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much, and the banks rise to the height of
three hundred feet perpendicular, while
at the same time they become wild and
rocky, and are thickly covered with
trees of various kinds. In some places
they partly over-arch the river, and throw
an appalling gloom upon its waters, now
dashed into turbulence and impetuosity
by the ruggedness of their sloping bed.
It was night when I first viewed this scene,
and as the moon gradually rose, she
threw a broken light successively upon
different portions of the stream, and some-
times brought to view the foamy bosom
of a rapid, at other times unveiled the
struggling and heaving waters of a whirl-
pool, while the mingled roar, on all sides,
excited a shuddering curiosity about
those parts of the river that rolled along

extraordinary circuit, it regains its proper rent. He was immediately hurried tocourse, and rushes with perturbed veloci-wards the cataract, and, seeing that death ty between two perpendicular precipices, was inevitable, he covered his head with which are not more than four hundred his cloak, and resigned himself to destruc However, when he approached feet asunder. The surface of the whirl-tion. pool is in a state of continual agitation. the edge of the cataract, shuddering naThe water boils, mantles up, and wreathes, ture revolted so strongly, that he was seen in a manner that proves its fearful depth to start up, and stretch out his arms; but and the confinement it suffers; as trees, the canoe upset, and he was instantly ingulfthat come within the sphere of the cured amidst the fury of the boiling surge. rent, are swept along with a quivering A dog, which I have seen, was carried zig-zag motion which it is difficult to over the Great Fall some years ago, and describe. This singular body of water suffered no injury except the fracture of must be several hundred feet deep, and two of his ribs. Dead wild-ducks are has not hitherto been frozen over, although found in great numbers along the banks in spring the broken ice that descends of the river, near the bottom of the catafrom Lake Erie collects in such quanti-ract, on the mornings that succeed dark ties upon its surface, and becomes so and stormy nights. Some people suppose. closely wedged together, that it resists that these animals are carried over while the current, and remains till warm wea- asleep; but more probably they get enOver the precipice, on the summit of ther breaks it up. The whirlpool is one tangled among the rapids above, and are which I stood while I contemplated this of the greatest natural curiosities in the swept away before they are aware of their scene, many of the American soldiers Upper Province, and is the more interest- danger.' had rushed at the close of the battle of ing to the mind, as its formation cannot be Queenston heights. They were so warm-rationally accounted for.' ly pressed by our troops and the Indians, The last war forms an important era and had so little prospect of obtaining in the history of Upper Canada, and, quarter from the latter, that a great numas such, is continually referred to by ber wildly flung themselves over the the people, who fought nobly; Mr. H. steep, and tried to save their lives by states its consequences to have been underneath; while the impetus which the

in darkness.

very injurious to the province, and the
main cause of its present embarrassed
Our author gives an excellent
description of the falls of Niagara, a
passage or two of which we quote :-

