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The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-04-19

towards the tomb of Mahomet. Yet accord
ing to the Jewish law, from which nearly all
Mahometan prohibitions respecting food are
taken, the hare is an nclean animal, 'be-
cause he cheweth the cad, and divideth not
the hoof.'
At four o'clock we stopped at patch of
brush wood jungle. where nearly all the
boatmen and guard went to cut wood for fu-
ell. In the midst of this employment, one of
the party disturbed lion that was sleeping
under BUSH He was greatly frightened,
and speedily communicated his terror to his
comrades, who FASTENED on board. The Ii
on stole away, and the trackers who had to
walk through the same jungle, continued
their work without making any objection
Game of every description is abundant
throughout, which reminds US that we are in
the ancient kingdom Of Ninrod, that nigh
ty hunter before the Lord The spot we
were now passing was quite living with the
immense quantities of animals OF all descrp-
tions. At every step our trackers put up
pelicans, swans, geese, ducks. and snipeS;
numbers of hogs were seen galloping about
in every direction; a lioness trotted towards
our boat, and stood staring at us for two or
three seconds; when within thirty yards,
Mr. Hamilton and myself both fired at her,
bat rs we were loaded with small shot, we
did her no injury; tho noise of our guns made
her turn quietly round, and she went away
as ieisurcly rs she came.
! We saw this afternoon, numerous flock
of small birds, which presented the appear
ance of large whirlwind. and literally dark
ened the air in their flight. Both Mr.. Lamb
and Mr.. Heart had seen the same in India,
ani told me that they were birds of the or
tolan species. Jubul Afees is said to be coe-
val with the rains at Fiilileh and Sooroot
| While we we're examining these ruins, we
put up great numbers Of hares and partrds-
cs. Wemct also some men with greyhounds
these dogs are very beautiful animals, and
are somewhat smaller than the English
breed; the ears hang down, the tail is feath-
cred, and both are covered with hair as fine
as silk. The Arabs are very fond of this
species, but the Cog being an unclean amin
al, according to the Mahomctan law, the
faithful are not allowed to touch it, except
on the crown of the head, that being the on
~ part d the animal which he is unable to
pollute With his tongue. The owner oi
these dogs was rather an anomalous being
for an inhabitant of the Desert--a young a.
rab dandy :his turban and robes were adjust
e1 with the greatest neatncSS, his eyelids
were s;aned with antimony, two or three
rings graced each finger, and he conversed
with an air of the most amusing puppyism
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Grav'd on the niassy ore which misers love;
But vacantly lie gaz'd, and caught no trace
Of lost deght.-The wordling's eye would
In the mild charges of that sanity brow
Nought save the wreck of intellect, and shun
Such humbling picture but Gods book was
there,
Fast by his side, and on its open page
Geam'd the blest name Of Him Of Nazareth.
Quick DER his brow the light Of gladness rusrd
And tears burst forth, h,-ycs, tears OF swelling
JOY!
For this had been the banner of his soul
Through all her pilgrimage.
To his dull ear
spake the message Of a friend who walk'd
with him in gloly's path, and nohly shar'd
That fellowship in danger and in toll
which nits pure souls together But The, name
Rcslord no image of the CHERISHED form
So long bciuv'd II should have said farewell,
In brokcnncss Of heart, but up he rose
And with seeylkc majesty, pour'd forth
His holv adiuration to the God
Who Ger Hle's broken wave had borne his bari.
Safe toward the haven deep that thrilling
PRAYER
Of comfort and Of joy.
All else was gone
Ambition, glory, friendship, earthly hopc,--
But still Devotion like sentinel
Waking and watching round the parting soul
Gave it the soldiers shield and pilgrims staff
For its ieturnlcss journey. When saw
This triumph ofour Faith-this gem that glow d
Bright mid the dross of mans intrmity,
Low ON the earth laid my lip, and said
"Oh! let me with the righteous die, land be
My end ike his. !" H.
Hartford, Monday, July 81, 1926.
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toweR Get out Of my sight, you toad--or
shall break your neck down the stairs; or
what will be worse my own heart with rage
at your behaviour. said you must be an
excellent friend'to human beings, if you are
so fond of beasts. "Indeed." she replied, Il
love this dog better than all the human be-
ings in the world"
Reader, dost thou imagine this a carica-
ture9 tell you nay, myself knew lady
of furtuue near Uxbridge, a few years ago,
who kept half. a dozen lap-dogs. A cloth
was laid, and a table set with plates for the
little darlngs. And little mistress carved
with great ceremony; and helped them to-
legs and wings of chicken, with particular
civiiity. They acted this farce FOR some
years, when one of the favorites was sud-
denly seized with hydrophobia and bit his
mistress severely, of which disease she died.
