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nent characters may be noticed Messrs. Jim Crow and 

 Paul Pry, a sweep, a dustman, and a gentleman's valet; 

 and the master of the band in the sergeant's scarlet 

 coat, gold epaulettes, and cocked-hat and feather, with 

 a black face. There were also two ladies, a harlequin, 

 and a Greek gentleman, whose costume was most 

 correct ; a huge bear worried the performers, who 

 were forced to make frequent visits to an inimitable 

 Tom-and-Jerry shop, whose rotund host, our worthy 

 cook, was a fit type of Boniface. 



In the afternoon of the 18th, the harbour was, after 

 many disruptions, permanently frozen over, and next 

 morning the natives came to the ships over the ice with 

 dogs and sledges ; but the crew were not permitted to 

 run about unrestrainedly until another night had made 

 security indisputable ; after which foot-ball, leap-frog, 

 and other athletic exercises, were frequently enjoyed. 

 On the 28th, a severe gale from the north-north-west 

 occurred, which unroofed the house on shore, and 

 dragged the stream-anchor, used to secure the cover- 

 ing, and weighing five cwt. and a quarter, fifteen 

 yards. The snow-drift this day must have proved fatal 

 to any parties caught in it, its velocity was estimated 

 at thii'ty miles an hour, and it completely obscured 

 objects a few yards distant. 



November concluded with the visit of a native 



