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 â- M-JW PERILS OF A BALLOON VOYAG: iQtEl .eriafj Some of the Dangers That Attend A( Uavaigtion. Every Â¥ear Sees a Mew Trial of the Air Skip 1»n« Uttle Progress [Is MaJeâ€" Xarrow Escape of a» EiigU»IiAero*a«t. Every spring about this time some en- thusiast on balloons makes a trial of his new airship. Sometimes great crowds at- tend his venture. Usually he manages to saeak away quietly, and only a line or two in the morning newspapers record another failure. Those Yrho go down to the sea in ships face perils of a certain jiature which they are able to meet and generally overcome by means of the appliances man has invented for the purpose of battling with the storm and waves. But those who invade the air with balloon can safeguard themselves to no appreciable extent. Peril attends the rise from earth, and once above the housetops the. aerial craft is at the mercy of every breeze that blows. Danger likewise sur- rounds the descent, and wliile accidents. are not so numerous as the conditions would seem to demand, still it is a fair statement to characterize as lucky any one who has passed twenty-four hours above the clouds, and then reached terra firma in safety. It was only the other day that the 60,000 inhabitants of Croydon, an English city not far from London, were thrown into a parox- ysm of excitement and apprehension re- garding tlie fate of Professor Higgins, a local aeronaut. He had prepared a balloon of a eapacitj' of 12,000 cubic feet, with a parachute and trapeze attachment. When he gave the signal the ropes were loosed, and the airship sailed away in the direction â- of Xorwood. Upon reaching an alti- tude of 4,000 feet the parachute became how Professor Higgins went up detach- ed from the net of the balloon, which shot up at a great rate, and rapidly disap~ peared in the clouds. This was an emer- gency not included in the programme, for Higgins had intended to descend within the limits of the field from which he made his departure. The loss of the parachute, and the perilous predicament in which the voj-ager was thereby placed, no car being attaelied to the balloon, naturally aroused the gravest fears in the minds of his friends and relatives. The last glimpse caught of him on tlie edge of the sky showed that he â- was lianging by one hand to a pendant rope and clutching at the mouth of the airship â- with the other. No one for a moment en- tertained any hope of his escape, and the general relief was accompanied with intense astonishment when late at night a telegram from Tunbridge announced that he had atided safely. On liis return the professor naturally had u rosiarkable story to tell. He reached such an altitude that icicles fonued on his hair and mustacbe. The slow escape of gas from the balloon finally changed its upward to a downward progress, and the return to the lower and warmer strata of the air re- vived the unwilling traveler sufficiently so that lie was enabled to rnake a struggle for life. He lowered himself to the end of his little trapeze rope, and so hung until his feet touched the earth. He could not, however, get free until the balloon had dragged him ten yards along the ground and rebounded sixty feet into the air. At the second descent two passing laborers rushed forward and held the struggling monster down until Higgins dis- entangled himself. He was half frozen and suffering from severe muscular stra'!n, but otherwise received no injuries. It was in its way one of the most remarkable escapes «n record. AN APEIOAN MILLIONAIEE. ne Did Xot Flnil Happiness and Commit.s ° Suicide. It is reported from Lisbon that the famous Silva Porto, the rich and aged Portuguese, trader, ha? committed suicide at Bihe, Africa, where long ago he accumulated a fortune in ivory and slaves. Some of the English newspapers printed long obituary notices of him over two