Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-06-15

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we have now made the disgrace our
o7cn, and the citizens of Maine, who
participated with such imprudent glee
in the recent celebrations, will not fail
to be reminded Of their error, by those
who seize upon every peculiarly of
any portion of our countrymen, and
hold them up as national deformities.
| From Burchelps Travels in Africa.J
OSTRICH NEST.
SIN our way over the plain, we fell
in with an Ostrich's Nest; if SO, one
may call bare concavity scratched in
the sand, 6 feet in diameter, surrounded
by trench equally shallow and without
the smallest trace of any materials, such
as grass, leaves or sticks, TO give it the
resemblance to the nests of other birds.
Within this hollow, and quite expos
ed, lay 25 of these gigantic eggs, and in
the trench 8 more, intended, as the Hot
tentots observe, as the first food of the
25 young ones. Those in the hollow,
being designed for incubation, NAV
prove useless to the traveller, but the
others on the outside will always be
found fit for eating. We made our din
ner from the Ostrich eggs; each of. the
Hottentots eating whole one, although
containing, as already mentioned, as
much food as "a of the domestic hen.
The mode in which they were cook
ed was one Of great antiquity, A small
hole the size of finger was dexterous-
ly made at one end, and having cut "A
lorked stick from the bushes, they in
troduced it into the eggs, by pressing
the two Prongs close together; then, by
twirling the end of the stick between
the palms Of their hands, for short
time, they completely mixed the white
and the yolk together.
Setting it upon the fire, they contin-
ued frequently to turn the stick, until
the inside had acquired the proper con-
sistence Of boiled egg. This method
recommends itself to traveller by its
expedition, cleanliness, and simplicity,
and by requiring neither pot nor water;
the she'll answering perfectly the pur-
pose Of the first, and the liquid nature of
its contents, that Of the other"
Codiz, that once opulent City, the
commercial emporium Of the world, is
running its course, like all nutable
things, to abandonment and ruin. The
Churches and public buildings, both ex-
ternally and internally, are in state of
dilapidation. and its Cathedral, which
was to have been the gloty of Cadiz
and the admiration of Europe, the build
| ing of which cost millions, is now parti-
toned into workshops. The pompous
ard formidable Navy of Spain, which,
IN former days, foated TO insulting secu-
rity in her wide and spacioos Bay, is
long since annihilated from The waters
Of the deep, and the rich galleons,
which annually poured in their vast
wealth from the mines of Mexico and
Peru, to feed the sickly appetite of
pamPered sensuality, are no more.
Neptune, too, has declared war against
the city, and decreed that his watery
element shall ride rampant over its
walls; already he has made great in
roads on lis boundaries, and doubt
whether the treasury of France (for
| Spain has none) will be adequate to re-
pair IFS rotten walls. Commerce also
has taken her departure, and is now on
her wings 10 other distant regions, and
has left nothing behind but poverty and
distress. Men are 10 be met at every
corner, in the attitude of suppIication
for the daily wants Of nature, who. not
many years ago, were among the first
merchants ofthe city. Every day turns
out fresh supply on the town, aud
those whom the blind goddess has been
more favorable to, studiousIy avoid
their quondam associates who now sup
plicate their charity. Families who,
during the former siege of Cadz, occu-
pied the first rank in society, and we're
the very centre Of attraction and admit
ration on the Aiemeda, are now the
criminal agents of gaming tables, and
the panders of prostitution. Others a.
gain, who wish TO preserve an apparent
virtue in the reveTses Of fortune, live
more retired, and are never to be seen
beyond the doors Of their comfortless
babitations but on Sundays and holidays,
to comply with their religious obliga-
ton to hear mass. London Pa.
| From the Barnstable Gszette.l
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