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sometimes venture in a body to attack them that arises from it. In the meantime, those

with their spears. They waylay the huge animal, and, watching the time as he pushes by the thick bushes in which they lie concealed, by a dextrous thrust of their sharp spears, hamstring him, when he falls roaring with anguish and impotent rage to the ground, where, under a repetition of wounds, he soon finishes his career. This method of attack, so replete with danger, is adopted only when there is the greatest demand for hippopotamus flesh, and, as latterly. for their teeth; for, until we set the example, the Portuguese seldom purchased any other ivory than that of the elephant."

around envelop him in mats, by which he is soon covered with perspiration and occasionally half suffocated. The whole is suddenly cast of and at the same moment he receives a shower of cold water all over his body; he is then hurried to the side of a large fire kindled in the hut, and there placed in a recumbent posture, while blood is extracted from him in small quantities by means of slight incisions on he shoulders, breast, and the back of his hands. The rest is left to Nature, whose resources, powerful as they are, frequently fail to restore the exhausted patient to life, perhaps rather confused by this irregular and apparently desperate effort of art."

One of the most touching parts in these når

A fever peculiar to the country, attacked the ship's crews, and in a short while, carried off many valuable men and officers. The account of the death of Capt. Lechmere, is very affect-ratives, is where Capt. Owen observes that the ing:death of so many comrades was a melancholy mode of obtaining names for new bays and fresh promontories.

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We can afford room for little about Mads. gascar that is much to its honour: the passages we give, are of a mixed character:

Captain Lechmere had excited so general a feeling of respect and esteem amongst all on board, that the details of his illness will be readily pardoned. This interest in his fate was strongly exemplified in the attachment of his attendant, William Newinan, a marine, who “A girl, who had engaged herself to accom was as much concerned as if he had been his pany a male cousin as interpreter, &c. to a dis nearest relative; he carried him from place to tant island, was daily during her absence, most place like a child, as poor Lechmere's fevered bitterly lamented by her mother, who, in the fancy dictated, sang to him, fanned him, moist- fullness of her affection, conjured up the most ened his lips, and was silent or still as his pa- dismal apprehensions as to her child's fatetient directed, and at last brought him by his 'She would be a slave-she would be drowned special desire into the captain's cabin, where she would perish in a foreign clime among there was already a young midshipman in those who knew her not.' In fact, no suffer almost the same hopeless state. As the bellings, however dreadful, could surpass those was striking the midnight hour, he sank into the dreamless sleep of death. His last moments were attended with a romantic interest. The fever being very high a short time before his decease, every means were tried to calm him, but in vain; the same impatient, painful, restlessness still prevailed."

which this anxious and fond parent was con stantly picturing as the lot of her daughter. Yet, at the time of her departure, that very mother was receiving the price of her prostitu tion from a French paramour. She was absent nearly a year, and on her return the meet. ing was affecting in the extreme. After mu Nor is the death of a poor seaman less so:tual tears and embraces, the mother washed "On the 11th, a seaman died belonging to her child's feet, and in earnest of her affection the Leven, and on the 14th, a marine named afterwards drank the water. The term pros Thomas Waring. This man was in the habit titution, in the sense used by us, when applied of attending Mr. Daniels (midshipman), a gen- to this custom, is perhaps a harsher one than tleman who, at the time of Waring's death, was it calls for; as, sanctioned by the general with the Manice party. About an hour and a habits of the country, it scarcely deserves the half before his dissolution, he opened his mas- same degree of odium as when practised by ter's chest, carefully placed everything in order, people aware of its immoral and sinful tenderreturned to his berth, gave the keys to a com-cy; but it is strange how very soon travellers rade, but was too unwell to say to whom they become reconciled to this laxity of virtue, and belonged, was shortly afterwards conveyed to look upon it in a less heinous light; particu his hammock, and in a few minutes was no larly here, as these women, when attached to more." man by marriage, (for they do marry, although polygamists,) are remarkable for their con stancy, excepting those of high rank, who, as in other countries, claim a greater license.

