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thenticate; whether the woman is liable to be repudiated, or whether there are any variations in the fines, I have not as yet ascertained."..

'In making a well, the hill is cut down,

Burnet, and commanded a perfect view of the men and women going and return ing. The crowd of both sexes was very Journal of a Residence in the Burm-great from sun-rise till ten o'clock, every han Empire, and more particularly one carrying, or rather offering, according When Captain Cox, in proceeding at the Court of Amarapoorah. By bore pageants in the form of trees, the as it is pronounced by the natives Yato their abilities or zeal. Some of them up the river, came to Raynangoong, or Captain Hiram Cox, of the Honour branches loaded with clothes, betel, and nanghoong, he stopped to visit the able East India Company's Bengal other necessaries for the priests; others, wells of Naptha, or earth oil, which Native Infantry. 8vo. pp. 431. elegantly constructed pyramids of various London, 1821. forms on the backs of paper-elephants, are about three miles from the river. THE Burmhan empire, which comprises crocodiles, or giants. These pyramids They are scattered irregularly, at no the countries of Ava, Arracan, Siam, were very neatly made of coloured pa- great distance from each other, some and Pegu, is situated on the eastern per and wax, formed into fret-work con- not more than thirty or forty yards. side of the Bay of Bengal. It is neartaining fire-works-others fire-works, At the particular place he visited, he ly one thousand miles in length and ment, and those who could afford the ex-dred and eighty wells, and four or five cloth, or fruit. The officers of govern- was informed, that there were one hunsix hundred in breadth, and it contains a population of upwards of seven sicians; all were dressed in their gala-hundred and forty more:pense, were preceded by the country mu-miles to the north-east, there were three millions. The journal of Captain suits, and in the silks manufactured in the Cox, which contains a full description country, which, for texture and vivid of this country, hitherto so imperfectly colours, would be esteemed even in po- so as to form a square table of fourteen or known to Europeans, was written dur-lished circles. The manners of the whole twenty feet for the crown of the well, and ing a residence there, in 1796. His reflected credit upon them as a nation: no from this table a road is formed by scrappremature death, at the age of thirty-jostling or ill-humour was seen, all were ing away an inclined plane for the drawgay and decorous. The dress of the woers to descend, in raising the excavated nine-years, in the midst of an employ-men impresses strangers with an idea of earth from the well, and subsequently the ment afterwards, in the province of Ar- their being immodest; but, in my opi-oil. The shaft is sunk of a square form, racan, that required all his time and at- nion, they are quite the reverse: frank, and lined, as the miner proceeds, with tention, prevented him from making any but innocent; afectionate wives and ten-squares of cassia wood staves; these staves addition to his journal, and even from der mothers." are about six feet long, six inches broad, and two thick, and are rudely jointed and arranging what he had already written. That task has since devolved on his pinned at right angles to each other, forming a square frame about four and a half son, who has added nothing, and only feet in the clear for the uppermost ones, omitted such minor details as were made but more contracted below. When a for the gratification of the writer, and miner has pierced six or more feet of the were not of public interest. The defendant denying the charge, shaft, a series of these square frames are The journal comprises a period of the principals, witnesses, and court, ad- piled on each other, and regularly added thirteen months from the 8th of Octo- walls of the town, when all the parties he deepens the shaft, and securing him journed to a small pagoda without the to at top; the whole gradually sinking as ber, 1796, when Captain Cox sailed were solemnly sworn according to the against the falling in of the sides. The up the Rangoon River, to the 1st of rites of the Burnban faith, the depositions soil or strata to be pierced is, first, a light November, 1797. In the expedition of the witnesses taken down, and the dei- sandy loam, intermixed with fragments of to Amarapoorah, he was absent eleven ty invoked by the priest to judge between quartz, silex, &c. Secondly, a friable months. As the author appears to have the parties. A certain quantity of wax sand-stone easily wrought, with thin horipaid close attention to the manners formed into two candles, which were talc, and indurated argil, at from ten or was weighed in two equal portions, and zontal strata of a concrete of martial ore, and customs of this peculiar people, lighted at the same instant. One was fifteen feet from the surface, and also and as he is rather felicitous in his ta- held by the plaintiff, the other by the de- from each other, as there are several of lent at description, he has, without the fendant; and the holder of the candle these veins in the great body of free-stone. slightest effort, or appearance of book- which first burnt out, was adjudged to Thirdly, at twenty cubits, more or less, making, furnished us with a very in-have sworn falsely, and of course lost the from the surface, and immediately below teresting volume, which is, at the same cause, and would be sentenced to pay the the free-stone, a pale blue argillaceous time, a valuable contribution towards costs of the suit, amounting to four hun-earth (schista) appears, impregnated with a complete history of Oriental customs. dred ticals, and damages three hundred the petroleum, and smelling strongly of On the 14th of November, he saw a burnt out first, when the people gave a work, and grows harder as they get deepticals. In this case the defendant's candle it. This, they say, is very difficult to % procession of the natives to the princi- shout, and the plaintiff's friends, having pal Pagoda:previously prepared a band of music and dancers, they exhibited before the people. This much only I have been able to^au- |

