farmer probably gives away in this manner, that is, six and a half hundred weight in the year, and he never feels that he gives any thing; but fasten a tax, or poor rate, of ten shillings a year upon him, and he would feel it as an intolerable burden-probably he would confer with his neighbours upon the policy of laying violent hands on the collector, and pitching him head foremost into the nearest lake or bog-hole.-Blackwood's Magazine. Roman Nicknames.-The Romans address each other by their Christian names, or by their nicknames, which are so general, and in such current use, that they often supersede the Christian name altogether. The Romans, however, find nothing offensive in these characteristic appellations, and answer to them unhesitatingly. Thus, one is called Signor Baffo, from his beard; another Signor Biondo, from the colour of his hair. A gossip is called Mezzoprete; a bulky man Gigante; and a wearer of spectacles Signor Occhialini. The Roman detects with wonderful accuracy the oddities and peculiarities of every one, and nicknames them accordingly, but without ill-nature or attempt at wit; and not unfrequently an individual receives the same appellation from different persons; so effective and true is the universal sense of criticism in this respect. Foreigners, especially, whose names are often too barbarous for Roman utter ance, afford no little occupation for this nicknaming propensity of the natives. At the hotels and tables d'hôte, every stranger has his peculiar cognomen, which is inscribed on his dinner bill at the bar; and when the waiter delivers it, he generally tears off the nickname, lest it should prove offensive to the party indicated. This amusing custom is one of the numerous antiquities which prevail in modern Roman life. A large portion of the most ancient surnames in all nations originated in nicknames, and the Latin language is peculiarly rich in these characteristic epithets; for instance, the well known Naso, Flaccus, Rufus, Varus, Caligula, Fronto, Pœtus, Ariola, Labeo, and other cognomina. Extreme Unction.-Whensoever any body lies a passing, so that there is no more hope of life in him, the prieste shal anoynt him with holy oil, blesse him with crosses, and conjure him with certaine wordes, and then hee can never come in hell; for all the devills will runne away before the crosses, lyke a dogge before a flitche of bacon, and therefore must hee take up his lodging eyther in the suberbes of hell, or in purgatory, where hee shal have his househyre and fire-wood free, till such time as hee (with soule masses and pope's pardons) have gotten a plotte of ground in heaven, to builde a house thereupon of merit and good workes.-The Beehive of the Romish Church. END OF VOL. I. INDEX ΤΟ THE FIRST VOLUME. A ABERNETHY, Mr., 120 Actor, the, 519 Beef, receipt for the salting of, 34 Bells, the effect of, 430 Africa, Captain Clapperton's second expedi- Bheels, their ingenuity, 431, 565 tion into the interior of, 526 African fables, 251 titles, 276 Albrizzi, her character of Lord Byron, 516 Alligators swallowing stones, 355 Almanacs, the English ones, 253 Amber, the formation of, 564 American mocking bird, 497 editor, modesty of one, 143 Anecdote, curious typographical one, 209 lion, 210 Anemone, history of the, 502 Annuals, expense of them, 208 Bijou, le petit, a French annual, 108 the American mocking, 497 Birds, the eye-brush in, 322 nests edible, 504 Blues, queries for them, 503 Antideluvian footsteps at Corncodale Muir, 31 Books, speculations on large ones, 211 Anthropophagi, horrid custom of, 32 Antipathies, singular, 108, 324 the small value of, 354 "Boxes," the, 510 British American Colonies, 431 Brodie, Mr., 554 Brownie of the Black Haggs, 131 Buckingham, Mr., his lecture on the coun- Buonaparte family, the present state of Burial grounds at Vera Cruz, 177 Burmah, sketches of, 123 Buy a Broom? 233 Byron, Lord, the character of, 516 C. reported discovery of steering them Calculating machinery, 1 Barbadoes, 90 Barefaced joke, 144 Barring-out, the custom of, 223 Barry, anecdotes of, 26, 209 Bat, the best one in the school, 631 Beds in Germany, 143 VOL I. 4 M Calenture, the, 33 Camps of instruction in the British army, on Canals in England and France, 351 Canton, 409 Castes, institution of, in India, 181 Cats, white ones always deaf, 67 Fag, atrocious usage of a, 603 Feline animals, characteristics of, 354, Field, origin of the word, 140 First and Last Dinner, 513 Fishes of New South Wales, 524 Forest broom, 565 -Fossil remains, 354 Fowling, dangers of, 31 Deaf and dumb, perception of music by the, France, arts and manufactures in, 605 Holland, pauper colonies in, 88 J. Jacobinism, apology for, 179 James the Sixth, anecdote of, 251 Jasher, discovery of the book of, 143 Kathleen Castle, narrative of, 209- L. Languages of Asia and Europe, researches Laplanders, customs of the, 323- Laud, Archbishop, 66 Laws, glories of the, 139 Laws and customs, ancient, 432 changes in, 323 Linen, who first worn by, 251 enormous value of, 354 Linnæan Collection, the, 324 Horse, invention of a lay one for artists, 206 Lions, instinct of, 62 chesnut, the use of the, 431 Horses, broken winded, 35 Hydrography, on the nomenclature of, 434 Hypochondriasis, curious account of, 321 India, Bishop Heber's tour through part of, 453 Indian servants, 138 Nights' Entertainments, 144 society, institution of castes, 181 Insanity, on, 79 Insects, experiments on the generation of, 2 66 utility of, 322 faculties of, 500 Lisbon, notes on, 307, 392 Literature, manufactory of, in Germany, 126 London Bridge, the dimensions of, 142 the country, 602 M. Macaroni, how brought to this country, 251 Macready, the Parisians' opinion of, 29 for the destroying of, by quicksilver, Mahrattas, the, 142 Intellect, march of, 246 Ireland as it is, in 1828, 48 Irish agriculture and manufactures, 317 Irving, his Life and Voyages of Columbus, sketch of, 502 Maio Angelo, the discoveries of, 489 Mankind, the fall of, described by a Welsh Manuscript found in a madhouse, 102 Meat, loss in weight during cooking, 66 reward for the preserving of, 108 Mechanical praying, 323 Mede, anecdote of, 210 Medows, General, anecdote of, 61 Men, are they generally more happy than Parr, his letters, 336 women? 117 Metempsychosis, the, 379 Metropolitan police, 87 of, 36 home, 62 der, 51 On seeing lady walking over a On the death of Captain Clapper- ton, 633 Owen, his establishment at New Harmony, 206 &c., 115 Paris, an execution in, 268 On Time, 84 Quatrain, 269 Stanzas to -, 38, 60, 499 The spirit's land, 25 The Welsh minstrel, 61 Polar Ocean, reflections on it, 114 Sea, Franklin's journey to the, 68 Parliament, number of members to make a Police of the metropolis, 87 house, 322 Parr, Dr., anecdote of, 207 Polytechnic school, 508 Pomatum, origin of the word, 208 |