years ago when a report of his death was circulate. Up to L-ivingstone's time Silva Porto was the only 'white man who had travelled extensively in Equatorial Africa. It has been widely as- serted that he was the first white man to .cross Africa. The fact is, however, that in 1S53 Silva Porto travelled from Bihe almost to Lake Nyassa, but did not go to the Indian Ocean, though he sent a party of his black porters on to the east coast. FiiT many years the routes of Silva Porto and the names of the villages he found on his travels were the most conspicuous features on the maps of inner Africa. He became very wealthy, but would never return to Europe, perhaps because he had a good many native wives and children to keep him at his big establishment in Belmonte, Bihe. Silva Porto was always very kind to explor- â- ers, and gave them every aid, while other Por- .tuguese traders, wishing to keep all white â-  men out of their preserves, treated them shab- bily. "I am an old man," he wrote to Serpa Pinto, "but I am still tough. If you find yourself surrounded by peril, -with all but ...ope gone, try to hold your own and send a letter to me by the natives at any cost. In the shortest possible time I will be with you, nd â- will bring help and means. " ::btjtlt by oheistian captivis. History and Description of the Hassen Tower in Africa. The Sma-Hassen Tower at Babat,Africa, is a superb structure, and although in part-s â- Qnfini^ed and damaged by lightning, is still lordly and beautiful. Built of he'wn stone brought from Spain and by the hands of â- Christian captives, and 180 feet from base to summit, it presents on the outside three tiers of large and elegant arches over comparative- ly small Mrindo'ws, and above the topmost arch a deep honeycomb of exquisite carving. It has a simple grandeur of proportion that is peculiarly its o^wn and very impressive, says an exchange. The ascent of the tower is made not by s'tairs, bnt by a series of in- clined planes, up which a horse might be rid- den three abreast, as Leo Africanus asserts. The lowest of these inclined plajies, which ;are made of aconcrete of lime and sand, very bard and durable, was broken away in the time of the Emperor Sidi Mahomet, and by his order, so that now a ladder has to be used before a footing can be |[ot. As the ascent is made a n'omber of spacious chambers, chiil( solonn and tenantless, except by oif Is and liats, are passed, and when the top is reached » magnificent yiew is obtained of therestleip Atlantic. The totrer is not merely a stately sentinel of the great mosqne, but a lookout station and a beacon for ahips^at sea. " â- :" PSYCHEN ETHEKE. geeme: HashriUe, TeBm««see. BT BBV. LEROY HOOKKB. â-  It was Dscoration Day, and the folks went thronging bj To the consecrated ground where tKeir buried Heroes lie. There were sad-eyed youths and maidens, and many a silvered head, And loving little children gathering round the Nation's Dead. II. A passing stranger in the place, I lingered for the day To join the mourning people, and it is no shame to say My alien-heart beat faster and my eyes gave tribute due, As I walked, and mused, and listened to the tale I tell to you. III. Unheeded footsteps bore me where, apart from all the rest, • A single mound and headstone stood with fresh-blown beauty dressed. Beside them waa a farmer-man. His snow-white head was bare And bowed in reverent attitude as if he oflfered prayer. IV. I would have passed in silence had I not chanced to see^ The strange inscription on the slab "John Stanley died for me." Making bold I said "Good sir, was the man you mourn your son 1 And pray, what means the legend that is graven on the stone " V. Shame-faced, he turned away, until the flowing sorrow dried, Then, smothering many a rising sob, he thus to me replied " Wal, no he wasn't son of mine but, stranger, you can't know All he's ben to me " â€" then