all their forces to repair the injury they have suffered. Whenever an enemy approaches their village, the beaver who first perceives the unwelcome stranger strikes on the water with his tail, to give notice of the approaching danger, and the whole tribe instantly plunge into the water. In a state of nature this provident animal lives fifteen or twenty years, and as his family increases he enlarges his dwelling, to provide room for the additional number of inhabitants.

HOHENLINDEN.

On Linden, when the sun was low,
All bloodless lay the untrodden snow,
And dark as winter was the flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.

But Linden saw another sight,

When the drum beat at the dead of night—
Commanding fires of death to light
The darkness of her scenery.

By torch and trumpet fast arrayed,
Each horseman drew his battle-blade,
And furious every charger neighed

To join the dreadful revelry.

Then shook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rushed the steed to battle driven,
And louder than the bolts of heaven
Far flashed the red artillery.

But redder yet that light shall glow
On Linden's hills of stainéd snow,
And bloodier yet the torrent flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.

'Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun
Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun,
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun

Shout in their sulphurous canopy.

The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave !
Wave, Munich all thy banners wave,

And charge with all thy chivalry!

Few, few shall part where many meet!
The snow shall be their winding sheet,
And every turf beneath their feet

Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.

Thomas Campbell.

MUNGO PARK AMONG THE MOORS.

PART I.

About five o'clock we came in sight of Benowm, the residence of Ali. It presented to the eye a great number of dirty-looking tents, scattered without order over a large space of ground; and among the tents appeared large herds of camels, cattle, and goats. We reached the skirts of the camp a little before sunset, and with much entreaty procured a little water. My arrival was no sooner observed, than the people who drew water at the wells threw down their buckets, those in the tents mounted their horses, and men, women, and children came running or galloping towards me.

I soon found myself surrounded by such a crowd that I could scarcely move. One pulled my clothes, another took off my hat, a third stopped me to examine

my waistcoat buttons, and a fourth called out, "There is but one God, and Mahomet is his prophet!" and signified, in a threatening manner, that I must repeat those words. We reached, at length, the king's ten, where we found a great number of people, men and women, assembled. Ali, the king, was seated on a black leather cushion, clipping a few hairs from his upper lip; a female attendant holding up a lookingglass before him. He appeared to be an old man, of Arab race, with a long, white beard, and he had a sullen and angry look on his countenance. He surveyed me with attention, and inquired of the Moors if I could speak Arabic. Being answered that I could not, he appeared much surprised, and continued silent.

The surrounding attendants, and especially the ladies, were much more inquisitive. They asked a thousand questions, inspected every part of my dress, searched my pockets, and obliged me to unbutton my waistcoat to display the whiteness of my skin. They even counted my toes and fingers, as if they doubted whether I was in reality a human being. In a short time, the priest announced evening prayers: but_before the people departed, the Moor, who acted as interpreter, informed me that Ali was about to present me with something to eat; and, looking round, I observed some boys bringing a wild hog, and Ali made signs for me to kill and dress it for supper.

Though I was very hungry, I did not think it prudent to eat any part of an animal so much detested by the Moors, and therefore told him that I never ate such food. They then untied the hog, in the hope that it would run immediately at me, for they believe that a great enmity exists between hogs and Christians. But in this they were disappointed, for the animal no

sooner regained his liberty than he attacked every person who came in his way, and at last took shelter under the couch upon which the king was seated. The assembly being thus dissolved, I was conducted to the tent of Ali's chief slave, but was not permitted to enter, nor allowed to touch anything belonging to it. I requested something to eat, and a little boiled corn, with salt and water, was at length sent me in a wooden bowl; and a mat was spread on the sand before the tent, on which I passed the night, surrounded by the curious multitude.

At sunrise, Ali, with a few attendants, came on horseback to visit me, and signified that he had provided a hut for me, where I should be sheltered from the sun. I was therefore conducted thither, and found the hut cool and pleasant. It was made of corn-stalks, set up on their ends in the form of a square, with a flat roof of the same material, supported by forked sticks, to one of which was tied the wild hog before mentioned. This animal had certainly been placed there by Ali's order, out of derision to a Christian ; and I found it a very disagreeable inmate, as it drew together a number of boys, who amused themselves by beating it with sticks, until they had so irritated the hog, that it ran and bit at every person within its reach.

I was no sooner seated in this my new habitation, than the Moors assembled in crowds to behold me; but I found it rather a troublesome levee, for I was obliged to take off one of my stockings and show them my foot, and even pull off my jacket and waistcoat to show them how my clothes were put on and off. They were much delighted with the curious contrivance of buttons. All this had to be repeated to every suc

ceeding visitor, for such as had already seen these wonders insisted on their friends seeing the same, and thus I was employed dressing and undressing, buttoning and unbuttoning, from noon till night. About eight o'clock, Ali sent me for supper some boiled corn and salt and water, which was very acceptable, being the only victuals I had tasted since morning.

I observed that in the night the Moors kept regular watch, and frequently looked into the hut to see if I was asleep; if it was quite dark they would light a wisp of grass. About two o'clock in the morning, a Moor entered the hut, probably with a view to steal something, or perhaps to murder me, and, groping about, he laid his hand on my shoulder. As night visitors were at best but suspicious characters, I sprang up the moment he laid his hand upon me, and the Moor, in his haste to get off, stumbled over my boy, and fell with his face upon the wild hog, which returned the attack by biting the Moor's arm. screams of this man alarmed the people in the king's tent, who immediately supposed I had made my escape, and a number of them mounted their horses to pursue me.

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I observed upon this occasion that Ali did not sleep in his own tent, but came galloping upon a white horse from a small tent at a considerable distance; indeed, the cruel behaviour of this man made him so jealous of every person around him, that even his own slaves and domestics knew not where he slept. When the Moors had explained to him the cause of this outcry they all went away, and I was permitted to sleep quietly until morning.

With the returning day commenced the same round of insult and irritation. The boys assembled to beat