It was not until I had, by frequent excursions to the Falls, in some measure familiarized my mind with their sublimities, that I ventured to explore the penetralia The precipice of the Great Cataract. over which it rolls is very much arched water receives in its descent projects it catching hold of the trees that grew upon it; but many were frightfully dashed to far beyond the cliff, and thus an immense pieces by the rocks, and others who Gothic arch is formed by the rock and the torrent. Twice I entered this cavern, reached the river perished in their at-state. and twice I was obliged to retrace my tempts to swim across it. Several, who steps, lest I should be suffocated by the had dropped among the cliffs without receiving any injury, were afterwards trans- The extent of the Falls has never blasts of dense spray that whirled around fixed and killed by falling upon their own been correctly ascertained, as, indeed, me; however, the third time I succeeded bayonets, while in the act of leaping from their peculiar form, and several other cir-in advancing about twenty-five yards. one spot to another. I almost imagined Icumstances, render this impossible. The Here darkness began to encircle me; on saw these unfortunate men writhing in all height of the great Fall, as taken with a one side, the black cliff stretched itself the agonies of a protracted death, and gaz-plumb line by some engineers from the into a gigantic arch far above my head, ing with envy at their companions, who United States, was found to be 149 feet and on the other, the dense and hissing were convulsively catching for breath 9 inches. Its curve is supposed to ex- torrent formed an impenetrable sheet of among the sullen waters below. Were tend 2100 feet, and its arc may measure foam, with which I was drenched in a the Canadians inclined to be superstitious, nearly half that space. The breadth of moment. The rocks were so slippery, they could not select a more suitable Goat Island, which divides the two cata- that I could hardly keep my feet, or hold place than this for the haunt and appear-racts, has been found to be 984 feet, and securely by them; while the horrid din ance of unearthly beings. The wildness that of the American Fall 1140 feet. made me think the precipices above were of the scenery, the gloom of the cliffs, Therefore the whole circumference of the tumbling down in colossal fragments upand the melancholy incident I have just precipice over which the cataracts fall is on my head. related, would subject Queenston heights 4224 feet, and the width of the cataract to the suspicion of any people more under itself 3240 feet. At one time, the Table the influence of imagination than the Ca- Rock extended fifty feet beyond the cliffs nadians are, and make them conjure up that support it, but its projection is not half a dozen bleeding sentinels at the top so great at present. of the precipice, every night after sunset.'

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There have been several instances of people being carried over the Falls, but I believe none of the bodies ever were found. The rapidity of the river, before it tumbles down the precipice, is so great, that a human body would certainly be whirled along without sinking; there fore, some of those individuals to whom I allude, probably retained their senses till they reached the edge of the cataract, and even looked down upon the gulf into which they were the next moment preci

About four miles above Queenston, there is a singular and interesting part of the Niagara river, called the Whirlpool. The banks here are extremely high and perpendicular; and, in addition to the natural channel, the current of the river has formed a semicircular excavation in them resembling a small bay. The mouth of it is more than a thousand feet wide, and its length about two thousand. The current, which is extremely pitated. rapid, whenever it reaches the upper point of this bay, forsakes the direct channel, and sweeps wildly round the sides of it; when, having made this

Many years ago, an Indian, while at tempting to cross the river above the Falls, in a canoe, had his paddle struck from his hard the rapidity of the cur

It is not easy to determine how far an individual might advance between the sheet of water and the rock; but were it even possible to explore the recess to its utmost extremity, scarcely any one, I believe, would have courage to attempt an expedition of the kind.'

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the Scotch and the Irish. The music | dolentia." Mr. Pinkerton is of opinion. When a cup to the smile of dear woman goes

of both Scotland and Ireland is very characteristic of the respective countries; that of Scotland is plaintive and romantic, and that of Ireland is the truest of all comments upon its history. The tone of defiance, succeeded by the languor of despondency,-a burst of turbulence dying away into softness, the sorrows of one moment lost in the levity of the next,-and all that romantic mixture of mirth and sadness which is naturally produced by the efforts of a lively temperament, to shake off or forget the wrongs which lie upon

it.'

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Though the beauties of the national music of Ireland have been long very generally felt and acknowledged, yet, through the want of appropriate English words, and of the arrangement necessary to adapt them to the voice,

many

that none of the Scotch popular airs are
as old as the middle of the sixteenth cen-

round,

Oh! remember the smile which adorns her at home.

But

'In England, the garden of beauty is kept
By a dragon of prudery, plac'd within call;
so oft this unamiable dragon has slept,
That the garden's but carelessly watch'd after
they want the wild sweet-briery fence,
all.

Oh!