choked -with tears .resistless in their flow. VI. Then I asked " Were there no kinsfolk â€" none of his blood to come Or was it in their stead you laid these lilies on his tomb " " Wal, yes " his voice still quivering, "guess the neighbors was all glad To have me come down here to-day to honor this poor lad." VII. " But, stranger, sence you'd like to know, set by me on his grave There ain't no better place to tell the doin's of the brave And you shall hear just, how it was I chose the words you see On that stone â€" and every word is true ' John Stanley died for me '" VIII. "FeVnary, sixty-three, way up north in Illinois,â€" That's where I've always lived since I was a little boy, There was a gin^ral draft, and among the rest Seth Stebbs, That's me, was spotted to be sent down South to fight the Rebs." IX. " I wa'nt a pesky copperhead that loved the South too well, I wa'nt a coward, nuther, as my neighbors all can tell, But when I heerd my name by the Recrutin' Sargent read. It seemed as if chain-lightnin' went a crashin' through my head." " 'Twas more'n three mile of crooked road I had to travel home Don't remember how I got there some Devil seemed to come And snarl into my ear ' Ye'r drafted Becky's always sick You've seven helpless children There's your little crij-ple â€" Dick XI. " ' There's a mortgage on your farm, so you can't raise cash to pay For a substitute you'll have only fifty cents a day To keep your eight a goin' while you're fightin' m the South And not a soul can earn enough to feed one hungry mouth ' " XII. "In them days I wasn't pious â€" though I tried to keep my â- word. But Becky was as -good as any angel of the Lord. So we took it very different. When I told her of our doom She turned as pale as death and went staggerin' to her room." XIII. " And I knew that she would manage to ease her heart in prayer. But, as for me, I felt and said â€" Wal, stranger, I don't care To tell you all I felt and said â€" for oh, my blood was hot. And man and God seemed hateful I do hope its ben forgot " XIV. "Wal, roorniu' come quite soon enough. At seven I had to go. We'd eat our silent breakfast when I heard the stage horn blow That meant that in five minutes I must leave them, live or die So more than half distracted I begun to saiy good-bye." XV. "I'd got all round to Becky and my crippled baby â€" Dick When the stage-wheels on the bridge gave 'me wamin' to be quick. So I ketched them both in arms, but I couldn't do no more I couldn't speak 1 couldn't cry my heart was hard and sore." XVI. "That minute was the blackest of my life, I must allow. My heart cried out if God is good why don't he help us now Just then the front door opened and my teeth began to grit, I thought it was the driver to hurry me up a bit." XVII. " But no it was John Stanley, the brave boy that's buried here • There he stood so tall and handsome â€" only turned of nineteen year « Wal,' says he, ' I'm just in time Neighbor Stebbs, you needn't go, 'Twould be a cryin' shame to let you leave your family so ' " XVIII. " I was too dazed and â- wild to see just what he meant, at first, And said 'John Stanley, 'taint no time when things is at the worst For them that's out of trouble to be jokin* them that's in ' Says he 'It ain't no joke, Seth Stebbs I'm not so rotten mean ' " XIX. " ' You stay at home and let me go. I'll take what God has willed • For no one â- will be left to starve if I get hurt or killed.' Stranger â€" ^you should have seen the light that shone from Becky's face It seemed as if the Lord had let his glory fill the place " XX. " And when she said "God bless you, John ' 'twas just as if the Lord's Almighty voice, made low and sweet, had spoke in Becky's words. I trembled like numb-palsy when I recollected how God heard me think if he is good why don't he help us now 1" XXI. « And then I thought Wal, Seth, I guess this wa'nt sent so much for