114 TlMEHRI. 
Amongst the very miscellaneous exhibits in the class 
devoted to " Miscellaneous Articles" it is very difficult 
to pick out any for special notice. They were numerous 
and very various in merit. Of the sketches and 
drawings, those of Guiana scenery were far sur- 
passed by some admirable, but slight sketches sent 
from St. Lucia. Three pencil sketches from Cayenne 
by M. L. Fournereau, were worthy of notice for 
the extreme care with which they had been drawn. 
Mr. Hawtayne's sketches of negroes were as usual 
so clever that their somewhat weak drawing was 
completely forgotten. It was curious to watch the black 
visitors to the Exhibition examining these drawings of 
their kind. The pleased acceptation by these people 
of these studies of their eccentric selves afforded another 
example of the fact that the negro, who belongs to a 
class generally absurdly highly but extremely badly 
educated, is not pained by, because he is not intelligent 
enough to recognize the very pathetic funniness of his 
kindred. It may be added that Mr . Hawtayne's clay 
models of negro heads were, from an artistic point of 
view, far in advance of his sketches. 
Of the needle work we can only notice four pieces of 
embroidery in gold and silver by a free immigrant ; and 
we only notice these in order to point the moral of 
their extravagant price. The East Indian at home, 
where wages are low, and wants are few, produces 
the most elaborately beautiful embroideries for a small 
price ; but when transported to this colony, where 
wages are high and his wants arc many, he has to 
charge enormous and perfectly prohibitory prices for 
