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kind) outside a show. From the time of her ap- 

 pearance in the morning until her bedtime, she 

 invariably sat in one place her throne a small 

 sofa, behind the cabin-door. Flying-fish were 

 constantly driven on the deck of the steamer, or 

 flung up into the sponsons by the paddlewheels ; 

 and being most anxious to preserve some of these 

 curious tenants of the ocean, I tried every means 

 to procure them ; but the ' stout party,' by re- 

 sorting to most unjustifiable bribing, so enslaved 

 the sordid mind of the steward, that he got hold 

 of the fish in spite of me, and actually had the 

 delicate beauties cooked, and ignominiously fried 

 at the galley-fire, for that terrible old lady to eat. 

 With regret and indignation I have watched her 

 munching them up, and wickedly longed to see 

 her prostrated by that terrible leveller seasick- 

 ness, or the victim of dyspepsia evil wishes of no 

 avail : she ate on, in healthful hungry defiance of 

 wind and waves, and the wrath of an injured 

 naturalist. 



The first peep one gets of the little Danish 

 town of St. Thomas, too well known to need 

 more than a casual notice, is picturesque and 

 pretty. Built on the scarp of a steep hill, its 

 houses arranged in terraces, and all painted with 

 bright and gaudy colours ; its feathery groves of 