The natives of Delagoa Bay soften the ravages of this destroying fever in the following

manner:

"It will perhaps be interesting, before quitting this place, to mention the mode adopted by the natives to cure this fever. As soon as the patient feels the first symptons, he retires to his hut, where he is kept warm until some water in an earthen vessel placed on the fire is boiling hot. It is then placed between his legs, while he sits down and leans over the steam

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"The ladies of this place, and in fact all others on the island of Madagascar, have full license in the indulgence of their fancies of affections, and as in point of number the fair sex muster about three to one, they were ready to embark by hundreds whenever we anchored. Rafarla gave a sumptuous and well-cooked breakfast to the Captain and several officers,

at which was observed a new species of the whole strength of his lungs. We landed Bréde." a few minutes afterwards at the further end The work before us is incomplete, part only of the harbour, where plenty of good water having come from the press when these ex-descends from the rocks, and made our way tracts were making out for our printer. We over sharp-pointed rocks to the place they had have been much pleased with the portion we have examined.

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chosen for erecting the wigwam. When our party came within twenty paces of them, we perceived the old Indian, apparently about fifty years of age, standing with a club raised over his shoulder in an offensive position, and a youth of nineteen, with a long straight stick or lance, which he held in the attitude of

THIS is an entertaining volume; the produc-throwing at us; seeing us stop, they both intion of a midshipman, we fancy, attached to dulged in a long hideous guttural vociferation, the adventurous voyage of survey in the Straits the harsh and inharmonious tones of which of Magellan, which has not yet, we believe, savoured more of the growl than the voice of been completed, or at least the results of which a human being. Having listened patiently to have not yet been made known to the world. this strange clatter, we again moved forward, But Mr. MACDOUALL, having left the expedi- our noses forewarning us of an approach totion at the end of its first failure in threading wards the Den of Cacus. The old Indian had these straits, and before the objects of the voy-lowered his club as we came up, and on our age were half completed, has by his return to giving him a biscuit, he greedily began to England stolen a march upon his comrades gnaw it, holding it fast with both his hands, and commanders, and given to the public a and calling out cheop, cheop, several times. narrative of such adventures as fell under his This, we afterwards found out, was a favourite own notice. He is an entertaining and a lively word of his, the meaning of which we vainly writer, of more talent than taste; his work is endeavoured to ascertain. As he stood close something like a sea-pie-very various in its to the entrance of the wigwam, we offered to contents-and, for those who hunger for rela- move him on one side in order to go in, when tions of danger, toil, and