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spect , as night closed in upon the busy scene ; so we sat down to our late supper in a highly excited state of mind , listening every now and then to the distant booming from the camp and town , which the wind , now N . N . W ., brought down to us .
We were all too mueh on the alert to go to bed , and it was useless to think of landing till the morning ; so we sat discussing Russian policy—and the " Times' correspondent "—for a while , when our attention was attracted by some person hailing the Imp , and the splash of oars . Not three minutes afterwards , the door of the saloon opened , and to our great delight Colonel —— entered , with a beard
of portentous size and greatly enlarged moustache . He received a most cordial welcome , said he had been on the lookout for us , and had been told by an officer of the Albion that we were in port ; he therefore lost no time in boarding us—of course , he meant to take up his old quarters . A rechauffe of supper was ordered , and some mulled claret , for the night was decidedly cold .
We were soon deep in camp gossip . From the colonel ' s report , I should say , we had just arrived in time for something tremendous . The French have pushed their sap close to the Malakoff , but we cannot get so near the Sedan . He advises us to try and seethe church parade to-morrow—it is a
most impressive sight ; but it is very difficult to get leave for admission within the lines . However , as Colonel has already spoken to the general of the division on our behalf , perhaps there is a chance for us . The ladies , wild to go . The colonel ' s account of the ruin in Sebastopol—visible from the famous picquet-house , which is the rendezvous of all the idlers—is
terrible . After a most exciting day—to bed , and slept profoundly . ( To be continued . )
The Wonders Of Nature.
THE WONDEES OF NATTJBE .
that drank , eternal life , may be turned to some account in modern times . The scholar and the schoolmaster , all who will , in spite of opposing obstacles , gain knowledge , may become true philosophers ; and is not perfect philosophy gold to us ?—arc not brains now and in every age , whether iron or golden , money ? Nor do we use the word gold simply in a figurative sense . Knowledge , like virtue , brings its own reward ; but knowledge is itself , we should ever bear in mind , a grand desideratum . At present it is hardly necessary to enforce
There is no study more interesting than that of the Chemistry of Creation . If " the Chemistry of Common Life , " as propounded by Mr . Johnstone , attracts attention , much more attractive , does it stand to reason , should be the Chemistry of Nature . The dreams of the ancient alchemists , their belief in the possibility of converting metals into gold , and discovering a spring whose waters should give to those
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spect , as night closed in upon the busy scene ; so we sat down to our late supper in a highly excited state of mind , listening every now and then to the distant booming from the camp and town , which the wind , now N . N . W ., brought down to us .
We were all too mueh on the alert to go to bed , and it was useless to think of landing till the morning ; so we sat discussing Russian policy—and the " Times' correspondent "—for a while , when our attention was attracted by some person hailing the Imp , and the splash of oars . Not three minutes afterwards , the door of the saloon opened , and to our great delight Colonel —— entered , with a beard
of portentous size and greatly enlarged moustache . He received a most cordial welcome , said he had been on the lookout for us , and had been told by an officer of the Albion that we were in port ; he therefore lost no time in boarding us—of course , he meant to take up his old quarters . A rechauffe of supper was ordered , and some mulled claret , for the night was decidedly cold .
We were soon deep in camp gossip . From the colonel ' s report , I should say , we had just arrived in time for something tremendous . The French have pushed their sap close to the Malakoff , but we cannot get so near the Sedan . He advises us to try and seethe church parade to-morrow—it is a
most impressive sight ; but it is very difficult to get leave for admission within the lines . However , as Colonel has already spoken to the general of the division on our behalf , perhaps there is a chance for us . The ladies , wild to go . The colonel ' s account of the ruin in Sebastopol—visible from the famous picquet-house , which is the rendezvous of all the idlers—is
terrible . After a most exciting day—to bed , and slept profoundly . ( To be continued . )
The Wonders Of Nature.
THE WONDEES OF NATTJBE .
that drank , eternal life , may be turned to some account in modern times . The scholar and the schoolmaster , all who will , in spite of opposing obstacles , gain knowledge , may become true philosophers ; and is not perfect philosophy gold to us ?—arc not brains now and in every age , whether iron or golden , money ? Nor do we use the word gold simply in a figurative sense . Knowledge , like virtue , brings its own reward ; but knowledge is itself , we should ever bear in mind , a grand desideratum . At present it is hardly necessary to enforce
There is no study more interesting than that of the Chemistry of Creation . If " the Chemistry of Common Life , " as propounded by Mr . Johnstone , attracts attention , much more attractive , does it stand to reason , should be the Chemistry of Nature . The dreams of the ancient alchemists , their belief in the possibility of converting metals into gold , and discovering a spring whose waters should give to those