Poetry. LINES WRITTEN ON THE 25th OF DECEMBER, 1824. Cease, cease ye bells your merry chime On the breeze so gladsome swelling, For this for mirth no fitting time Cold in its winding sheet is laid The corse, so peaceful sleeping; And they have smoothed the narrow bed, Oh! how abhorred the festive rite,- For weeping eyes look swollen and dim, At such an hour, oh! how the tone Seems as it mocked the hollow groan, Silence and night the mourner loves The time serene and holy, Silence and night for heaven prepare, The still small voice of love is there, For the knell of death is ringing; Forbear, forbear, ye merry bells, Ye merry, merry bells give o'er, Away, ye sights and sounds of mirth, TRANSLATION OF "LA GLOIRE MILITAIRE." TO THE EDITOR. SIR,-I have ventured (perhaps rashly) to send you a translation of "La Gloire Militaire," which appeared in your last Kaleidoscope: if it be passable, be pleased to accept of it; if not, pardon the temerity of-Yours, &c. Edge-hill, December 31, 1824. INQUIRER. MILITARY GLORY. Vain youth, why seek Mars' stormy field, In prime of life, that life to yield Where glory bids thee come? That death, which there, 'neath glory's guise, Our dazzled eyes that meet? When gain'd, at length, is glory's prize, ANOTHER, Young gallant soldier tell the charms The death thou woo'st as Glory's mead Mock the dim sunbeams' red! Fairfield, near Manchester. J. H. S. Three times he slunk around And eying askance the foe, The King gave a signal once more, Two Leopards leaped out from their cage. The Tiger rose ready to kill, And the Lion roared aloud Again the arena was still, Save the murmuring voice of the crowd. A glove from fair and noble hand And with a high disdainful air, To where the brave Delorges stood, Turned Kunigunda, proud, but fair; "Sir Knight," she said, "dar'st thou make good The love thou swear'st me every day, And boldly fetch that glove away?" The Knight, with swift, but steady pace, And whilst the crowd in silence stand, All armed in beauty's magic power, DE HYEME. [ORIGINAL.] We invite our classical friends to favour us with an English poetical version of the following lines, which have There is something very striking in the following trans-been transmitted to us by a young friend: lation, although the versification is extremely irregular. This may perhaps be the result of design rather than of carelessness; but we confess we should have preferred the piece had the ordinary rules of poetical composition been more strictly adhered to. We are assured by our correspondent, that the translation is original; but we cannot divest ourselves of the impression that we have met with an English version of the story before.-Edit. Kal. THE GLOVE. [FROM THE GERMAN OF SCHILLER.] King Francis is sitting to view the sight And his Knights and his Nobles surround him, Sit the Ladies in bright array. 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Well would it be for numbers who are now pining obscurity and indigence, had they not permitted the glare of scenic display to allure them from those pus allotted by their parents, for a way of life, in which talent cannot always command competence or respect, deficiency of talent is sure to meet penury and contemp Much has been said and written relative to original nius, many contending that it is altogether the creature cultivation, and like our ideas themselves, not necessarily innate; but it now seems pretty generally acknowledged, that extraordinary men are gifted with a general exod lence, which, by a fortunate direction towards any one science or business, enables them to attain eminence. It is possible, indeed, that the mind may be fully equal to situation for which the body is not at all fitted; but a exquisite adaption of both to the same object, cannot fail of deserving success and ensuring celebrity. 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Mr. Mathews accordingly procured a temporary et gagement at the Richmond theatre, in the ensuing 0tumn, and having practised there and at Canterbury a short period, at length proceeded to Dublin, and ap peared before an Irish audience as Jacob Gawkey, in the Liston on the London boards) and Lingo, in the Agreeable Chapter of Accidents (the part which also introduced Surprise, both which characters he frequently repeated with marked approbation; but having been allotted by most phlegmatic people upon earth, John Bull is always making healds in the weaving of cotton, silk, woollen, &c. the manager to the line of business, theatrically termed theatres. On the late Mr. Emery's removal to Covent-garden, Mathews became his substitute at York, where he gradually rose in public estimation, of which, the greatness of his benefits afforded substantial proof. He remained there - till May, 1803, when, his fame having reached Mr. Colman, he received him at the Haymarket, to play second parts to Mr. Fawcett; but his merit could not long be concealed, and he soon proved himself possessed of powers not very common to the English stage." nedian. tise I am not, however, an advocate that ladies should prac-morganshire, engineer, for certain improvements in ma " To William Weston Young, of Newton Nottage, Glanufacturing salt, part of which are applicable to other useful purposes.