there are only wishes, which are nimble little hobgoblins, who give On arriving, I every one what is desired in a moment. received one of these spirits, who attached himself to me, and let me want for nothing. I began, ere long, to be fatigued with the new desires which this facility of gra |