There,' says he, I had carpets spread, and chairs placed for myself and Mr. VOL. III.

A singular mode of trial, called rather improperly a trial by ordeal, took place a few days after, to ascertain the truth of an accusation of adultery against a native:

*The talc has this singularity; it is denticulated, its lamina being perpendicular to the horizontal lamina of the argil on which it is seated,” KK-33

er, ending in schist and slate, such as is found covering veins of coal in Europe. Below this schist, at the depth of one hundred and thirty cubits, is coal. procured some (intermixed with sulphur

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of sinking a new well is 2500 sicca ru-
pees, and the annual average, net pro-
fit, is 1250 sicca rupees.
The average

two miles, under a range of high barren hills:

About the centre of what is called the city, is a wooden palace of his majesty's, Each well is externally of a mean appearance; and

produce of each well is about 1825 lbs.
avoirdupois per day.

and pyrites), which had been taken from worked by four men, who have one-along the bank near it were ranged about sixth of the produce for their laten large accommodation boats for the bour:—

a well, deepened a few days before my arrival; but deemed amongst them a rarity, as they are seldom obliged to proceed to such a depth. They were piercing a new well when I was there; had got to the depth of eighty cubits, and expected oil at ten or twenty cubits more.

The machinery used in drawing up the rubbish, and afterwards the oil from the well, is an axle crossing the centre of the well, resting on two rude forked staunchions, with a revolving barrel on its centre, like the nave of a wheel, in which is a score for receiving the draw-rope; the bucket is of wicker work, covered with dammer; and the labour of the drawers, consisting in general of three men, is facilitated by the descent of the inclined plane, as water is drawn from deep wells in Hindostan. To receive the oil, one man is stationed at the brink of the well, who empties the bucket into a channel made on the surface of the earth, leading to a sunken jar, from whence it is Jaded into smaller ones, and immediately carried down to the river, either by coolics or on hackeries *. When a well grows dry, they deepen it. They say, none are abandoned for barrenness. Even the death of a miner from mephitic air does not deter others from persisting in deepening them when dry. Two days before my arrival, a man was suffocated in one of the wells; yet they afterwards renewed their attempts without further accident. I recommended trying the air with a candle, &c. with seemingly little effect.

royal family. They have houses crected on them, with gilt mouldings and ornaFrom the wells the oil is carried in ments, also two large ones, with high pasmall jars, by coolies or on carts, to the godas on them for his majesty's and the river; where it is delivered to the mer- queen's particular use; but I defer giving chant exporter, at two ticals per hundred a more minute description of them until viss; the value being enhanced threesome future opportunity offers of closer eighths by the expense and risk of port-inspection. A little beyond his majesty's. age; therefore, the gross value or profit palace is the site of the intended pagoda; to the country of the whole, deducting at present, they are advanced but little five per cent. for wastage, may be stated above the foundation; and, as the dimenat 1,081,860 ticals, or 1,362,325 sicca ru- sions are very great, it will require some pees per annum, yielding a direct revenue years to finish it. His majesty holds his to the king of 136,232 sicca rupees per court at present in a large one-poled tent, annum, and perhaps thrice as much more on a sand-bank, in the river opposite, but before it reaches the consumer; besides nearly three-fourths of a mile east of the the benefit the whole country must derive pagoda, where he remains while dispensfrom the productive industry called into ing charity to the priesthood. Besides action, by the constant employment of so his tent, he has a temporary bamboo-palarge a capital on so gruff an article. lace, and the bank is covered with the There were between seventy and eighty huts of his particular attendants.' boats, average burthen sixty tons each, loading oil at the several wharfs, and others constantly coming and going while I was there. A number of boats and men also find constant employment in providing the pots, &c. for the oil; and the extent of this single branch of internal commerce, (for almost the whole is consumed in the country,) will serve to give some insight into the internal commerce and resources of the country. At the wells, the price of the oil is seven anas seven pice, per 112lbs. avoirdupois; at the port of Ranghong it is sold at the rate of three sicca rupees, three anas, and six pice, per 112lbs., or per hogshead of sixty-three gallons, (weighing 504lbs.) fourteen rupees, seven anas, nine pice, exclusive of the cask; or per Bengal bazar maund, two rupees, five anas, eight pice; whereas the mustard-seed and other vegetable oils sell, at Ranghong, at eleven rupees per bazar maund.