-4th Dec.-4 months. the loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind?" oh dear, no; this would, indeed, bring down upon me a To John Hillary Suwerkrop, of Vine-street, Minories, host of fair opponents; but I would have them avoid ex- London, merchant, who, in consequence of a communicatremes, and endeavour to acquire "the happy medium." tion made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, Far be it from me to attempt to define the precise move-is in possession of an apparatus or machine, which he dement of each muscle, it would be superlative pedantry; nominates "A thermophore, or a portable-mineral or but surely every lady will acquiesce with me, that the in- river-water bath and linen-warmer;" and also for other sipid simper is more unamiable than the loud laugh is apparatus or machines connected therewith for filtering disagreeable. and heating water.-4th Dec.-2 months. To George Wycherley, of Whitchurch, Salop, saddler, for improved methods of making saddles and side saddles. 4th Dec.-6 months. To Robert Dickenson, of Park-street, Southwark, Surry, for his improved air-chamber for various purposes.—7th Dec.-6 months. The celebrity he acquired at the summer theatre led to his introduction at Drury lane, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Suett; and, though no one ever trod It is curious to observe the great alteration which, at in the steps of that inimitable actor, without suffering by the present period, takes place in the laughter of a lady, the comparison, the audience seemed to feel a pleasure from the age of ten to fifty. The female whose countethat there was one left in whom they could find a large nance at ten is a perfect mirror of the pleasurable imshare of that merit which distinguished the deceased co-pressions which she receives, is from fourteen to the day of her marriage, tortured to command that countenance, with skill equal to that of the most accomplished courtier; but the newly married lady, released in some degree from the bonds of maiden reserve, no longer painfully restrains the natural impulse of joy-yet she does not annoy the ear with a boisterous roar, nor damp the felicities of mirth To Robert Bowman, of Aberdeen, Scotland, chain with a frigid and affected smile. It is generally after the cable maker, for his apparatus for stopping, releasing, and age of thirty that the ingenuous laughter of youth re-regulating chain and other cables of vessels, which he deturns in all its pristine vigeur; and it might not be nominates elastic stoppers."-9th Dec.-4 months. deemed an extravagant hypothesis, that this is one of the To William Moult, of Lambeth, Surry, engineer, for causes why, after that climacteric, both sexes become his improvement or improvements in working water. rather embonpoint. To John Thompson, of Pembroke-place, Pimlico, and of London Steel-works, Thames Bank, Chelsea, for his improved mode of making refined, or what is commonly called "cast steel."-9th Dec.-2 months. wheels.-2th Dec.-6 months. To Sir William Congreve, of Cecil-street, Strand, Middlesex, baronet, for his improved gas-meter.—14th Dec. -6 months. To Samson Davies, of Upper East Smithfield, Middlesex, gun-lock maker, for his improvements applicable to fire-arms.-18th Dec.-6 months. The person and features of Mr. Mathews are of the appiest form for that eccentric career he has, of late years, arked out for himself, and in which he has been so sinlarly successful. His face possesses astonishing flexbility, his eyes are dark and large, and what constitutes he great merit of his countenance is, its power of expressng every passion with which Comedy abounds. He does , like a buffoon, merely distort his visage to please a barren spectators every movement of a muscle ex resses the force of the sentiment he is about to deliver whole frame becomes relaxed or braced, as the feelings his character require, thus enabling him to impart all je emotions of the mind without the assistance of lanbage. Garrick is said to have had the ability to assume various ifferent forms even in the one part. This wonderful art transition, from passion to passion, was obvious in his rsonification of Archer; he was one man with Cherry, nother with Scrub, a third with Boniface, a fourth with Mrs. Sullen, and with Aimwell, two distinct persons. The whimsical performances in which Mr. Mathews alone eems qualified to excel, comprehending, as he himself tells To Samuel Roberts, of Parke Grange, near Sheffield, To conclude: Sir, we are all aware that the gloominess “every thing in the world," require the most opposite of our winter, particularly of the month of November, Yorkshire, silver-plater, for his improvement in the ma1st of features, manners, and action; yet he assumes all is a principal cause of Englishmen being so susceptible of nufacture of plated goods of various descriptions.