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Thy social converse gave, and rich the stores
Accumulated long, which talent, taste,
Investigation deep, and thought profound,
Had treasured in thy mind. Age had not chill'd
Thy genuine sensibility, nor care,
That upas of the soul, impair'd its powers:
Still could'st thou mourn the fluttering dove's
distress,

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cal details respecting him, we refrain at moved from that place, and those at the
present from any account of his works, and other end commenced firing, shouting, and
shall content ourselves merely with expres-making as much noise as possible, with
sing a wish, that his rich collection of drums and cholera horns, which so intimi-
Shaksperian Literature," the fruits of dated the elephants that they made the best
fifty years' labour, which we happen to know of their way to the opposite end; and the
is matchless on the continent, and would people following close, with the assistance of
hardly be equalled even in England, may not a few rockets, drove them straight into the
be dispersed. It is a treasure worthy of be- enclosure, when the remaining part was dug
ing added to some public library in this away and the ditch completed. People were
country.
immediately posted round the outside of the
ditch, armed with long spears and match-
locks, to repel any attempt the Elephants.
might make to cross it.

Which struck thy heart in boy-hood's ardent

hour,

(And on thy latest canvas claims a sigh)
And still with eye new lit, and quiv'ring lip,
Could'st dwell upon thy mother's rapturous kiss,
When thy first powers burst on her gladden'd
sense,

And hail'd her parent to a son of Fame.

Seldom alas! in a heart-hardening world,
So full of buffetings, so prone to lures
Of wild ambition, avarice, envy, strife,
Do such sweet nestlings of the youthful heart,
(Spring tinctur'd, soft humanities of life)
Retain their ballow'd forms-where cherish'd
thus,

As in a home congenial, virtue dwells;
And thus she dwelt with thee, lamented one.~

Powers like thine own shall paint the artist's

fame,

Thy genius, talents, industry and toil;
Thy patient labour mounting to the goal
By steps of noble daring-trace with joy
Thy young imagination's flowery field,
Maturer judgment, and experience sage;

Thy power to charm the eye, to melt the heart,
Recall from Time's vast deep the vanish'd

forms

Of patriots, heroes, martyrs, and e'en Him
Whom Deity enshrin'd-our suffering Lord.
The gifted bard exultingly may point
To dying Wolfe, to Scotland's Royal Hunt,
Calypso's mien majestic, Pharaoh's rage,
The den of dark Despair, the widow'd love
Of great Germanicus, proud India's pompous

train,

Boyne's battled surge, great Edward's regal rites;

The mercies and the sacrifice of Him

Who is the king of kings :-but not for me
Is such high task decreed.-I but presume
To drop with trembling hand and tearful eye,
A flowret from the wild heath's russet bed,
Upon the tomb of him rever'd in life,
And lov'd beyond the grave.

IMPROMPTU

B. H.

On a recent Prosecution; the Prosecutor recom-
mending the barbarous assailants of his wife to
mercy.

Since tender D-w for mercy called
On those who much his wife had maul'd;
Had they quite murdered her, so suited,
He surely had not prosecuted.

BIOGRAPHY.

PROFESSOR ESCHENBURG.

UXOR.

SKETCHES OF SOCIETY.

DECOYING ELEPHANTS.

The following interesting communication is addressed to the Editor of the Madras Courier, and dated Coimbatore, April 21,

1819.

Next day, eight tame female elephants were introduced into the enclosure; the Mahouts couched close on their necks, covered with dark cloths. The object of the tame ones was to separate one of the wild from the herd, and mob him. When this was accomplished, four Kut Mahouts, whose profession is to catch elephants, crept between the legs of the tame ones, and having fastened strong ropes to the hind legs of the wild fellow, secured him to the nearest tree; but the Kut Mahouts then retired towards the ditch, and the tame elephants, leaving the captive to his struggles, went after others.

In this way 23 elephants were captured in six days, without the parties engaged meeting with the slightest accident, to the great amusement of the spectators, who perched on trees overhanging the enclosure, witnessed the sport without sharing in the danger. The sagacity of the tame Elephants-the address and courage of the Mahouts in approaching the wild ones-the anxious moments which passed from the cast of the first rope, until the last band was tied-the rage of the animals upon finding themselves entrapped, and their astonishing exertions to get freeafforded altogether a scene of extraordinary novelty and interest.