Which warns the touch, while winning the
Which round the flowers of Erin dwells,

sense,

Nor charms us least when it most repels.

tury; and though musical antiquaries re-
fer us, for some of our melodies, to so
early a period as the fifth century, I am
persuaded that there are few, of a civilized
description, (and by this I mean to ex-
clude all the savage Ceanans, cries, &c.)
which can claim quite so ancient a date as
Mr. Pinkerton allows to the Scotch. But
music is not the only subject upon which
our taste for antiquity is rather unreason-
ably indulged; and, however heretical it Then remember, wherever your goblet is
may be to dissent from these romantic
it is possible to love our country very zea-
speculations, I cannot help thinking that
lously, and to feel deeply interested in
her honour and happiness, without believ-
ing that Irish was the language spoken in
Paradise; that our ancestors were kind
enough to take the trouble of polishing
the Greeks; or that Abaris, the Hyperbo-
rean, was a native of the north of Ireland.'

crown'd,

Thro' this world whether eastward or westward you roam,

When a cup to the smile of dear woman goes round,

Oh! remember the smile which adorns her at home.

In France, when the heart of a woman sets

sail

On the ocean of wedlock, its fortune to try,
Love seldom goes far in a vessel so frail,
But just pilots her off, and then bids her
good-bye!

While the daughters of Erin keep the boy

Ever smiling beside his faithful oar, Through billows of woe and beams of joy

The same as he look'd, when he left the shore.

Then remember, wherever your goblet is

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It was not intended to separate the of the most excellent compositions remained in obscurity, until Mr. poetry of the Irish Melodies' from the Power, with true national feeling, promusic; but this became necessary, jected the Irish Melodies.' The ob- since they were not only published in ject of the work, which was commenced America, in two editions, but also in 1807, was to form a collection of the in Paris, and in a volume in Dublin. best original Irish melodies, with cha-To protect, therefore, the proprietor, racteristic symphonies and accompa(who, we have heard pays the immense sum of an annuity of 5001. per annum niments, and with words containing, as frequently as possible, allusions to the for them,) Mr. Moore has undertaken When a cup to the smile of dear woman goes manuers and history of the country. to revise a complete edition of the poeThe task of arranging the airs was con- try of the eight numbers, which are signed to Sir John Stevenson, who, in published in a neat little volume, aud conjunction with Mr. Bishop, has enat a price comparatively moderate. riched them with some delightful symphonies and accompaniments. The poetical part was undertaken by Mr. Thomas Moore, the first lyrical poet of the age. In this duty, which he has executed with masterly genius and ability, Mr. Moore has been accused of merely selecting airs as a vehicle for dangerous politics; but we think this is judging him very harshly, and that the touches of national and political feeling which he has introduced, might have been fairly passed without cen

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Though much has been said of the
antiquity of our music, it is certain that
our finest and most popular airs are mo-
dern; and, perhaps, we may look no fur-But if hearts that feel, and eyes that smile,
ther than the last disgraceful century for
the origin of most of those wild and me-
lancholy strains, which were at once the
offspring and solace of grief, and which
were applied to the mind, as music was
formerly to the body, "decantare loca

Then remember, wherever your goblet is
For sensitive hearts and for sun-bright eyes.
crown'd,

Thro' this world whether eastward or west-
ward you roam,

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'ONE BUMPER AT PARTING. 'One bumper at parting-tho' many Have circled the board since we met. The fullest, the saddest of any

Remains to be crown'd by us yet.
The sweetness that pleasure has in it,
Is always so slow to come forth,
That seldom, alas, till the minute

It dies, do we know half its worth!
But fill-may our life's happy measure
Be all of such moments made up
They're born on the bosom of Pleasure,
They die 'midst the tears of the cup.
As onward we journey, how pleasant
To pause and inhabit a while
Those few sunny spots, like the present,
That 'mid the dull wilderness smile!
But Time, like a pitiless master,
Cries, "onward!" and spurs the gay hours,
And never does Time travel faster,

Than when his way lies among flowers.

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But, come-may our life's happy measure
Be all of such moments made up;
They're born on the bosom of Pleasure,

They die 'midst the tears of the cup.
'This evening we saw the sun sinking,
In waters his glory made bright—
Oh! trust me, our farewell of drinking

Should be like that farewell of light
You saw how he finished, by darting

His beam o'er a deep billow's brim;
So fill up, let's shine at our parting,
In full liquid glory, like him.
And oh! may our life's happy measure
Of moments like this be made up;
"Twas born on the bosom of Pleasure,
It dies 'inid the tears of the cup!'

