The scene I beheld was

Even my wife could go alone any where she | I landed to examine. pleased and have no dread. The men were indeed strange. There, closely seated round the deferential to her; and the women would attend fire, were about a score of women talking and upon and gladly obeyed her slightest sign. wrangling loudly; behind them were the men Truly I can not forget that time, nor the dark- lounging about in various attitudes and seemfeatured, grateful, and affectionate creatures, sav-ingly indifferent to the quarrel of their wives. ages though they were, among whom we lived for weeks.

Presently the women on a sudden rose, and, with flashing eyes, disheveled hair, and long After the return of our defeated friends, I arms, attacked each other like demons. Some supposed that there was an end of poor Kitty's of them, as I found afterward, were for Kitty affair; but not so. One morning to my sur- remaining; others were against it; and the conprise I found her again located at Mrs. C's, tention at last became so great that a perfect having, with a love like that which often burns fight between them speedily ensued. It was in our own fair ones' breasts at home, made her absolutely terrific. There were those women, escape and traveled on foot several miles to re- without a rag of covering, standing over and unite herself to Harry. Poor thing! she had about the fire, with the glare of fiends in their been obliged to hide for the first day, and actu- eyes, struggling with and tearing each other's ally went without food rather than abandon the hair out by handfuls, while the men all the time determination of rejoining her husband. Un- calmly looked on. Talk of the passion and fortunately he was away on some hunting or fish-anger of men, why it would be as nothing coming expedition when she arrived, and the ma-pared to the diabolical fury that seemed to anitrons of his tribe still refused to acknowledge mate these women. her. It therefore devolved upon the white women to do what they could for her protection.

The return of Kitty again caused a fierce commotion, this time solely among the females of the tribe. I had now got my vessel repaired and every thing stowed on board again, when, one evening as I leaned over the bulwarks meditating how I should get to sea without a crew, my attention was attracted to where the natives surrounded a large fire on shore in a hollow between two hillocks near the forest at the back. The noise made there seeming more than usual

I determined to try and end it, as a thought struck me of the way perhaps to do so. I knew the Australians were very superstitious, and much frightened at any thing that had an appearance of the supernatural. I therefore returned to the vessel, got out two sky-rockets, and a blue-light, fixing the latter on a stick suited to the purpose. Then re-approaching the party of mad women, I secretly got behind them, and standing upon the nearest mound, suddenly dipped the blue-light in their fire, and immediately waved it over their heads. The effect was

Sydney, and so ended my Australian trip for that occasion.

almost electrical! In the dark night, and coming thus unperceived, the ghastly glare that was thrown around by the blue-light so startled them Some months afterward, when in another as to cause an immediate cessation of their fight. part of the world, I met the captain of a ship In an instant they were silent, and looking with who had visited the Clarence River after my deawe upon what was to them a strange phenome-parture, and from him I learned the melancholy non. Their wonder and fear was still more in- fate of William C. creased when I quickly sent up one rocket after the other; and, though they all recognized me, men and women alike recoiled backward and gazed with astonishment and alarm on their countenance. I then went up to them, and, in the best way I could, reconciled the parties by intimating that such conduct among themselves was bad. The result may be told in a few words. Peace was established: and I presume it was then decided what should be done with Kitty; for in a day or two afterward the poor damsel was taken away by the black women most in her favor, and located with another friendly tribe until Harry's return, which, however, did not occur till after my departure. Thus ended this little episode of Australian married life.

A day or two previous to my sailing, and in the middle of the night, I was aroused from my bed by the smell of something burning, and a great outcry on shore. Proceeding on deck I beheld one of those magnificent sights often witnessed in Australia. The forest was on fire. And there, before me, gigantic flames were encircling every tree and bush in the vicinity. Fortunately the wind was blowing inland, and away from the cottages, else both the buildings and the schooner would have been consumed. How the fire originated I never learned; but to see it, as I then did from the deck, was something worth beholding. It was awfully grand. And the whole picture was almost indescribable except by the pencil of an artist. But it did not last long. Before it had obtained much hold a heavy rain aided to extinguish it, and the next day charred remains alone marked the spot where it had been.

Soon afterward I bade adieu to our sable friends and the family of the C-s. I had arranged with the mate and steward for us to try and get back to Sydney, as no more men could be procured. Accordingly we went down

the river, again piloted by Billy, and, after waiting in the bay for a favorable opportunity, passed the bar with no small difficulty and stood out to

sea.

