charged from the Alexandria, was ordered to proceed to Portsmouth for a passage to Halifax; and in March sailed from Torbay in the Sceptre. The year 1813, he spent off Halifax. In May, 1816, Mr. Parry was at the top of the Admiralty list for promotion, but was so unfortunate as not to attain it. In June, however, he was appointed First Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship Niger, and was stationed off Halifax. In 1817, Mr. Parry obtained leave of absence to see his honoured father, who was visited with a severe affliction, and arrived at Bath in May: he remained with his parent till the autumn of the same year, when the first of the expeditions to discover a North-west Passage was conceived, and fitted out by order of Government, Mr. Parry was strongly recommended to the Admiralty, and in consequence appointed to the command of the Alexander, the second ship under the orders of Capt. Ross, in the Isabella. The issue of this voyage is well-known to the public; and as it gave satisfaction neither to the country nor the Admiralty, a second expedition was determined on, to be entrusted to the sole care of Mr. Parry, who was allowed to choose his own officers and men. This second expedition sailed in May, 1819, and returned in November, 1820, having, if not entirely completed the whole object of its destination, at least surpassed the expectations of the most sanguine calculators on his safety and success, for he passed the meridian of 110 degrees west longitude, which entitled him and his crew to a bounty of 5,000l., and wintered in the high latitude of 75°, where he was frozen up ten months. Though the attempt at a north-west passage, by Lancaster Sound, failed, Captain Parry did not, however, despair of the north-west passage into the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, on the 10th of May 1820, Captain Parry, in the Fury, and Captain Lyon, in the Hecla, sailed from the Nore. On the 19th May, the ships reached the Orkneys, whence they sailed on the 30th. By the 20th of June, they gained the main body of the ice. The Nautilus, a store ship, accompanied them till the whole reached Resolution Island, Hudson's Bay, where the Nautilus, having unloaded her cargo into the Fury and Hecla, left them on the 1st of July. Captain Parry had now provisions for three years, and calculated on devoting three summers to his daring enterprise; he only wished, that if not heard of in the beginning of 1824, a vessel with provisions might be sent into Behring's Strait in the autumn of that year. On Saturday, October 12th, 1823, Captain Parry returned to London, where he received a hearty welcome at the Admiralty. MORAL MAXIMS. Ostentation and Pride-are vices naturally springing from a corrupt source. They owe their origin to the too good opinion which we have of ourselves, and which we are desirous of instilling into others. We build this good opinion either upon the talents we possess, or which we believe we possess; or we calculate something too much upon riches or birth. "Know thyself." This phrase cannot be too often repeated. Penetrate to the inmost recesses of your heart, and you will discover a thousand defects inseparable from humanity, which will humble you, and your selfish opinion of superiority will presently vanish. What are the qualities of which the higher classes of society are proud?-Odious distinctions founded upon prejudices! Why should birth inspire you with pride?-To whom are you indebted? Had you the choice of your own existence? Even supposing that possible, would a long line of illustrious ancestors shadow your dishonourable conduct? Do men never degenerate? What! am I authorized in believing because my ancestors were finely formed in nature's best mould, that my child cannot be a dwarf or deformed? However, should the figure of my forefathers be continued in my progeny, what right have I to conclude that mind also is inherited? Nevertheless, I am willing to own that an illustrious origin is not altogether a chimerical foundation to build upon, and that you have some reason to be satisfied on this score; but what are the duties thereby imposed upon you? The more noble the blood flowing in your veins, the more elevated ought your sentiments to be; for you have not merely ancestors to imitate, but also descendants, to whom your duty should compel you to leave praiseworthy examples; for if nobility is in the blood, you cannot, without committing an act SATURDAY NIGHT. of injustice, transmit it less pure to your children than you received it from your father. The pride of riches is still more contemptible. Let the miser, the pest of society, be proud of his treasures; this is a feeling apparently worthy of him. But that man, who receives from his forefathers justly acquired property the reward of their merit-should be vain of a thing so totally beyond his control, is truly a fit subject of ridicule, seeing how much it is beneath his consideration. If any one has a right to boast of his riches, it is the individual who has acquired them by rendering his country some service, such as improving the mechanical