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the forms in which Captain Cox was After some difficulty in arranging to be admitted, he had an audience of › the king, on the 8th of February, in his tent, of which he gives the follow- · ing account:

The grand audience-tent is circular, about three hundred feet in diameter, supported in the centre by a stout mast, about sixty feet high, the pinnacle rising above the top of the tent, perhaps twelve feet more, and gilt. The sides supported by an arcade of one hundred arches; the piers of wood about fifteen feet high; the arches formed of bamboo work; the wallplate which supports the back of the tent was of bamboos; stout ropes are extend. ed in the inside from the centre pole to each pier, and then carried out to posts fifteen or twenty feet beyond, and made fast. These support the fly of the tent, which was made of single dungaree, (a coarse thick cotton fabric, common in India,) in the sea phrase, neither wind nor weather tight. Round the base of the centre pole, was built a pedestal about ten feet square, and fifteen high, whether of wood or masonry I had no opportunity of observing. Round it was a circular open railing, ahout six feet high; and within the inclosure several large square glass lanterns were hung, and lookingOn the 24th of January, Captain glasses arranged, with other trifles of the Cox reached the city of Amarapoorah, same kind. The throne, which came which, including the suburbs, extends close to the outer edge of the tent, was an four miles along the south-eastern bank octagon of wood, like, a large pulpit; of the river, and teems with religious each face was about ten feet; the floor buildings of various shapes. On the 1st elevated about six feet above the level of of February, he got to Mheghoon, the the tent; the sides open to the south and residence of the sovereign. It is an as-east, the west and north sides skreened by semblage of bamboo huts, with a few raised bench covered with velvet cushions a curtain; the floor was carpeted, and a wooden houses, straggling along the laced with gold, was placed near the cenwestern bank of the river for about tre, a little advanced to the front. Be

The oil is drawn pure from the wells in the liquid state, as used without variation; but in the cold season it congeals in the open air, and always loses something of its fluidity; the temperature of the wells preserving it in a liquid state fit to be drawn. A man, who was lowered into a well one hundred and ten cubits, in my presence, and immediately drawn up, To conclude, this oil is a genuine peperspired copiously at every pore: un- troleum, possessing all the properties of fortunately, I had no other means of try-coal-tar, being, in fact, the self-same ing the temperature. The oil is of a din-thing; the only difference is, that Nature gy green, and odorous: it is used for elaborates in the bowels of the earth, that lamps, and, boiled with a little dammer for the Burmhans, for which European (a resin of the country) for paying the nations are obliged to the ingenuity of timbers of houses, and the bottoms of Lord Dundonald. boats, &c. which it preserves from decay and vermin. Its medicinal properties known to the natives, cause it to be employed as a lotion in cutaneous eruptions, and as an embrocation in bruises and rheumatic affections.'

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low, within the circle of the tent, was a raised seat, like a clerk's reading desk, covered with green velvet, edged and trimmed with broad gold lace, with large

red velvet cushions on it, trimmed in the

same manner. To the right and left of the throne on the ground, just within the arcade of the tent, were ranged twenty of the King's body-guard, in satin gowns trimmed with gold lace, with treble scolloped capes and cuffs, and gilt hats like Malbrino's helmet. Nearer the throne, to the right or west side, were seated in a Jine with the body-guards, six eunuchs of the palace, native Mahomedans, in white jammas and coloured silk lungees, with white handkerchiefs round their heads. The princes of the blood, the chobwas*, and all the courtiers of superior rank, were dressed in red velvet gowns, like that worn by the mayhoon; the caps of the princes and chobwas, varying according to their rank; which is further denoted by the gold chains they wear. The inferior courtiers' dress and caps were made of satin trimmed with narrow gold lace, but in form the same as the viceroy's.'