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Ern,n The Cnnneciicnt Courant.

From the Connecticut COurant.
On visit to the late venerable CHARLES
THOMPSON, when at the age of 96; form
srly Secretary Of the first Congress.
You've seen, perchance, some sever'd column
stand
At Athens or Palmyra, mid the gloom
Pure, prominent, jcstic-though its base
Was dark with mould'ring ruins,-and the dome
Which once it propp'd had yielded to the wrath
Wcreeplng ages.-Ye perchance, have stood
While the pale moon bath'd its lonely brow
IN living light,-and heard the tittul winds
Shrek their wild question, wherefore it re-
main'd
When all beside had fallen.
Thought yc not then
" man, who lingering at the feast OF life,
Perceves his hearts companions risen and gone :
no Is there not gricfin that deep solitude
VI lost companionship'
Yet OH saw
Who in this wilderness has trod, till life
hetreated from the bloodless veins and made
Faint stand at her last fortress. Ills wan brow
was lightly furrow'd, and his lofty form
unbent by time, while dignihed, erect
And passionless, he made his narrow round
From IRON, couch to easement, and his eye beheld
ms world Of shadowy things unmov'd, as one
VINO was about to cast his vesture oft
IN IN WEAKNESS to sleep.-Sly Memory slipt
II, ner treacherous cable from the reeling mind,
niottng the chart whereon it lov'd to gaze
AMID the sea of years.-His course had been
IN IN those high places, where the dazzling ray
vi honor shines-and when mems souls were
tried
as IN furnace,-his came forth like gold.
They brought the trophies forth, which hi
had won,
'ao spread them in bis sight,-a nations thank
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PDsM7.lr.sAY0 .


The following lines, by the Scottish VIII
son. will be pcrused with interest Wy the low
ors of brilliant poetry.
ADDRESS TO THE WILD DEER.
Magnificent creature so stately and bright!
IN the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flights
For what hath the child Of the desert to dread,
Waiting up his own mountains that far bcafRihg
head;
Or borne Ike whiIlwind far down on the vale >
Hall King of the wild and the beauttul!--ha.
Hlill Idol divine whom nature hath borne
Der hundred hiltops since the mist OF the
morn,
Whom the pilgrim lone wand'ring on mountain
and moor
As the vision glitles by him, may blameless adore;
For the 10y Of tie happy, the strength oil the
free
Are spread in garment of glory DER thee
up, up 10 Won cliff! like king to his throne
Der the black silent forest piled lofty and lone
throne which the eagle is glad to resign
Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless rs thine,
There the bright heather springs up in love OF
thy breast,
Lo the clouds in the depth Of the sky are al
And the race of the Mild winds IS o'er on the
hill!
In the hush Of the mountains ye antlers lie still;
Though your branches now toss i'll the storm OF
delight,
Like tie arms of the pine on yon sheltcring
height,
one moment--thou bright Apparition
Then melt DER the crags, like the sun from the
Alofi on the wcather-gleam, scorning the earth,
The wild spirit hung in majessica mrth;
IN dalhancc with danger he bounded in bliss,
o'er the fathomess gloom of each moaning
abyss,
Der the grim rocks careering with prosperous
motion,
like ship by herself in full sail o'cr the ocean!
Then proudly he turn'd ere he sank to the dell,
| And shook from his forehead hauty farewell,
While his horns in crescent of radiance shone,
Like flag burning bright when the vessel is
gone.
from his eyrie the eagle hath soar'd with a
scream,
And wake on the edge Of the cliff from my
dreams
Where now is the light Of thy far-beaming
brow
Fleet son Of the wilderness! where art thou now
Again DER yon crag thou returnst to my sight,
Like the horns Of the moon from the cloud OF the
night!
Serene on tliy travcl-as soul in dream
Thou ncedest no bridge DER the rush of the
stream.
With thy presence the plne-grove IS hid as wit
light,
And the caves as thou passest one moment are
bright.
Mid the mist stealing up from the cataract:
shock,
Through the arch of the rainbow that lies on the
rock
Thou Ang'st thy bold beauty, exulting and free
0'er PIT OF grim blackncss that roars like the
sea-
His voyage is o'er!--As if struck by spell
lie motonless stands in the bush of the dell
There softly and slowly sinks down on his breast
In the midst of his pastime enamourd OF rest
stream in clear pool that endeth its race
dancing ray chain'd to one sunshlny place
Acoud by the winds to calm solitude driven
Ahurricane dead in the silence heaven.