arts, or extending commerce to distant countries, or in obtaining them by his own skill or economy. Man is a strange creature-it would seem that the good opinion entertained of himself must naturally soften his manners; for if that opinion be wellfounded, his merit ought to banish pride; nevertheless he raises himself above others in his own estimation, and despises them. Let served; and he who perceives himself Contempt is the judgment which we pass on our fellow-creatures, after the unjust comparison above-mentioned is made; disdain is the effect of that judgment, the exterior mark of contempt. Contemn vice, but not man. Show your detestation of vice, when the interests of virtue are at stake, and your scorn will be proper. That man who disdains mankind merely because they are his inferiors in dignities, riches, intelligence, or what fashion or prejudice has imposed, is the tyrant of civilized society, and he ought to be regarded as a dangerous man. I need not present you with a representation of the train of evils which follow disdain. It is said, if we have no pride, we shall perceive it less in others; is not this enough to oblige us to check it? Doubtless politeness, under the semblance of modesty, has succeeded in some measure in banishing that fiend from society, by not saying or doing what might wound our self-love: deceitful veil,-yet how necessary to preserve the harmony of polished society! Politeness is a tacit agreement which mankind have entered into, for bearing with each others defects, and lightly gliding over their follies. Scorn breaks this treaty; it makes men feel that their imperfections are not unob ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. No. III. The lemming, is a small animal about the size of a rat, which is supposed to inhabit the long chain of mountains, called the Lapland Alps, running between Norway and Sweden. The appearance of the lemming is sudden and uncertain; sometimes it is not seen for twenty years, and at other times it is observed in some parts every three or four years. When, however, the lemming commences its migrations, it is in such numbers as would have been sufficient to destroy Senacherib and his army, since, like locusts, "though they have no king, yet go they forth in bands;" they march in a straight direction, and literally cover the whole country. The superstition of the country people leads them to suppose that the appearance of the lemmings is the forerunner of war and disaster. The lower orders think that the lemmings fall from the clouds; and many old men affirm that they have seen them drop; while better-informed persons, who are ashamed to confess their belief that they are rained from heaven, attempt to explain one mystery by another equally great; namely, by giving to the mists an extraordinary power of sweeping up these lemmings, and letting them fall on other parts. Of this singular animal, Captain Brooke gives the following description and anecdotes: "In length it is five inches and a half; its ears round and small, with long black whiskers; the belly is of a whitish yellow; the back and sides are tawny, variegated with black; the tail is half an inch in length; the feet are .five-toed; the upper lip is divided; and in each jaw are two teeth." "In 1808, the lemmings were met in great numbers, first at Dovre, the commencement of the Dovrefield, in the beginning of the summer. They were moving in the direction of Drontheim, which they afterwards reached; and there remained a considerable length of time, infesting every part of the city. The boys used to catch them, by smearing a board with tar; and great numbers were killed by the dogs, without, however, their eating them. The remainder of the body disappeared as suddenly as they came; and it was not known whither they went, or whence they came; but it was supposed, that they proceeded from the mountains on the frontiers. On being stopped, and their progress arrested by a stick, they assumed a threatening attitude, uttering a squeaking kind of bark. "Mr. Johansen mentioned also a curious and laughable circumstance respecting these little animals. In 1788, when there were reviews of large bodies of cavalry during the summer, near Drontheim, the lemmings appeared in the surrounding country in immense bodies! and it excited no small amusement, when the regiments were performing their manoeuvres and charging, to see these diminutive creatures put themselves into a posture of defence, as if ready to receive the attack of the enemy. "Their method of crossing rivers, and branches of the fiords, was thus related by Mr. Knudtzon, senior, who was an eye witness of it. "On arriving at the edge of the water, the foremost advance, and, swimming across, form a kind of float ing, or, to use a military phrase, complete pontoon bridge; the head of each supported by the hinder part of that before it. When a communication is thus formed between the shores, the remainder of the army pass rapidly over the backs of the supporters, and gain the opposite shore. Strange as this may seem, the contrivances which naturalists agree are