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from the throne, and retired to his palace
in the rear.'

lowing description.
Of one of his palaces we have the fol-
The author is
first speaking of the steps ascending
to the pagoda from the river front:-

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extent is sixty-one feet six inches, its depth eleven feet, and the walls being twelve feet eleven inches thick, make the exterior surface a square of eighty-seven feet four inches. The interior of this chamber is plastered with white chunam, and decorated with painted borders and pannelled compartments, with trees and flower-pots in them. There are also rows of columns twenty-nine inches square, and pilasters, to support the leaden beams and terrace, with which the whole is to be covered when the dedicated treasures are deposited there; with a number of quadrangular compartments, large and small, from ten feet to four feet five inches square, to contain them; the smaller ones being lined with plates of lead, threefourths of an inch thick. The innermost quadrangles are intended for the preservation of the treasures dedicated by his Majesty, while the span around them is devoted to the oblations of his courtiers, Opposite each of the smaller compartments, whose depth is equal to that of the larger ones, and which appeared like so many wells, was placed on small Bengal carpets, little hollow temples, three feet square, with pyramidal roofs ornamented in the Burmhan style; the interior frame being of painted wood, covered with thin plates of silver, alloyed to about fifty per cent. standard; in height, from the base to the pinnacle, seven feet, the eves or namented with strings of red coral, about six beads in each, terminated with heart shaped pieces of common window-glass. Round the solid part of the building and upon the terrace, were arranged piles of leaden beams, about five inches square, and of sufficient length, to cover the respective chambers, with plates of lead of the same length, fourteen inches broad, and three-fourths of an inch thick, for the coverings; and besides these, a number of slates, of a schistous granite, were ar◄ ranged in readiness to cover the whole. and to place the eye balls in them will We were told that there was another require some exertions of mechanical in- set of cbambers of the same dimensions genuity, which I should like to see. and structure, charged wth treasure, beThere are six terraces rising above each low these: how, true this is I cannot preother, their parapet walls equidistant, and tend to determine. The invention of linrevetements of the faces of each of good ing the chambers with lead for the preserbrick masonry, with stone spouts or- vation of the treasures, is an honour claimnamented with sculptured alligators' ed by his present Majesty, who has great heads, to carry off the water. Above skill in these matters. That the design these is a seventh terrace, on which is the has a divine sanction we had ocular de plinth of the pagoda, and the eighth ter- monstration, three piles of leaden plates race is formed by the upper surface of the gilt with gold-leaf being shewn us, which plinth. The seven lower terraces have had been brought and arranged, where we not been wholly formed by art, but ad- saw them, at night, by angels.. Our convantage taken of a little mount, the sides ductors assured us that the building was. of which have been cut down, and then re- surrounded at night by watchful guards, so veted with masonry; the levels of the ter- that no human agents could have transraces so far, being left of the common ported such weighty materials unobserv soil, a sandy loam mixed with shingly ed; it is, therefore, justly considered and stones. Upon the seventh terrace rises believed as a miracle of divine favour, the exposed part of the base or plinth of All this I was particularly desired to note the intended structure; the foundation of down in my pocket-book, which I did on which is sunk of solid masonry still lower; the spot, and added to it an observation of how much I have not been able to ascer- my own, that a good deal of melted wax, tain. Within the plinth a hollow cham-such as is used by the Burmhaus for canber is left, forming a quadrangle, whose dles, had been dropt on the slabs; I,

