1822.] 
resting! with about, one-third, ,of, his 
body upon the ground, lis, pouch: is 
extended, and he keeps up,a balancing, 
motion, the original inpulse ito, which 
was, given. by. the knee, of, the person 
who ‘plays; the» iusitument; |, Before, 
concluding the, exhibition; it,is gusto- 
mary (to make,the, snake, caress, this 
instrument, whieh.is done by keeping 
up: the sound,,and advaneing the pipe 
towards the! animal, who on, his side 
résts:his head upon a-calabash, through 
ithis pipe is passed, After this 
eeremony, the snakes, are. put into 
their sbaskots,, and) carried »away. A 
hard-boiled - egg sis, the, Lsdlainieesicig 
wicks theyrdaily receive. » 
a8 /oLATIN: AND) GREEK.) 
paDhease fanguages are now become 
lished, and, perhaps} useless ; . yet, 
while.they constitute. part/ef, the edu- 
eation of gentlemen, it is. infamous not 
to know them. At.the same time, by 
a whimsical feeling of mankind, it is 
thought. pedantic) and ungentlemanly 
to-use them.in any .well-bred. society. 
Seyen;orscight years is therefore em- 
ployeddn the education jof our youth 
to Saye,appearances., Time will, cor- 
rect this error. 
vitnorsnive | SHERIDAN, 
ee Phisiwas at,once the most eloquent, 
most ingenious; and most idle man of 
hisitime: |I.employed him to present 
the:petition of the Grand Jury against 
Anis;andicould not, get him out of bed 
till half; past» four, on, the, afternoon 
when it|'stood for discussion, and he 
thenesat -for half; an hour with wet 
towels tied round his, head, to. relieve 
himself froma. head-ache, occasioned 
by the, saps hight’s, debauch. 
ii2 [EMPLOYMENT eso0 ©) 
The eniployencis of the lower BlAasee 
is to jsatisfy| their hunger, and, ofthe 
upper classes, to \discoyer medicines 
and:consnlt doctors for the purpose of 
érealing! huiigers Many a-rich man 
wonld igive:/half-his; estate, to feel.as 
voraciously hungry as» some, of his 
meanest labourersss fee oy! banlq 
1) eo AsGEORGE) THE ROURML! oy; 6 a 
oBhelongest personal favourite; w’ 
the;new King has: ever kept, » is) “ 
Pacaver, his dresser and, chief-yalet, 
Hevis a: Frenchman of; the. old school, 
enjoys the unbounded confidence 
of-his royal master, { He is his caterer 
of small news, and) of the chit-chat, out 
of; doors, and) within the; purlicus of 
the palace. .At-the same, time. it, is 
just to add, that he; has never been 
charged with abusing a station, which 
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527 
in‘eourts has often been dhe means of 
promoting, dangerous.intrigues.:: 
The; next “domestic favourite: is 
Wilmet,, the chief cook,.also: a-Fxench¥ 
man, but familiarly, called. Jach Ham- 
mond(why, Lkuowmot); but, imaduxa- 
rious eourty aichief nookisia man who 
must be: as; often: consulted asia mi- 
nister,of;states+:>s,\} yiinuoo yieve ol 
Another -reyal favourite,: and per= 
haps more harmless,,is; Nap: the poodle 
dog, who was, taken ‘with ‘Napol¢en’s: 
carriage, and was for many years the 
intelligent, travelling . companion: of 
that.great man... Napnow.travels with 
his old. master’s more fortunate. rival, 
to whom he is not Jess faithful, and 
whom he amuses by his. numerous 
tricks . and, uncommon: sagacity. It 
might have-been hoped that the liberal 
treatment of the dog, would have béen 
extended to his illustrious master, who, 
by well-authentieated accounts,is not 
only chained to a rock, but, like. Pro-+ 
metheus, is constantly tortured aes a 
vulture. 
THE WEST-INDIA ISLANDS: ff 
These islands are ceasing to be de= 
sirable British colonies, excepti:for 
purposes of) ministerial; patronage: 
Canada may supply them with lumber; 
but it cannot consume an equal amount 
of their produce.) This, too, willin 
time be superseded by, East-Endia pro- 
duce under an’ open trade ;) for, if we 
send our manufactures; -and; destroy 
the Hindoo manufactures, we,.must 
take their sugars,andother West-India 
produee. ..'\ The. West-India,, islands 
seem likely, therefore,) either | to) be- 
come independant, or: to- be; incorpo- 
rated with some, of the) continental 
American winless) whieh least, bseertar 
with them. wod ¢ 
» THE BOURBONS«:| HiT tutl ¢ 
“When, 1 was at, Paris; F reemt woth 
Mr, Serjeant, B.; (now ajudge,) 4o see 
the: Bourbon, family return from ehapel, 
and:he, was, thejonly person who cheer- 
ed) them.) - - We ,> were; walking; away, 
and|I was rallying thelworthy Serjeant 
atthe, cireumstance; whem a-couple of 
Brenchmen | passed} us |. quiekly, and 
Joaded | us,,and. (our-nation. hae the 
Sten eaieete: to d18q, t9qGque-3i! 
visne eid FRENCH) MANNERS. a Wien; 
“The -French| are. an; elegant peo- 
ple, Apat | are guilty, of. little ‘inde- 
licagies: they. pick their: teeth with a 
fork,—No fruit, ,shops)in Patis, but 
fruit e¢llars-Pine-apples far inferior 
to ours; even\the grapes of Fontain- 
bleau are inferior to those of our hot- 
houses ! 