adventure in savage he again set up his guttural talk, and exclaimlands, and still more savage seas, very palata-ed petites, petites, and pointed inside the wigble. The wild and hungry shores of these wam, to the opening of which we saw come northernmost parts, possess but few objects of forward two little girls, in a state of nudity, curiosity; and such as they are, the same as- the eldest about the age of six, the youngest pect is now presented that appeared before the four, who both began to cry at the sight of us; eyes of early voyagers, and which has long but, giving to each a string of white beads since been so well described; perpetual winds, and a piece of biscuit, they both ceased crying, rocky cliffs, driving currents, a coast utterly and old Che-ree-cow-wow immediately left off destitute of vegetable production save the deep gnawing the biscuit, and set up the cry of and interminable forests, and a thinly scattered cheop, cheop, upon which Lieutenant Sholl race of human inhabitants, existing upon the offered him a string of red ones, which he no shell fish as it takes refuge or is thrown into sooner beheld then he clutched them with conthe interstices of the rocks. The continental siderable force, and in a moment hid them unterritory is only distinguished from the oppo- der his arm-pit. The elder child had its head site coast of Terra del Fuego by the stupen- encircled with a peculiar string of light-codous height of its inhabitants as compared loured small shells, and it was some time bewith the diminutive race on the island shore. fore we could persuade the infant to part with The following characteristic description of a them; but the display of some party-coloured couple of natives relates to Terra del Fuego. beads and a spoon was too much for old CheThese poor creatures, are by courtesy called ree-cow-wow; he took the shells off the head human, though not much differing, save in of the child, but not without first consulting their anatomy, from some of the animals whom its inclination (for they appeared to be very Sir Charles Bell has so significantly described affectionate to their children, as we observed in his very pleasant and instructive Bridge-in several instances,) and, placing it in the water Treatise on the Hand. The scene is hands of Dr. Bowen, made a vigorous clutch in Separation Harbour, and the date 15th Feb- at the spoon and beads, which he deposited in ruary, 1827. the usual hiding place, uttering cheop, cheop, "At the first opportunity, I succeeded in ob- with great eagerness and good-humour. The taining a passage on shore, in company with younger was constantly repeating the words Dr. Bowen and Lieutenant Sholl, and, on the he heard with great accuracy, and also busied boat passing the wigwam which was built on himself in attempts to pluck out our eyebrows; the left of the harbour, we beheld, thrust it so happened, that he took Lieutenant Sholl through the top of it, the head and naked off his guard, and gave him a severe twinge. shoulders of the younger savage, who loudly It would appear from this circumstance, and cried out Che-ree-cow-wow, Che-ree-cow-wow, their not having any themselves, that they and these words he continued to bawl out with pluck out their own.