These steps consist of three flights, about thirty feet broad at the lowest step, and twenty at the highest; of ordinary brickwork masonry, with a low parapet wall on each side, and led to the first terrace, about fifteen feet above the ordinary level of the river in the rains. The revetement of the river-face of this terrace was of stones, wrought to an equal surface on their exterior superfices; but rough and irregular on their interior, laid in common mortar, made of stone pounded, or lime and sand. At the lowest step we were requested to take off our shoes, which we immediately did; all our servants were allowed to attend us, and I was allowed to take my Hindoostanee punkah. We were not at any time desired to take off our hats. Immediately within the verge of the first terrace, on either side of the steps, are erecting two colossal figures After I had been seated about twenty of lions, or rather sphinxes, in positions minates, a man, dressed in white, came rather couchant than rampant. They are into the enclosed place within the throne of brick masonry, and seated on pedes from the rear, as if to arrange the cushions tals of the same materials; the surface of on it, and, immediately after he had re- the pedestals are about two cubits above tired, his Majesty entered, and seated the level of the terrace, and the height of himself on the throne. He was dressed the figures, from the surface of the table in white muslin with a gold border, and to the crown of their heads, is fifty-eight had on a crown shaped something like a cubits; making altogether, sixty Burmban mitre, about fifteen inches in height, but cubits, of nineteen inches each, or ninetyhow ornamented I was too distant to ob- five English feet. The body and limbs serve. In his hand he had a small coware of proportionate magnitude, accordrie, made of peacocks' quills, with which ing to the Burmban ideas of sculpture; he fanned away the flies; no one remain- the eyes and teeth are of alabaster, the ed in the pulpit with him. He appeared eye-ball, which we had an opportunity of rather lusty, his countenance open, and measuring, was thirteen feet in circumfercomplexion rather fairer than the Burm-ence. The northernmost figure is finished hans in general, with a thin grey beard, to the plastering and ornamental parts, the and altogether like a Chinese of the south-sockets for the eye-balls are left vacant, ern part of the empire. When seated, he asked in a clear and audible voice, which was the resident? Then, who was the gentleman next me? He then asked, whether my epaulets and cockade were insignia of my rank? Who were the persons attending in my suit? What was in the chests? What the use of the large blocks of timber, &c.? He was then pleased to say, that he understood I was a sensible and polite gentleman; upon which placed my hand on my breast, and bowed my head. He immediately said, "Ah! that is the manner in which the Europeans salute their sovereigns. The hand placed of the breast, means that their respect flows from the heart." To which the viceroy replied in the affirmative. The sandogan, first prostrating himself three times, then read from a taar leaf, in a singing tone, an account of the presents. After sitting about twenty minutes, the King, addressing himself to the viceroy, said; "the weather is very warm, I must retire, take care of him," He then rose Petty tributary princes.

therefore, suppose the night must have been dark, and that the angels worked by candle-light. From the level of this terrace, a conical spire of solid masonry is intended to be erected, the weight of which I am afraid will prove too great for the leaden beams; but it would be a dangerous piece of impertinence for a stranger to offer any advice on these sacred matters, otherwise I could easily secure the safety of the superstructure, by shewing them how to turn arches over the hollow chambers.'

During Captain Cox's stay, he was entertained with country-dauces, music, and fire-works :·

of howdahs on them, followed by his body-
guard, filing off promiscuously, dressed in
the common habit of the country, with
two bundles; and their muskets lashed to
thein, carried by each on a bamboo.
About one o'clock the new carriage fol-
lowed his Majesty, in a boat, towed by
two war-boats; after it a boat of horses,
and behind these his former state-car-
riage.' (To be continued.)

rather in defence of himself than his
hero :-

'Here I might enter on a chaste description,
Having withstood temptation in my youth,
But hear that several people take exception
At the first two books having too much
truth;

Therefore I'll make Don Juan ́ leave the ship

soon,

Because the publisher declares, in sooth,
Through needles' eyes it easier for the camel is
To pass, than those two cantos into families.
Don Juan, Cantos III., IV., and V., 'Tis all the same to me; I'm fond of yielding,
And therefore leave them to the purer page
(Concluded from p. 497.)
Of Smollet, Prior, Ariosto, Fielding,
Who say strange things for so correct an
age;

My own merits, and though young-I see,
sir-you

Have got a travell'd air, which shows you one

To whom the opera is by no means new:
You've heard of Raucocanti?-I'm the man;
The time may come when you may hear me
too;

You was not last year at the fair of Lugo,
But next, when I'm engaged to sing there-
do go."

once had great alacrity in wielding And recollect the time when all this cant My pen, and liked poetic war to wage, Would have provoked remarks which now it shan't.

boys love rows, my boyhood liked a squab

ble;

But at this hour I wish to part in peace,

Leaving such to the literary rabble,

Whether my verse's fame be doom'd to cease,

While the right hand which wrote it still is able,

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Or of some centuries to take a lease;
The grass upon my grave will grow as long,
And sigh to midnight winds, but not to song.
'Of poets who come down to us through dis-
tance

Of time and tongues, the foster-babes of
Fame,

Life seems the smallest portion of existence;

