THE PLAY. 
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man's first Visit to Town followed by a pantomime. 
I copy the play-bill from the original as it was tacked 
against the main-mast : 
ARCTIC THEATRE. 
To be performed, on the night of Thursday, the 30th da.f of 
January, the Comic Play of the Countryman. After which, a 
Pantomime. 
To begin with 
A Song By R. Bruce. 
THE COUNTRYMAN. 
Countryman R. Baggs. ' 
Landlady C. Berry. 
Servant T. Dunning. 
PANTOMIME. 
Harlequin James Johnson. 
Old Man R. Bruce. 
Rejected Lover A. Canot. 
Columbine James Smith. 
Doors to be opened at 8 o'clock. Curtain to rise a quarter past 8 punctually. 
No admittance to Children ; and no Ladies admitted without an escort. 
Stage Manager, 
S.BENJAMIN. 
The strictest order will be observed both inside and outside. 
We sat down as usual on the preserved-meat boxes, 
which were placed on deck, ready strapped and beck- 
eted [nautice for trunk-handled) for flinging out upon 
the ice. The affair was altogether creditable, how- 
ever, and every body enjoyed it. Here is an outline 
of the pantomime, after the manner of the newspapers. 
An old man (Mr. Bruce) possessed mysterious, semi- 
magical, and wholly comical influence over a rejected 
