The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

Mrs. Armitage. who is at present in this town, is
certainly an extraordinary instance of muscular de-
velopement.
It has wittingly, but somewhat ungallantly been si id
that a woman is the reverse of her mirror—that the ore
reflects without talking—the other talks without re-
flecting.

The qualities of cold water, as a tonic, are, that it c.)l-
- the stomach, and strengthens it for the labour
which it is intended to perform ; whereas alcohol, which
is an irritant, aids in weakening or expanding its fibros.

SINGULAR FACT.—lnsects are actuated by feelings
somewhat similar to those possessed by the higher animals
—they rob and spoil, defend their homes, are jealou3, re-
vengeful, and disputative and war in armies. Thus bees,
if the meat of one hive be spent, assail their next neigh-
bours, with intent to rob and spoil them of their provi-
sions; the white ants have a portion of their community
set apart for the duties of war, and they exhibit a most
perfect form of insect tactics.
HINDOO CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY
fast a number of native Christians asses

—After break-

the morning appointed for talking to them. They all
squatted down on the floor, the men on one side and the
women on the other. Mr. L. who is thoroughly conver-
sant with the Oorial language, now entered into conver-
sation with them, asking them questions and hearing all
they had to say. They appear to have a very good know-
ledge of true religion, and to be very earnest and sincere.
It was most interesting to see them all sitting so quietly
with their eyes fixed on Mr. L.'s face, never attempting
to interrupt either him or one another, but speaking one
at a time, in a low reverent tone of voice. When asked
a question they would pause a moment in deep thought
before they answered. After a little time one or two
inquirers came in, that is, men who are not yet converted,
but are inquiring about Christianity, or arguing concern-
ing it, and collnparing it with their own religion. These

pastes in any direction

Amid ti

ants very

sat dOwn and behaved themselves in the same decorous
Christians. Mr. L. very judiciouslic
encouraged the converts to argue run the inquirers, anu

it was most

easing to observe

lie pertec

the restrained gestures of both parties when talking on
so holy a subject, every eye fixed upon the two disputants,
and when a pause occurred, some other convert gently

putting in a word in support of the holy truth : Inquirer
You say God gave you the Bible ; I say God gave us
the Shasters. The religion that is good for the white man
is not good for the black. God is good, and has given us
each a religion proper to ourselves. I say your religion
is good, and comes from God ; why will you not say the
same of our Shasters ?" Convert : " God gave white HIINTING IN AUSTRALIA.—Opossums and flying squir-
men the Bible, because he is very good, and he told them rels, kangaroos (some standing nine feet high), and kan-
to go and teach it to every one, because he wishes every garoo rats, emus, ducks, and bronze-winged pigeons, were
one to be good and happy, and to go to the happy coun- the principal beasts and birds encountered during the
try of heaven when they die : but the Shasters do not journey. Crocodiles were met with, and a few buffaloes.
come from God."—l.: How do you know that ?" C.: Fish of many kinds, now and then turtles, were seen and
" Listen, brother. Brummah (God) is good ;is he not ?" caught in the pools, rivers, and lagoons. Sand-flies, mos-
I. : " Yes."—C.: " Should you not like to go to Brum- quitoes, and hornets, were very annoying, but the cool
mah ?" I.: " : "Do not the Shasters of night breeze usually swept them away. The melodious
your religion teach you so ?" I.: " Ha! you are very note of the glucking-bird, so named from the sound re-
sly. No ; but our religion is good for us now. By and sembling "gluck, gluck," the noisy call of the " laughing
by, Vishnoo will come again, and then he will perhaps jackass," the hoot of the barking owl, the howlings of
give us a Bible."—C.: " Why not take the Christian native dogs, and the screech of the oppossum, were the
Bible and Christian Brummah now ?" " Then I should principal sounds that broke the stillness of the bush.
lose my caste, my wife will leave me, my children will go Kangaroos were a great article of provender ; the travellers
away, my brother will not smoke with me, my hut will be chased them with dogs, so long as the dogs lasted, but
empty, and the Brahmins will curse me."—C. "If the these perished, little by little, until at last only one re-
Brahmins curse you, God is stronger than they are, and mained—Spring by name,—a useful and valiant brute.
he will bless you ;if your wife and children run away, covered with honourable scars. He was of the breed
Jesus will make you happy in heaven; if your brother known as the kangaroo-dog, was exceedingly stanch and
will not smoke with you, the Great God will give you his valuable, and the means of obtaining a vast deal of game.
peace."—l.: " Well, I will see. Lend me the book_ ; I Of course, he was an immense favourite, and his masters
will read it and show it to the Brahmins. How soon shall had vckoned on his accompanying them to the end of
you be here again, sahib ?" Mr. L.: "In about ten I their journey. They carried a calabash of water for his
days."— I.: " Good. I will see you again." This is private use, as they were frequently very long without
a mere epitome of the conversation, but may furnish some meeting with any, and this precaution more than once
'lea of the mode of argument pursued. Whenever the saved Spring's life. At last, during the latter part of a
brought forward a good argument, or came to a toilsome clay's march, poor Spring lagged in the rear and
convincing point, it was curious to see the countenance was forgotten. The next day two of the party returned
of the Christians. They had been watching their chain 'to seek him, and found him almost dead, stretched out
pion with the greatest interest, looking more like black in the deep cattle track, which he seemed not to have
statues than human beings, so perfectly still did they sit, quitted ever: to find a shady place. They broughe him to
except when a mother pressed her infant to her bosom to the camp ; aid I put his whole body, with the exception
keep it quiet. Suddenly as they saw the drift of what of his head, under water, and bled him ; he lived six
was said more clearly, their white eyes would dance amid hours longer, when he began to bark, as if raving." And
their black skins, and one or two of them would smile Spring gave up the ghost, to the great comfort and relief
and utter gently the emphatic word " Hal": (yes).—Rev. , of the emus and kangaroos, and to the deep distress of the
C. Aeland's Manners and Customs of India. worthy doctor and his biped companions.—Blackwood.

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