120 ISLES OF SUMMER. 
forgive them 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 th? 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 physical forces, independent 
of or in conjuuction with 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, -where 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 fan-- <2 
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 