you • It was pity for the cluldren It was Becky's prayer that drew 1 They said good-bye and blessed him as he hurried to the gate For the time was more than up and the stage-boy couldn't wait." XXII. " I let him go in dlence but I hope he understood The tears that fell upon liis hand when we parted on the road. It won't take long to finish. Before a year h/ul passed He was ^hot at Chidbunanga, and; djQwi^ ^ere ' ,« It ain't aU told; i^ caii^t fea 1 :^ti?Te al#Bt^8 keep "Oiat he took my phuib, le Christmas. And when w^faiartto pmy Ami aU comes backâ€" how, for lovo d us, our brave young ndirhlwr Medâ€" *^. 1 Jt don't am? kji^ to ^cort i^ Sba Maa thad^ vw Caua!^" t Is Gholeia Ooming. The news which the London Lancet an- nounced bat week as to the continuance of cholwa m Mesopotamia has again raised the question whether Europe stands in dai^er of another invasion of the disease. Cholera in Bussorah, and even in Baadad, does not necessarily involve.' such danger, and al- though the disease has nqwfot many months past prevailed in both theUfi places and in the intermediate country, its incidence has apparently been all but limited to Mecopo- tamiaand to the western portion of the Persian empire. The only reaUy disqiiietmg" occurrence IS the intelligence that it has made some head- j Robertson, W. T way al '" ' " Europe convey the disease in a northwesterly ana « it was moved br Mr 6 Rohl I northerly direction toward the ports on. the • Mr. James Scott, thatMr. JanlP?^"^*«»dedhrl souther/coast of the Wc^^ Should, the., the^cha..^^^^^^ ^^^ " 4 DOlONlOir ei«l Meeting ortSTS****!.,.. I 1S9». ^^•*«Uy^j^"55 The annual general mpof " ion Bank wa^heldX'^{^%K^. of the institution on \v2l h^^Ci 1890. • ^*^®day,i2v^!? Among those present we«. James Austm, Hon " R.S.C^ssels, Wilmot nT- J«ttL only really disqliretmg occurrence is k. ±i. Bethune, E. Leadlav w 'W telligence that it has made some head- j Robertson, W. T. Kielv w i g' along the Tiirkish trade routes to John Stewart, Mrs. E. CamnilH ^- Lfj' »eâ€" routes which would in the main j ley, J. D. Montgomerj- etc "W Ma Leadlay, and Resolvedâ€" That Mr. port towns become infested, "it is certain that no Russian or Turkish means of pre- Kesoiveaâ€" Tbat Mr. R h Ti»n, vention such m hftyebeen^itttedl op ftfnner ^Sf?^^^-â„¢ ,, ' " """" "»»« « occasions would^ M likd^ to stay the. a'p*Sfn1|dâ„¢Tj-,Lec and R. s. Ca^els »^ diffusion of the cholera poison if the local The seoretarv read the r-.m t circumstances favored its epidemicity. to the gbarohplaew, and «uCitS!i"lldi«ttoR â-  4*?i^^Ve^-*»'^^e affairs of th"K%.aBiS But cholera in Mesopotamia, while it may usefully incite us to the removal of these influences which tend to propagate that disease, is by no means to oe an actual cause for anxiety. We are not in a position to boast of any assured immunity from cholera traveling in a westerly direction from Asia Minor, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that, after years of sanitaryprogress, and witha steadily improv- ing sanitary organization of our port and in- land districts, cholera failed to getafooting in this country during the European epidemic of I884-'87, and this ndt^withstapding the fact that we remained alHhe time iii frequent and unhindered communicatipn •with Paris during the whole period .jof the epidemic jn ' that city. Our clear duty is, while maintaining all necessary watchfulness as to the march of cholera on the eastern confines of Europe, to continue that line of sanitfry work. which we have now maintained for so many years, and which has already saved more lives in this country than cholera ever destroyed among us. ♦â€" The Executioner of Charles I. A question has often been asked, who was the executioner of Charles .1. We do not mean, who were the men at whose bidding the deed was done â€" for " ' come dow^l to posterity as those of "the regicides " â€" b-at, whose