have no idea of the distinctions of condition; small nails, and the government was well
for some of the girls, in order to examine aware that such articles were here little
my dress, turned me round, and with their used. In Brazil it means a fastener, and is
dirty hands most unceremoniously handled applied particularly to Sipó, the pliant twig,
my gown or pelisse. Several Bretons seated which is universally employed to bind
themselves upon the ground, to watch the together the frame-work of buildings. So
motion of Mr. S's hand, others pressed established was a thing once brought into
around him, and even attempted to touch general use, that, long after the dissolution
the pencil he was using, to ascertain, I ima. of the order, the tax, diverted to a different
gine, what such a magical little implement quarter, is still a subject of complaint.
could be.
"The other instance occurred about the

Probably by some means he offended the Indians remaining in the neighbouring woods; for one day a shot fired at himi struck the powder-horn in his waiscoatpocket, and wounded him in the wrist. Being on horse-back he instantly pursued his assailants, and saw two Indians, who escaped from him in their usual mode. In such cases the fugitive endeavours to reach the brow of a hill little encumbered with wood, where, dropping on his breech, he puts his head be"A party of these Bretons placed them-time when the society became suspected at tween his knees, and his arins round his selves at a table, in order to regale, and court. By a petition it stated, that there was ankles; in this state, being nearly as round brought in a large jug of cider, that was a piece of water belonging to the crown, as a ball, he precipitates himself from the handed about, and soon emptied and re- which would be useful to the house at Santa brow, and rolls speedily to the bottom. From plenished. The girl, whose sitting to Mr. Cruz as a duck-pond, and prayed for a grant | this circumstance, I apprehend, the Indians S. had attracted such a multitude, was plen- of it. It was not thought expedient to com- take their modern name of Booticudies; or tifully supplied with cider by her companions; ply without examination, and on enquiry it Butucudies a barbarous word, half Tupi, and a woman, who seemed to be a person of turned out that the pond was no other than half Portuguese, signifying fallers by the authority amongst them, ordered another the bay of Angra, containing four hundred breech. The man who had been wounded was jug of their favourite drink, at the same square miles of water, and several valuable | obliged to come down to Rio for surgical time pointing towards me. As soon as it fisheries. The idea of a duck-pond was pro-assistance. On his return he was seriously appeared, she suddenly jumped up, and bably suggested by the multitude of brown cautioned against exposing himself to similar throwing herself across the table, seized me divers, here called patos, which then ap- attacks. About fourteen days after, as he so roughly by the arm, that I staggered back peared in the bay, and are still occasionally was riding along the road, followed at some a few paces; she violently shouted to me in seen on flat and unfrequented shores." *• distance by a slave, a shot, fired again by an Patois, as if she thought I could understand invisible hand, threw him forward on the her the better by the exaltation of her voice, saddle, and a second brought him to the and thrusting the jug of cider in my face, ground. Two Indians then came out of the wanted me to partake of the contents; I wood, one of whom walked deliberately to turned aside my head, and by signs, made the negro, and ordered him to halt, while her comprehend I declined her offer; but the other went to their victim, broke his the fierce look she gave me, and the loud and legs, and beat out his brains. Afterwards angry exclamation that accompanied it, conthey shot the horse and decamped. Every vinced me she resented my refusal.” search was made for them, but these people are too well acquainted with the forests to want secure lurking places, and defy, if they have any knowledge of the arm of justice. The establishment was broken up, and remains neglected, until the natives are neighbourhood." so harrassed as to induce them to quit the

LUCCOCK'S NOTES ON RIO DE JANEIRO, &c. We continue our miscellaneous extracts of what is curious from this work; which, though they can afford only an imperfect idea of it, will, we trust, be found amusing

in themselves.