'WHILE HISTORY'S MUSE. 'While history's muse the memorial was keeping

Of all that the dark hand of Destiny weaves, Beside her the genius of Erin stood weeping,

For her's was the story that blotted the leaves.

But oh! how the tear in her eyelids grew bright,

When, after whole pages of sorrow and
shame,

She saw History write,
With a pencil of light

That illum'd all the volume, her

TON'S name!

"Hail, star of my isle!" said the Spirit, all sparkling

'Ne'er tell me of glories, serenely adorning
The close of our day, the calm eve of our
night ;-

Give me back, give me back the wild fresh-
ness of morning,

Her clouds and her tears are worth evening's
best light.

'Oh, who would not welcome that moment's
returning,

When passion first wak'd a new life thro' his

frame,

And his soul-like the wood, that grows pre-
cious in burning-

Gave out all its sweets to love's exquisite

flame!'

'NE'ER ASK THE HOUR.
'Ne'er ask the hour-what is it to us
How Time deals out his treasures?
The golden moments, lent us thus,

Are not his coin, but Pleasure's.
If counting them over could add to

blisses,

I'd number each glorious second;
But moments of joy are, like LESBIA's kisses,
Too quick and sweet to be reckon'd.
Then fill the cup-what is it to us
How Time his circle measures?
The fairy hours we call up thus,
Obey no wand but Pleasure's!

WELLING-Young Joy ne'er thought of counting hours,
Till Care, one summer's morning,
Set up, among his smiling flowers,
A dial, by way of warning.
But Joy loved better to gaze on the sun,
As long as its light was glowing,
Than to watch with old Care how the shadows
stole on,

With beams, such as break from her own dewy skies ;

"Thro' ages of sorrow, deserted, and darkling,

I've watch'd for some glory like thine to arise. For, tho' heroes I've number'd, unblest was their lot,

And unhallow'd they sleep in the cross-ways of Fame ;

But, oh! there is not

One dishonouring blot

On the wreath that encircles my WELLING-
TON'S name!

"Yet, still the last crown of thy toils is re-
maining,

The grandest, the purest ev'n thou hast yet

known;

Tho' proud was thy task, other nations unchaining,

Far prouder to heal the deep wounds of thy

own.

At the foot of that throne, for whose weal thou hast stood,

Go, plead for the land that first cradled thy

fame

And, bright o'er the flood

Of her tears and her blood,

Let the rainbow of Hope be her WELLING.
TON'S name!""

'I SAW FROM THE BEACH.

I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining,

A bark o'er the waters move gloriously on; I came, when the sun o'er that beach was declining,

The bark was still there, but the waters were
gone!

Ah! such is the fate of our life's early promise,
So passing the spring tide of joy we have

known:

Each wave, that we danc'd on at morning, ebbs

from us,

And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore
Zalone!

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to the other islands. Kadu's friend,
Edock, who was with him, endeavoured
to dissuade him from such a step, and
even attempted to drag him by force,
The fol-
but Kadu was determined.
lowing account of this native was ga-
thered from him. at different times:

Kadu was born in the island of Ulle, belonging to the Carolinas, which must lie at least 1500 English miles to the west from here, and is known only by name on

