from the cow, is put to other milk that is curdled, and kept in a leathern sack, the hairy side being inwards, so that they never drink it while it is sweet. The only domestic animals are dogs; and there is hardly a hut without one or more of these faithful creatures, which are absolutely necessary, as well to guard the cattle, as to prevent the approach of wild beasts.

The Hottentots have been stigmatized as a most filthy people; they eat the entrails of beasts, but not till they have been washed, and boiled in the blood of the animal, or roasted on coals. They sometimes boil their meat, but more frequently eat it raw, tearing it to pieces with their fingers, and devouring it voraciously.

When a young man is disposed to marry, and has obtained the consent of the parents, he selects two or three of his best oxen, and drives them to the house of his intended bride's relations, attended by as many friends as he can prevail upon to accompany him. The oxen are slain, and the whole assembly besmear themselves with the fat. The men then sit on the ground in a ring, the centre of which is occupied by the bridegroom; and the women form a similar ring round the bride. In this situation they continue. till the priest comes and performs the ceremonies.

Zealously pursue the course that leads young minds to God; for faith, and love, and holy hope point to the blest abode.

MODERN GREECE.

Greece is that part of Europe inhabited by the descendants of the ancient Greeks, once celebrated for learning and the fine arts. From the defeat of the Persian power, to the death of Alexander, a period of one hundred and eighty years, the genius of Greece was displayed in the brightest splendour. The name of the painter and the sculptor was celebrated in festivals; their works were exhibited at the public games; and they were reputed to confer by every specimen of their art, distinguished honor upon their country. The monuments of their talcnts reflected lustre upon their character, and gave it the highest respectability; but the glory of the Greek nation has long since passed away, and their descendants have long been sunk in ignorance and superstition. Cabins of dried mud, more fit for the abode of brutes than of men; women and children in rags, running away, at the approach of the stranger and the janissary; the affrighted goats themselves scouring over the hills, and the dogs alone remaining to receive you with their barking—such is the scene that dispels the charm that fancy would fain throw over this once celebrated country. The inhabitants of Greece, situated under a pure, sky, in a wholesome, temperate atmosphere, impregnated with the sweetest emanations on a soil which nature decks with choicest flowers and clothes with the verdure of an eternal spring, or which may be enriched with crops of every sort er with delicious fruit, we might expect among the people, to meet only with agreeableness of manners, and sweetness of disposition. But this is not always the case; forthe ignorant and tyrranical

usurper may, by his stupid ferocity, pollute the most happy climate. The men of this charming country, notwithstanding their long subjugation to the Turk

Here is a

picture of a Grecian with a book under his arm: he carries his head high, and his body erect: he is dignified in his carriage, easy in his manners, and nimble in his gate: his eyes are full of vivacity; his countenance is open, and his address agreeable and prepossessing: he is neat and elegant in his clothing, and has a taste for every thing beautiful: he is active, industrious, and enterprizing-is capable of executing great things: he speaks with ease, and expresses himself with warmth, and is capable of astonishing with his natural eloquence.

Greece, after remaining in a state of subjugation to the Romans, Venitians, and Turks for two thousand years, has attempted to establish its in

dependence. In 1821, a revolt was excited by Prince Alexander Ypsilanti; and after sustaining for years a long and sanguinary war with the Turks, in which thousands of her brave countrymen have been slain by Turkish arms, she has succeeded in ameliorating her condition; and it is to be hoped that she will ere long be able to rekindle the glory of her ancestors amidst her desolate groves and broken altars, and Athens and Sparta be restored to their former glory, with new associations of splendour and renown.

EXPLANATIONS.

Genius-disposition of nature by which any one is qualified for some peculiar employment. Festival-anniversary day of civil or religious joy Game-sport of any kind.

Monument any thing by which the memory of persons or things is preserved. Janissary-a Turkish soldier. Impregnated-filled.

Emanation-that which issues from another sub

stance.

Usurper-one who seizes or possesses that to which he has no right.

Pollute-to defile or debase.

Prepossessing-filling with a good opinion at first sight; unexamined.

Revolt-desertion change of sides.

Sanguinary-bloody, cruel.

Altar-the place where offerings to Heaven are laid; the table in christian churches where the communion is administered.

Athens and Sparta-cities of ancient Greece,

THE ISLES OF GREECE.

It is not possible for any power of language adequately to describe the appearance presented at the rising or the setting of the sun in the Ægean Sea. Whether in dim perspective, through grey and silvery mists, or amidst hues of liveliest purple, the isles and continent of Greece present their varied features, no pen nor pencil can portray the scenery. Whatever, in the warmest fancies of my youth, imagination had represented of this gifted country, was afterwards not only realized, but surpassed. Let the reader picture to his conception, an evening sun behind the towering cliffs of Patmos, gilding the battlements of the monastery of the Apocalypse with its departed rays; the consecrated island surrounded by inexpressible brightness, seeming to float upon an abyss of fire; while the moon in milder splendor is rising full over the opposite expanse. Such a scene I actually witnessed with feelings naturally excited by all the circumstances of local solemnity; for such indeed might have been the face of nature, when the inspiration of an Apostle, kindling in its contemplation, uttered the alleluias of that mighty voice, telling of Salvation, and Glory, and Power.

EXPLANATIONS.

John, the evangelist, being at Ephesus, was ordered by the emperor Domitian, who was a great enemy to christians, to be sent bound to Rome, where he was condemned to be cast into a chaldron of boiling oil, but a miracle appeared in his favor; the oil did him no injury, and Domitian, not