"No stranger can possibly conceive the number of frogs found on the swampy grounds, nor the noise which they make. It was a common diversion when they issued from their lurking places at night, to procure a forked stick with sharp points, and to strike it on the ground, without any very particular selection of place, until the forked part was full of them; these were stripped off, and the operation recommenced; thus many hundreds were killed in a very short time.-Ants of several species also are a most serious pest. Every house and almost every yard of dry ground is infested with them, ful and irritating; arising, I suspect, not from and the wounds which they inflict are painthe mere bite, but from some venomous fluid left by them beneath the skin. The "Near the venda is the ruin, or rather wandering Indians who cannot escape them, the unfinished skeleton, of a church founded cultivate in their warriors not only a conby the Jesuits. In the midst of it grew the tempt of such molestations, but a general largest Mammon tree, which we had ever spirit of stern endurance, by placing them seen; we gathered and enjoyed a part of its in a nest of these insects. In this country fruit. Our road now led us over a shady these insects present no lesson of useful plain, formed by the action of the sea, of a labour; they are restless and active, but as sufficient age to produce much good timber, it seems to me, to no purpose. I have oband afford a site for some considerable farm-served them carrying a heap of sand through ing establishments. Many extensive patches a hole in a wall, dropping it on the opposite formerly produced indigo, and on them the side, and when the whole is cleared away, neglected plant still grows most luxuriantly. carrying it back again with the same air of "Numerous are the evidences which the important occupation.-In the list of country Jesuits have left, in this part of the country, torments must also be placed many various of the power and splendour of their order, kinds of snakes, mosquitoes, flies, wasps, and of its admirable political management. fleas, and carapátos, whose annoyance is Speaking generally and dispassionately, it unceasing." may be said, that whatever was well contrived and executed was done by them, and that the common prosperity and happiness "From this spot (on the plains of Oitú) the have declined since their dispersion. Yet it road advances, nearly sixty miles, to the Pamust be acknowledged, that they were little rabyba, running through a broken und thinly scrupulous in the use of indirect means to at- inhabited country. The principal places lying tain their ends. Two circumstances, illus-upon it are Pao Grandé and Uvá. Near the trative of this fact, are related in the neigh-latter a circumstance occurred, which shows bourhood.

"The society asked, and easily obtained from Lisbon, the privilege of a tax on es pregos, which word, in Portugal, describes

The following is a remarkable example of Indian revenge.

the Indian character, and the risk attending a
settlement on new lands. Two gentlemen
having obtained a grant, sent a person, ac-
customed to the country, to settle upon it.

Travelling from St. Gonzales, the country declines to the plains of Guáxendiba. “A well-cleared, populous, and fertile region presents itself for several succeeding miles, gradually exchanging tillage for a large extent of pasture, and afterwards for woods, which seem nearly untouched. Among them we meet with many monkies, parrots, and arapongas, birds which make a harsh noise, like that produced by a blacksmith's hammer, when falling on the anvil, rebounding and striking again. The note commonly proceeds from the higher lands and resounds through the forests. The swampy plains which succeed these woods, afford nothing worth notice, but that the road across them is formed of the branches of trees, laid transversely over logs placed longitudinally. Such roads are good, while the timber continues sound, and when partly decayed, the cattle of the country traverse them with safety; but become dangerous to horses and mules unused to them.

"Amidst these plains arise many vast detached masses of granite, similar to those noticed before, and of the same singular form. We passed close to one, which though several miles in length, and rising to the height of five or six hundred feet, seemed to be an entire stone, without a fracture, or even a fragment lying at its foot."

