120 ISLES OF SUMMER. 



forgive tliem while we were not only too lazy to get mad, but too 

 languid to keep fast hold of any but the most pleasant and sen- 

 suous emotions, and before we returned to a climate where one's 

 nerves are all so " strung upon wires " that they vibrate painfully 

 when the atmosphere is in th3 least disturbed by untoward events. 

 Nor did we feel like the very sick Dutchman who promised if 

 he died to forgive his enemy, but to give him a good licking if 

 he recovered. We would also suggest to those restless spirits 

 that cannot wait for the coming of the millenium in the due 

 course of time, and who are anxious to have the lion and the 

 lamb, without any further delay, lie down together in peace, the 

 propriety of trying the efficacy of j^hysical forces, independent 

 of or in conjunction Avith moral ones, and that they now in- 

 augurate a great migratory movement, by which the whole 

 human family shall be transported to the Bahamas, or to other 

 similar islands, Avhere men lack the life and energy to commit 

 crime, or to accumulate fortunes, or to engage in great enter- 

 prises, and every passion (save one) is as torpid and seemingly 

 dead as though it never had a lodgment in the human heart. 

 We suspect that when the millenium is witnessed in the northern 

 states, great climatic changes will have first taken place. 



As might be expected Nassau is a very quiet and orderly city. 

 Strangers are much impressed by the absence of scenes of vio- 

 lence, drunken brawls and profane, abusive and irritating lan- 

 guage in the public streets and places of popular resort. We 

 were told that more persons are arrested for improperly wagging 

 their '^ unbridled tongues," than for more serious offenses. The 

 ''keeping of the peace " is not, however, due to the climate alone. 

 The criminal code, the swift and sure administration of justice 

 by the courts, the police department with its efficient and fine 

 looking black patrolmen — all are material factors in accomplish- 

 ing so desirable a result. Convicts are made to labor upon the 



