The credit and consideration which Maldonado enjoyed in the colony, and even in Spain, insured him an easy means of procuring Camire defence of his brethren: that man is not a warvarious situations. At sixteen his education was rior, as he is erroneously called in your country; finished, and the Jesuit's pupil learned more he is a man of peace and justice, for he defends than most of the colonists. He understood Latin, the one and the other. But for me, born a was well acquainted with mathematics, well read Guarani, to engage my life to sell my blood to in history and poetry, as well as all Spanish works the King of Spain, to ravage the earth, or destroy of celebrity. His intelligent mind had profited men, according to his will! no, my father, the by what he had read; he loved books, and under-religion you have taught me prohibits this, and I stood them well, and often culled more real philosophy from them than the author himself pro

Maldonado was at a loss for a reply to his young philosopher's arguments. He agreed that the disciple had surpassed the master, and smil | ing, asked Camire to instruct him in his turn. But it was ordained that this wisdom should soon be put to the test.

A few months previous to this conversation, a ship from Cadiz had brought to the Assumption, a young niece of the Governor's, whom her father, Don Manuel, Pedreras's younger brother, || had left a portiouless orphan. Her relations thought the best way of getting rid of the incumbrance of a poor girl was to send her to America, where her uncle had the reputation of being rich. Pedreras received her with more surprise than joy; he was at first tempted to send her back to her other relations in Spain, but Maldonado's representations prevented him; he contented himself with making them some very severe reproaches for having troubled him with her, and consented, through a forced humanity, to allow his brother's only child to remain in his house.

It will naturally be imagined that the young lady did not enjoy much happiness with Pedreras; she knew well, and every day observed that she was a weighty burden. Trembling with the fear of irritating her uncle, certain of displeasing him, she kept a strict watch over her smallest actions, paid the most minute attention to his commands, and thought herself extremely happy when she escaped being rebuked. She had just attained her sixteenth year, and was called Angelina, and truly worthy of that name, by her beauty, elegance, amiable disposition, and more particularly by the qualities of her heart, which were inestimable.

It was impossible to see her without feeling an affection for her; those who loved her dared not confess it; her pure soul was devoid of vanity, and the sentiment she inspired was so nearly allied to virtue, that it might be thought one in those who experienced it.

Angelina often sought the solitude of the country. Profiting by the liberty which the colonists enjoyed, followed by a servant, she walked out every evening to contemplate the face of nature, breathe the perfume of flowers, listen to the birds' songs, and admire the setting sun. These were her only pleasures, and sufficed her mild and placid soul, always quick at appreciating the good, and satisfied with her condition.

In her walks she had often remarked a young man, who each day at the same hour repaired to a certain spot, where he remained kneeling for a considerable time, and afterwards returned to the town. Angelina, who had little curiosity, had avoided meeting him; but one evening as she

was returning home later than usual, and passed near the spot, a monstrous serpent, of the species called hunters, so common in Paraguay, raised its head above the long grass, and hissing with threatening rage, sprung towards Angelina. The terrified girl screamed aloud, her attendant ran away with all possible haste, and she attempted to follow her; but the serpent pursued her, gained ground, and had nearly reached her, when Camire appeared, holding a leathern sling, the use of which the Peruvians so skilfully understand. He threw the running knot at the reptile's head, then flying with extreme quickness, dragged with him the strangled monster.

Angelina had fainted. Camire approached, -assisted her, and recalled her senses; he then supported her tottering frame till she arrived at her uncle's dwelling, received her grateful thanks with blushes, and left her experiencing a mixture of anxiety and confusion which he had never before felt.

He immediately repaired to Maldonado to acquaint him with what had happened. The joy the good Father felt at Angelina's escape, the interest he took in her fate, and all the praises he bestowed on her, augmented Camire's confusion. While listening, he appeared wrapped in thought, and passed a sleepless night. The next morning he asked the Jesuit, with some em barrassment, whether it would not be proper for them to wait on the Governor to inquire after his niece's health. Maldonado agreed, and they repaired to the house. Pedreras received them with much politeness, re-assured them respecting Angelina's health, and invited them to spend the day. The young Guarani again saw the fair Spaniard, conversed freely with her, and inhaled on all sides the consuming flames of love.

The history of Alcaipa, and the praises which the good Jesuit delighted to bestow on his adopted son, were the subject of the conversation. Angelina, who did not lose a word, kept her eyes bent on the ground, a livelier hue overspread her cheeks, and a secret emotion agitated her heart. From Maldonado's recital she comprehended the cause why Camire so often visited the river's banks. His piety and filial love redoubled the gratitude she felt for her amiable deliverer. She was happy that it was he who had snatched her from the arms of danger; and was pleased to be compelled to bestow her esteem on so good a youth, but dared not raise her eyes upon him.