"Never

towards their enemies is equally remarkable. | man, and her family, a highly respectable of his biographer, the following anecdote Courage, art, and circumspection, are one, received her with open arms after the will evince:- He came into Phillips's the essential and indispensable qualifications verdict obtained against her supposed para- room one day while he was writing, and of an Indian warrior. When war is once mour. Many ugly stories are current with enquired what he was about. "I am writbegun, each one strives to excel in displaying respect to the evidence adduced on that trial; ing a speech, sir," was the reply; " and I then, by stealing upon his enemy unawares, and Curran was so anxious to hinder the can tell you that I intend to give your friend, and deceiving and surprising him in varions proceedings on it from obtaining publicity, Mr. Grattan, a rating in it." ways. On drawing near to an enemy's coun- that he had notices served on all the news-mind it, Charley," said Curran, "never mind try, they endeavour as much as possible to papers of Dublin, enjoining them not to it; it would only be a child throwing a stone conceal their tracks; sometimes they scat-publish it; and accordingly it never was at the leg of a colossus. ter themselves, marching at proper distances given to the public. from each other for a whole day and more, The reason that inclines me to think that meeting, however, again at night, when they he never felt very severely on his matrimokeep a watch; at other times they march nial misfortune is the great levity with in what is called Indian file, one man behind which he was frequently in the habit of the other, treading carefully in each other's speaking about it. A couple of coarse jests steps, so that their number may not be as- on the subject have come to my knowledge; certained by the prints of their feet. The for the accuracy of the first of which I can nearer they suppose themselves to be to the positively vouch, and the second I have on enemy, the more attentive they are to choos-tolerably good authority. ing hard, stony and rocky ground, on which human footsteps leave no impression; soft, marshy, and grassy soils are particularly avoided, as in the former the prints of the feet would be easily discovered, and in the latter the appearance of the grass having been trodden upon might lead to detection; for if the grass or weeds are only ben, and have the least mark of having been walked upon, it will be almost certainly perceived, in which the sharpness and quickness of the Indians' sight is truly astonishing.

are the first who has complained of the want
of horns in my house."

He was a fine musician, and had frequently concerts in his house in Dublin. At one of these, a young barrister of Cork, a distinguished amateur, bore a part. After the concert had concluded, Curran went up to him, and said, “Well, H. what do you think of that? Do you not think it at least as good as any of your Cork concerts?" "Why," replied his friend, "it was very fine; but in Cork we can procure military music much more readily than you can in Dublin: the want of it was very discernible "In some instances they deceive their in your concert; for instance," said he, enemies by imitating the cries or calls of repeating a passage, "would not the French some animal, such as the fawn, or turkey. horn have made a great improvement there?" They do this so admirably well, that they" Well, H." said Curran, laughing, "you even draw the dam of the one and the mate of the other to the spot to which they want them to come. In this manner they often succeed in decoying the enemies to the place where they are lying in ambush, or get an opportunity of surrounding them. Such stratagems, however, cannot be resorted to in all seasons; with the turkey, it only answers in the spring, and with the fawn's dam until about midsummer. In the same manner, when scattered about in the woods, they easily find each other by imitating the song of some birds, such as the quail and the rook, and at evening and morning, and particularly in the night, the cry of the owl. By this means they all join each other, though not at the same time, as they are not, perhaps, all within hearing; but the cry of the owl is repeated from time to time until they are all assembled.”

On another occasion, he and the late Sir
Richard Musgrave, the historian of the Re-
bellion in Ireland, whose lady's frailties were
numerous and notorious, met at the house
of a common friend. They were decidedly
hostile in politics to each other, and had
even proceeded to personal altercations. On
being summoned up stairs to the dining
room, they happened to arrive at the foot of
the stairs together, and, as is usual on such
occasions, when enemies meet, their behaviour
was ceremoniously polite. Weary at length
of alternately conceding the pas, Sir Richard,
assuming an air of familiarity, took him by
the arm, and said, "Well, well, let us settle
the matter by walking up together."
"Par-
don me, Sir Richard," replied Curran, “that
is impossible; our antlers would entangle !''
He that could jest thus, could not feel
deeply.

