wounded savage, but uttered language of so seditious a tendency, openly inciting his comrades to mutiny, that he was forthwith consigned to the blackhole; while the rest, prudently counting the cost of such a line of conduct, silently obeyed. Long and anxious was my watch, towards the close of the day on which this third expedition took place: evening came, and a full moon, radiant in the glorious splendour that none can conceive who have not witnessed it in such a frozen clime, shed her light on the wide and varied waste of snow, ascending almost to the meridian ere the welcome sight appeared. And a singular spectacle it certainly was. Six riflemen, habited in the almost sable uniform of their corps, appeared, two and two, with long ropes thrown over their shoulders, drawing a low narrow carriage, placed, of course, not on wheels but on runners, and elevated but a foot or two from the ground, where lay at full length the poor Indian, resigned to his fate. Not so his young and most tender brother: the poor lad could not be persuaded but that the purpose of the white men was to kill their prisoner: and with most bitter cries, he ceased not to implore their mercy, repeatedly offering his own life as a ransom. Whether from shame, from cold, or what inducement I know not, but within a short distance of the town the soldiers commenced running at full speed, while the light car glided over the frozen snow rapid as thought, and the Indian youth kept close beside it, now wringing his clasped hands in agony, now flinging wide his arms, shrieking out his supplications for pity on his brother. It was a scene that might be witnessed once in a life; but I scarcely think any one has seen it twice. The officers, plumed, cloaked, and mounted, brought up the rear, for their horses had been held in waiting at the entrance of the wood; while the Highland veteran, on his old, blind, but still spirited mare, exposed his stout-built frame to the atmosphere, with no other addition to the warmth of his usual clothing than was supplied by the glow of gratified benevolence, that cheered his heart and shone on his honest countenance. The wounded man was speedily laid upon a comfortable bed, in the basement story of that immense wooden dwelling, originally built for the Duke of Kent, when Annapolis was the capital, and his royal highness the governor of the province. The wounds were carefully examined, a few shot extracted, poultices applied, nourishment administered, and the patient comfortably settled for the night. His dear young brother, who had hovered round with restless observation, could no longer doubt our amicable intentions; he smiled through his tears, accepted some refreshment, and having watched for a while the slumbers of his beloved charge, wrapped his blanket round him, sank by the sleeper's side, and slept also. Pierrot, meanwhile, remained in arrest, awaiting the court-martial that he richly merited; but for some reason or another, of which I can merely record that it was satisfactory to two parties only, he received his commandant's pardon, and was set at liberty. I was too much engrossed by my guests, and the large circle of new acquaintance to whom they introduced me, to care much what became of the offenders: and to this introduction I trace up the close friendship that thenceforth bound me to the aborigines of the land. The rumour of our Indian's adventure had, of course, penetrated the recesses of the wood; while the fact of his sudden removal, despite the pleadings of his brother, and his remarkable entrée into Annapolis, gave rise to many surmises. The best way of satisfying their minds was to visit the place; and my trusty Highland friend advised me to allow them free ingress and egress. There was no lack of room: my kitchen, near which lay the Indian's apartment, would admit some twenty without much crushing; and the enormous fire-place, consuming as it did logs of a yard or two in length in a continuous blaze, admitted a wide circle to enjoy its warmth. There I might be daily found, doing the honours to a dozen squaws, while their spouses visited the sick man; and if popularity be a prize worth gaining, certainly I was well requited for my attentions to those dear Indians. Few words passed between us but words are not always essential to friendly intercourse. Smiles are of universal currency; and the poor squaw who sees her bright-eyed babe fondled in the arms of an admiring stranger, is not a whit less susceptible of pride and gladness than the refined and polished of her sex: I suppose I must not say she is more so. Each squaw who was not encumbered with a papousie in a cradle of bark slung behind her, was sure to exhibit a burden equally weighty, though less attractive, in a huge parcel of raw moose-meat. This was flung down on the floor, while the lady, drawing a short pipe from the pouch at her girdle, lighted it at the sparkling embers, and stood, with true Indian gravity, gazing alternately at the fire and at me. If I happened to have on a shawl or a riband that suited their taste, it underwent many handlings, under the familiar appellation of a 'doll-rag:' and the good humour with which they were treated completely won their simple hearts. Oh, had I but then looked on them as the probable descendants of God's own Israel, sank in heathen darkness, rendered visible by the lurid glare of Popish idolatry, and myself as a Gentile, a Protestant, a depository of the knowledge that alone maketh wise unto salvation, how precious would those golden opportunities have been in my sight! When I try to number up the sins of omission alone, their number is greater than I can compass. If there was not a fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, and if the way to that fountain were not also open to me, where should I hide myself in the great and terrible day! C. E. THERE appears to be great and heavy calamities hanging over Europe at this time, and if it should please Almighty God that a few drops of that pelting shower should descend upon the heads of his own family, murmur not, but rather rejoice in the delightful consciousness of being individually locked in the concave of Jehovah's shield.-Rev. W. Howels, March, 1831. AN EXCURSION. No. II. 'Arcades ambo Et cantare pares et respondere parati.'-Virg. Ecl. vii. 5. MADAM, AFTER the love of self to which all other affections, I think, may either mediately or immediately be traced, the next affection in the category is the love of country; and this passion I believe is much stronger in the extremes of society than in the means, that is, in the most illiterate or the most refined of the human species; and the men who by their talents and genius have adorned the history of their native land are ever the proudest boast of its inhabitants. The poet Gray drank deeply at this well, and all must acknowledge that refinement could hardly arrive at a higher polish in the mind of any than it did in his mind; and had it not, he never could have penned these lines: 'Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. And on a smaller scale you will perceive my meaning more fully illustrated in the dialogue that ensues: 'What,' said I to the intelligent guide who shewed me these things, 'what is the reason, think you, after all your advantages in this fine seat of learning and |