The gentle virtues which her bosom share Daughter of Lowry, what a fate is thine! at Cairo, also perform quarantine; but they appoint two of their number to visit the sick, and administer extreme unction to those of their persuasion who are dying; and it happens but seldom, that any of these visitors die of the plague, which inclines them to make a miracle of it. The only precaution they take is, to drink a great quantity of brandy, as much, and often much more than they can well bear, without dishonouring their profession. A Venetian doctor, long resident at Cairo, never performed quarantine, and even visited people who were sick of the plague, but never caught it himself. His antidote like-Yet, though she chiefly rule thy willing breast, wise was, to take so much brandy, By sterner wisdom be not all possess'd: that he was seldom free from its ef- Give to the Muse's lore some transient hours, fects; perhaps the increase of perspi- And deck thy brow with sweet Parnassian ration, occasioned by the liquor, might Then turn again, god of the golden lyre! be the cause. It seems that brandy Prophet unerring! whence this sudden fire? supplies, in this case, what a great Before my eyes unearthly visions roll, degree of actual heat would do. A And dread forebodings agitate my soul. timorous person, who is in constant Oh! yet, high-gifted maid, before we part, fear, will be much more liable to have Divine philosophy bath power to heal 'Tis mine to wound, but not to break thy heart; it; but it is well known that fear acts The piercing woes which thou must shortly the contrary way, and will prevent or feel, obstruct perspiration." Thus far Mr. Antes, and I leave it to all candid readers to judge whether the observations of an intelligent conscientious man, during twelve years, in Egypt, are not of more importance than the crude theories of a Scotch or American doctor, whose ambition it is to gain a name by boldness of speculation. At another time, I purpose to consider the subject more fully. POETRY. J. W. TO MISS LOWRY, High on the Delphian steep I seem'd to stand. Her future triumphs in her aspect reading. seen. Her brow commanding, and her sparkling eye, The conscious pride of towering genius shone; own. flowers. Reft of thy parent; while a joyful sound bands: The smile of her fair glowing face Her mien is majestic and bland, And odours proceed from her breath; The life-giving touch of her hand Requickens the subjects of death. The woodland musicians conspire O'er nature's new carpet of flow'rs, Which covers the meadow's expanse, (While Pan, from bis reed, musio pours,) The wool-cover'd innocents dance. The finny creation, too, feel The impulse of day's radiant king; And anxious their joy to reveal, Aloft from their dwelling-place spring. How sweet in the morning to stray, Fair spring's op'ning beauties to view; To hear the blithe lark's matin lay, While sun-beams are drinking the dew. And sweet, too, to rove o'er the plain, Is cheerfully yielding his reign The agent whom nature obeys; Demands our devotion and praise. And Oh may the sun-beams of grace Religion's fair spring to impart! J. M. M. If souls can wander from their airy homes, Oh sainted mother! let me see thee now! Descend, and tell me if-Lo! there she is! Why start the dews upon my trembling frame? Why quails my heart?-Oh! 'tis a fearful thing To look upon those awful, upturn'd eyes,That radiant frame reclining on the air,Then bending down with solemn gaze on me! What should I dread?-Spirit! thou art my Mother! I ask thee, whence thou camest hither? Where hast thou travell'd in thine airy course? Hast thou swift flitted from yon trembling stars, Or floated on the moon-beam's yellow light,Or gather'd brightness from the far-off sun? Oh! could one fervent wish of mortal man, Swifter than thought, wend upward to the sky, And bring thee coursing down, from vast immeasur'd height? 'Tis wondrous!-How didst thou hear my sigh, And instant gliding down the deep'ning blue, Swifter than meteor's glance, or flickering lightning's glare, Flit noiseless down, and gently to my view, That mild dark eye beams down a tearful glance, Which saith, "Thou little know'st a mother's love!" Oh, say not so, ethereal visitant! LINES ON THE DEATH OF THE LATE For, when I saw thee on thy bed of death, MRS. WARREN. (Supposed to be written in the City-Road "Justus in æternum vivet." SHEDDING her floods of silver radiance down, O'er clustering tombs, gray glistening in her rays, The moon careers along the mellow skies Let thy tears trickle down the letter'd stone, How solemn, sad, and silent is the scene! Methinks the fitful breeze that wandereth by, Moans with funereal loneliness; though not A rustling cypress waves beneath its passage. Look at the monumental stones around! grave, While the black coffin they were letting down; There was their mother-her they saw no more ! Then, crying bitterly, returned home, Wond'ring how lone and vacant seem'd the house! Where was their mother? Little sufferers! Stay, thou dear vision, pictur'd on the wind! O wilt thou leave me ?-I have thousand things To tell thee yet!