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the 12th chapter of St. Luke's gospel, where there are 

 such passages as these, " The ground of a certain rich man 

 brought forth abundantly ; " " What shall I do, because I 

 have no room where to bestow all my fruits and my goods ?'' 

 and not improbably the murdered man had also read that 

 awful fiat, " This night shall thy soul be required of thee." 

 The open Bible may lead us to hope that his soul was 

 prepared to obey the dreadful summons, arid that with 

 him it was sudden death, sudden glory. Major has left 

 behind him a high reputation on the Urals.' 



By the same friend I was supplied with much informa- 

 tion in regard to countrymen of ours engaged in work 

 connected with the mines within the present century, 

 some of them having developed there into men almost 

 eccentric in their modes of life and relaxation. Notices 

 of them are not necessary to the accomplishment of my 

 design ; but looking upon them as I would upon peculi- 

 arities in the landscape, I feel as if they were part and 

 parcel of the scene I wish to bring before my readers. I 

 subjoin his notices of them here, leaving to my readers to 

 glance at them or not, as they may feel disposed. In con- 

 tinuation of his narrative, my friend wrote: 



' Allow me to relate one other anecdote of another 

 north countryman of ours, which is of a less melancholy 

 character than the last. Some time since there was employed 

 at the chief engineering establishment of all the Govern- 

 ment Ural works at Ekaterineburg, an Englishman, a 

 Newcastle man, as head engineer, with a staff of English- 

 men under him, who were first-class mechanics, well 

 known all over the Urals smiths, model makers, fitters, 

 &c. He also had the good fortune to have a nice little 

 property presented to him, by the present Emperor ; and 

 he retired some time since with a nice little fortuae of 

 about 60,(X)0 rouble^ This gentleman, as do many of his 

 countrymen, liked a good dinner, perhaps liking this before 

 everything else. He also, like many others who enjoy 

 good luxury, was stout enough to have played Falstaff 