—18th te requisite transformations with the utmost fidelity and hypochondriacism, which is, alas, too often productive of Dec.-2 months. ase, so that those (if any such there be) who are yet un-suicide. If, therefore, this disorder be not constitutional, Green, Middlesex, for certain improvements in the conTo Pierre Jean Baptiste Victor Gosset, of Clerkenwell quainted with his powers, might well imagine the nume- should we not use every endeavour to drive the enemy us metamorphoses he undergoes to be the work not of from our bosoms? And, I shall not surely be an unsuc-struction of looms or machinery for weaving various sorts e individual, but many, from the accuracy that accom-cessful suitor, if I solicit that laughter be not treated as an nies his change of voice, the position of his limbs, with I those delicacies of description which colour the efforts a great actor. As a private individual, he is much respected for his oral and gentlemanly demeanour. With great compaonable qualities, his company is anxiously sought after the first circles, and universally esteemed, being, as ight be supposed, highly gifted with the knack of keepg the table in a roar. He has been twice married, first "Miss Strong, of Exeter, who died in 1802. His preat wife was a Miss Jackson, of the York company pupil of Kelly and Mrs. Crouch) who is a beautiful woan, and an interesting actress, but has long since retired om the stage. Miscellanies. ON LAUGHTER. [From the Hereford Independent.] [INSERTED BY PARTICULAR DESIRE.] SIR,-Your readers will probably think, that I am a aughable subject, as I have selected so droll a topic; but hould they feel it necessary also to exercise their risible aculties, I shall be more than pleased, since the summit of my ambition will be attained. I am an old man, and one who has from his cradle loved nocent mirth; it is with regret, therefore, that I observe ne fckle jade, Fashion, exerting every power to expel aughter from the domestic circle. Notwithstanding our contimental neighbours would persuade us,, that we are the But let me ask, what, more than laughter, is conducive to health? does it not unloose the fetters of cogitation? not not give pleasure to the recluse, and enliven the drear is it not an antidote against hypochondriacism? will it hours of slavery and exile? from the sick man does it not betoken convalescence ? in a word, is it not the enemy of unhappiness, a companion to youth, a friend to manhood, and a blessing to age.-Rouse, then, ye sons of Momus. and do not submit your happy privileges to be trampled upon by the caprice of fashion. impolite and uncouth visitor, when introduced into our Scientific Records. SENEX. [Comprehending Notices of new Discoveries or Improve- To David Gordon, of Basinghall-street, London, Esquire, for certain improvements in the construction of carriages or other machines, to be moved or propelled by mechanical means.-18th Dec.-6 months. of cloths or fabrics.-18th Dec.-6 months. To Joseph Gardner, smith, and John Herbert, carpenter, both of Stanley St. Leonard's, Gloucestershire, for certain improvements on machines for shearing or cropping woollen cloths.-18th Dec.—2 months. Geological Discovery.-A cavern, which promises to be of much geological interest, has been lately discovered on the Mendip-hills, near Banwell, 120 feet below the surface of the earth. The soil which covers its floor is replete with the bones of quadrupeds; the remains which have yet been found consist principally of the ox and the deer, but some imperfect canine teeth, apparently of the hyena, have also been discovered. From the close analogy of the spot with other caverns which have been found most productive of the quadruped remains, and from the cir cumstances that all the teeth of an elephant were formerly discovered in a similar fissure, about three miles distant, upon Hutton-hill, there is every reason to believe that further examination would be well repaid. The bones procured from Hutton-hill were collected by the late Rev. To Louis Lambert, of No. 10, Rue de la Goût, Paris, Mr. Catott, and are preserved in the Bristol Library. It and 29, Cannon-street, London, for improvements in the is understood that the curator of that establishment is at material and manufacture of paper.-Dated 23d of No-present engaged in an examination of this interesting spot. vember, 1824.-6 months to enrol specification. LIST OF NEW PATENTS. To Stephen Wilson, of Streatham, Surry, Esquire, who, in consequence of communications made to him by a certain foreigner residing abroad, is in possession of a new manufacture of stuffs with transparent and coloured figures called "Diaphane Stuffs."-25th Nov.-6 months. To William Shelton Burnett, of New London-street, To John Osbaldeston, of Shire Brow within Blackburn, Taunton Courier. Zinc Plates for Engraving.