Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-07-09

leap, so high as nearly to bring ms BACK IN
contact with the roof of his cage.
The following may serve as hint to
the ballet-m aster at the Operas
"From ring in the middle Of pole
stretched horizontally over the centre of
ly colourcd silk strings, the ends of which
were held in the hands of as many little
boys. Upon signal being given music
striking up, these eight young persons
commenced a dance,th purpose of which
was to plrit up the seperate cords into
one rope. After working about couple
of feet Of this line, the music changed,
and the little weavers, inverting the or
der of their dance, undid the silken
strands Of their party, coloured rope, and
sto cd ready to lay them up again, accor-
ding to the same or any other pattern
which might be ordered by his highness
the Maha Raiat of Mysore."
MOSQUITO HUNT From the
same.
"The progress of getting into bed in
India is one requiring great dexterity.
and not little scientific engineering
AS the curtains are carefully tucked in
close under the mattress, all round, you
must decide at what part of the bed you.
choose to make your entry. Having sur
veyed the ground, and clearly made up
your mind on this point, you take in your
right hand kind Of brush or switch,
generally made Of horses tail COR, if you
tolerably expert, towel may answer the
purpose. With your left hand you then
seize that part of the skirt of the curtain
which is thrust under the bedding at the
place you intend to er,and by the light
Of the cocoa-nut oil lamp (Which burns
on the floor of every bed room in Hon.
dustan) you first drive away the mosq l.
toes from your immediate neighbour
hood. by whisking round your horse tail;
and, before proceeding further, you must
be sure you have eHectually driven the
enemy back. If you fail in this matter,
your repose is ehectually dashed for that
night; for these confounded animals-it
{ is really difficult to keep from swearing,
4 even at the recollection Of the villains,
# although at the distance of ten thousand
Y miles from them-these well-cursed an
!. imals, then, appear to know perfectly
{ well what is going to happen, assemble
: with the vigour and bravery of the flank
: companies appointed to head storming
party, ready in one instant to rush into
i the breach, careless alike of horse tails
and towels. Let it be supposed, how
: ever. that you have successfully beaten
y back the enemy. You next promptly
n form an opening,not hairs breadth lar
n ger than your own person, into which
!, you leap, like harlequin through hoop,
8 or, to borrow Jacks phrase, 'as if the
/ devil kicked you on end!' OF course,
d with all the speed OF intense fear, you
o close up the gap through which you have
!, shot yourselfinto your sleeping quarters.
n IF all these arrangements have been we'll
o managed, you may amuse yourself for
> while by scofing at and triumphing over
e the clouds of baffled mosquitoes outside,
d who dasl' themselves against the meshes
r OF the net, in vain attempts to enter your
II sanctum. IT, however, for your sins,
e any one of their number has succeeded in
entering the place along with yourself,
&c he is not such an ass as to betray his pre-
sencc while you are flushed with vict DRY,
: : wide awake, and armed with the means
! of his destruction. Far from this, the
lie scoundrel allows you to chuckle over
Id your fancied great doings, and so lie
e, down with all the compacency and fall
an lacious security Of your conquest, and
he under the entire assurance OF enjoying a
p tranquil nights rest. Alas for such pre-
nc sumptuous hopes! Scarcely have you
of dropped gradually from these visions OF
A the day to the yet more blessed visions OF
er the night, and the last faint efforts OF
lis your eyelids have been quite overcome
h. BY the gentle pressure of sleep, when, in
TO deceitful slumber, you hear something
u. like the sound Of trumpets.
-. Straightway your Imagination is kin
Nv i" died, and you fancy yourselfin the mids,
Fl ofa fierce fight, and struggling, not a
is gainst petty insects, but against armed
nd men and laundering cannon. In the ex
ION citement of the mortal conflict of you
10 dream, you awake not dispeased, may
'or hap, to find that you are safe and snug il
bed. But in the next instant what is you
nr dismay, when you are again saluted b
vas the odious notes ola mosquito close a
inc your ear! The perilous fight Of the pre-
he vious dream, in which your honour ha
yal became pledged, and your life at hazard
'ur is all forgotten in the pressing realit
'al of this waking calamity. You rcsol,
use to do or die, and not to sleep, or even a,
he tempt to sleep, till you have finally owe,
a. come the enemy. Just as you have mad
ing this manly resolve, and, in orde
we to deceive the foe, have pretended to b
ity fast asleep, the wary mosquito is agai
on heard. circling over at distance, b,
ei- gradually coming nearer and nearer in
as. spiral descent, and at each turn gainir
be upon you one inch, till at length, he .
INT most touches your ear, and, as you ~,
or pose, is just about to settle aPsni. Wi