hand actually dealt the blow? There are undoubtedly very strong reasons for belie\-ing that it was Richard Brandon, a resident in Rosemary Lane, the entry of whose death occurs in the register of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, under late .June 21, 1649. To the entry is ap- pouded a note, evidently about the same date, to the effect that " this R. Brandon is supposed to have cut off the head of Charles First." This man is stated to have been the son of Gregory Brandon, who beheaded Lord Strafford,. and may therefore be said to have claimed the gallows as his inherit- ance. Besides, in the " Confessions of Richard Brandon, the Hangman "(1649), we meet with the following passage â€" "He [Brandon] likewise confessed that he had thirty pounds for his pains, all paid him in half-crowns within an hour after the blow was given, and that he had an orange stuck full of cloves and a handkercher out of the King's pocket so soon as he was carried from the scaffold, for which orange he was offered twenty shillings by a gentleman in Whitehall, bnt refused the same, and after- wards sold it for ten shillings in Rosemary Lane." If this indeed be true, it follows that the man who struck the fatal blow did not long survive the deed. He was buried m Whitechapel Churchyard, and it was Moth great difficulty that his interment was effected, so strong was the popular loathing t'amst him.â€" Cassell's "Old and New- London." tollows :â€" Balance of proSt and lo' 1S89.. 'ofthebirk, ssaocmntSOtliApr^ iss^l regarded as J ^^^ t^i^TcO^^:^" V.e certainly etc..^an,l making mi ho^lof^^, auddoubtful debts '"â- "'•"'" " =^1 bad S«.S1»1 paM lit So- ^^•'^â- i\ *75,C00 coat. Dividend 5 per l^vember, ISSJ Bonus 1890. 1 per cent., payabie'ist Mw, Amount voted to pensi'ou and min' tee fund b-""4u Carried to re.-en-e 'und. 75,C'M !5,l»] 5,000 Balance of profit and io3.^ carrirf fnrwarii « ,-, Durng the greater part of tWuWri^'^i for monuy vrcrc prevalent enahlCv. " tors to fully maintain thcVrofit.of rh !;^^ The charters of the CaMdknhnnt "^^ the 1st of July 1891. Th4'tteti new Banking Act, whicli ha.* j,Kt been â„¢ j at Ottawa. The act has been extended t ten years longer, with .-ome "ieht fhinJ which will not Interfere with tb 'elL ife necessarj- to move the crops of the counSr J.\MES AUST;-" ' Mr. James Au.-itin moved. sctOPdcifb'tt.i The president .-^pokoat .-onie length on tif I ^ho'h^'Si" f*"" '-.^tu.Uioi und mentioned th^l the bank had not only funds available to SI al possible dcmand.s, but woie also open 1 1 4.1 • 1. i t"^*' up desirable accounts, havine nh n»i their names have hand for that purpose to a ven lai'^^ata-l After the u.sual resolutions the seratineci^ declared the following gentlemen duly elected directors for the cnsuin.s; year. -Messrs, James Austin, illlam Inoe, K. Leadlav, WilmotB Matthews. E. B. O.-ler, James Scott and Hoi Frank Smith. At a subsequent .nieetin.? of the (iircctop,! Mr. James Au.stin \va re-oiected prc.ideB-| .ind the Hon. Frank mlt\i vice-pre.'^iilent fori the ensuing terra. GEXER.\L .ST.A.TEMK:CT. i.;.\:;!L;Tii..s Capital stosk paid up .; l,»:,l» Reserve fund. .Si.SlO.'J'Jd »J Balance of profits carntil for- ward S.liSO; Dividena o. i6, payable U: May 75,K0 K Bonus 1 per cent., payable 1st May 15,C00CD Resen'ed for interest and e.\- c-han^',^ • S3.96059 Rebate on bills discounted.. 