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out of the question. What is a man to do, when a 
wicked little golden-haired maiden insists on pouring 
him out a bumper, and dumb show is his only means 
of remonstrance ? Why, of course, if death were in the 
cup, he must make her a leg, and drain it to the bottom, 
as I did. In conclusion, I am bound to add that, 
notwithstanding the bacchanalian character prevailing 
in these visits, I derived from them much interesting 
and useful information; and I have invariably found the 
gentlemen to whom I have been presented persons of 
education and refinement, combined with a happy, 
healthy, jovial temperament, that invests their conver¬ 
sation with a peculiar charm. 
At this moment people are in a great state of 
excitement at the expected arrival of H.I.H. Prince 
Napoleon, and two days ago a large full-rigged ship 
came in laden with coal for his use. The day after we 
left Stornaway, we had seen her scudding away before 
the gale on a due west course, and guessed she was 
bound for Iceland, and running down the longitude ; 
but as we arrived here four days before her, our course 
seems to have been a better one. The only other ship 
here is the French frigate “ Artemise ,” Commodore 