-In Germany, at present, artists have begun to substitute zinc plates instead of cop. per plates, and also instead of stone for engravings. The artist draws on the zinc as on stone, and the expense of ingraving is thus saved. A large work, being a collection of monuments of architecture, from zinc plates, has already appeared at Darmstadt, and is highly spoken of The process is said to unite the economy of lithography with the clearness of copper engraving 7 SIR,-If the worth of literary productions were measured by the utility of their contents, the harmonizing numbers of a Byron, the apt alliterations' of a Southey, or the popular romances of a Sc―, great unknown, would all sink into insignificance before the well-known distich, "Thirty days hath September, &c." Perfectly aware, however, that this can never be the case, all I profess to maintain is, that, by the help of rhyme, some things may be more readily retained in our memories than without; and particularly in acquiring any science where a number of technical names are necessary to be learned, that, by the aid of the poetic muse, they will sooner become familiar to the student. This admitted, and extending our theory to the sublime science of astronomy, we find that some antecedent bard has adopted this method of enumerating the twelve signs of the zodiac. "The Ram, the Bull, the heav'nly Twins, And Fish with fettered tails." This last line I have ventured to alter from the original, "And fish with glittering scales," the tautology occasioned by the recurrence of the word scales, and the fact that the constellation Pisces is actually represented on the globes by two fishes, tied tail to tail, in my opinion authorizing the liberty. After this manner, Mr. Editor, I have proceeded to form a catalogue of the other constellations, which I humbly submit to your perusal, though without the least claim to skilful classification. The Great and Little Bears, King Charles's Heart, The lesser Lion, Dolphin, Swan, and Fly; The Harp, and Melalus, a Mountain high; The Serpent, with the Man that doth it bear; The Goat, and tender Kids, the shepherd's care; The Sextant, Microscope, the Cup, the Crow; What constellations I have here omitted, are those which, occupying the more southern districts of the heavens, are never visible to the inhabitants of Britain; and which, as they have never met the eye, they have been excluded the verses of Your's, &c. Lichfield, Dec. 22, 1824. We do not insist upon mnemonical lines being very smooth or elegant; on the contrary, we will admit that they often serve their purpose better by being of the doggrel tribe; but we recollect, or rather half-recollect, a version of the zodiacal signs, which we used to repeat some forty years ago; and which, notwithstanding a grammatical slip in the last word of the first line, are somewhat better than those quoted above by our correspondent. They are somewhat after this fashion: Here in the zodiac begins The Ram, the Bull, the loving Twins, The Crab, the Lion, and the Virgin tender, The Balance, Scorpion, and Bowbender, The Goat, the Waterman, and Fishes twain, Will bring us round to the Ram again. We think our correspondent will admit that this is a better version than that he has adopted.-Edit. Kal. SIR,-Your correspondent, in his letter of the 28th inst. bearing the signature of Triptalis, laments that the hopeful flock of Ashton assemblies had not extricated themselves from the woeful dilemma of black-balling an elegant Latin scholar and philosopher. Astounding! Be it known, ye Ashtonians, that a philosopher has at last settled amongst us, and we hope that the wisdom of this sage philosopher will gain unto us an imperishable name by the discovery of the philosopher's stone. Be that as it may, Trip. one good tura deserves another; and there is no doubt our philosopher will, in his next letter, dub you in the same elegant way; and then Stayley-bridge may boast of their elegant Latin scholar and philosopher, and vie with their more Gothic neighbours. Trip. is alarmed of a conspiracy against wit and learning. That certainly is a very grave and serious charge, and comes no doubt from the no less renowned and redoubtable Triptalis, who, big with wit and learning, only wants a field large enough between Ashton and Stayley-bridge, where he might explode for the equal benefit of his Gothic neighbours, Gentiles, and scribes, as he is pleased to bespatter us. Poor Trip. is afraid of the Latin being so common as to be spouted in our assemblies, and the Latin mania being caught by our industrious spinners, rovers, carders, engineers, and at last the cockle-man spouting his Latin ditty rising generation. However, Mr. Editor, something must in the streets of Stayley-bridge, to the edification of the tions by our own philosopher, Chorley, and last, not least, be done, as we are completely flooded with Latin quotathe renowned Triptalis. Trip.'s reception in the cardroom is incomprehensibly starred; probably he has left the elucidation of these numerous stars for his next letter, to be made more plain, smooth, and easy than Emanuel Swedenborg's key to the heavenly bodies.