not Hebrew, as many have contended, was the original language spoken by man. Now, as every

thing in this world tends to a circle, from the bent rainbow to the round globe itself, ever ending where. it begins, there is good reason to believe that the universal language to be spoken here, at the consummation of all things, will be Arabic.

Eighth. The book in the hand of the female figure, represented upon the opposite side of the obelisk shows us that the art of printing was understood at this early period; while the half-dreaming countenance, the upward cast of the eye, and especially the rose, ever, in oriental lands, the emblem of love, more than intimate that this book was a Novel.

Ninth. The needle, pointing steadily towards the star, as represented on the third side of the obelisk, may have been emblematical of the constancy of Adam's affection for Eve; but the broken planks and spars about the surf-beaten rocks being, doubtless, the remains of a shipwreck, would rather favor the position, that the needle was designed to represent the mariner's compass; and that it was placed here, in connection with the wreck, to exhibit its value in the most striking light; just as an engine for extinguishing fire is always advertised in connection with the picture of a building in conflagration. This establishes the fact, that the properties of the polar magnet were well known to Adam; and that, in all probability, our illustrious progenitor was himself a sailor as well as a poet.

Tenth. The elevated and still ascending position of the barge, represented upon the fourth side of the monument, shows that it was designed to navigate the air. The vapor escaping above indicates the presence of steam; while the small cylindrical objects protruding from the pierced sides, have no meaning, unless they represent guns. Hence it is evident that Adam was acquainted with the properties and uses of gunpowder; that he was no stranger to the application of steam to the purposes of navigation; and that, by some principle of balance and buoyancy, unknown to the naval architecture of these times, he was able to move through the atmosphere as we do through the ocean. It is therefore not improbable that he was in constant habits of communication with all the nearer planets; while some of his more adventurous children may have visited worlds now beyond the utmost range of our telescopic vision.

I am aware that the more distrustful reader will receive, with some hesitation, all my statements respecting the discovery and properties of this primitive monument. It may, perhaps, be incumbent on me, if I would secure his implicit confidence, to produce the original. This shall be done as soon as practicable; and, in the mean time, I assure him, there is not, in all I have said, a less scrupulous regard to truth and rational probability than is usual in books of travel, and especially those that treat of antiquities.

I am amazed myself at the discovery. It appears that we are, in these last days of the world, as far short of the aborigines of the earth in practical wisdom, as we are behind them in years. The utmost we can expect is, to recover what has been lost to make the two ends of time harmoniously meet.

When I think of my own agency in the discovery of this memorial, that but for me it would never have been known beyond the breast of the ignorant Arab; when I think, too, of the change it will bring upon the face of society, of the impulse it will give to those instantaneous convictions which flash beyond all the slow advances of knowledge-the enthusiasm with which it will be spoken of in the circles of the learned the vitality it will send down among the bones of the antiquarian dead,-when I think of these things, I seem to stand on some eminence, distinguished from my fellow-beings by a destiny all my own-I seem to hear my name everywhere repeated, everywhere dwelt upon with wonder and admiration. Even the tongue of posterity is not silent; the voice of its homage comes up through the depths of time like a pæan from eternity. And well may this homage be rendered; for no discovery that man has yet made can equal mine, save that of Hudibras—

"That oft a fly, going to bed,

Sleeps with his tail above his head."

CHAPTER XI.

ROME,-Athens,-Carthage,-what are they?
Spoiled heritage, successive prey;

New nations force their onward way,

And grasp disputed reign:

Thou changest not; thy waters pour
The same wild waves against the shore,
Where liberty had breathed before,

And slavery hugs his chain.

CHENENDOLLÉ,

TOWN OF NAPOLI APPEARANCE OF THE PLACE GAYETY OF THE INHABITANTS-PAGANINI OF GREECE-ISLAND OF HYDRA-WILDNESS OF ITS FEATURES HABITS OF THE MEN COSTUME OF THE LADIES RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON BOARD SHIP- QUALIFICATIONS OF A CHAPLAIN OF THE NAVY-PASSAGE TO EGINA-SOFTNESS OF ITS SCENERY -TWILIGHT RAMBLE-ASPECT OF THE TOWN-COLLEGE AND MUSEUM -VISIT TO THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER PANHELLENIUS-SITES OF SACRED EDIFICES-ONE'S NATIVE VILLAGE-" MAID OF ATHENS "-OFFICER OF THE GREEK ARMY.

I MUST crave the indulgence of the sober reader for the whims which occasionally visit me. I trust he will not permit these fanciful guests to forfeit me his continued esteem, or weaken the credibility of my narrative. My pen, unworthy as it may be, moves under the eye of many witnesses from whose presence it cannot escape, and from whose verdict there is no appeal. A sentence, whether written in a

spirit of seriousness or satirical levity, must be acquitted or condemned, by the truth which it utters, and the motive which it obeys. Were human nature exempt from vanity, pride, and affectation, there would be little occasion for ridicule, irony, and

sarcasm.

And yet it must be confessed that those who resort most frequently to these weapons have, usually, themselves the most reason to dread them. No men are so keen-sighted and successful in detecting certain faults in others, as they who have the same faults themselves. Even the lunatic discovers the mental malady of his new companion.

But enough of this: I return to incidents of a fresher reality. The arrival of our ship in the bay of Napoli was greeted by its inhabitants with many tokens of affectionate regard. They cherish a grateful recollection of the partial relief afforded them by the benevolent of our country in their famishing extremity. This gratitude, at least, evinces that the heart of the Greek is not yet so utterly degenerate as some of his detractors would represent. His sentiments are not of that - high, heroic order, that flash through the imagination of those whose conceptions are derived more from the remote past than from the present. He is a versatile, thoughtless, inconsistent being, fond of parade and excitement; and little given to that provident forethought which foregoes a present enjoyment, in the anticipation of a future evil.