Curran's talents were of the very first order, but they were too often sadly misapplied; and the stern moralist would find much to censure, both in his public and his private life: but he was a highly fascinating man in conversation. His wit, his drollery, his eloquence, his pathos, were all irresistible. The only defect in him in this respect was a love of acting, which made his wit often degenerate into mere buffoonery, and his pathos into canting and overstrained sentiment. It must have been in some of these latter moods that his biographers observed his sensibility; but there never was any thing real in it. It was often put on even to convey ill natured remarks; and as my straggling letter (which has far outstripped the bounds I at first intended), has been little more than a vehicle of jests, I shall conclude by giving another, connected with this splenetic tenderness of heart. At a supper party in Brighton, I believe, he began to lament the desolation of his old age: he was a solitary unfortunate old man, he said, who had not even a child he could call his own. His son was sitting at table with him at the very time. This observation created much disgust in the company; and a young barrister who was present, in relating it afterwards to an elder brother of the profession, added, with much vehemence, "By Gif my father had said so in my presence, I would have fogotten all filial reverence, and knocked him down." Ay," said the senior, "that would certainly prove you were not a natural son."

the newspapers, as about 150 miles in length and from 20 to 25 in breadth; and the same authorities mention that from the upper end the ships steered, in the first instance, 100 miles to the southward, then returned to the original point and proceeded direct west.]

rica affirms, that he has discovered that the
bark of the sweet chesnut tree (Fagus Cus-
tanea) contains twice as much of the substance
used in tanning as oak bark, and almost as
much dyeing matter as Campeachy wood.

containing matters of correspondence, and
supposed to contain the Junius papers, was
sent sealed up to Drummond's bank, with
directions that it was not to be opened till
a certain distant period; or till now, whether
any indications have been left to decide the
conjecture, so strongly argued in the par-
he was the author of Junius.
I have the honour to be, &c.
AN ANTIQUARY.

On the north side of Barrow's Sound, the voyagers discovered a broad channel up which LITERATURE &LEARNED SOCIETIES. phlet published by Taylor and Hessey, that

they could not descry any land, though the weather was clear and favourable. To the land bounded on the west by this unexplored channel, and on the south by the Sound, the name of New Devon was given. Nearly opposite the channel, i. e. on the south side of the Sound, they met with another broad inlet (nearly as broad it seemed as the Sound itself) on which the name of Regent's Inlet was bestowed. The expedition sailed up this inlet a considerable way*. The land opposite to New Devon was denominated New Somerset. Many whales and seals were seen about this part. Other places discovered, received names in honour of Major Rennell, Captain Sabine, and others.

MR. HOGG AND THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

ORIGINAL POETRY.

SONNET.

There is a Shape, upon whose wrinkled brow

Are character'd; and they who read aright,
Him by his murderous scythe, and beard of snow,
Thence learn to live uprightly: You may know
And glittering cye, for piercing is his sight
As still in early youth: the blackest night,
Past, present, and to come, he looketh through.
He is immortal; yet shall he be swept
Away and die, when from its heart the world
Shall cast its victims, that have soundly slept
For ages:-then, the judgment flag unfurled
Shall wave o'er man, and all his worth and
Be copied from that brow:-the shape is TIMB.

crime

L.

An Edinburgh friend informs us, and indeed we observe it stated in a public newspaper, The Scotsman, that the letter purporting to be from Mr. Hogg to the Edinburgh Reviewer of his Jacobite Relics, inserted in Blackwood's Magazine, is what in England is denominated a hoar, the pro-Deeds dark and good, in many a line of light, duction of the editor of the Magazine. Our friend adds, the good folks in the North will have a hearty laugh at your simplicity in so gravely quoting the letter as Hogg's, &c. To this we can only say, that we are not ashamed of our simplicity, if it be simplicity to be imposed on by a paper of this construction, which our happy ignorance of the parties and squabbles which disgrace the press of the northern Athens prevented us from understanding in its true light. The wit and waggery of the article was quite lost upon us, and we dare say upon the great majority of its readers; which, we beg to suggest to the writer, is proof that this species of drolling may be carried too far. It is neither consistent with good sense, good taste, nor humour to be unintelligibly smart. But censurable as such misleading representations are, and injurious to any publication prone Copper-plate printing.-The Annales de to them, as tending to cast a doubt on all its Chimie state, that a Mr. Gonord has disco- contents, and destroy its character for auvered a method by which he can take impres-thenticity where it really means to obtain sions of any size, either larger or smaller, from an engraved copperplate, without the only a few hours; and, if the fact he correct, aid of another plate. The operation requires it is certainly a most important invention in the art of engraving, and will save immense expense in enlarging or reducing plates for various editions of works, or for convenient publication in every possible style that can be wanted for science or virtú curiosity.