A very short time sufficed the young lovers to make each other sensible of what they felt, and to assure them, without the assistance of words, that their love was mutual. Angelina kept the secret which her eyes had betrayed; but the ingenious Guarani confided all his thoughts to

A TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND,'

Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the South of Germany, by Sir John Carr, Author of the Stranger in Ireland; a Tour round the Baltic, &c. Phillips, June 1807.

nity so long exercised by the house of Austria in Germany has been annihilated, and Bonapar.e declared chief of a new circle of feudatory princes.

In the preface, Sir John Carr states that the Tour was taken amidst many untoward and embarrassing circumstances, the melancholy effect of war, and therefore trusts that his pages will be perused with indulgent candour. It will n turally be asked under what protection the author ventured upon a foreign and a hostile shore; this we know not better how to explain than in the author's own words, "the public shall be my confessor." "In the summer of the last year, whilst the larger portion of the civilized world was anxiously awaiting the result of our sincere negotiations for a peace, which, alas! the crafty Ministers of Napoleon never intended should be other than mere "Romans politiques." The desire of contemplating a country and a race of people to me entirely new, induced me to trespass upon their shores. I resolved upon visiting Holland, although in a state of reluctant war with my own country, of a war which yet permitted to her commerce a few stolen embraces with that of England, and which forced many a pursy Dutchman to lament the separation, and in the narcotic atsmosphere of his consoling pipe, wish for better times. In gratifying my wishes, I was guilty of assuming a character respected in every country, as well for its being most wisely and profitably at peace with all the world, as for its integrity and enterprize.

ing is properly noticed, par icularly the singular manner in which nearly all the houses are built, so as to lean considerably terward in the street, which we do not recollect being noticed by other travellers. We also find (what is generally con|| sidered to be otherwise) that mendicity exists in Holland as well as in other countries Upon this subject Sir John Carr remarks: "I soon found that the received opinion of there being no beggars in Holland, is perfectly erroneous. I was frequently beset by those sons and daugh ers of sorrow or idleness, who preferred their petition with indefatigable pursuit, but in so gentle tone, that it was evident they were fearful of the police." In his account of this city, some curious and interesting anecdotes are given of the family just raised to the throne of Holland, to which we refer our readers. In speaking of the Dutch language, our author observes: "It is generally understood that the language of Holland is divided into High and Low Dutch, whereas there is but one pure language as in England, which is called Neder Dutch; the language of the Netherlands, or of a country lying very low. In Holland, as in every other country, there is a variety of provincial idioms; for instance, a raw native of Friezland would not be understood at Amsterdam." The Dutch have been long celebrated for the harmony of their chimes, or as they are called carillons, of which the following interesting account is given: "This species of music is entirely of Dutch origin, and in Holland, and in the countries that formerly belonged to

"I became an American, and by an act of temporary adoption fixed upon Baltimore, in North.her, can only be heard in great perfection. America, as the place of my nativity." Our author also observes, "The stratagem, if not perfectly blameless, was at least intended to be an inoffensive one, I had no hopes of a peace, and consequently none of seeing Holland in a more regular mode.

"I went not to investigate the nakedness of the land, and by availing myself of its confidence to penetrate the military depôts, the dock, and arsenal of a country not in amity with my own. I abhor the character of the spy moving in a friendly garb, however useful his treachery may be to his employers. My imposition extended no further than to enable me to make a picturesque tour through an almost aqueous kingdom, to view its natives in their ordinary habits, to glide upon their liquid roads, to saunter in their green avenues and flourishing gardens, and trace the wonderful resul's of that daring and indefatigable ingenuity, which has raised the permanent habitation of man in the ocean, and made successful inroads upon the physical order of the universe." After such a confession, we shall not withhold our absolution.