3J,(jtS Si â€" â-  :si,5!c.s:;f| A Gang of Bomb Bobbers. In military and official circles'at Sebasto- pol quite a sensation has been caused by the discovery of a systematic robbery of bombs from the artillery magazines in that city. From the extent of the discoveries now made by the police, it would appeal; that the ab- straction of bombs and shells has been going on for a number of years. The Daily Xeivs correspondent at Odessa savs the prosperity which during the last few years appeared to follow the operations of a certain mechanical engineer, who ten years ago was a working journeyman, and the dimlay which this in- dividual has recently made, primarily led to the extraordinary discover}' He erected a large factory, acquired a handsome private residence, and latterly drove about the city in a well-appointed carriage.. This sudden and unaccountable prosperity attracted the notice of the police, who made a raid °?u 1. ^^"=o^' when large hidden stores ot bombs were discovered Rearing the Gov- ernment mark. The arrest of the engineer led to the further dificovery tliatan organised band of artillorists and others were impUSted mtherobberies. Tliepdlice areof opinion that the bummg of one of the artillery ma'eazines in Sebastopoliast year was the woyk of the band now under arrest, who presumedly fired the magazine to prevent the discovery of an unusually hirce theft of bombs. To the same band w attributed the mysterious murder, about the same time, of an artillery driver. Ihe mystery which chiefly exercises the au- thorities for the moment is how the bombs were disposed of to such an extent as to en- rich so largely the organizer of the robberies and his confederates. „ Xotes in circulation .51,173,680 W Deposits not bearing interest 1,524,211 11 Deposits bearing interest 6,5!)2,661 06 Balance due to other b,ani;3 in Canadi 2,945 92 J 3,015,:" Bl ?.2!I3.50;J $12,3l)9,3;3':^l ASSETS. Specie S 231,690 47 Dominion Government demand notes 701,53700 Notes and cheques of other banks 333,49312 Balances due from other banks in Canada 195,8aj (• Balances due from other banks • in United States I,105,0o3 20 Balances due from other banks in Great Britain 4?.3' 32 Provincial Government secur- ities 277,51161 Municipal and other debentures. 1,257,525 41 .$4,15;,li!i;| Bills discounted and current, including advances on call Si,9«.9M o» Overdue debts secured. Overdue debts not si)ecially se- cured (estimated loss provided for) Bank premises. Other assets, not included under foregoing heads. 30,109 M 16,735 32 173,570 85 Real estate ^â- wti^r than bank Tirii*,iis*,4 ....... ...• "' premises 5,649 59 156 45 8,152,3 â-  â-  ?lI«S R H. BEIHl«- Dominion B ank. Toronto. 3Qth April, '90- "Care of Young Trees. JS^ery few young trees receive the pr^l and attention after they have te^l intil they have reached stuijyr I Many magnificent trees havjj- T^rnrwirtions. and lived a gow "I care planted until they have rea( turity. Many magnificent up to fine proportions, and A T -^ J^o^el OccupatioiL A New York dentiat epioys a kdy as- 8«tant at a sakry of $50 a- week and a com- W«^f "l*"' custftmer, who goes from iorcr^/"' ^^ ""^^" teeth* She is Vh»3 ^* P^*".y' attractively dressed, ahd. whde self-assertive, „he is a 4iy in all that the name impUes. She has taken a cour^ 6f the work to cap. a nen^ soothe ^-^iolent litti- ™«i.*_ J 1°^^ wedges to loosen^tWe ingj the teeth. k ;ti» pinf^cleani- '•'5i::?r«.^lS?;1:i*?SiS. ilp7' '---II r I ^... ... .. Merit tunii nitiaii. (••ill J i^iiiiiiliiiiii â- â- â- â-  y.i rf:"-i"' s^j£^:iiMiiittiiiiJiiliiiiMiitfiitt^^ a§e, without care or forethought from i^n I but the proportion of good tre^f that. ,fl Vive to the whole number which spnng^^ annually is very small indeed. J**" lavish with her seeds that some m,« J Vive; but her work can be g^f jj^^. mented by man. This is the plantmg I of the year, and every newly pw» j.^,! should have a stake for a suppon, ^, i it from being whipped about by tn I The trees should be fastened to jne by strips of cloth, or some su^- will not cut into the tree. â- ^J^Avgprw, planted thorough cultivation ^houW ^*«iy the ground around them "f " T{Septti»- two. or «iree weeks i^ntil the nrsv ^^^^ ber. Sometimes a mulch of straw ^^. around the trees will ans^t^r tne ^^ ^^ pose as stirring the soil. J^'^* ' and ^â-  watched during the growing ssu, iurious insects and borers ^«P' %jbeni»^* ThewholeshapeofthetreeshoaW^_^, during its first year or two oi gr ^^^jK great deal of injurious pruning ^^^thlts Stved. A bud may be puiched oB e than the prunmg^f ,t„„-b branch later loss to the tree than the Prunujg o ^^ branch kter inUfe.