How we managed to sail that little vessel, with only Mate Richardson and myself capable of working and steering her, seems now almost beyond calculation. But it was done. We took alternate watch on deck, both of us, aided by the steward always coming up when necessity required. When the weather permitted my

wife would take the helm and steer for a short time to relieve either of us, the steward being uterly ignorant how to do so. When, as was once the case, a gale came on, we hove the vessel to and made all snug. Thus, after eight days anxiety and fatigue, we safely arrived at

It appeared that when the schooner was completed C― went in her to Sydney for the purpose of receiving payment. Unfortunately he persuaded one of the native blacks, a fine young man we had called Michaelow, to accompany him. They arrived in safety at Sydney, and were coming back in the same vessel, with her new captain and crew, when she was lost sight of by another ship in company during a gale of wind, and was never again heard of. It was supposed that she had capsized, and all hands perished; thus making it so that Chad literally built his own coffin.

Time passed on, and the natives about the cottages began to make troublesome inquiries as to what had become of Michaelow. Mrs. C- herself was alarmed, and soon displayed her grief; nor could the brother and his wife hide their feelings. Consequently the blacks speedily came to a conclusion that something was wrong, and again and again demanded their missing comrade. Of course no satisfactory reply could be given, and the result was matters became so serious and threatening that the C- -s had to hastily vacate their residence, and seek safety at the settlement of Grafton. The blacks became enraged, and, as I was informed, determined, according to their custom, to avenge the death of their companion by the murder of some white man. What followed I know not; but the lesson taught by this brief history is not without a useful warning to all who would take the wild natives of any land from their own home. Fortunately for me I had always adopted a different policy, and thus the various adventures I have met with in strange parts of the world have never resulted in loss of life, or even of harm to myself and those with me.

"HIGH PRIVATE."

CAN I be stem and another be wheat?
Can I be shell, and another be meat?
Another be head, while I am the feet?

If God will- God wot.

Dross may be up, and gold may be down;
The hero may prosper, or, haply, the clown:
The wise forge ahead, or the dunce take the town
There's no telling what.

One man will rise, while many must fall;
One speeds the birth, while ten bear the pall:
Fame speaks for one, but death takes them all;

The worm careth not.

Let me be stem, then-another be ear;
Another tend birth, while I bear the bier,
Or do the more work, and get the less gear;
I'll stand to my lot.

AT HOME WITH THE ESQUIMAUX.

N this Magazine for May was given a general of adventure. Much of the peril, and amost

privation, might

had he gone out with any thing like an adequate outfit. As we write these pages Mr. Hall has set out upon a second expedition, more amply provided, and with undiminished faith in the convictions which first led him from the banks of the Ohio to the shores of Frobisher's Bay. By the time these pages meet the reader's eye, we trust that he will have reached the region which he proposes to explore. We know that the God-speeds of thousands will go with him.

Arctic regions accomplished by Mr. C. F. Hall. We recur to the subject again mainly for the purpose of presenting some pictures, with pen and pencil, of Life among the Esquimaux, which no previous traveler has described so closely, and with as many facilities for observation. It will be borne in mind that Mr. Hall, while in his Western home, became convinced that there was reason to hope that some members of Sir John Franklin's expedition might be still living; or that, at all events, authentic information as to It will be borne in mind that Mr. Hall in his their fate could be gathered among the natives former expedition sailed from New London, of the region where they disappeared from all Connecticut, on the 29th of May, 1860, on board human eyes except those of the Esquimaux. the whaling bark George Henry; that the bark Although the expedition was fruitless as far as was accompanied, as tender, by a schooner now the main object was concerned, it has produced called the Amaret, but which had once borne rich results in other respects. Foremost among the name of the Rescue. She had been of the these is the absolute proof which it furnishes United States Grinnell Expedition," in search that white men can live year after year in the Arctic regions. Mr. Hall passed two successive winters there, and instead of returning, as did the lamented Kane, only to die, he brought back with him the same robust frame with which he set out. This exemption from the fearful agonies endured by Kane and his party was owing to the fact, that, instead of attempting to carry the habits of the temperate zone into Arctic latitudes, he had the good sense to conform to the modes of life adopted by the natives. Still there is enough of peril and privation recorded in his narrative to give it a place among the most interesting books of our day, so rich in records

of Franklin. Returning from that voyage she had been employed as a whaler, and made seven perilous voyages, this being her last, for she was driven ashore, a total wreck, in a fearful storm, on the 27th of September, 1860. Her carcass lay on the rocks for almost a year; at last it was swept off from its rocky bed, and for days after was seen drifting ghost-like among the icefloes, borne hither and thither by the changing tides and currents. The sailors on the George Henry had a superstitious dread of her; they fancied that she brought bad luck to every body who had any thing to do with her. The last ever seen of her by mortal eyes was when Mr.