the chart, because Father Cantara, in 1733, was sent from the Ladrones, as missionary to the Carolinas. Kadu left Ulle with Edock, and two other savages, in a boat contrived for sailing, with the intention of fishing at a distant island; a violent storm drove these unfortunate men quite out of their course: they drifted about the sea their for eight months, finding, but seldom, fish for their food, and at last landed, in the most pitiable situation, on the island of Aur. The most remarkable part of this voyage is, that it was accomplished against the north-east monsoon, and must be particularly interesting to those who have been hitherto of opinion that the popula tion of the South Sea Islands commenced from west to east. According to Kadu's account, they had their sail spread during their whole voyage, when the wind permitted, and they plied against the northeast monsoon, thinking they were under the lee of their island; this may account for their at last coming to Aur. They kept their reckoning by the moon, making a knot in a cord, destined for the purpose, As the sea proat every new moon. duced abundance of fish, and they were perfectly acquainted with the art of fishing, they suffered less hunger than thirst, for though they did not neglect, during every rain, to collect a small stock, they were often totally destitute of fresh water. Kadu, who was the best diver, frequently went down to the bottom of the sea, where it is well known that the water is not so salt, with a cocoa-nut, with only a small opening; but even if this satisfied the want of the moment, it probably conWhen they tributed to weaken them. perceived the Island of Aur, the sight of and did not rejoice them, because every feeling had died within them. sails had long been destroyed, their canoe the sport of the winds and the waves, and they patiently expected death, when the inhabitants of Aur sent several canoes to their assistance, and carried them senseless on shore. A Tamon was present at the moment; the iron utensils which the unfortunate men still possessed dazzled their deliverers, and they were on the point of striking the fatal blow, to divide their spoil, when Tigedien, the Tamon of the island of Aur, fortunately came in time to save their lives. When Kadu afterwards offered all his treasures to the preserver of his life, he was generous enough to refuse them: he took only a trifle, and forbade his people, on pain of death, to do any harm to the poor stran

How Time his circle measures?
The fairy hours we call up thus,
Obey no wand but Pleasure's.',
We understand that a surreptitious
and defective edition of these Melo-
dies' has been published, but that the
proprietor of the genuine one has ob-
tained an injunction against it. We
mention this in order to guard our
readers against the attempted fraud.

A Voyage of Discovery into the South
Sea and Beering's Straits, for the
Purpose of exploring a North East
Passage. By Lieutenant Otto Von
Kotzebue.

(Concluded from p. 691.)
HAVING, in our last, given a copious
analysis of the voyage of Lieut. Kot-
zebue, it now only remains to us to
give a connected history of Kadu,
which we promised. It was while the
Rurick was at Aur, one of the St.
Lawrence islands, that Lieut. Kotze-
bue met with this islander, who, as
soon as he got on board the ship, ex-
pressed a wish to remain there, and ac-
company Lieut. Kotzebue on his voy-
age. Kadu, though not of noble birth,
was a confident of the King Toua, who
employed him to carry his commissions

Their

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gers. Kadu, with his companions, went countenance, but his tall strong body was to Tigedien's house, who took paternal bent with age. He presented me with care of him, and conceived a particular some rolls of Mogan; and, while I was affection for him, on account of his natural conversing with him, Kadu invited the understanding and kind heart. Accord- other chiefs, who were likewise very old, ing to his reckoning, it must be about on board. The dress of the tamons difthree or four years since his arrival here. fered but little from that of the other saKadu was engaged in the woods when vages; they were only more tattooed, the Rurick came in sight, and he was and wore round their necks ornaments of speedily sent for, as they expected from fish-bones, which I afterwards learnt suphim, who had travelled far, and was ge- plied the place of orders. Kadu, to give nerally accounted a very sensible man, himself consequence, conducted the an explanation of this strange phenome- guests about the ship, gave them explananon. He had often told them of ships,tions of all the wondrous things which which, though they had visited Ulle dur- they saw, and knew how to conduct him ing his absence, he had heard of; he even self so cunningly, as to make it appear that knew the names of two men, Lewis and he had a perfect idea of every thing he Marmol, who had come from the great tried to explain; he talked with particuisland of Britannia; and he, therefore, by lar diffuseness on trifling subjects, and the description, knew our ship. Being generally produced laughter. When they very partial to the whites, he urged the saw a sailor take a pinch of snuff, and islanders to go on board, which they, at questioned him, who had never seen it first, declined, for, according to tradition, himself, he was not at all embarrassed; the white men devoured the black. How he took up the box, and certainly told they came to this opinion was an enigma them many surprising things respecting to us, for, except an ancient tradition, it, as they listened to him with the great that, at a very remote period, a large ship est attention; but when, to make the mathad sailed past Kawen, they had no other ter quite plain to them, he took up the idea of European ships, but such as had snuff to his nose, he threw the box from been communicated to them by Kadu. him, and began to sneeze and to cry so His promise to barter some iron for them, immoderately, that his astonished auditors at last induced them to come on board, ran from him in different directions; but and here he immediately remained with he soon collected himself, and knew how us, as the reader is already informed. to turn the affair into a joke. Kadu's The precaution with which we had him explanation of the cannon convinced us watched was quite superfluous; he slept that he was acquainted with them; for he quietly during the night, and awoke with told them that if the islanders ventured the first dawn of morning, cheerful and to steal any thing, they would beat down happy.'

