, 1870-09-25

wtatif me1ns 10 .2tn-not pstchfu1ts. but
'tgrrat Buns.'' Aboro R1l these horrid inp!e-
ndent6 ct WlI,-so cEnel, notv1hstsudlnf
NAtha1o thinks tne shrHpnels 1o3k like candy
~ath their chocolste drops Of ironSsAnd thels
sogaz-psun of salphus:-eeove al these re, r
The nations Of the globe. rolled togsther
quietly in peace, II heJ will be, probably, 1t
The sounding Of tho last trump!
The gToes instruments OF var We depeo2sa
II nnce; ~ the rareniny Wolvea and the roaf-
ing Iona. md the bloodthiraty beasts OF pfsv.
that deyouF the earth. Dut who cou1d iuts-
inc what passionate hiasokies io hid IN the
silent folds Of those saint-nle aagst
.Four hours slready spent in going ftom
place TO place, has giren rs just this flint
glimpse Of the navy yard.
The hospital tho ship crowded neaf to
sinking with sailors, enlisted Of iAte; the
barracks, and l know not what besides, We
must leave for future visIta. And On tbs
burisl-p1ace Of 1.-The mArtyra" We bAvo not
time to look; but we arc told that, aven within
= few veeks, bones have been dng up, to re-
mind Us Of the dreadful pzison-ships.
iLeaving the mountainous hulls, the eoloasa.
monitor, add incipient giants of the deep,
1t IL rather amusing to take up this book fsom
.sThe Harpes," entitled " The lob Roy Of
the jordan" and Learn what \ little caHoe has
done-
The Rob Rornot only on the JordAn, but ton
the Nile. Red Sea, GeneeA1eth, etr., canoe
c1uise in Paleatine and Egypt, and shs waters
Of the title-page; and the author thus ainul.
| taneouly introduces hia little boat and hls
book !
"At Alexandra we took OF tho carpet that
had covered the Rob Roy during her lung
voyage from England, in the good ship Tau
"Hes polished cedar deck glittared in The
| African sun; and the waves OF \ new aes
| played on her smooth oak aides. +.
II stepped in, Light hearted, for ash
months cruise, snd the first half hout around
the crowded harbor showed that tho MoslAtaf
would be a. kind in their welso@e 70 tho httls
cr11t, as the Eolsemen hAd been, and ths
Swiss, aud the Indians Of Ottawa, in my othe'
| jortncsa."
liz Tho adventures Of sllis six months
cruise that this pleasantly written and fnel.
illustrated book OF Eastern travel records
It's heroine is the little canoe. who pssse
lightly through many pc.ils from shore u
page that announces the !" Grand Discou1v.
Is picture OF the 's Neo,f found AouM Of n
Jordan" vhlch ia a hundred feet wide. An
entitsly concealed from both shores "by
bend it makes 10 the east"
"Onee," says the author, " round The COZ
ner on entering tho actual river, it Ii = WOE
de1fnl sight indeed! Tho graceful chaune
winds Through deep bay Of popyrtts, .
close in it's forest OF stems that 10 bird q
fly into it." in ample sweeps or long st1ai8h
reaches in perfect repose and loyeltnesa, NJ
soft beauty Ct it's own. Recovering frol
the first excitement OF this Important df:
covery, I act about recording all its festuEeai i
4 methodlcal way"
And then folloaa what with Ill its desctI,
tions, interesting ~ they may be, sou viii an
the m1rked passage OF the book, the meetin
between the adventurous little heroine z
canot,-and the grand historical hero, Il
Rirer Jo,,d1n.-upon 4bose calm eolitude I
centuries this wondrous little lady-lov
declcd In all the fairy pataphe1nalis Of u
nineteenth century, 80 suddenly dro opod.
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