Early in February last, about 3000 people
were assembled in a place of rendezvous on
the skirts of the Jungle, and the haunts of
the Elephants being ascertained, a semi-cir-
cular line of people provided with fire arms,
tom-toms, &c. and extending for several
miles, was then formed round them, each
end of the line reaching a chain of hills, the
passes through which had been previously
stopped and guarded by parties of match-lock
men. The object of this line was to drive the
elephants towards a particular narrow place
surrounded with steep hills; and when they
had once entered, and the passes from it
properly guarded, it was next to impossible
for them to escape, and in which there was
abundance of food and water for several
days. This, however, was not an easy task,
as the Elephants frequently attempted to
force the lines and get off to the castward
but the line gradually closed on them, and
halted at night and kept up large fires to
prevent their breaking through; and after 10
or 12 days labour, at last succeeded in driving
them into the intended place, where they
were closely surrounded and kept in for
several days. In the mean time, at the
debouche of this pass, several hundred
people were busily employed digging a
a deep ditch, enclosing about a quarter of a generally supposed.
mile of ground, leaving only the space
few yards as an entrance untouched.

of a

Two ditches were cut from the entrance, to a hill on one side, and to a rock on the other, to prevent the elephants passing the enclosure. On the outside of the ditch, a a matting of branches about 6 feet high was placed, to give it a formidable and impassable appearance, and green bushes and branches were also stuck about the entrance

to conceal the ditch, and to give it as much as possible an appearance of Jungle. When all this was completed, the people were reThis very celebrated and learned writer, The mournings of its widowed mate made an imand amiable man, died lately at Brunswick.pression on his mind which was never crased, As we hope shortly to be enabled to present and occasioned him frequently to introduce the our readers with some interesting biographi- dove in his pictures. The simplicity and feeling he displayed in relating this and many other inWhen Mr. West was very young he had at-cidents of his early life, will never be forgotten tained great skill in the use of the bow and ar- by those who heard them; for cold indeed must row, and was one day unfortunately successful be the heart which did not sympathise with senin bringing down a dove, at which he aimed, ra-sibility so unaffected, and so closely allied to the ther in the thoughtlessness of play than design. highest energies of intellect.

One of the elephants calved in the enclosure; and the young one was sufficiently strong to run about with its mother the first day. To naturalists, it may be satisfactory to know that the young elephant sucks with the mouth, and not with the proboscis, as is

THE DRAMA.

No novelties worth notice this week in the dramatic world.

VARIETIES.

On the first Tuesday of the present month the shock of an earthquake was severely felt at Cork and adjacent parts of Ireland.

Madame Bianchi and Mr. Lacy's arrival in India has excited a strong sensation in the musical world.

At a recent sitting of the French Academy, M. Alexander Duval read his comedy in verse, entitled;-'Orateur Anglais, ou l'Ecole des Deputés, preceded by remarks on comedy.

At the Vaudeville, a parody on May Stuart has been produced. The scene of the conference between the two queens is

hishly amusing. It commences in a very courteous strain, and ends with the tearing of caps.

INDIAN JUGGLER.-A Juggler, named Jalla, performing at Madras, intimates that among other tricks he "will make disappear any gentleman's shirt from his back without his knowing it."

1740, with their allies, entered Syriam, and
massacred in return all the Burmahs found
therein, of every sex and condition.

The French Royal Academy of Sciences
held a public sitting on the 27th of March,
at which Baron Sané presided. The follow-
ing documents were read and listened to
with the greatest interest :-

1. An Essay on the Progress of the Arts and Sciences relative to naval affairs since the peace, by M. Dupin.

LITERARY NOTICES.

We hear that another book, besides Louis's history of his reign in Holland, emanating from the Buonaparte family, is about to appear: it is a system of education for the exking of Rome, drawn up under the eye of is father the ex-emperor, and formed in the

cabinet at St. Cloud.