We mentioned the only serious casualty which befel during the wintering of the crews in these high latitudes; nevertheless the cold was so intense that the utmost care was necessary to prevent fatal consequences. An idea of this may be formed from the fact, that a servant of Captain Sabine's, on some alarm of fire ran into the air without covering his hand-it was immediately frost-bitten, and the poor fellow lost three of his fingers. No natives were seen, nor any traces of human beings.

New Globes.-A Berlin artist, Mr. Charles P. Khuminer, has recently published a globe with the mountains boldly executed in relief This method impresses the subject more

credit; we are infinitely more disgusted with
the Billingsgate which has been introduced
we do not greatly mistake the public feeling;
into the pages of disputing periodicals. If
their conductors had better leave their mutual
quarrels alone, and stick to matters more
useful and agreeable. It is
very indifferent
to the reading and respectable classes of so-
ciety, what John o'Nokes thinks of Tom o'
Stiles, or what grounds of rivalry exist be-
tween Blackwood and Baldwin, or their edi-
tors. One paragraph of information or light
pleasantry is worth a hundred sheets of their
silly disputes: and neither their own interests
nor the interests of literature can be pro-

forcibly upon the mind than the mode hither-moted by their indulging in invective and
to employed, and is consequently admirably vituperation against each other. On the
suited for geographical instruction and know-contrary, an amicable intercourse would be
ledge.
both more becoming in them, and more
Arts and Sciences in America.—Mr. Ran-advantageous to the cause of letters, in which
dolph, an American chemist, asserts that he they are, or ought to be, engaged. It is al-
has re-discovered the long lost secret of the ways suspicious when publications in the
mortar or cement of the ancients, which was same walk try to persuade the world that
proof against fire, water, and the influence of the most important service they can render
time. He states, that his composition daily to literature is to write down a competitor.
growing harder, becomes more and more They had better leave their respective merits
solid and unalterable. He has not judged to be appreciated by publie discernment.
proper to make his secret known to the Verbum sat.
public.

EPIGRAM.

At Church, I heard our Parson say,
We should not work on Sabbath-day;
But oh! good Lord! with knife and fork,
At dinner time, how he did work!

[By Correspondents.]

To the Editor of the Literary Gazette.
Sir. The following verses were written
by Mrs. Connell, a lady of the Ursuline Con-
to be lost; and if you agree with me in
vent in the city of Cork, who died in Oc-
tober 1807. I think they are much too good
opinion, they are at your service. I am,
Sir, your humble servant,
J. J. M.

Cork, Sept. 30, 1820.
When reflection recalls the lost hours I have

A

In

squandered,

ne'er in those scenes any sweets have I I sought it in dress, in amusement, in show;

But

Can that God, for whose service my all I have quitted,

Who rewards, even here, hundred fold can
bestow,

Can HE let me die all unpardoned, unpitied,
Or refuse me his mercy? Oh, no, never, no!

What-from the grave? And dost thou then
Dare to obtrude upon my sight?
And rear thy revolting form again,
Thou false and heartless parasite?

-No: hushed is his calumnious tongue,
Who thankless ate my father's bread,
And, viper-like, his venom flung
Against his child-and smiled, and stung
The heart that loved-the hand that fed:
-Safely he withers with the dead.

Yet, at times-in my troubled sleep,
I hear his curses muttered deep:
Aye there the horrid figure stands,
With leering eyes and shrunken hands:
Upright he moves in mortal mould,
Visible as in days of old;

And smiles as he was wont to smile,
Yet somewhat ghastlier than before.
And such a faithless look he wore.
Fearless I brave his glance, and turn
To where those glaring sockets burn;
And tell him-he was false to me,
And how I scorn his memory.