resorted to both by the marmot and gray squirrel, for the purpose of crossing rivers, appear as extraordinary, though well authenticated: and what has thus been mentioned concerning the lemming, will, I doubt not, be received with attention by those, who have made natural history more particularly their study, and can the better judge of the extraordinary instinct and sagacity of the animal creation. ".... About five years ago the lemmings made their appearance at Sandtory in extraordinary mumbers. They came in the night durng the full of the moon, and staid on Hindöen near three months, when they swam across the Sound to the mainland, directing their course nearly north. Mr. Christiansens, who saw them when taking their departure, supposed there could not have been less than 20,000 crossing at a time. The passage of the army was performed at different times, from their being obliged to wait frequently for a favourable wind; and by the time they left Hindöen, their numbers were thinned to one-half. Many thousands were afterwards found on the coast, which had been carried away by the currents and drowned. No small number perished also on this dangerous navigation, by their aerial enemies, the gulls; the whole host of which followed the body with loud cries, and increased the perils to which these poor animals are exposed in whatever direction they proceed. To give some idea of the immense numbers in which they approached Sandtory, Mr. Christiansens, seeing the advance of the lemming army, one that never retreats, stood before his door to attempt to stop it, and with one blow of a stick killed no less than sixty; but the vacancy existed only for a moment, being quickly filled by the body in the rear" SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HOUSEWIFE. No. VI. ON THE BREWING OF ALE. [Continued from page 159.] Fix all the casks in an upright po- would advise it should be mixed in the and brisk. It is requisite to leave the On the Management of Casks and other When the casks are scalded for tunning into, let the water be at boilfinish, and let the last water remain in ing heat, both when you clean out and about ten minutes, before it is turned with the bung-hole down, and tapout, and let the casks be set in the sun hole open till dry. It is adviseable, if convenient, to dry the casks by a good fire before they are used for tunning into. Private families who make a noted seasons, should either keep the On the Management of Yeast. N. B. You must particularly observe when you put the spent hops into each cask, that when so applied they fill each nearly to the top, and if the cask is so full as not to admit them, a proper quantity of the ale should be laded or drawn out. THE MUSES' WILD WREATH. The sons of intemperance and riot Imbellis, iners, siquid vis, adde popino. HoR. To a deal of-Tobacco and Ale. Nor can my aversion conceal To sot-weed, and belch, and October, Vile odious-Tobacco and Ale. He that lives on a hill, may be merry, And wisdom may dwell in a dale: But, madmen, I needs must declare ye, That delight in--Tobacco and Ale. To one, that abuses good-nature, Give an inch, and he'll e'en take anell; And I fancy, such folk are no better As are fond of-Tobacco and Ale. The men that both sober and wise are, To be faithful and true cannot fail: But of Friendship a downright despiser Still doats on-Tobacco and Ale. Soaking fools by their bumpers are shipwrecked; The wise have a prosperous gale; Silly sots are with debts, gout and hypracked, And stewed in-Tobacco and Ale, On a sober sedate man of business Pure blessings show'r down thick as But, an horrible stench in a prison, is When pour'd upon bacon and cale; But the swine must be surely damn'd greedy, That bursts with-Tobacco and Ale. A sober, genteel, clever fellow, Might salute Molly Mog or Lapell: But they'd nauseate the fop that's grown mellow, And stinks of-Tobacco and Ale. The Whigs must allow moderation To be good both in female and male; But sots who're a shame to the nation, Exceed in-Tobacco and Ale. Each other attack tooth and nail : Nor are quarrelsome puppies long quiet, Who arm with-Tobacco and Ale.. French authors, we find, were translated Into English by plodding Ozell: As men into beasts are, when sated With bewitching-Tobacco and Ale. Such brutes having lustily bezzil'd, How haggard, and meagre, and pale! How maudlin they look, or how mez zil'd! By quenching-Tobacco with Ale. Their stomach surprisingly squeamish, Can scarce bear the leg of a quail; But, since it quite loaded with phlegm is, Stands all for-Tobacco and Ale. Tho' brawling's a pot-valiant action, At me let no reprobate rail; My pen shall give due satisfaction For exposing-Tobacco and Ale. The temperate good man is oft cheerful, And brisk as a ship under sail; But the stupid dull sot is still fearful, Or, wild with-Tobacco and Ale. Of a cock, and a bull, and a chicken, A suck-spiggot tells a long tale; But, the midst of it, oft is made sick in, By a dose of-Tobacco and Ale. The sun, muck and show'rs may make proud, sir, But fruitless the fire, floods, and clouds The verdant, sweet, plentiful vale: |