In Number 167 of the Literary Gazette, we mentioned, that a carriage with sails had been exhibited in the Jardin Murbeuf, at Paris. It appears that this carriage is of English construction; the object of the in-agents on courage; a medical and anecdoti-vels among us, and they are being trans

ventor is to substitute sails for horses. The mechanism is simple and ingenious. A helm fixed at the hind part of the carriage, serves to guide it; and by the aid of sails fastened on masts, it receives the force ne

cessary for impelling it forward. It is said, that in favourable weather, a carriage constructed on this plan is capable of travelling thirty miles an hour.

The original idea of this machine is by no means new. About the year 1774, the Count de Gribauval, an officer of artillery in the French service, exhibited the model of a mechanical carriage, which was set in motion without the help of horses. In Russia and Sweden, when a boat is surprized by frost in a river or lake, it is placed on skaits, and continues to advance by means of its sails. Such is probably the origin of the

new invention.

2. On the influence of moral and physical

cal notice, by Baron Percy.

3. A historical eloge on M. Palisot, Baron of Beauvois, by Baron Cuvier, the Perpetual Secretary.

A German view of England in 1816 may librarian, Dr. Spiker, has published his trashortly be expected, as the king of Prussia's

lated.

Contents of the Journal des Savans for Mar. 1829.
Norberg, Codex Nazarcus.-Reviewed by
M. Silvestre de Sacy.

Baour-Lormian, La Jérusalem delivrée.—
Raynouard.

Tessier, Mémoire sur l'Importation en France des Chèvres à duvet de Cashemire.

At its public sitting of the 16th of March,
1818, the Academy proposed the following
question, as a subject for the mathematical
prize: "To form by the theory of universal
gravitation alone, and adopting from obser-
vations, only the arbitrary elements, tables
of the phases of the moon, as precise as the-M. Daunon.
best tables which we now possess."

The Academy awarded a prize of 3000
francs to each of the two memoires which
were received on the above subject. The
first was written by M. Damisseau, and the
second by M. M. Carlini and Plana.

Among the works sent for competition, the Academy considered as worthy of the first rank, each in its kind, M. de Serre's MeOn the 30th of March, the French Aca- moire on the Laws of Osteogeny, and the demy proceeded to the renewal of its Bn-Essay by M. Edwares, on the influence of reau; M. Laya was appointed Director, and the physical agents on animal vertebræ, M. Charles Lacretelle, Chancellor.

ration.

The accessit was awarded to the memoire It appears by a Summary of the Members by M. M. Breschet and Villerme, on the apof the Universities of Oxford and Cam-pearances of the Callus; and honourable bridge, in their Calendars for 1819 and 1820, mention was made of the essays of M. Isithat the following is the number:— dore Bourdon, on the mechanism of respi1819. Oxford. Members of Convocation 1874 on the Books 3984 of Convocation 1873 on the Books 4102 1819. Cambridge. Members of the Senate 1495 on the boards 3698 1820. of the Senate

1820.

1558

The statistical prize was deferred.
The prize of astronomy, founded by M.
Delalande, was divided between M. M.
collet and Eucke.

-Abel Remusat.

Dom Clément, l'Art de vérifier les Dates.

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Friday, 14-Thermometer from 44 to 55.
Barometer from 29, 77 to 29, 81.
Wind N. b. E. 4.-Cloudy, and almost gene-
Ni-rally raining.
Rain fallen,225 of an inch.
Saturday, 15-Thermometer from 36 to 56.
Barometer, from 29, 97 to 30,06.
Wind N W. 1. and W.-Generally clear,
clouds passing at times, with showers of rain in

The following is a list of the principal on the Boards 3953 prizes proposed for ensuing competitions: 1. A grand statistical prize, (to be awardAnecdote.-A short time since a mixeded at the public sitting in March 1821) which company at one of the cantonments in India will consist of a gold medal worth 1060 francs, were eulogizing the poetical merits of Lord 2. A mathematical prize for "the best Byron. After a variety of elaborate decla- work or memoire on pure or practical mathemations on the genius displayed in "Childematics, which shall appear, or shall be comHarold," in which all were endeavouring municated to the Academy, during the space to display knowledge, taste, and critical of two years, the time allotted for the comacumen, an enraptured amateur declared, petition."

the afternoon.