^ )^£fi«tV.,'*- pruning wiU beneedeA._th«^,^empl»r I thus" auring the second and third itm»y ^„ ed quite extensively. Theto^j^jj,^ easSy shaped without anyl»s^ t»«€ Pruning wiU be necessary, bow ^^ plement the thumb-pinchmg w ^t L required every year ^^^^f g^^t"-^ desir^ to give the tree a noWe, ^^ appearance Wherevera fa^ ^ff, tStleader crosses '^go^^IZ.i^^ cipient fork threatens tje We^«i»gg the tree, or a branch is "^iflm^ wrong direction, thethumWi^ ^^ should be used as soon as P»" Hai^^ Uer in the life oi the tree ^»^ ijjtfy" iddke the leas wilKthe amou»t Mione to the *¥«f_g^^:2»^^â€" â€" r^vjrfo^ ,rithTappine« sW hiB new bj Braggi-"He may be f^^be«»"*^' whenTsaw him this aftemo* plied tionin PI Theic the CtBABEDOTITB TEEK r: h' fifflpe: ore, sitna *:i!. «rth for four hui kj^Si^ds- They MWir imndred. i in extent, a A portion I by Malays, ant The first come _j,^«econd from Boi J^fference between S^tbereisfavor^the] '^S the yeaif 1850 t cSsea were the ren ijTfeUows made no se bu^ir^tised it openly ,!M-%*ortunity offered, Z\m- Cairn of the Sey humbered 15,000 With the women and the number could not h i)flOO. I once saw ah ZfA and destroyed bj ^the years 1838 and ber was over a hundreil. body was put to death, I nJe, the captive was d In 1850 the Eng jistance from other nat jjde on the pirates and i 11086 who got away fl end of Borneo and to north, and for seven or e ed very quiet. Then, u of a Dvak called Riker, THREE OR FOUR in one year. Eng.auti w fnlLat the time, and the sent out to break up the plished nothing. There some international dispul and John Bull fought matters by opening a even boasted that they â-  In this emergency the the peninsula, assisted and along the China coas Campa of her .Scotch fittea her out as a man-o: large, stout, and handsc wag outfitted it Pahan with nine guns on a si Tom" on a swivel, a Pahangshe had l.SO men crowding her somewhat, clean, new ship and wel was no growling. Her en up at half a dozen differe aU sailors and white iner that the Captain and Li teen English sailors al drafted from H. M. S others were runaway si French, German, and Rii the brig went out of Pah for anything of her size e crew were ever under be carried three extra bo; helped to stow her ammu she had a great plenty. There were men on 1 were in communication and to befog them we ra; Siam until we sighted Ca] we headed to the nbrthei gan the work of disgui old set of sAils were bent brought out, and in th four hours we made the called, look like a tea ba) was no use to hunt pira war. They were altoget caught uuder her guns. We cruised up and lc for a week, keeping we Borneo, coast, but met Then we ^ot the Â¥.iIL rsXi OF A which we rode or.t safeh Bided we limped along ' loretopinasts lowii and i- A sailor looking at us i half a mile would have pulled through by the sk dsad cahii usually follo\ M,, and as vc were oppii the westernmost island f roup, we were not sur Wives within five or six *Mt and without steera, the state of airs at sum "^nnng, and as the tid« ••nfted in for a couple of ^ur anchor in forty i "yaks not only had as g *?toy ship carried, but PJatforms in the t^s of t *« as far! ont over the oo "wthead^pijld see inlan «ey infested that isli ™»«t w« should soon be *y. For this reason all b 5*tbeWj and those rem "••ed «« 'toejchant ea •»*n or two in the rigg Pgedini '• coast. !*â- * aampan was app: ?^* "pri; of Indian cano« "thu case there was bu *â- â€¢ doubtless coming a ^g|g» st ood. He came ^^VpUnMlf nifi(|ehaji ?*^«VM!ludFti£Z .1 Jm ^^e vnerea merchant • this idea we wa hi.ni SgS^.PMarais. as if sa\ ?^t, padtffinir with ^!h *«J1, and grape p Ion to the spring rbouD m ^%h.Tm ..^afeii..5ai^... '^^^^ '"â- '