Lieut. Kotzebue sailed on the 24th of February, for the island of Stobual, near which the Rurick cast anchor, in eight fathoms, on a bottom of fine coral. Five boats which had followed the Rurick from Aur, and in which there were three tamons, or chiefs, Tiuraur, Lebeuliet, and Kadu's benefactor, Tigedien, then went on board the vessel:

Kadu, who had been presented with a yellow cloak and red apron, walked proudly in his ludicrous finery, without condescending to notice his companions, who gazed on him with astonishment from their boats, and could nc conceive the metamorphosis. In vain they cried "Kadu! Kadu !" He did not deign them a look, but walked proudly about on the deck, always taking care to turn himself in such a manner that they might be able to admire his finery. When I learnt that there were three tamons in the boats, I commissioned Kadu to invite them, as I could not extend the permission to all the savages on account of their numbers; he felt greatly honoured, conducted himself with much dignity, and, after a short speech, first introduced to me Tigedien on deck, as the most distingguished. This old man, with silver-while hair and beard, had a venerable and pleasing

all the cocoa and bread fruit trees with
them; and further related, that Lewis and
inhabitants had stolen something from the
Marmol, in their visit to Ulle, when the
ship, had not ceased shooting down the
trees till the property stolen had been re-
turned. Setting aside this little differ-
ence, they must have conducted them
selves with much humanity, as Kadu had
a very great respect for white men, and
liked so much to be with us. The tamons
now attempted to dissuade him from his
resolution, but he only shook his head, em-
braced me, and said," I remain with you
wherever you go!"

for war, and their short miserable lances confirmed us in this opinion. We now learnt that even the women take a part in the war, loaded with baskets filled with stones, which they throw, as they form the rear-guard, over the heads of their warriors, into the hostile army; they likewise afforded succour to the wounded, and Kadu, who has been in many such battles, assured us that the women were of great service in war. Tigedien, the most distinguished of the three chiefs, supplied the place of Lamary during his absence, and was treated by the people with extraordinary respect. Lebeuliet, the second in rank and dignity, is possessor of the group of Kawen, but resides, in time of peace, in Airick, and the young chief there, as well as the amiable princess, are his children. Tiuraur, the youngest of them, possesses the group of Otdia, and is father to our old friend Rarick; and it afforded him great pleasure that we were able to give him some account of him. The tamon returned to Stobual, with many presents, whither they also invited me; but as I had still to make observations to determine the situation of this place, I deferred my visit on shore. Kadu wished to accompany the tamons, which I permitted him to do, though I was firmly convinced, that inconstant and fickle as the South Sea islanders are, he would not return. He was carried off in triumph. All the canoes followed that of Tigedien, where, elevated to the rank of a distinguished man by our favour, he occupied the place of the tamon. In the

