The Nevada journal., 1858-07-02
How Byron kent his Fat down,

ldl " as 81 & fCdt tldl Ho icuuCCu MS uiCs
to the poiut Of absolute starvation
He was of that soft, lymphatit tempera
ment, WHICH it is almost impossible to
keep within moderate compass. par
ticulally as, in his case, his larenese
prevented his taking exercise WheT
he added to this weight, even standing
was painful; he resolved fd' keer dow,
to eleven stone, or shoot hir lie
said everything he swallowsG vas IN
stantly converted into tallow ana depos
on his ribs. He was the only auma7
being l ever met with who had sutfeienr
self-restraint and resolution 10 resist this
proneness to fatten. He did so; and at
Genoa, where he was last weighed, he
was ten stone and nine pounds and look
ed much less. This was not from vant
ty about personal appearance. but from
a better motive; and as, like Justice
Greedy he was always hungry, his merit
was the greater. g~
Occasionally he relaxed his vigilatce,
when he swelled apace remember
one of his old friend saying Byron how
we'll you are looking!" If be had
stopped there, it had been well; bui
when he added You are getting fat J"
Byron's brow reddened, and his eyes
flashed, "Do you call getting fat look
ing well, as if l were hog ~ aans
turning to me, he muttered, s'The beast,
l can hardly keep my hands off him. .
The man who thus offended him was
the husband of the lady addressed as
''Genevra," and the original of his
'Zuleika," in the Bride Of 41bydoS.
don't think he had much appetite for his
dinner that day, OF for many days, and
never forgave the man who, SO far from
wishing to offend, intended TO pay him
a compliment.
Byron said he tried all sorts Of exper-
iments to stay his hunger, without ad-
ding to his bulk II swelled," he said,
"at one time. to fourteen stone, so
clappcd the muzzle on my Jaws, and,
like the hibernated animals, consumed
my own fat" e8a.a
He would exist ON biscuits and .sods
water for days together; then, TO ALLAN
the eternal hunger gnawing at his vitals
he would make up horrid mess of cold
potatoes, rice, fish, or green's, deluged IL
vinegar, and gobble it.up like fafnish
ed dog. On either of these unsavory
dishes, with biscuit and a glass or two
of Rhine, lie careduot how sour. he cs.i
ed feasting sumptuously. a
Upon my observing he might as wei
have Fl esh fish or vegetables, instead of
stale, he laughed, answered, Il have al
advantage over you; have no palate
One think is as good as another TO
me-
Nothing l said, tdisagrees with
the natural man. He fasts aud .gorges
his brains don't bother him but if You
wish to live n
WHO wants to live ?" he replied.
Not L. The Byrons are a short-lived
race on both sides, father and mother
Longevity is hereditary ! am nearly at
the end of my tether. / don't care for
death a d; it is her sting can't
bear pain" a4 as
BY starving his body, Byron kept his
brains clear. No man had brighter eyes
or c ear le voice; and his resolute bear
ing and prompt replies, when excited.
gave to his body muscular power that
imposed on strangers. never doubted
for he was Indifferent to life, aud proud
er than Luc,fer, that, if he had drawn
his sword in Greece, or. elsewhere, he
would have thrown away the scabbard
Tre1aacney's Recoflections of ne Los<
Days Of Shelley and Byron;
WESTWARD MARCH AND DESTINY %
CANADA-A railway from the British
shore of Lake Superior to the Pacific
coast at Vaneouver's Island is also
planned-the surveyors by whom the
work is to be Done, are now on Their
way to the projected western terminus
and the whole scheme has, within
very short time past, assumed propot
tions dangerously definite As il hs.
been we'll remarked, the expenditure by
England and Canada of $4,000 coo
upon railway which is to call a nee
empire into existence, and pour one Of
the great streams of the worlds carry
ing trade through the American prov
inces of Great Britain, is less of dream
to-day than was the building of 81 600
miles of railway by the unaided Cana
das five years ago Vancouver Island
enjoys in the NORTH Pacific such advap.
tages of soil and position as are only
paralleled by those of Cuba, in the Gar.
ibbean, and Of the British Islands in the
North Atlantic. The vast TERRITORY
which stretches along our Northern
frontier from the Lakes to the Pacific,
has been long secluded from the knowI
edge of mankind, by the jealous policy
of the Hudson's Bay Company But
the knell of the vast monopoly has been
struck, and England has found herself
mistress of magnificent virgin dominine
ion, where she had looked only for in
hospitible and barren wastes. The
region which the Pacific Railway is
to run proves to be not less fitted to all
the purposes of agriculture, and of
commerce, than the Canadas them.
selves. The development of these