-Yours &c. A CONSTANT READER. Ashton-under-Lyne, Dec. 30, 1824. Which will make us have recourse to those characters mentioned in Bible times, interpreters. The Beauties of Chess. SOLUTION TO GAME XXVII. The Public are respectfully informed, that MR. MATHEWS WILL BE FOUND AT HOME 11th, and THURSDAY, the 13th instant, when he will at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, this day (TUESDAY the honour of presenting (for the first time in Liverpool celebrated Entertainment called Doors will be opened at SEVEN, and the Performance A TRIP TO AMERICA mence at EIGHT.-Tickets to be had at the Box-office. STAMMERING. MR. STAFFORD, date of Nottingham) begs respectfully to announce to the Public that he removed his Establishment to Liverpool, where he will MENTS OF SPEECH, by means of a new method of The tinue to practise his Profession of REMOVING IMPE ment. during the last three years; in testimony of which, be h Mr. S. has been very successful in a great variety of Physician, or the Rev. Dr. Wylde, Nottingham; the Rev permission to refer to the following Gentlemen-Dr.Store John Storer, Rector of Hawkesworth; the Rev. Dr. Sta tor of Bingham, Notts.; Thomas Morton, Cheshunt, ton, of Staunton, near Newark; the Rev. Robert Love, Re Herts.; James Torkington, Esq. Stamford; s Parker, Hardman, Esq. Lloyd's Coffee House, London; Car Esq. Mountkearney, Newry, County of Down, and; 1. man, Esq. Liverpool. street, Liverpool; if by letter, post paid. For particulars of Terms, &c. apply to Mr. S. No. 91, De January 8, 1825. To Correspondents. DER FREISCHUTZ-We last week gave the pronunciatn f this uncouth title, as nearly as it could be spelt in d namely, Fryshoots; but in endeavouring to explain it a ing we merely stated what we had gathered in cores tion with some intelligent foreigners, as we do not pred to the slightest knowledge of the German language. The following note on the subject has been addressed to us valued correspondent, whose communications on litera and criticism, together with his original translatio the French, German, &c. have frequently enriched tra of the present and former volumes of the Kop This gentleman is so thoroughly skilled in the Ge that we have much pleasure in laying before our the following note with which we have been favoured TO THE EDITOR.-The explanation which has been gir you about the Freeshot is partly wrong; and, as it might ascribed to me, I shall feel obliged to you for correcting in your next publication. The word is not achats, for t would be protection; it is schütz, or better schif the i, which is sometimes written we, must be pronou like the French u; for instance, Blücher.-Yours, January, 4, 1825. L. MAN A subsequent note from the same correspondent contains following postcript:-"Referring to my letter of this m ing, I have further to add, that the explanation of P chütze is almost totally wrong in the Kaleidoscope; it m a man who has the privilege of shooting, and not a po I was rather in a hurry to let you have my inclosed c munications, and had thereby overlooked the latter p the definition." MUSIC. The acceptable favour of Amateur, from Lime The following are preparing for immediate publi mysterious characters, that we are not quite assured th we shall be able to decipher the whole. S. T. of Bristol is informed that we shall make immediate Solomon Nightingale must allow another week to elapse befo we address a note to him. ERRATA.-In L. L.'s last paper on the alleged plagiarisms Anacreon Moore, for Pleas read Plan, for sculptors re Sculptor, for Lives then he read Lives there he. We take th occasion to remark, the copy was very carelessly writte with numerous interlineations. Printed, published, and sold, EVERY TUESDAY, E. SMITH & Co. 75, Lord-street, Liverpool. OR, Literary and Scientific Mirror. UTILE DULCI.' This familiar Miscellany, from whichreligious and political matters are excluded, contains a variety of original and selected Articles; comprehending Literature, Criticism, Men and Manners Amusement, Elegant Extracts, Poetry, Anecdotes, Biography, Meteorology, the Drama, Arts and Sciences, Wit and Satire, Fashions, Natural History, &c. &c. forming a handsome Annual Volume, with an Index and Title-page.—Its circulationrenders it a most eligible medium for Literary and Fashionable Advertisements.-Regular supplies are forwarded weekly to the Agents. No. 238.-VOL. V. Natural History. LETTERS ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE GLOBE. BY M. ALEX. B. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1825. ance. PRICE 3d teen-mile-walk, were overthrown, and, meeting in their | Spanish vessel, within sight, sent a boat to their assisfall, stopped the course of the river; its bed remained dry during a whole day, in the space between the ferry and All the houses from Jews-street to the walls of the town the part where its current was thus obstructed. A great were overthrown, except eight or ten, which remained conumber of fish were taken thence, which afforded consi- vered with water up to the balconies. As soon as the vioderable relief to the suffering inhabitants. At Yellows a lent shock was over, several sailors began to pillage these La legère couche de vie, qui fleurit à la surface du globe, ne large mountain was torn asunder, and fell into the plain, houses. A second shock precipitated two of them from the conure que des ruines. where it covered several habitations, and crushed nine-height to which they had climbed, and they thus perished. Paris: printed, 1824. teen whites. The plantation of a Mr. Hopkins was re- Several vessels and sloops were overturned, and lost in Translated expressly for the Kaleidoscope from a recent French moved to half a mile's distance from the place where it the harbour. The Swan frigate, which was stationed near Work.] the quay for the purpose of being refitted, was hurled, by the motion of the sea, and the sinking in of the quay, over the roofs of several houses: whilst it was passing near that inhabited by Lord, a part of that edifice fell upon it, and broke through into the cabin. The vessel, however, did not sink, and was the means of saving the lives of several hundred persons. LETTER III.—(CONTINUED.) EARTHQUAKE AT JAMAICA IN 1692. [Extract from the Philosophical Transactions.*] formerly stood, and is now in very good condition. The ber, 1692. 1. The terrible earthquake which happened on the 7th A great part of Port Royal is swallowed up. The rict of the quays is now some fathoms under water. whole of the street in which the church was situated ibmerged to the height of the last story of the houses still remain standing. Several people, swallowed up the earth, again appeared in other streets; some rose the middle of the harbour, who were, nevertheless, d, although, at the same time, about 200 persons shed, comprehending white men and negroes. On north side of the town, more than a thousand acres of i sunk, and thirteen persons lost their lives there. All ral men and women floating upon the wrecks, and having negroes. give way, she had run out, calling to all the family to follow her. She was no sooner in the street than the ground began to heave, and she was swallowed up in the earth, together with a female negro servant who had clung bouses in the island were overturned, so that we were to her they were, in the same moment, again raised to sed to take up our residence in the huts. The two the surface of the earth, by the floods of water which deat mountains, which were at the entrance of the Six-luged the sand. After having been, for some time, vioThese numbered paragraphs are written by different lently tossed about, they at length seized hold of a beam, by means of which they supported themselves, until a The report that balls of fire were seen in the air, is a mere invention. But there was heard among the mountains a noise, like the roaring of thunder, so loud and terrible, that many negros, who had taken refuge there for some months, were compelled by fear to return to their masters. The water, which issued from the mountain above the brine pits, opened passages for itself in twenty or thirty places; from eight or ten of these it gushed forth with as much impetuosity, as if the same number of sluices had been all at once opened. Most of them were at the height of eighteen or twenty feet above the foot of the mountain; three or four of them were nearly thirty-six feet high. We tasted the water of several of these streams, and found it salt. They continued to flow from noon till the following sun-rise, and the brine pits were then entirely submerged. The mountains between Spanish-town and Sixteen-milewalk united, during the shock of the earthquake, which forced the river to seek a new passage through the woods and savannas. Many people have told me, that during the eight or ten days that elapsed before it returned to its former course, the inhabitants had thoughts of changing their establishment, being persuaded that the river had been swallowed up with the town of Port Royal. The roads along the banks of the river are so much encumbered with fragments of earth and stone, that every one is forced to pass through Guanabou in order to go to Sixteen-mile-walk. M. Bosby told us, that, having gone the same afternoon to visit his plantations, he found the earth opened in several places, and that two cows had been swallowed up, and smothered in one of the crevices. The weather was much warmer after the earthquake than before, and there was a greater quantity of musquitoes than had ever before been seen in the island. The mountains at Yellows have hardly undergone less changes than those at Sixteen-mile-walk. A large portion of one of these mountains carried along with it all the trees that it met in its fall, and a plantation, which was at the foot of the mountain, has thus been entirely destroyed and buried. |