The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-14 00:00:00

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ever unex pensive, connecting the. lake with the sea on the
east, would prove, not only locally, but generally useful.
Open boats from the Westsrn Isles are in the practice of
entering the la,ke by the river, and taking away ladings of
the timber on its banks. Fishermen from the east have
pulled their boats overland from Lochshiel into the lake,
and, finding their way on its waters into the western sea,
have taken a full cargo of fish before companions, who
ook the more circuitous route, arrived at the fishing sta-
The scenery of this lake at its west end is, for sev-
r sombre, consisting chiefly of brown low
)wn moss, through which the lake winds
The ever-green island or St. Finnan, about six
miles eastward, appears an oasis in the desert, Beyond
this, the lake plunges into the midst of high mountains,
whose sides, generally nearly precipitous, are streaked
with the foam of falling streams, or seamed with rugged
ravines. Woods of oak, ash, and birch, thrive vigoursly
among the cliffs and pzornontories. The hills are occa-
sionally green, rounded, and swelling, for many miles, but
their prevailing character is stern and grand ; the visitor
feels a sense of loneliness, seldom broken by the sight of
a human habitation, or enlivened by any sound but the
dash of waterfalls or the scream of some bird of prey."

Blackwood's Edinbiergh Magazine
London.

Edinburgh and

The present number contains so many articles of in-

terest and novelty, that though we took it up with a view
g glance, we were insensibly led on from page
) page, until we had nearly perused the entire book,—

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leatlon, but (and we cannot
higher compliment) to the sacrifice of a much greater
portion of our editorial time than we had by any means
bargained for. We have, imprimis, No. lof " Adven-
tures in Texas—A Scamper iu the Prairie of Jacinto,"

a most interesting narrative of a youthful novice, who
had lost his way, and nearly his life, in pursuit of his

runaway mustang (or wild horse), in one of those bound-
less and unpeopled levels peculiar to that extraordinary
country—a prairie, enamelled with the most beautiful
herbs and flowers, and the monotony of which is here
and there broken only by immense clumps of forest trees
of the most beautiful foliage and blossom, called
" islands " ; frequently presenting, in the rays of the
sun, the appearance in reality of the isles of gold and
silver in fairy legends. Our adventurer's sufferings
from hunger, exhaustion, and the apprehension of never
again reaching a human abode, are feelingly and inte-
restingly described ; and he has so wou upon our affec-
tions, that we look with considerable anxiety for the
final result of his search for the tract of land which he
had purchased from a speculating company, who had
held out golden promises probably never to be realised.
No. 2 of the " Travels of Kerim Khan," in this country,
is illustrative of the opinions, generally lust

and often quaint and satirical, entertained by a native of
the East, of the customs, manners, &c. of the distingnee
of our metropolis. His description of the Lord Mayor's
dinner, at which he was present, is highly graphic and
amusing. We have next No. 1 of " The Banking
House," a matrimonial tale, in which the author incul-
cates, in a pleasing form, a high Christian and moral
principle. " The Wrongs of Women " is a fair speci-
men of Err'

At and play,— reading, with a spice of scho-
" Marston, or the Memoirs of a States-
(part 5,) in continuation of the personal narra-

tive, proceeds with increasing interest, embracing the
most interesting passages in the early stages of the
French revolution. The dreadful events of the day

" that gave the deathblow to the mighty monarchy of
the Bourbons," is pourtrayed in colours so painfully
true and affecting, as to leave us fully assured that the
author witnessed what he so feelingly describes. The
next article embraces a succinct history of the beautiful
Ceylon—the past barbarities of its native princes and
people, and its improvements and brightening future
prospects, under our oriental government. The writer,
after statir.-

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