Kain fallen,225 of an inch.

Sunday, 16- Thermometer from 30 to 62.

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Barometer from 30, 19 to 30, 31. Wind S. W. and W. Morning clear, cloudy most of the afternoon, and became clear again in the evening.

that "Byron was undoubtedly a genuine The prize will consist of a gold medal,
son of the Muse of Poesy"-the company worth 3000 francs, to be adjudged at the
were entertained by the following burst of public sitting of March, 1822.
praise, from an energetic Milesian; "Ar- 3. A prize of experimental physiology, to

rah, my jewel, now be asy, the Muse of Po-be awarded at the public sitting of March
esy! by my soul, Lord Byron is a son of the 1821, and to consist of a gold medal, worth
whole nine of the hussies, and moreover had 440 francs, to the printed or manuscript
the Graces, for a godmother, my honey."-work which shall be declared to have contri-
(Calcutta Journal)

buted most essentially to the advancement of Ava. The following singular story is re-experimental physiology, lated of the Bermah and Pegue people. The first authority the Peguers had on the Ava dominions was about the year 1609: they were afterwards subdued by the Burmalis, and only seven of each sex escaped the general massacre; but the progeny of these in

Finally, a mechanical prize, worth 500
francs, which is also to be a judged in March
1821, for the best invention or improvement
of the instruments useful for agriculture,
the mechanical arts, and the practical and
speculative sciences.

Rain fallen,025 of an inch.
Monday, 17-Thermometer from 27 to 65.
Barometer from 30, 40 to 30, 35.
Wind W. and N. -Generally clear.
Tuesday, 18-Thermometer from 48 to 66.

Barometer from 30, 36 to 30, 30.

Wind E. 1.-Clear.

Wednesday, 19-Thermometer from 37 to 69.

Barometer from 30, 36to 30, 27. Wind N. b. E. and S. S. E. -Clear. Edmonton, Middlesex. JOHN ADAMS.

I believe it is not generally enough known, that the death of a wasp now, and to the end of May, is the destruction of a nest of them for

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Conclusion of Captain Scoresby in our next.

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Shabeeny was two years on his jour- of sand resembling the sea. On the right

ney from Tetuan to Mecca before he and left, the country is inhabited by roving TIMBUCTOO & HOUSA.

returned to Fas. He made some profit Arabs at the distance of three or four days An Account of a Journey frow Fas to on his merchandize, which consisted of journey from the track of the travellers. Timbuctoo, performed in or about the haicks, a light garment manufactured At the end of the 20 days

, there is a change

on the face of the country, particular spots, year 1787, A.C. By El Hage Abd at Fas, red caps and slippers, cochineal, called El Wah, being fertile, and the SedeShabeeny.

and saffron ; the returns were sine India rah or wild myrtle, on which camels brouze, The person who communicates the

muslins for turbans, raw silk, musk, in abundance. There is also a small qnanfollowing intelligence is a Muselman,

and gebalia, a fine perfume that resem-tity of grass : and about 8 or 10 inches be

bles black paste. and a native of Tetuan, whose father

He made a great low the sandy surface a yellow or reddish and mother are personally known to profit by his traffic at Timbuctoo and earth, in strata of four feet in depth, beneatlı

but, he says, money, gained water which springs out of a light sand about

which again there is a brownish earth, and Housa : Mr. Lucas the British consul. His name is Assced El Hage Abd Salam among the Negroes (being idolaters) | 5 or 6 feet lower down. This last tract it Shabeeny. His account of himself is,

has not the blessing of God on it, but also requires 20 days to pass. The counthat at the age of fourteen he accom

vanishes away without benefit to the try, right and left, is occupied by indepenpanied his father to Timbuctoo, from owner; while that acquired in a journey dant Arabs governed ly their own Sheiks. which town, after a residence of three

“ From Akka to Timbuctoo, a journey of to Mecca proves fortunate and becomes a permanent acquisition. On his re- the - sederal, no rivers, towns, or huts

.

