resolutely lays under a heavy contribution truly it is to behold these heroes as they march along cast side glances at the upper windows to collect the smiles the and the which the fair ones lavish on the of their country the rags having conducted their to their respective then comes the turn of the colonel a with no tails for all eyes are now directed to him and the rags and the and the having had their hour of are confounded and lost in the military crowd the colonel sets his regiment in motion whim and and mounted on a and and and in front to the great entertainment of the multitude and the great hazard of himself and his neighbours having displayed himself his his horse and his he at length arrives at the place of general blessed with the universal admiration of his i should perhaps mention a of hardy most of whom have seen a deal of service during the nineteen or twenty years of their existence and who most equipped in tight green and leather breeches trot and and gallop and like little devils through every street and nook and corner of the city to the great dread of all old people and sage with young children this is truly sublime this is what i call making a mountain out of a hill oh my friend on what a great scale is every thing in this country it is in the style of the wandering of the desert el is a village to be attacked or a hamlet to be the whole desert for weeks beforehand is in a of esq � such marching and counter marching they can their ragged forces and the consequence is that before they can bring their troops into action the whole enterprise is blown the army being all happily collected on the battery though perhaps two hours after the time appointed it is now the turn of the with two tails to distinguish himself ambition my friend is alike in heart it each bosom from the to the drum major the fired with that thirst for glory inseparable from the noble mind is anxious to reap a full share of the of the day and bear off his portion of female plunder the drums beat the whistle the standards wave proudly in the air the signal is given thunder the cannon away goes the and away go the tails the review finished and military are generally with for three excellent reasons � first because the army knows very little about them second because as the country has to remain always at peace there is il whim and opinions no necessity for them to know any thing them and third as it is growing late th must or it will be too for him to get his of the plunder h of course orders the w hole army to march and now my friend now comes the o war now is the city completely fly the battery gates � forth the with his two tails surrounded by a body guard of boys and then forth his potent as the of th desert the customary of the try commence � those tokens of joy and ad which so much annoyed me on landing the air is darkened with old hats shoes and dead cats the soldiers no way march gallantly under shade on they push splash dash mud o no mud down one lane up another � thi martial music through every street the fair ones throng to their windows � th soldiers look every way but straight forward � carry arms � cries the � � r� ra � the trumpet � � roar the drum � � � shout the of esq il the smiles with exultation � y rag feels a hero � � none but the brave deserve the fair � head of the immortal on what a great scale is every thing in this country � ay but you ll say is not this unfair that the officers should share all the sports while the undergo all the fatigue truly my friend i indulged the same idea and pitied from my heart the poor fellows who had to through the mud and the mire toiling ponderous cocked hats which seemed as and as the shell vi hich the along on bis back i soon found out however that they have their of as soon as the army is dismissed the city with little parties who fire off their guns at every corner to the great delight of all the women and children in their vicinity and woe unto any dog or pig or that falls in the way of these warriors they are shown no quarter every gentle to pass the evening at the feet of his to play � the soldier tired of war s � and whim and opinions to her with the glare of his excepting some heroes who to the theatre flame away in the front boxes and every old apple woman in the such my friend is the gigantic genius of this nation and its faculty of swelling up into importance our of ill review his s of some thousands by an early hour in the morning here a review of six hundred men is made the mighty work of a day with us a of two tails is never appointed to a command of less than ten thousand men but here we behold every rank from the down to the in a force of less than one tenth of the number by the beard of but every thing here is indeed on a great scale by i was not a little surprised the other at a request from will that i would accompany him that evening to mrs s f i of esq i the request was simple enough in itself it w� i only singular as coming from will 