"The French and Italians have never imitated the Dutch in this taste; we have made the attempt in some of our churches, but in such a miserably bungling manner, that the nerves of even a Dutch skipper would scarcely be able to endure it. The carillons are played upon by means of keys, communicating with the bells, as those of the piano-forte and organ do with strings and pipes, by a person called the Carilloneur, who is regularly instructed in the science; the labour of the practical part of which is very severe, he being almost always-obliged to perform in his shirt with his collar unbuttoned, and generally forced by exertion into a profuse perspiration, some of the keys requiring two pounds weight to depress them. After the performance the carilloneur is frequently obliged immediately to go to bed. By pedals, communicating with the great bells, he is enabled with his feet to play the base to several sprightly and even difficult airs, which he performs with both his hands upon the upper species of keys, which are projecting sticks, wide enough asunder to be struck with violence and celerity by either of the two hands

At Rotterdam, every object particularly strik- || edgeways, without the danger of hitting either

of the adjoining keys. The player uses a thick || standing the severity of British blockades,

leather covering for the little finger of each hand, to prevent the excessive pain which the violence of the stroke necessary to produce sufficient sound requires. These musicians are very dexterous, and will play pieces in three parts, producing the first and second treble with the two hands on the upper set of keys and the base, as before described. By this invention a whole town is enter tained in every quarter of it; that spirit of industry which pervades the kingdom, no doubt originally suggested this sudorific mode of amusing a large population, without making it necessary for them to quit their avocations one moment to enjoy it. The British army was equally surprised and gratified by hearing upon the carillons of the principal church of Alkmaar their favourite air of “God save the King," played in a masterly manner as they entered that town." Sir John Carr observes that the same thrifty spirit, united to the beneficial effects of public and expanded education, preserved the monuments and works of art in Holland from violence during the fury of the revolution which annihilated the Stadtholderate.

An interesting account is given of the revolution, which changed the republic into a royal government. In the new constitution, which is given nearly at full length, (and which, by the bye, unnecessarily swells the volume), we notice the following striking features: the guarantee of the national debt; the free and unqualified exercise of religion; the predominant, or, as we think, Sir John Carr ought to have called it, the despotic authority vested in the King. The establishment of the Salique law, that only natives shall be eligible to any offices under the state, exclusive of those immediately appertaining to the King's household; that the royal revenue shall be two millions of florins, or about two

hundred thousand pounds; and that the royal palaces shall be confined to three; namely, the Hague, the Houses in the Wood, and at Soetdyke. As this constitution has not yet had time to shew whether its fruits will be palatable to the Dutch or not, the author contents himself with merely, and we may add perhaps unnecessarily, submitting it to the comment of his readers.

The descriptions of the several towns through which Sir John Carr passed, are enlivened with brief but interesting, and not generally known, anecdotes of the most distinguished among the Dutch painters.

and the vigilance of British cruisers. We also find that the universities here participated in the melancholy effects of war, which has very much reduced the number of its students, by attracting them to the army.

The principal objects in Amsterdam are briefly noticed. In the description of the Stadt House, there is a curious account of the prisons and the state of the prisoners confined in dungeons, which form part of the foundation of that stupendous pile, which must prove interesting to every humane reader.

Of the canals in this great city our author thus speaks::-" the canals of this city are very convenient, but many of them most offensively impure; the uniform greenness of which is checquered only by dead cats, dogs, offal, and vegetable substances of every kind, which are left to putrify at the top, until the canal scavengers remove them; the barges used on these occasions present a very disgusting appearance; the mud which raised by them forms most excellent manure, and the sum it fetches in Brabant is calculated to be equal to the expence of the voyage. Some of the most eminent Dutch physicians maintain, that the effluvia arising from the floating animal and vegetable matter of these canals is not injurious, and in proof, during a contagious fever which ravaged this city, it was observed that the inhabitants who resided nearest the foulest canals were not infected, whilst those who lived near pure water only in few instances escaped; but this by no means confirms the assertion, because those inhabitants who lived adjoin ing to foul canals were inured to its contagion, from its habitual application; for the same reason medical men and nurses generally escape infection, from being so constantly exposed to it."

The ladies of Holland are spoken of very handsomely by our Tourist, and are represented as observing the French fashions in their attire. There is a charming anecdote given in the ac count of the resuscitation societies, of the heroic

humanity displayed by the present Emperor of Russia, in saving a poor fellow-creature from a watery grave in Lithuania. Our fair readers will smile at the account given of a very singular establishment, called the work-house of Amsterdam, where "husbands upon complaint of extravagance, drunkenness, &c. duly proved, send their wives to be confined, and receive the discipline of the house; and wives their husbands, for two, three, and four years together."

From Holland Sir John Carr departed for the Rhine, where he met with ample subjects for his pen and pencil.

It appears that the Hague has materially suf fered by the revolution, much more so than the commercial towns, owing to the resources which they derived from a high and unsubdued In the beginning of Chap. 22. a singular adspirit of commerce and enterprize, notwith- || venture which occurred to the author, is related,