afternoon I went on shore, and immediately took an excursion, accompanied by Stobual is half a mile in length, and a the active tamon Tiuraur. The island of quarter of a mile in breadth; the fine, mould forms here already considerable hills. The palm and bread-fruit trees thrive extraordinarily, and I was agreeably surprised by a young plantation of twenty banana trees. There is more taro here than on the other islands; they daily brought us some of it. That the root, compared with that of the Sandwich Islands, is very small, is probably owing to the want of moisture, though the people We learnt that there was still another assured me that they would thrive very chief, of the name of Lamary, under well, if they were not so often destroyed whose power the island groups, from Aur by the inhabitants of Mediuro. Very nuto Bigar, were subjected, and who was merous habitations convinced me of the now absent to assemble a military force, thick population of this island. In my with which he intended to seize upon the promenade I came up to the habitation of group of Mediuro, lying to the south of Lebeuliet, the chief, where a consideraAur. Its inhabitants often make incur- ble number of men and women formed a sions upon Aur, Kawen, and Otdia, to circle round Kadu, who had been attractseize provisions, of which they are ined by his new costume; but I was astongreat want, on account of the numerous population. An incursion on Lamary's Island, by which a man lost his life, was now to be punished. Kadu told us that the most shameful pillage was committed upon Otdia; the enemy destroyed every thing they could not carry off. By this information the riddle was solved, why we every where had found newly planted trees. The people appeared to us unfit

ished when I saw him make a speech, at which his audience almost melted into tears; one old woman sobbed aloud. Tigedien's eyes were bathed in tears, and it was easy to observe the effort which it cost Kadu himself to suppress his emotion. He frequently mentioned Aur, Ulle, and Totabu. I was not sufficiently master of the language to understand the connection of the speech, but my supposition

as much submission as if he had been a
distinguished tamon. Afterwards he had
even the politeness to accompany them
on shore, and took, without ceremony,
the place of honour in the canoe; the
simple savages sung and rejoiced, and
carried him on their shoulders through
the water, without considering that he
had only been a common man like them-
selves a few days before; a zeal which
he propably heightened by some old nails
which he took with him from the ship to
give to them. When he arrived on shore,
he sat down with much gravity; they all
| surrounded him, standing, and he related
to them his important adventures and ex-

seemed correct, that he was taking leave of the chief and the people. As much as I could understand from it, he first spoke of his sufferings on his voyage from Ulle to Aur, painted the generous reception of Tigedien, and concluded with the hope that he might, one day, through me, see his native home again. When Tigedien now began to speak, Kadu shed a flood of tears, the people were deeply moved, and an affectionate embrace of Tigedien and Kadu closed this truly affecting scene. Kadu accompanied us on board, and, as his determination to remain with us appeared to be immoveable, he was received into the cabin among the officers, which flattered him very much, as he easi-perience.' ly perceived the difference between us and the sailors, and thought he belonged to the tamon of the ship. He sat with us at table, accustomed himself with incredi: ble readiness to the use of knives and

forks, and, in fact, conducted himself with as much propriety and good manners as if he had long associated with civilized people. Our gentlemen treated him with so much kindness that he soon be came very much attached to them, and they likewise were happy to have him about them, on account of his good qualities. I cherished the hope, that when we had learnt better to understand each other, I should obtain from him much information, as well respecting the Carolinas, as the newly-discovered groups of

islands.'

Kadu again went on board with Lieut. Kotzebue, and the islanders presented them with several cocoa-nuts, without desiring any thing in return. When off the group of Suwaroff Islands, our

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much, as he said he expected that the white waves would kill the poor ship. Kadu soon gained a knowledge of the Russian language, so that conversation was pretty well conducted. Nothing gave him so much astonishment as mountains of ice and snow, and no wonder, since he had seen nothing but low islands, covered with the loveliest verdure. He one day caught some flakes of snow on his hand, and was seized with shuddering when he saw them dissolve:

