426 BUFFALO LAND. 



still, as truly now as when good old Bishop Berkeley 

 first wrote the line, "the Star of Empire westward 

 takes its way." 



While I was preparing these notes for the press, I 

 received the following characteristic letter from Sa- 

 chem, dated at his haunt in New York. It was at 

 first a puzzle, but I found the key in a note inclosed 

 by him, which he had lately received from the Pro- 

 fessor. 



SACHEM'S LETTEK. 



To crack a head and break a heart, 



Are known as Paddy's forte; 

 In kitchen, jail, or low-back cart 



No matter where he '11 court. 



To don a rig, and dance a jig, 



Attend a wake or wedding, 

 He '11 sell his own or neighbor's pig 



And only rag of bedding. 



He lives a happy, careless life, 



Hand to mouth, and heart in hand ; 



Ready for either love or strife, 

 Building castles on the sand. 



With peck of trouble ever full, 



Good measure, running over, 

 He deals in stock the Irish bull, 



And with it, lives in clover. 



Love's labor is the only taste 



That Paddy's mind inherits : 

 He thinks, where maidens run to waste, 



The harem has its merits. 



