Next came that duke who makes the nation groan, By changing British gold for brick and stone;

Tho' foil'd for once by Corn

wall's honest vote,

On cover'd ways, he will not change his note;

Nine jealous husbands, who with fury burn,

Had sworn, like Abelard, he should return.

Their savage purpose fill'd him with affright;

In post-horse haste, he left them in the night.

If from my country's cause I could depart,

And selfish prudence had possest my heart;

If lost to friendship, honor, and fair fame,

Inroll'd with your's, I could dis

grace my name;

days of yore,

A Splendid Book with many an herb and flow'r, Which sooth'd his mind for

loss of place and pow'r; Though some surmise, he yet exerts his skill,

And is the master of the puppets still.

had known,

Had bow'd at levees, and ap

proach'd the throne;

Had silent sat, nor made yon Premier fret,

Nor prov'd he paid by running more in debt.

But can I listen to your tamp'ring wiles,

Dundas arrives,

Bedford's smiles;

duct to approve,

And

And Devon steady in his country's love;

While good Fitzwilliam takes

with me a part,

Trick first began, and still sup

ports your farce;

Whilst as my friends I have a splendid' host,

lied heart;

And still to blast each mean un

manly view,

true.

moor.

PERIPLUS OF HANNO.—

In the article assigned to Carthage in a former volume, the editor endeavoured to support an opinion, which several modern writers have taken considerable pains to invalidate; that the inhabitants of that African city had arrived at no small eminence as commercial navigators.

In the course of this controversy, on which a profusion of learning has been poured forth, the authenticity of the Periplus of Hanno, has been on one side wholly denied, and on the other as strenuously supported: a wish having been expressed by a respectable female, whose wishes will be ever considered by me as commands, I produce a translation of it.

HANNO

HANNO having been appointed to make a voyage of discovery beyond the columns of Hercules, (Gibraltar) and to plant colonies along the coast of LibyPhenicia, a fleet of sixty ships was prepared duly furnished with whatever was requisite for such an expedition, seeds, living animals, tools, and provisions; the number of persons embarked, including the crews, and those who were to be settled on the coast, men, women, and children, amounted to thirty thousand.

"Then steering to the west, we reached Cape Soloe (now Cape Bojador) a promontory covered with trees and underwood; on the summit we marked out the foundations for a temple, to be hereafter dedicated to Neptune, which has since been built.

"Still following the coast, which takes an eastern direction, we observed a large lake, almost concealed by long and large reeds which grew round it; here

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many elephants and

we saw
other wild beasts.

"At the distance of one day's sailing from the Lake, we planted another colony, and advancing still further to the south, four others; at regular intervals.

"After this delay, continuing our voyage, we saw the river Lixus, which deriving its source from the interior parts of Africa, here discharges itself into the The Nomades, a nation of wandering shepherds, were attending their flocks. on its banks.

sea.

circumference; here we made another settlement to which we gave the name of Cernè; (now called Argonin.)

"We computed the distance of this island, from the mouth of the streights, to be equal to that from the columns of Hercules to Carthage.

"Continuing our voyage, we passed the mouth of another river, and soon observed a second bay of considerable magnitude, in which were three islands, and each of them larger than Cernè.

"The land here was mountainous, and inhabited by savages cloathed in skins of wild beasts; they resisted our land ing, and assaulted us with showers of stones.

"After a day's sail we approached a large river infested with crocodiles and sea-horses (this seems to have been the river Senegal); we then sailed back to Cernè.

"Then steering again to the south, we sailed up a considerable river; the inhabitants who were numerous, fled when they saw us approach; their cries and their harsh dissonant language was alike unknown to us and our interpreters.

"Following the course of the stream, at the end of twelve days we came to a hilly country,

covered with sweet smelling trees, the bark of which was beautifully variegated.

"For two days, only lofty mountains were seen, the land, then gradually descending, offered to our view distant plains and deep vallies; we here supplied ourselves with water, then continuing our voyage, we reached another island, which by day presented only gloomy woods, solitude, and silence; but as night approached, fires at regular distances suddenly blazed up, at the same time, a loud and discordant noise, vocal and instrumental, echoed through the island; torrents of liquid fire were also seen rushing into the sea (probably streams of lava disembogued from a volcano).

"We remarked, during the burning of the nocturnal fires, one more elevated and stupendous than the rest, the flames of which apparently reached the clouds; in the day time only, a lofty mountain with smoke issuing from it appeared.

Intimidated by such appearances, our priests recommended immediate departure; we weighed anchor, and after two days sailing came to another bay, and an island inhabited by ferocious savages, of whom the greatest number appeared to be females,

cloathed.

"We attempted to catch some of them, but the males were too nimble, leaping precipices and mounting cliffs to us inaccessible, from which they rolled down fragments of rock upon us.

"In pursuing the women we were more successful, and caught three, whom it was our design to have carried to Carthage alive; but they were SO extremely mischievous, furious, and unmanageable; biting and tearing every thing they could lay hold of, that we were under the necessity of killing them; we preserved their skins which we carried home with us.

"On examining our provision, we found, that it was scarcely sufficient for the supply of our voyage to Carthage, we therefore without further deJay, steered back the course by which we came."

Such is the PERIPLUS, which excited doubt, and produced disbelief in the learned Dodwell, as to its authenticity; it obtained credit with Bougainville and Montesquieu; the editor of of this collection may perhaps be pardoned in venturing to think it has the internal evidence of truth; it is too dry for fiction, which generally calls in the aid

cident; it describes not fairy land, it tells not of feasting on lion's flesh, nor is the reader regaled with live beef steaks.

The following are some of the arguments which have been urged against the authority of this journal of Hanno's voyage.

The present state of Africa, which does not afford a single remain, of the establishments here mentioned.

The appearance of the coast in many respects not at all corresponding: responding: the embouchures of rivers differently placed; others not existing; considerable islands now seen where small ones are described, and sand banks only where there were islands.

In reply it may be and has been observed, that time is the great leveller of man and all his works, and that when industry, wealth; and population have been driven from a country for more than two thousand years, unceasing annual unceasing annual vegetation, storms, war, the deposition of large rivers, and more particularly volcanoes and earthquakes, all rapidly tend to alter the face of the earth, and to restore the reign of wild nature and barbarism.