"We now all had a dance together, our new ing with great dispatch. Having seated our acquaintances jumping about and making as selves, the younger Indian displayed a charcmuch noise as any of us; and the dirty cop-teristic trait of preference to the mid who per-coloured appearance of the elder Indian accompanied our party, by attempting to plozi struck me, while he thus capered about, as out his eyebrows; then taking one of the being particularly hideous. He was about largest muscles that appeared sufficientl five feet six inches in height, and exceedingly roasted, and giving it a turn or two in his robust and broad-chested, but had altogether a mouth, apparently for the purpose of cooling most miserable appearance; he certainly re-it, he presented the dainty morsel to my con sembled a devil more than a human being. panion, who very politely signified his ree Having exercised ourselves sufficiently, both tion of the proffered favour by shaking h the Indians crept upon their hands and knees head; the Indian then transferred the muscle into the wigwam, the entrance to it being so to the hand of the elder child, who brough near the ground as not to allow of any other and held it up to our middy's mouth, at the mode of ingress, and perhaps it may be as same time talking to him very prettily in Fre well, for the edification of those who never gian; but all was quite useless; neither ber read of or saw any, to give some account of persuasions nor mine could induce him to ve these temporary habitations. A great number ture on a taste. Old Cheop, perceiving my of long straight branches of trees are fixed in eyes water from the effects of the smoke, inthe ground in a circle, at certain distances mediately dried them with his dirty fist; for apart, the area being about fifteen feet; some this piece of kindness I gave him a button, pliant twigs keep the ends of the branches which he directly hid between his toes, as he together, which being bent, form a centre at did likewise another given him by my friend the top; it is rendered comfortably warm and Being now anxious to get him off to the sh air-tight by a covering of boughs and seal-I endeavoured by taking hold of my trouser skins; the fire is made in the centre, around and other signs to acquaint him, that by gon: which they sat in the midst of smoke, which on board he would obtain similar ones; an could not possibly escape, there being no aper- further to encourage him, I took off my c ture at top, but through the doorway, which flushing jacket and put it upon him. Thest being so low, rendered its egress almost im- efforts not availing, I drew forth the bottle d possible; but they appear to be very little grog, at the sight of which he commenced incommoded by it. Having thus thrust our- rattling noise in his throat. I then placed my selves into the wigwam, we found our friends hand over his eyes, and held the bottle to h huddling over the fire, which now burnt very mouth, when he swallowed the liquor greedily. brightly, and keeping the children close to before removing my hand from his eyes, I put them; they motioned us to sit down likewise, the bottle in my pocket; when he found it and we arranged ourselves accordingly. They gone, he made eager signs for more, crying commenced rummaging about the sides of the out cheop, cheop, and uttering other wild and wigwam, and soon produced some large mus incoherent sounds. The younger Indian stood cles, which they put into the fire, and while by all this time, looking up to the sky, with these were cooking, they extended their limbs his hands together above his head, and kept and drew closer the blaze. Not much relish- calling out picharee, picharee, in a piteous ing a further continuance in the wigwam, we tone of voice, but what he meant I could tot crawled out; and seeing us about to depart, possibly make out; however, I comforted him they pointed to the masts of the ship, visible also by a taste of the grog, which he gulped above the headland, and exclaimed sheroo, down with equally as much gout as the elder. sheroo, by which we understood them to mean and we heard no more about picharee. Having the ship, and we beckoned the elder to follow; by this time gained their entire confidence. I he pointed to the masts, repeating their word moved down the mountain, inviting the elder sheroo, and came with us some way down the Indian to follow, which he did immediately: mountain; we then gave him a biscuit to en- the younger one taking his station at the doct courage him, but he no sooner received it, of the wigwam (as if to guard the children.) than he suddenly changed his mind, and made cried out, "D-n your eyes," an expression his way quickly back, waving his hand to bid he had picked up amongst us, and of which us farewell as he ran along, repeating the he was perfect master. To prevent the elder word sheroo as long as we were in sight. As Indian from running back, as he had done the the boat passed the wigmam on our return, day before, we kept him before us: he made they both shouted che-ree-cow-wow, and con-his way down the rocks much easier and tinued to utter those words until a turning in swifter than we could, although he was barethe land hid us from their view. footed. On arriving at the boat, we bundled "On visiting the shore the day following, and him in, one of the sailor's first helping him on taking with us a good supply of grog and bis- with an old pair of canvass trousers. We cuit, we were so fortunate as to crawl into the were soon alongside the ship, and he made his wigwam just as its inhabitants were at dinner; appearance, no doubt for the first time, on they had gathered an immense quantity of board of a man-of-war. He evinced a much limpets and muscles, which they were roast- greater share of curiosity than the Patago