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From Captain Keppel's Journey from India.
SPORTING IN ARABIA.

Three of our party went out shooting ID
the desert, ant! had excellent sport.-Hares,
black partridges. and snpes, were in the
greatest abundance. For my own share OF
the game, l claim brace Of partridgts, not
a little proud that nearly the first birds
which ever fell by my gua should have beef,
killed in the garden of Eden. Another o,
our party killed a hare, but the boatmen OBJ
jected to our having it dressed on board. as
it had not undergone the ceremony OF being
made hulaul lawfully This is performed
by repeating prayer, and by cutting the
throat Of the animal, with the neck turned
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From the London Monthly Magazine.
DOGS.

Half a century ago no house was Thought
to be half furnished that had not more than
one dog in it. At length the frequency OF
the horrible and incurablc disorder occa-
stoned by the bite of these animals, blew up
the dog mania for that Time. 1t is now re-
vivng again, but it is hoped the public press
will pour out eloqucnce or argument enough
to render dog keeping as ridiculous to lndl-
viduals, as it is offensive and dangerous to
the community.
Who has not seen instances where cru
city is shown to all the animated works OF
the Almighty, except half dozen pugs,
and twice as many kittens and cross parrots'
Betty and John are inferior beings to Tabby
and Pompcs' Fowls are boiled for the dog,
and fish fried for the cat, by gentle folks,
who never think of giving morsel to relieve
the poor.
The following description of dog gerry is
an extract from the Invisible Spy.
| A maid is setting in low chair, with a
large tray before her, fil,d with great
number of COMBS, with one of which she is
smoothing and setting in order the hair OF a
spaniel she is nursing upon her lap
Sir Simon and Lady Lovedog come in. and
seeing the comb she is using, snatch it from
her hand. and strike it in her face.
! Ladv Lozcnog. No ster! how dare you
touch Hector with I'll t C NIB
Indeed, nv lady. they were all
here; and did not know there was any dit
ference,
Lady Lovedog.-You nasty hussy, you
must have heard that each OF my dear dogs
has set of combs to himself marked with
his name. Can't you read, oqtf
| Maid" Indeed, Madam, did not see
it."
Lady Lovedog.-"Take that, impuden,
slave and that! and that! see if it will clear
your sight, and make you remember another
time" These sharp words were accompa'
MED by sharp blows, first on one shoulder
and then OH the other: when turn'ng to tht
dogs who were CRYING and yelpiing, her la
dyship thus addressed them: Dear, goo.
natnred darlings! you hate to see me angry
don't We, though it be in your own cause -
Come here. poor Pysche, where's Cupid!-
Prince, what makes you so dull this morn
ing. you don't frisk and caper as y on used t
do: suppose your bed was not half made a
ny more than Pompey's.
Pretty boys, you look as il you had slep
rough all night. Here is my poor Bully, too
not so much as the tufts on the tip of his tai
combed out Beauty, why do you haak
love? ! can see by yonr eyes You have some
thing to tell me if you did Sut know howl
well. to be sure, you have all been crneli
used these two days since, your own mai mai
{ went away. Come Beauty. give me kis'
. Oh! oh! your mouth is all dirty. Why oe
clare that good for nothing husy has nelthe
washed your face nor cleaned your teet
yet."
Maid "Indeed, Ma'am, washed ever
5 one of them; your ladyship may see tn
, towel is all wet"
Ladt 1.-THE towel! why you vile crea
, ture--you dirty wretch have you actuall
washed all their sweet faces on the sar'
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Sfons; we know that he received an honorary
degree at our College, and we would not run
our luckless heads sgainst learned Theban;
- a Master of Arts 'f. :, ssea9o 80
The Editor of the CONNER cial, has done Us
injustice, by quoting the fragment Of a sem
tence, thus rendering sense nonsense, and by
making US call Doctor McHenry's Magazine,
ga Quarterly" instead Of "Monthly Maga-
zine" This is not far--it is not courteous; and
the man who can resort to such mode Of re-
ply, must indeed be hard pushed, and have a
difficult case to sustain. He also. by a spe-
ces Of quibling, undertakes to make us say,
that he n the Editor Of the Quarterly Maga-
zine; but if he can make his assertions good
we will surrender to him all the claims We
bovc TO a rank, above the common class Of i'd.
cots.