Kadu, who found himself very well in Oonalashka, though he did not like the air, was much surprised that he did not neither cocoa-nuts nor bread fruit were to see a single tree on the island, and that be had. He took a lively interest in all tian mode of living under ground did not the new objects which he saw; the Aleuplease him at all; he thought it was bet'Two of Kadu's fellow-sufferers, whom ter in Radack and Ulle, and asked us wheLamary had brought to this island, came ther people lived so at St. Petersburgh? to us; one of them, a very old man, was We gave him such a splendid description particularly beloved by Kadu, and he re- of that city, that he was seized with the solved to take him with him without say greatest desire to see it soon. He looked ing a word to me. The old Carolinian at the large oxen with astonishment and was beside himself for joy; but fell into fear; and his joy was without bounds on a violent passion when I refused his re- being informed, that the meat which we quest. He abused Kadu, and besought ate daily on board the ship, was the flesh me to leave the latter in his stead; and in of these animals. We asked him why he vain were all my representations, that he was so rejoiced, aud he timidly confessed, could not endure a voyage in his old age. that he thought we ate men, and that it I would willingly have complied with his might one day be his turn. Soon after Edock now made a last effort to in-unremitting entreaties, if I had not ex our departure from Radack, he had been duce Kadu to return with him, but he pected his death almost to a certainty. present when a barrel of salt meat was still refused, although he appeared to After the islanders had sufficiently admir-opened; he observed a piece of the ribs; suffer much in parting with him. On ed all the treasures, Kadu asked my per- he remembered the warning of his friends, the 27th of February, the Rurick left mission to accompany them. M. Cha- not to go with us, because we ate the Aur, amidst the sound of drums and misso also went, to make himself farther blacks; from that moment, the poor felthe songs of the savages, which Kadu acquainted with the island. The old Ca- low regarded himself as ship-provision, rolinian was obliged to be taken by force and looked forward, with horror, to the thought was done to wish them a good into the boats, as he would absolutely moment when we should be in want of voyage. Kadu, to whom a shirt and a stay; and they all left us. In a few hours food.' light sailor's jacket had been present- M. Chamisso and Kadu returned on ed, appeared delighted with his dress board, accompanied by several canoes and in excellent humour, till the mo- filled with cocoa-nuts. They had not tion of the ship made him low spirited been able to land, as it was impossible to and sea-sick. The vessel sailed for the penetrate into the basin of the group, on group of islands called Ailu; three account of the small opening and the contrary wind; and on the outer side they boats approached, in which Kadu rewere unable to pass on account of the cognised some old acquaintance, with violence of the breakers, through which whom he held a long conversation. Kadu and the other savages swam, while On the 3d of November, in the mornThe narrative proceeds:M. Chamisso waited his return in the ing, M. Chamisso returned with Kadu, boat. I now again represented to Kadu, and I was disagreeably surprised with the that it was the last moment that he had to news, that the latter intended to stay here. I told him that we should never It was but yesterday that he promised return to Radack; that he could have no never to leave me, and this sudden alterhopes of ever going to Ulle; and that he ation of his resolution was quite an enig had to expect a long and fatiguing voy-ma, which Chamisso soon solved. Kadu age. He threw both his arms round me, had learnt on shore, that his little child in vowed to remain with me till death, and Aur lamented very much after him, ran nothing remained for me except to keep about in the woods all day to seek him, him, and with a firm determination to and could not sleep in the night. This provide for him as a father. He distribut- news had softened his paternal heart, and ed in haste all his treasures, and we left brought him to the determination of reUdirick.' maining here. He seemed still to struggle with himself, when he related it to me with much emotion; but when I, though

Near Ailu, three boats immediately came up to our ship, and Kadu, in his sail or's dress, did not neglect to place him-reflect. self on the deck, in such a position that he could be distinctly seen. He condescendingly called out to them that he was Kadu, they need not fear to come on board; but they, scarcely trusting their eyes, did not venture, till after they had had a long conversation with him. After they had sufficiently examined and admired the dress of their old friend, he explained to them with much dignity all the other objects, and thought it quite natural that they should behave to him with

The Rurick encountered a dreadful tempest, which alarmed Kadu very

A man on horseback, which Kadu saw at Woahoo, frightened him very much, as he thought him a dreadful

monster. The Rurick afterwards sailed to Otdia, where Kadu saw Lagediack, and several of his friends, to whom he related all his adventures while on

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