further experiences OE MR. STALE. 
as it often was, suddenly and rudely disturbed by a 
shout from master : Boy, bring a fire-stick, ” and if 
he slept to© sound, and did not hear the repeated call, 
master might, as be sometimes did, under the circum- 
stances, rise up, come into the kitchen himself, 
find him asleep, and give him a good scolding. 
Hence arose the very great interest the boy took 
in setting agoing the new fireplace. So he promptly 
made his appearance, carrying a quantity of red embers 
in a broken chatty in one band, and in the other, 
^some dry chips of wood, the kitchen eooly following 
nlose behind, actually staggering under an immense 
load of split wood, and, with a loud groan, let it fall 
in front of the fire-place, as if the release from that 
bundle of wood, had relieved his mind of some very 
pressing and serious anxiety. The boy then squatted 
down on his hind legs in front of the fire-place, and 
placed therein the red embers ; then taking a few of 
the dry sticks from the heap at his side, he broke 
them up into small splinters, in a very expert manner, 
placing them gently on the top of the embers. He 
then took a piece of hollow bambu, about a foot long, 
through which he blew upon the fire, until a flame 
wa^ pro'luced ; in fact the piece of bambu, just an« 
ewered the same purpose as a bellows in more civil- 
ized life only the noise made in blowing through it was 
muck louder, and very nearly resembled the sound 
made by a broken- winded horse, after having been 
pushed through some unwonted exertion. Of course, 
this blowing sent all the smoke out of the fireplace 
into the room, until master ordered him to stop, as 
he wished to see how the chimney flue would act, 
Mr. Stale then stepped out, a little way from the house, 
.and looked up, to see how the smoke was coming out 
at the chimney-top, but could see none ; he then looked 
down, and saw volumes of white smoke rolling out of 
the open door and window, indeed so dense was the 
smoke inside the room that even the boy came rushing 
out, with his hands over his eyes, and coughing violently; 
Master looked grave, and disappointed, and said, 
“This will never do | but the boy replied, “How 
can the smoke go up ? Master know very well the 
mud is all wet. Just wait until it gets dry then 
master can see, it will be all right. Smoke not know 
the way up yet. Master don’t be sorry.” 
All planters must be well aware of the effect cir- 
cumstances have on the temper and frame of mind, 
how sometimes the amusing absurdities of some points 
ill the native character will call forth a laugh and 
joke, and how at other times they will cause intense 
irritation and annoyance. And it can be easily imagined 
tbat just at this time master was in no humour to be 
aaiused. He had sent in his accounts the expense 