-See, see!-it fades away,gaze on nought but dreary vacant moonlight, For she bath left her son to mourn alone! But thou, oh blessed spirit, weepest not! Thy griefs are over, never to return! Thou art with "angels ever bright and fair!" Thou wanderest blissful 'mong their shining ranks! Thyself art passing lovely !-cloth'd in white, Radiant and glittering! Whence got'st thou it? Is it not sprinkled with the blood of Christ? Peace to thy sacred ashes, Oh my mother! Oh! rest thee, Anne, in thy profoundest sleep,Within thy narrow boundaries!-and coffiu close, With plaited cap around thy brow; and shroud Long, close, and damp!-Decay thou silently! No, my poor mother! though this earth hides thee, It does not rase thy memory from my heart! And though thy lips are clos'd,-ay, clos'd in death; Their fervid eloquence still thrills upon my ears! But, in the silence of the moonlit night, Burst thy sepulchral bonds of gloomy stone, ODE TO TIME. Q. Q. Q. HAIL! Gaffer Time, with head so bare,One lock alone of hoary hair Hangs o'er thy furrow'd brow; Decrepit, wrinkled, worn with age,- O, yes! I see thee creeping on Yet some thy choicest blessings slight, While some, more wise, in solemn mood So much opinion varies. But sure thou art a precious boon,- Then, oh! may we be truly wise, Nor e'er thy presence spurn; And all must, one day, own thy pow'r,— The wicked and the just; But though thou reign'st triumphant here, From earthly ties set free, We'll bid adieu to things below, And having conquer'd our last foe, We'll triumph over thee. Near Kingsbridge, Devon. T. JARVIS. LINES WRITTEN UPON THE DEATH No dark uncertainty attends Thy state beyond the tomb; O happy state! O bless'd exchange! Father, I would not much desire Thine arm hath strength'ned me when low; And he who safely keeps me now, Will not forsake me then. Yes, I shall wear the victor's wreath, My Lord hath triumph'd over death, Deal. E. B. REVIEW.-Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtschatka. By Capt. John Dundas Cochrane, R. N. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 428 and 344. London. Charles Knight, Pall Mall East. 1824. SURELY Eurystheus could not have known the dangers and difficulties attending a Siberian journey, or such a one, as that undertaken by our traveller, had formed one of the twelve memorable labours of Hercules. That any man, more especially a captain in the British navy, should have undertaken such a task, and voluntarily too, almost exceeds the bounds of credibility. To traverse the deserts of Siberia, subject to the most severe privations, often without either food or raiment, exposed to the utmost inclemencies of the weather, paddling and wading through half-frozen rivers and lakes, sleeping in snow till chilled and stiffened with the cold, and then again scorched with a burning sun, are really labours and vicissitudes which, in our estimation, nothing could compensate :-yes, we beg the Captain's pardon, an amiable and affectionate wife, we believe, may be reckoned an adequate compensation for hardships even such as he endured. Our author, after passing through France into Russia, departed from Petersburgh, passed through Moscow, Tobolsk, and Irkutsk, to the borders of the Chinese empire. From thence he penetrated to the country of the Tchuktchi, and thence along the Omekon to Okotsk, where he embarked for Kamtschatka. From St. "WORK WHILE IT IS DAY, THE Peter's and St. Paul's, his wandering NIGHT COMETH." SWIFTLY our moments pass away, When all our toil and care will cease, Oh! may we each with ardour strive To lead the youth in paths of peace. Dear Saviour, own our care, and bless Each weak attempt to spread thy name. Vain will each effort prove, unless Thy blessing rest upon the same. But if our labour thou approve, And we, in this employ of love, Our happiest hours on earth shall spend. A. B. spirit, after having first enchained itself in the promissory bonds of a matrimonial engagement, prompted him to make the tour of the Peninsula. And indeed lucky, perhaps, it is, that this comet at last fell in with an attraction sufficient to establish its orbit, or otherwise it might have shot out into the regions of space, and instead of arriving in the moon,' ,"* might have drawn this luminary off in its tail, thus depriving us of a very valuable, though only occasional, source of light. The author's motives for his arduous 66 The chief of one of the Siberian towns told him he expected to have heard of his arrival in the moon. undertaking will be best understood | feasible by me, who had been roasted in some in his own words : of the worst corners of the West Indies, during a period of nearly ten years' service, without, I may say, a head-ache. Finding, however, that a young commander like myself, was not likely to be employed afloat, much less ashore, I determined to undertake a journey, varying only the object and scene to that of the unfortunate Ledyard, viz. to travel round the globe, as nearly as can be done by land, crossing from Northern Asia to America, at Bebring's Streights; I also determined to perform the journey on foot, for the best of all possible reasons, that my finances allowed of no other. Having procured two years' leave of absence, I prepared to traverse the continents of Europe, Asia, and America."