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rage with peep of dawn, left us with 
many thanks to resume his labour. Our 
tackle was once’ again in requisition, 
we quitted our tent, and hastened to 
the banks of the pool. Robert was the 
most successful of us all, he depopu- 
Jated the White Lady’s dominions with 
incredible dispatch, for which Morgan 
hinted that he would be damned. As 
for ourselves, we took up an odd volume 
of Shakespear, and had just contrived 
to fall in love with honest Jack Falstaff, 
when the soldier made his appearance 
with a decent hamper of trout, while 
the Welchman licked his lips in the rear. 
A unanimous call for breakfast now 
summoned:us to the tent, and we had 
scarcely despatched our repast, when 
the camp was struck—the poney sad- 
dled—the procession formed, and off 
we moved, singing, as w2 quitted 
Clynn y Van, the plaintive Irish melody, 
“ Farewell! but whenever you welcome 
the hour.” 
Our walk home was delightful, and 
heightened by a recollection of the hap- 
piness we had enjoyed. Once or twice 
we could not help looking back at the 
magnificent mountains we were leaving, 
and almost envied the fate of Mrs. Lot, 
who hardened to a pillar of salt with her 
face turned towards the dear country she 
was quitting for ever. : 
base of the mountains, a singular spec- 
tacle presented itself. It was an old 
woman riding to the neighbouring 
market-tewn of Llangadock with a sin- 
gular covering on her head. Morgan 
beheld her—and thought he recognized 
on her pericranium the apparition of 
his stray caxon. He walked—he leaped 
—he* jumped towards her, seized the 
_ lost sheep, and bore it in triumph to the 
party. The fact is, it had been blown 
among some furze at the foot of the 
Black Mountains, where it was captured 
by the elderly gentlewoman as the law- 
ful spoils of war. Our little Taffy was 
once again the merriest of the merry; 
and informed us a few days afterwards 
that his ancestor Shenkin-ap-Rhyader- 
ap-Morgan-ap-Jenkins-ap-Jones had ap- 
peared to him again in his sleep, thank- 
ed him kindly for the recovery of the 
wig, and promised never again to play 
the devil with him. 
——a————_ 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
Sir, - 
HAVE just been spending a most 
agreeable half-hour in viewing an 
elegant and varied assemblage of orna- 
Remarks on the Crystalization of Alum. 
On reaching the: 
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ments, fabricated ‘by the simplest, yet 
most. beautiful chemical process—the 
crystalization of alum: the whole being 
the result of a few spare hours of pa- 
tient industry in regulating the steps of 
this simple process, so as to cause the 
aluminous deposit to affix itself to 
almost any desired object or form. 
I do not claim to myself the original 
principle of this pleasing invention, 
which I believe has been chiefly con- 
fined to the fabrication of flower-bas- 
kets for chimney ornaments among 
the more amiable sex, and the en. 
chasement with an artificial crystal of 
busts, &c., by the id/ers of our own: 
But as the result of my own expe- 
rience and consequent gratification, I 
am induced to offer some observations 
which Iam persuaded may contribute 
in some degree to the pleasure of others 
(more especially to the lovers of botany 
and other branches of natural history), 
as relates to the more extensive applica- 
tion of aluminous crystalization. 
The steps of the operation are these: 
—Dissolve eighteen ounces of pure 
alum in a quart, beer measure, of soft 
spring water (observing the same pro- 
portion for a greater or less quantity) 
by boiling it gently in a close tinned 
vessel over a moderate fire, keeping it 
stirred with a wooden spatula until the 
solution is complete. When the liquid 
is almost cold, suspend the subject to 
be crystalized, by means of a fine thread 
or twine, from a lath or small stick laid 
horizontally across the aperture of a 
deep glazed earthen jar, into which the 
solution should now be poured, as being 
best adapted'to the process. The re- 
spective articles should remain in the 
solution about twenty-four hours ; when 
they are taken out, they are again to 
be carefully suspended in the shade 
until perfectly dry. The whole process 
of crystalization is best conducted in 
a cool situation. When the subjects to 
be crystalized are put into the solution 
while it is quite cold, the crystals are 
apt to be formed too large; on the 
other hand, should it be too hot, the 
crystals will be small in proportion. 
Experiments have convinced me that 
the best temperature of the liquid is 
about 95° of Fahrenheit’s thermometer. 
I shall subjoin a list of the subjects 
which are admirably adapted to the 
purpose I have mentioned, all of which 
I have succeeded in bringing to a most 
beautiful state of crystalization by the 
above method. 
Among 