AFTER the death of Haidée, with an account of which we concluded last The Barmhan fire-works consist chief-week, Don Juan, who had been wound-I ly of large crackers, made in joints of ed and fettered,' was destined for the bamboo, and a kind of Catherine-wheels, slave market, at Constantinople. that are fired off horizontally, and, when well made, are projected by the impul- Among other captives, he met with a sive force of the powder, perpendicularly company of singers, who, going to Si-As in the air, to a considerable height, whirl- cily, were taken by a pirate. One of ing round with great impetuosity and the principal of these describes his own noise, both in their ascent and descent; merits to Don Juan rather facetiousbut for one that succeeds a dozen fail, so ly:bad is the powder, and so little are theyTwould not become myself to dwell upon acquainted with the rules of composition. Some of these wheels are said to contain two thousand viss, or seven thousand pounds of powder,-perhaps this account is exaggerated In size, as near as I could judge from the distance, the largest seemed to me about thirty feet in the transverse diameter, and six feet in height, and, when fired, formed an immense coJumn of smoke. Each courtier had his fire-works separately arranged, and surrounded by his followers, with small distinguishing flags, so as to enable his Ma-destination:jesty to know whose fire-works succeeded best. They began with those of the lowest rank; and, when one set was finished, the party to whom they belonged brought the remains of the cases, with their flags and music, and danced before his Majesty, who, I understand, on these occasions gives them some trifling presents, as marks of his royal favour. These fire-works are exhibited by day, for fear of accidents, yet, notwithstanding, many are scorched and wounded by sudden explosions, and the falling of fiery fragments; on the whole, it is a rude, barbarous, and insipid exhibition; a waste of labour and materials, unaided by any efforts of ingenuity, and unrelieved by variety, so necessary to satisfy the fastidiousness of European criticism.'

On the 18th of March the King left his capital:

His Majesty set off about eight a. m.

in the smallest of his boats of state, accompanied by eleven boats of his queens and concubines, eighteen covered boats. belonging to his ministers and courtiers, and about seventy war-boats; several of them gilt, including those that towed his own, the queens', and ministers' boats. Each, on an average, might contain about fifty men. On shore, he proceeded with twenty-nine elephants, with different kinds

Raucocanti's recital is interrupted by the pirate crew, announcing their

They heard next day-that in the

nelles,

Waiting for his sublimity's firman,
The most imperative of sovereign spells,

Where twenty ages gather o'er a name,

'Tis as a snowball which derives assistance

Even till an iceberg it may chance to grow,

From every flake, and yet rolls on the same,

But after all 'tis nothing but cold snow.

Darda-And so great names are nothing more than

Which every body does without who can,
More to secure them in their naval cells,

Lady to lady, well as man to man,
Were to be chain'd and lotted out per couple,
For the slave market of Constantinople.
It seems when this allotment was made out,
There chanced to be an odd male, and odd
female,

Who (after some discussion and some doubt,

If the soprano might be doom'd to be male,
They placed him o'er the women as a scout)
Were link'd together, and it happen'd the
male

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Was Juan, who, an awkward thing at his

age,

Pair'd off with a Bacchante blooming visage.
With Raucocanti lucklessly was chain'd

The tenor; these two hated with a hate

fate;

Found only on the stage, and each more pain'd
With this his tuneful neighbour than his
Sad strife arose, for they were so cross-grain'd,
Instead of bearing up without debate,

That each pull'd different ways with many an

oath,

" Arcades ambo," id est-blackguards both.'

The poet is proceeding to describe. how Don Juan withstood temptation, but restrains himself with an episode,

nominal,

And love of glory's but an airy lust,
Too often in its fury overcoming all

- Who would as 'twere identify their dust From out the wide destruction, which, entombing all,

Leaves nothing till the coming of the just— Save change; I've stood upon Achilles' tomb, And heard Troy doubted; time will doubt of

Rome.

'The very generations of the dead

Are swept away, and tomb inherits tomb, Until the memory of an age is fled,

And, buried, sinks beneath its offspring's doom:

Where are the epitaphs our fathers read?

Save a few glean'd from the sepulchral gloom Which once-named myriads nameless lie beneath,

And lose their own in universal death.'

But to return to the story :-The captives are landed at the market, and all readily sold; and, in giving an account of the prices they fetched, the Wilberforce, who, we are told, has author has an ungenerous fling at Mr. made the prices of Negroes

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