-p. 1 to 6. "In the month of January, 1820, I addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, offering to undertake a journey into the interior of Africa, which should have for its object the ascertaining of the course and determination of the river Niger. Besides the bent of my own inclination, I had an inducement to this step in the conviction, established by experience, of my capability to encounter the ordinary difficulties of a pedestrian traveller; having, on the conclusion of the general peace, traversed on foot the beautiful countries of France, Spain, and Portugal-an excursion in which I certainly underwent a full proportion of fatigue and privations; to say nothing of those I had for years before been in the habit of undergoing; among which I might enumerate two trips from Quebec to Lake Ontario, when in company with six bundred seamen, whose very faces and swollen feet told me I was more of a pedes-peror Alexander. The emperor, with trian traveller than they. "The plan I purposed to follow was nearly that adopted by Mungo Park in his first journey; intending to proceed alone, and requiring only to be furnished with the countenance of some constituent part of the government. With this protection, and such recommendations as it might procare me, I would have accompanied the caravans in some servile city, nor hesitated even to sell myself as a slave, if the miserable alternative were necessary to accomplish the object I had in view. capa With these objects, our author traversed through France, and, having arrived in Russia, made for the capital, where he contrived to have his views and plans submitted to the Em that magnanimity which should ever characterize a great mind, not only expressed himself satisfied with the object, but took every step to render our author all the assistance in his power. After stating that the permission of the Emperor was obtained, the author still further observes : "His Imperial Majesty had also the consideration to ask Colonel Cathcart, who had recently arrived, as successor to Mr. Casamajor, whether wanted money, and how much, to enable me to start. I replied in the negative, expressing, very truly, my surprise and gratitude at the offer. was, moreover, instructed, in case of such necessity, to apply should pass."-p. 57 and 58. to the respective governors, at the places I "In going alone, I relied upon my own individual exertions, and knowledge of man, unfettered by the frailties and misconduct of others. I was then, as now, convinced that many people travelling together for the purpose of exploring a barbarous country, have the less chance of succeeding, more especially when they go armed, and take with them presents of value. The appearance of numbers Our author describes the manner of must naturally excite the natives to resistance, travelling in Siberia with great mifrom motives of jealousy or fear; and the dan-nuteness. He states, that the inhabitger would be greatly increased by the hope of plunder. The death of the whole party, and consequently the failure of the expedition, will be the probable result of such a plan, The difficulty of finding men, otherwise suitable, whose constitutions admit an equal degree of suffering and fatigue, is also great; and that of collecting a number of people gifted with the due portion of those virtues, without which no expedition of discovery could succeed, is certainly greater. "My answer from the Admiralty was unfavourable, expressing an unwillingness to countenance the undertaking; whether from tender regard to the safety of my person, or because they considered such an expedition foreign to their department, or from what other reason, I shall leave the reader to conjecture. I was not, however, the less convinced of the practicability of my plan; a plan which I considered was more than ordinarily * Certainly such a determination argues a degree of devotion to the favourite pursuit, which, though we may admire, we cannot approve.-EDITOR. ants supply the traveller with lodging and board gratis, and occasionally with animals and guides. Indeed, he observes, that his journey from Moscow to Irkutsk, (a route of six thousand miles,) did not cost him quite a guinea! He also makes concise remarks upon the manners and customs of the people, as well as upon the general history of the places through which he passed. As a specimen, we shall transcribe his observations upon Tomsk, the capital of a province of the same name : "Tomsk is a city and capital of a province thousand inhabitants, while there are about of the same name, containing five hundred nine or ten thousand in the city, which, in spite of several churches, and many handsome edifiplace; yet shewing every hospitality and ces, public and private, is a most miserable kindness to travellers and strangers. The society also is, I am afraid, far from good, |