A BEAE ADVENTURE IN CEYLON. 



[MAGA. JULY 1829.] 



" Bewar the Bar." Waverley. 



fTlHE following circumstance, which occurred some 

 -L years ago at Ceylon, may not prove uninterest- 

 ing, though we confess that we view it with an 

 interest, which others may not feel, as one of the 

 parties (not the bear) was, and is, a very dear friend 

 of our own. Far removed from us, indeed, by some 

 thousand miles, little does our friend think of the 

 liberty we are now taking with him ; for though the 

 most forward among soldiers, he is the most modest 

 among men, and we are aware would scarcely consent 

 to be put in print ; but as we shall carefully avoid 

 mentioning names, we trust to be pardoned by him. 

 The whole affair has lately been detailed to us by a 

 mutual friend ; and as we are at a loss how to im- 

 prove it, we shall save ourselves all trouble by simply 

 transcribing his letter. 