From the Athenæum.

nians; he looked around him with much earn-[having arrived when it became advisable to estness, gazing sometimes down upon the deck, put him on shore, I made an attempt to recover then up at the rigging, but always kept a look- my flushing jacket, but he had concealed unout to see if I was near him. Captain Stokes der it such an olio of beef, pudding, sugar, ordered him a glass of port wine, which he candles, and biscuit, that it was prettily beappeared to like as well as the grog, and fin- daubed, nor was he at all inclined to relinished a second and third glass with great com- quish it. Before placing him in the boat, we posure of countenance. The doctor, upon this stuck on his head a red night-cap, so that he occasion, placed his hand on the top of the looked like a large ourang-outang; we also Indian's head, to discover if he possessed (as made him presents of beads, spoons, and knives, he said) "the organ of veneration ;" upon which with all of which he was highly pleased. As Old Cheop began to pull and rub the doctor's he went on shore, he amused himself (as was head likewise, in rather a less unceremonious reported) by eating the arming of grease off manner. We soon afterwards introduced him one of the sea-leads employed in sounding." to the "middies' berth," and it being then Mr. MACDOUALL left the expedition during about four o'clock (our tea-time,) we placed a rest at Rio Janeiro, after the failure of the before him a basin of warm souchong, made first attempt: further reason for his departure very sweet, into which he immediately put his we do not see, save that he had supped full of greasy hand, and he did not seem inclined to hardship on these bleak shores. He tells us withdraw it, until some of us moved the basin, he lacks advancement; the talent he shows and placed his hands on either side of it, when will probably secure it to him, and we shall he raised it to his mouth and drank the whole be glad if our recommendation gives him an off. He now refused to take more grog, but opportunity. We should, however, have thought observing him eyeing the sugar, we placed a better of his claims, if he had persevered along quantity of it before him; on tasting it, his with his comrades-unless, indeed, consideraeyes glistened with delight, while he testified tions of health interfered, of which we observe the greatest gratification by sucking and lick- no indications. In any future work, we would ing his fingers; he now pointed to the basin counsel Mr. Macdouall to be more scrupulous for more tea, which was given to him until he in the use of the names of absent friends. had emptied it six times; he then fell upon some ship's beef and biscuit, which, with a large piece of plum-duff, he very soon conveyed down his throat; but, while thus gloriously stuffing himself, he did not forget the children, for he occasionally placed pieces of beef and pudding under his jacket, next his THIS is a mad world! A change seems comskin, as he said, for the petites. But what he ing over all things. Who ever expected to appeared to relish full as much as the pudding, see the title-page of such a work as this graced was several "purser's dips," which we gave with the gentle name of the Howitts! And him; these he finished with an evident "gust," here is an opening sentence, which we quote swallowing cotton and all. The candles, how- as an apology for no further concerning ourever, (to use a nautical phrase,) "choked his selves with the subject-matter of the volume: luff;" we then made him a tumbler of very "This unfortunate world has been blasted sweet grog, which he drank off, scraping up in all ages by two evil principles-Kingcraft with his finger the undissolved sugar that had and Priestcraft." settled at the bottom of the glass. Whilst he Well, then, here we shake hands and part was thus agreeably engaged, he contrived to with our excellent friend; Kingcraft and Priestsecrete every spoon upon the table; some he craft shall not trouble the readers of the Atheplaced under his arms, and others up his neum. We have resolved to keep one corner sleeve. We then gave him a small looking-of this "unfortunate world" free from these glass, in which he surveyed himself very stead-"contagious blastments;" and, therefore, we fastly, and turned the glass to observe what resign his work to other and harder critics; was on the other side, and not seeing his face, and very pretty sport they may find in it, for he turned round again, and was a good deal the historical part halts lamentably. If, howpuzzled when he again saw himself; however, ever, it were our cue to write on the subject, he continued to gaze on, till raising his head, we would have "eked out the imperfections" and putting on a most ludicrous smile, he of the book by adding a Chapter on Priestcraft looked attentively at every one in the berth, as made manifest in the History of the Quaindulging, at the same time, in a low mur-kers, a sect among whom, and in defiance of muring gabble, which at length burst out into whose professions, it has been as dominant as cheop, cheap, and suddenly hid the glass in in any of all the multitudinous variety that the usual depository, exclaiming petites, pe- pester this pleasant earth. We say not this tites, and huddled himself up, as if fearful of disrespectfully of the Quakers, for whom we having it taken away from him. I showed entertain a becoming regard-still less of their him some drawings of the Patagonians, but he A Popular History of Priestcraft in all Ages and Na did not seem to recognize them. The time tions. By William Howitt. London: Wilson.

A POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIEST-
CRAFT.*

founder, whose memory we revere; although, eye rests, it is hallowed beyond the breath of with all his early and uncontrollable enthu- bishops, and the fees of registers. Who shall siasm, no sooner was there a sect to rule over, need to look for a consecrated spot of earth to than he and his associates took on themselves lay his bones in, when the struggles and the the authority of a priesthood as naturally as sorrows, the prayers and the tears of our fel if holy hands had been laid on them; but be-low men, from age to age, have consecrated cause this truth is a curious illustrative fact every atom of this world's surface to the de which William Howitt has overlooked; the sire of a repose which no human hands can more to be regretted, as it might have proved lead to, no human rites can secure? Who to his honest and sincere mind that priestcraft shall seek for a more hallowed bed than the was but a form by which the universal spirit bosom of that earth into which Christ himself of man made itself manifest; it was but a descended, and in which the bodies of thou means of obtaining power; and it seems to us sands of glorious patriots, and prophets, and a narrow and blind prejudice that can only see martyrs, who were laid in gardens and beneath it under a triple crown or in lawn sleeves. their paternal trees, and of heroes whose blood But we will not be drawn into controversy. and sighs have flowed forth for their fellow It is due to Mr. Howitt to acknowledge, that men, have been left to peace and the blessings if we were at first astonished to read his name of grateful generations with no rites, no sounds in the title-page, we were well pleased to but the silent falling of tears and the aspira find far better evidence of his connexion with tions of speechless, but immortal thanks! the work-passages full of fine feeling and From side to side, from end to end, the whole natural eloquence; and, as the book is not likely world is sanctified by these agencies, beyond to have a very general circulation, we shall the blessings or the curses of priests! God's not hesitate to transfer some of them into our sunshine flows over it, his providence sur pages. The following is a splendid piece of rounds it; it is rocked in his arms like the eloquence, and reminds us a good deal of the prose of Milton:

child of his eternal love; his faithful creatures live, and toil, and pray in it; and, in the name of heaven, who shall make it, or whe can need it holier for his last resting couch!" The following is a picture of great truth and beauty:

"Nothing is more illustrative of the spirit of priestcraft than that the church should have kept up the superstitious belief in the consecration of ground in the minds of the people to the present hour, and that, in spite of edu- "One of the most beautiful and impressive cation, the poor and the rich should be ridden rites of the church, is the confirmation of young with the most preposterous notion, that they people as it is seen in the country. On some cannot lie in peace except in ground over bright summer morning, you see troops of vil which the bishop has said his mummery, and lage boys and girls come marching into the for which he and his rooks, as Sir David Lind-town, headed by the village clerk, or schoolsay calls them, have pocketed the fees, and master. First one, then another little regi laughed in their sleeves at the gullible foolish- ment of these rural embryo Christians is seen ness of the people. Does the honest Quaker advancing from different parts towards the sleep less sound, or will he arise less cheer- principal church. All are in their best array. fully at the judgment-day from his grave, over Their leader, with an air of unusual solem which no prelatical jugglery has been prac- dignity, marches straight forward, looking netised, and for which neither prelate nor priest ther to the right hand nor to the left, but some has pocketed a doit? Who has consecrated times casting a grave glance behind at his the sea, into which the British sailor in the followers. His suit of best black adorns his cloud of battle-smoke descends, or who goes sturdy person, and his lappels fly wide in the down, amidst the tears of his comrades, to breeze that meets him. His charge come on depths to which no plummet but that of God's in garbs of many colours;-the damsels in omnipresence ever reached? Who has con- green and scarlet petticoats; stockings white, secrated the battle-field, which opens its pits black, and gray; gowns of white, bearing tes for its thousands and tens of thousands; or the timony to miry roads and provoking brambles; desert, where the weary traveller lies down to gowns of cotton print of many a dazzling his eternal rest? Who has made holy the flowery pattern; gowns even of silk in these sleeping place of the solitary missionary, and luxurious days; long, flying, pink sashes, and of the settlers in new lands? Who, but He, pink, and yellow, and scarlet bunches in bonwhose hand has hallowed earth from end to nets of many a curious make. The lads stride end, and from surface to centre, for his pure on with slouching paces that have not been and almighty fingers have moulded it? Who learned in drawing and assembly-rooms, but but He whose eye rests on it day and night, on the barn-floor, beside the loaded wagon, on watching its myriads of moving children-the the heathy sheep-walk, and in the deep fallow oppressors and the oppressed-the deceivers field. They are gloriously robed in corduroy and the deceived-the hypocrites, and the poor breeches, blue worsted stockings, heavy-nailwhose souls are darkened with false knowledge ed ancle-boots, green shag waistcoats, neck. and fettered with the bonds of daring selfish- handkerchiefs of red, with long corners that ness? and on whatever innocent thing that flutter in the wind, and coats shaped by some

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