so picturesque ! A raven, too the very 

 type, the beau-ideal of ' der Rabenstein,' 

 which is introduced with such powerful ef- 

 fect in the German drama. There is only 

 a subject wanting to render the coup d'ceil 

 complete. 



Upon looking in the direction pointed out 

 by my friend, there certainly did appear 

 something like a gibbet at a short distance 

 across the moor, with a jackdaw or a crow 

 cutting a few odd capers on the cross-beam. 

 " Did you ever see any thing like it, Oliver," 

 continued my friend, " a real gibbet, and 

 on that lonely spot ! I suppose some poor 

 traveller has lost his life there, and that is 

 the gibbet of his murderer. I have a capital 

 thought ! It is only a short mile to where 

 we put up, I shall try to persuade the 

 hostler to come out with me to-morrow, and 

 just hang himself up by the arms for half 

 an hour, till I complete a sketch from the 

 living model. My friend Hatchwell will 

 engrave the thing the particulars of the 



