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310 choice to the young adventurer between sail and the plethoric puffings of the fire-king ; still those who had nevej ? before made the trial , had the advantage of the novelty , while youth and spirits formed a capital set-off against the tedium and monotony inseparable from the undertaking .

And now as to our party . "Why , will it be believed , contrary to our expectations and hopes , we had not a lady amongst us ? The time had already long gone by , and its remembrance almost faded from the mind of the oldest European denizen of the east , when milliner ' s apprentices were , as was affirmed , sent out by the score , season after season , in consignment to the several presidencies , for

sale to the highest bidders in the matrimonial market . Scandal would have it that elderly , yellow-visaged , hookah-smoking gentlemen , rich in rupees , and attended by their palanquin-bearers , chobdars with silver sticks , and a train of oriental satraps , were , in days of the past , in the habit of meeting the newly-arrived damsels on the beach when landing , and then and there , having made their

bargains , and paid for the ladies passages and outfits , whisked them off to a church in triumph ; after which , the hymeneal rites having been performed , they became installed as mistresses of the magnificent mansions of these nabobs , their newly-elected husbands , and regarding whom Hood , of well-known humour , and notorious for his comicalities in versification , wrote as follows , in his advice to a lady bound

for India : — where the maiden on a marriage plan goes , Consign ed for wedlock to Calcutta ' s quay , Where woman goes for mart the same as mangoes , And think of me !"

These occurrences , I say , had passed into oblivion—were shelved among things that were ; but it was singular that out of the entire party on board not one should have been a Benedict , or being so , that his wife should not accompany him . It was ungallantly whispered by some wag of the company who had been to sea before , that

after all , much as we might deplore the absence of female society , we were yet in luck , since there would be no quarrelling under such circumstances ; which reminds me of the saying of an acquaintance of mine in India , who , whenever a disturbance in a regiment first came to his ears , significantly inquired , " Who is she ? " I leave my

reader to draw his or her own inferences as to his meaning , trusting that I myself offend no lady ' s feelings by giving the anecdote ; of course it must have been a disappointed old bachelor only who could have originated such an unhandsome suggestion , —or was it Marshal SaxeR , But to be serious : it is quite true that petty disputes , often

arising from jealousies , in which the husbands , for peace * sake , take part with their wives , have been known , in cases where a second-rate education has been joined with a naturally bad temper , to create discord . The sea itself , too , is no agreeable element for any length of time to the lair sex , and is apt to cross the feelings of persons ordinarily amiable ; the ennui also , resulting from confinement .

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MASONIC PHILOSOPHY. Article 1
COMMON DESCENT OF OUR RACE. Article 9
PENCILLINGS FROM THE SKETCH-BOOK OF A MADRAS OFFICER. Article 10
AN INCIDENT. Article 22
THE NOAH'S ARK. Article 23
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 24
FINE ARTS. Article 25
CAUTIOUS SECRECY. Article 25
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND THE CRAFT. Article 26
THE GRAND MASTER OF WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 27
VISIT OF THE FEMALE CHILDREN TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Article 28
MYSTERY. Article 28
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 29
METROPOLITAN. Article 37
PROVINCIAL. Article 38
WORCESTERSHIRE. Article 57
ROYAL ARCH. Article 58
MARK MASONRY. Article 60
SCOTLAND, Article 60
IRELAND. Article 65
INDIA. Article 65
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER. Article 68
Obituary. Article 71
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Pencillings Fbom The Sketch-Book Of A Ma...

310 choice to the young adventurer between sail and the plethoric puffings of the fire-king ; still those who had nevej ? before made the trial , had the advantage of the novelty , while youth and spirits formed a capital set-off against the tedium and monotony inseparable from the undertaking .

And now as to our party . "Why , will it be believed , contrary to our expectations and hopes , we had not a lady amongst us ? The time had already long gone by , and its remembrance almost faded from the mind of the oldest European denizen of the east , when milliner ' s apprentices were , as was affirmed , sent out by the score , season after season , in consignment to the several presidencies , for

sale to the highest bidders in the matrimonial market . Scandal would have it that elderly , yellow-visaged , hookah-smoking gentlemen , rich in rupees , and attended by their palanquin-bearers , chobdars with silver sticks , and a train of oriental satraps , were , in days of the past , in the habit of meeting the newly-arrived damsels on the beach when landing , and then and there , having made their

bargains , and paid for the ladies passages and outfits , whisked them off to a church in triumph ; after which , the hymeneal rites having been performed , they became installed as mistresses of the magnificent mansions of these nabobs , their newly-elected husbands , and regarding whom Hood , of well-known humour , and notorious for his comicalities in versification , wrote as follows , in his advice to a lady bound

for India : — where the maiden on a marriage plan goes , Consign ed for wedlock to Calcutta ' s quay , Where woman goes for mart the same as mangoes , And think of me !"

These occurrences , I say , had passed into oblivion—were shelved among things that were ; but it was singular that out of the entire party on board not one should have been a Benedict , or being so , that his wife should not accompany him . It was ungallantly whispered by some wag of the company who had been to sea before , that

after all , much as we might deplore the absence of female society , we were yet in luck , since there would be no quarrelling under such circumstances ; which reminds me of the saying of an acquaintance of mine in India , who , whenever a disturbance in a regiment first came to his ears , significantly inquired , " Who is she ? " I leave my

reader to draw his or her own inferences as to his meaning , trusting that I myself offend no lady ' s feelings by giving the anecdote ; of course it must have been a disappointed old bachelor only who could have originated such an unhandsome suggestion , —or was it Marshal SaxeR , But to be serious : it is quite true that petty disputes , often

arising from jealousies , in which the husbands , for peace * sake , take part with their wives , have been known , in cases where a second-rate education has been joined with a naturally bad temper , to create discord . The sea itself , too , is no agreeable element for any length of time to the lair sex , and is apt to cross the feelings of persons ordinarily amiable ; the ennui also , resulting from confinement .

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