The native American., 1838-07-21

10 survey the environs of his extensive and popu
ous town, and struck into a different road. We
saw two heifers lying on the grass, who did not
seem TO know what to do with themselves.
Here we reflected on the darkness Of the middle
ages, ,and the glorious consequences of the nven-
ton Of printing.
We heard something singing, and concluded it
was bird, the saUis UOiucris' of Linnaus. We
turned out Of the road here to enjoy the prospect
afforded by romantic glen, with brook in it,
and cascades according. The dog washed his
feet, and we reflected on the source Of the Nile.
| We discovered an island in this stream, covered
with tansies, bullirogs, and one straight tall wal
nut-tree We shook the latter in hopes of pro-
curing some fruit; but as none descended, | sup
pose it was not the season for them. The with
cred leaves which covered the ground, while the
trees above were in all their verdure, naturally led
our contemplatons toa comparison between youth
and age, life and death, prosperity and adversely.
We returned to Weehawk through juniper
wood, and remarked two partieularities in the in
habitants one is, that they use pocket-handker-
chiefs on no day of the week but the first by any
chance whatever. They are then, however, only
worn for ornament-he wearer making pre-
tence of employing his clean and neatly-loded
lpiece of muslin after he has performed the nasal
emunciion with his fingers. This is unquestion-
ably a much cleanlier practice than that Of the
Europeans and Neo-Eboracians.
| The other sngularty is, that they wear no
| gal'orses, or suspenders. There is an antiquity
before the door of the mansion, the date of which
we were unable to ascertain. Ii is a gallows.
j Whenever any of the male inhabitants walked
under this, we observed that they bowed grace
fully, at the same time holding the waistband OF
their bracchn with their left hand; and by this we
discovered the origin of the custom already men
toned Peter Stuyvesant is recorded in the
chronicle of knckerbocker, to have punished
minor offences by tying rope round the crilni-
nails middle, and letting him swim IN pacuo on
| high gallows. Doubtless this indignity was i'll
brooked by the generous souls Of the Dutchmen
and their posterty have inherited their feelings
though they are ignorant of the cause which
makes them, as it were, involuntarily perform
the feat aforesaid, and forswear gaklo,oses as .
memorial of their stigma.
This sketch purports to be the fragment OF classical
Typographical mineralogical and botanical tour thai
renowned and ancient city, Wehawk, performed in the
summer OF lSl7 by member Of the Institute of Cork
ireland carefully printed from the original MS II is
and biting satire and Of the most admirable pro
Iducons Oi the lamened SANDS who as the reader Is
perhaps aware, struck down by the nsatate archer
while engaged in writing article for the KNIo KERBocK
Err, work he had his heart and TO which he wa.
10 have been constant contributor 1t will doubtless be
entirely new to nine in ten Of readers and receive
hearty welcome from all Originating in one or two o
The earliest annuas then Of exceedingly narrow crcua
'ion, embodied in comparatively stasnat edition
his complete works, unwisey produced in cxpensv.
form for general diffusion several Of SANDS choicest e
forts are scarcely known beyond the limits Of the city,
the shelves of his admiring friends.
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