of the heart, they only attempt to control its exercise. And they must control it by showing their power to make the indulgence of that disposition the source of more misery than happiness. Hence when men confer a benefit upon a portion of their brethren, it is generally preceded by a protracted struggle to decide which can inflict most, or which can suffer longest. Hence the arm of the patriot is generally and of necessity bathed in blood. Hence with the shouts of victory from the nation he has delivered, there arise also the sigh of the widow, and the weeping of the orphan. Man produces good by the apprehension or the infliction of evil. The gospel produces good by the universal diffusion of the principles of benevolence. In the former case, one party must generally suffer; in the latter, all parties are certainly more happy. The one, like the mountain torrent, may fertilise now and then a valley beneath, but not until it has wildly swept away the forest above, and disfigured the lovely landscape with many an unseemly scar. Not so the other:

"It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath; it is twice bless'd,
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes."

CHAPTER XXIII.

"The west is flush'd with loveliest streaks of red,
Faint and yet fainter dwindling, as the noise
Of day subsides, and all the quiet joys
Which stealing eve doth ever gently shed,
Charming are felt, but not express'd. The bed
Of the calm river stretch'd like polish'd skies,
Bears the straw laden boat with equal poise,
Seeming suspended, while high over head
And deep beneath is seen a heaven of light."

BELLE--NAUTCH GIRLS--FAKEER-DAROGA--ILLUS

TRATION OF SCRIPTURE-KINGFISHERS-BOTANICAL

GARDENS BISHOP'S COLLEGE-STEAM

VESSEL

CASTOR OIL PLANTS-COCOA NUTS-FISHING-MAN

GOES

ALBION MILLS-PLANTATIONS-INDIGO— INDIGO PLANTERS.

AFTER the fatigues of an Indian day, it is delightful to catch a breath of air which does not seem as if it came through the medium of a furnace. Sometimes for weeks together such a luxury cannot be obtained, whilst during many months of the year, you can generally find it on the banks of the river, after the sun begins to approach near

to the horizon; but at all seasons, except when it rains, an evening ride is a great relief. I have conducted my readers through one of the morning rambles, let me now have the pleasure of their company during an evening ride. We will follow the same path till we get to the school ground. We went to the right, by that large peepul tree before. Beneath its shade there are several travellers reposing. That man has several large peacocks in the coop, which he has caught in the jungles, and is taking over to Calcutta for sale. The other cage contains parroquets. How they scream for their liberty.

See, here comes a hackrey laden with bricks. How it creaks. The native driver is smoking his hubblebubble very contentedly, whilst his poor bullocks are terribly galled by the hard beam against which their humps press. There are large quantities of bricks made on the ground by the side of the river. The whole country hereabouts produces excellent brick earth. But what strange figure is this on horseback, decorated with something like a fool's cap How much he resembles a chimney-sweeper in England, on the first of May and what hideous noise the music before him makes. It is a low caste native (a mather) going to fetch home his bride. See what a poor half starved tattoo he has borrowed for the occasion, and how awkwardly he sits upon it. The retinue are some of the same caste; most of them are intoxicated. What hideous gestures they use!

Do you observe what a large gaudy umbrella is carried over the bridegroom's head. But they stop before that mud-built cottage; and what a riotous noise they now make with their tomtoms and cymbals. The bride lives there.

Who are all these men with large burthens of wood on their heads? They are shipwrights returning from their labour, with the chips they have made in the course of the day as their perquisites. They are all examined by two chuprasses at the gate, as they come out of the yard, or otherwise they would hide nails, copper bolts, or other valuable articles, in the midst of the chips; and even with all the care that is taken, they do contrive to bring a great many such articles away; for this when detected they are often flogged in the yard; yet such is their propensity for thieving, that when opportunities of robbing their employers occur, they cannot resist them. Beneath those large bamboos is the place where they sell their burthens: that man who lifts the bundle to weigh it is a dealer, buying the wood for the Calcutta market; see how many bundles he has bought already.

We will now turn to the right, up this bazaar. Look at the beads, combs, small looking glasses, all exposed in tempting array, upon the mat before that fat swarthy looking female. See how she coaxes that young woman with a patch of red paint on her forehead, and a large ring through her nose, with bangles four deep on each leg, to

buy a glass. She is the village belle. Now she sees us, she draws her coppera over her face and runs into the hut close by, but still the old woman keeps talking to her. Those green leaves spread out upon that stall, with something white laid upon them, are pawn leaves, with betel nut and chunam, ready for the women to chew. When taken into the mouth the saliva becomes of a bright scarlet colour. See how vermilion the lips of the woman who sells them appear. That man, with something like a burthen of wood on his shoulders, is bringing sugar-canes to sell. The man on your right is drinking the juice of a cocoa nut; there are hundreds of them lying there for sale; the price is a pice each, and a very cooling refreshing liquid it is which they contain. Those white balls laid out so regularly are meethies, or sweetmeats, made from butter, sugar, ghee, and milk. See how eagerly the lad devours those he has purchased.

This is the village where Sebukram the native preacher lived. He was an eminent Christian, and the means of doing much to lessen the prejudices of his countrymen against the Gospel. His end was peace and joy, through believing in Christ. The large building before us is the residence of a native banker, and would be a magnificent looking place, if plastered over as the houses of Europeans are. The windows, though many, are too small to be uniform with the size of the building. There are four small cannon placed before the gate, and