43 days, they ineet with no trees, except years, he proceeded to Housa, and after a permanent acquisition

turn with his father from Mecca they From Draha, which is a country abounding residing at the latter two years he returned to Timbuctoo, where he resided settled at Tetuan, and often carried in camels, to Timbuctoo, the charge per cas seven years, and then came back to

mel is from 16 to 21 ducats*. That so long cattle, poultry, &c. to Gibraltar. Tetuan.

He considers himself now as fixed at a journey is perforined at so small an exBeing now in the twenty-seventh year

Tetuan, where he has a wife and chil- pence, is owing to the abundance of camels dren.

in Draha. The caravan generally contains of his age, he proceeded from Tetuan as a pilgrim and merchant, with the

Such are the particulars related to from 300 to 400 men, of whom a great part caravan for Egypt to Mecca and Medi- us of a person who now comes forward prefer walking to the uneasy motion of the

camels." na, and on his return established him to throw that important light upon

We now come to the situation and state self as a merchant at Tetuan his native

African geography which we proceed of Timbuctoo.

to concentrate in the following pages. “On the east side of the city of Timbucplace, whence he embarked on board a How excecdingly interesting it is we too there is a large forest, in which are a vessel bound for Hamburgh, in order to shall not stop to impress, but at once great many elephants. Tie timber here is purchase linens and other merchandize that were requisite for his commerce. proceed to our task, with feelings of very large. The trees on the ontside of the

forest are remarkable for having tivo differOn his return from Hamburgh in an first to lay so remarkable a communi- the morning sun is black, and the opposite great pleasure and pride at being the

ent colours; that side which is exposed to English vessel, he was captured and carried prisoner to Ostend by a ship whence it is derived will we presume neither branches nor leaves, but the leaves,

cation before the public. The volume side is yellow. The body of the tree las manned by Englishmen, but under Rus- be published in a few days ,...till then, which are remarkably large, grow upon this sian colours, the captain of which pre- the Literary Gazette precedes the march top only : so that one of these trees appears: tended that his imperial mistress was at

at a distance, like the mast and round topf war with all Muselmen. There he to the much-sought and celebrated city

a ship. Shabeeny has seen trees in Engof Timbuctoo. released by the good offices of the Bri

land much taller than these : within the fotish consul*, Sir John Peters, and emFrom Fas, Shabeeny went to Taflelt, rest the trees are smaller than on its skirts

. barked once more in the same vessel, merchants and Caravans going to Timbuctoo. Emperor of Marocco's dominions. They

the place of general ieeting for all the There are no trees reseinbling these in the which by the same mediation was also " The territory of Tafilelt contains no towns, are of such a size that the largest cannot be released; but as the captain either was but abounds in fortresses with mud walls, girded by two men. They bear a kind oi or pretended to be afraid of a second which the natives call El Kassar, and which berry about the size of a walnut, in clusters capture, El Hage Abd Salam was sent contain from three to four hundred families ; consisting of from 10 to 20 berries. Shaashore at Dover, and is now t; by the in these fortresses there is a public market beeny cannot say what is the extent of tiis orders of government, to take his pas, inhabitants purchase provisions, &c." (in Arabic, Soke) every week, where the forest, but it is very large. Close to the

town of Timbuctoo, on the south, is a small sage on board a king's ship that will inhabitants purchase provisions, &c.”

Shabceny's next stage was to Draha, a rivulet in which the inhabitants wash their sail in a few days.

province of the circuit of 4 or 5 days jour-clothes, and which is about two fret deen. in the following communication Mr. ney at the foot of Atlas, and famous for

* Proin Fas to Tafilelt, 20 days, for 1 i ducats Beaufoy proposed the questions, and dates, which he reached in six days. In

Tafilelt to Draha, 6 days, for 11 Mr. Lucas was the interpreter.

three days from Draha, whose natives are ducats. Draha to Timbuctoo, 43 days, for 185

alınost black, the caravail, now augmented ducats. -- 69 days, for 35. dncats per camel • Confirmed by Sir John Peters. to 300 or 400 camels, entered the desert or load, which is about ibe rate of one farthing per f In the year 1795.

Sabaya, which for the first 20 da s is a p'ain quintal per mile. VOL. IV.

was

per camel.

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