In travelling towards conclusion, j. will be
well for US to inform Colonel Stone, that he bas
realized his hopes. and that all he has said to
US. has been "taken in good part" though
We do insist, that he has treated us unfairly
And although we do contend. that he possess
es as much conceit as any of our order and that
bis prejudiccs are not Of the most forScar;ng
nature. we always read his writings with great
satisfaction, and have often derived frop them
valuable instruction.
In charging us with tho sin OF being young.
he evinces the yellowncss of a prcJudced mind.
and although he stands at the helm OF u cit,-
daily" and VIC are nothing but pilots to -
semi-weokly," he should remember that
Z" The eagle suffers little birds to sing"
To the charge of being youths. we p,cai
guilty; and although but few winters havc
passed our heads. and experience has az.
fordcd US but little of her golden aid. We
hope in Heaven, that as We proceed along ti~,
journey of life, and Accumulate the iress Of
age,wc shall not. like too many Of the fraiI sous
Of mortality, grow dull with age, and s.vpid
with experience.
Having said thus much. in perfcc. good Iu-
NOR, we take inave Of Colonel Stone, after s.-
lutipg him with our assurances OF profound re
| spcc., and good viii; and shall at all times h,
! happy to break lanca with him. il. the fitting
cen be had, without exciting those'ang.y bu-
mors, and inflated passions, TO the operators >
and effects of which, We are Indignantly, 70.
honestly opposed, "sy birth, by principl". ami
! by education
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TO BE CoNTINUED..1

The MIDDLEsEx GAZETTE. This paper,
printed and published at Middletown, Connec-
ticut, has many claims On our good will and
feelings, and we assure its Editor, that we are
not insensible Of the many obligations we owe
him, for the kind cour.esies and evidences Of
friendship he has been pleased to extend to us
In the last number Of the Gazette, We find the
following paragraph, which is here copied
simply, for the sake of giving it a candid re-
ply.
eve beg leave to correct an error under
which the Editor Of tho Providence Cadet la
bours, relative to the "CoRAL GRovE,' a
poem by rc-oival, which has lately been print
cd in the Ncw-York Statesman. He suppos-
es the lines to havo beon recently written he
is mistaken. They were first published in the
second number of" CLIo,' some half dozen
years ago, and were then extensively copied
into the journals of the country; and we must
he allowed to express our surprise, that this
beautiful poem has never before fallon under
the observation Of our Providence brother,
whose knowledge on all matters connected
with poetry. prose, and politics, and love, law,
and literature, is universally acknowledged.
We do not recollcc. Of over having read the
eiiusion Of the Coral Grove, before VIC pub
lshcd it in our paper Of the 22d ultimo; and if
VIC have, we have forgotten it,though it would
seem somewhat extraordinary, that any one
should forget so beautiful an clfiison. But,
that our good friend may not be-" surprised"
VIC will state, that We were among those who
subscribed for Porcival's Clio; and although
wc rank ourselves among tho warmest admir-
ors of that excellent poet, We must con6dly
By this, we do not moan to detract one title
from the merits of that Performance, but some
how or other, il was Ike lead to our fancy,
and though VIC struggled hard to read il, the
object never was effected. One night, -, it was
dreadful cold night in tho month Of January,
and the Winds whistlcd and the snow few
like wild fire" me daring 10 venture out in
so rude Storm. VIC seated Ourselves by the
fro-sidc; and whilst the sighings Of the tea
kettle, and the purrings Of an old, faithful, and
yiriant tabby cat, who was the terros of the
rats, gave us warning Of the approach at The
cold aud ciclcd monarch OF the season, VIC
undertook 10 read the whole of Percival's
Ciiol But alas! how vain, omp,y and idle,
arc all our projcc,sl Woroad. precisely two
AMI twonty bqwe, by Shrewsbury Clock"
and whom We rose FROM tho dsi!sion, feast, We
had not finished one half of the work; and Of
rhst We had read, no .wu lines could VIC re
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tucket Post Coach, respectfully inform the
public, that they have purchased of Mr.. Smon
II. Arnold, all his right, 'ite and interest IN
the Pa,ptucket Diligence, and have placed on
the road between Providence md Pawucket,
a POST COACH, which viii run every day,
(Sundays cxcoptcd,) az follows:
The Post Coach will leave Providence at
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past s O'Clock; and will leave Pawtucket at
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will be charged 25 cents: way passengers,
that is to saw, those who may take passage on
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