7809.] 
of the country,” Inshort, Count ——— 
found it useless to persevere, and was 
obliged to give up all the.plans he had 
formed for the improvement of his estate. 
Lhe same gentleman assured me, that 
even In his own castle in the country, he 
is the slave of several usages, which it 
is out of his power toalter, On every pri- 
vate estate there are officers, correspond- 
ing with those of the empire; he has 
therefore his chancellor, his counsellors, 
his almoner, &c. some of these have 
a right to dine with the lord; others be- 
long to the second table ; others to the 
third, &c. In short, he is obliged to 
keep seyeral tables; on each there is 
a regulated number ‘of dishes, the 
quality ot whicliis also established, and 
the alteration of any one would be con- 
sidered as a violation of positive right. 
Lemaistre. 
ARABIAN SUPERSTITION. 
The latter politely directed us to an 
Arab, who could sell us a place where 
we might inter our deceased friend, 
The bargain which we struck with this 
man did not take effect; for the place 
being near the canal for the watering of 
meadows, the possessors had threatened 
our Arab with an action at law, if the 
water should fail on account of the 
Christian’s body.— Neibuhr. 
Original Poetry. 
501 
SPANISH NATIONAL VANITY. 
There is not a Spaniard who does nog 
think his country the first in the world. 
The people have a proverb, which says, 
Donde esta Madrid calle et mundo, Where 
Madrid is, let the world be silent. One 
of their authors has written a. book, 
which has for its title, Solo Madrid es 
corte, There is no other court than Ma- 
drid. A preacher, in a sermon on the 
temptation of Christ, told his audience, 
that the devil, according to holy writ, 
took the Saviour to the top of a high 
mountain, whence all the kingdoms of 
the earth were discovered. He showed 
him (added he) France, England, and 
Italy; but, happily for the Son of Goa, 
Spain was hidden from his sight by the 
Pyrenees.— Bourgoanne. 
SACERDOTAL SINGING BIRDS. © 
Tn the first church I entered at Ante-. 
quera, I beard from every part of it the 
singing of birds. I endeavoured to dis- 
cover the habitations they had been able 
to provide themselves in this holy, and 
frequented place, when I perceived se- 
veral cages suspended in the different 
chapels, in which larks and canary birds 
sing praises to the Lord,— Burgoanne. 
ORIGINAL POETRY. 
—= 
A TRUE, AND PARTICULAR AC. 
COUNT OF, 
The deuce of a trick, 
That was play'd by Old Nick, 
On a grave anu a learned Professor: 
Who was always precise, 
In exclaiming *gainst vices 
And was therefore, no doubt, the aggressor. 
A RETQRT ON COWPER, BY ONE OP 
GILPIN’S FAMILY. 
Ww": Cowper was a clergyman, 
_ A learned wight was he. 
The mathematicks could he scan; 
And cunning chemistry. 
In Oxford, famous town, he dwelt, 
Professor was he there: 
And many a curious lecture dealt 
With credit, trom the chair. 
No wonder, for, when but a boy, 
And first his breeches thrust in, 
He threw away each childish toy, 
And snivel’d over Justin. 
Nay more, when he could hardly go, 
So learnedly he’d squall 
His a, 6, c, that uncle Joe,* 
Him Solomon did call. 
He bore resemblance much, they say, 
To famous Gilpin John ; 
Who made such rapid speed one day 
Through wond’ring Edmonton. 
But John’s adventure cannot cope 
With chat of learned Will 5 
Nor be compar’d, good folks, | hopey 
In horsemanship their skiil. 
Once ona day, a milk-white steed 
He mounted; allsograve, 
To preach at ****, where was need 
Some precious souls to save. 
He gently pac’d along the stones, 
To leave the bustiing town, 
For pavement hard, may break the boness 
If one, perchance, fall down. 
PI ills SORES WAT ASP aay WR ty ee 
* The famous Dr. Joseph Cowper, of Hulls 
But 
