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ing the accumulated treasures of Alexandrian research , without a particle of discrimination , peddled in antiquarianism of a false and meretricious kind . "With Theophilus of Csesarea , the pseudo Manetho Greorge Syncellus , whose only merit consists in having preserved for us the fragments we possess of Eratosthenes and

Apollodorus , research sunk into a degraded kind of parrot-like repetition of a few facts , mingled w ith the mysticism of the Neo-Platonists ; and all knowledge of the true method of reading the hieroglyphics being lost , we may , indeed , characterize the period now commencing as the " hopeless age . ''

Travels By A Freemason

TRAVELS BY A EREEMASGKV

( Continued from page 615 . )

CHAPTER Til . —BRAZIL . Left at Mangaratiba , I commenced a survey of the country , and from the high ground at the back of the town , got a pretty accurate notion of the position of the neighbouring places . Accordingly you may imagine me trudging off with my negro into the country ,

striking through the woods , yet maintaining a due caution with regard to snakes , but the few I saw were perfectly harmless . After exploring in this fashion daring some hours , we reached a somewhat lofty eminence , and here we rested for awhile gazing on the high mountains around , between which could be caught at a distance the glitter of the blue ocean .

" Have you ever been down m this neighbourhood ? asked I of my negro , who was regarding with attention one of the peaks that glittered in the rays of the sun . " Yes , I was once servant to a man who owned a property on the lower side of that hill you see there . " " Was he a kind master ? "

"No , " answered the negro shortly , as if reserving to himself the liberty of telling a story . " What was his fault , then ?" " He was a devil , sir , in human form . He placed all manner of snares and temptations in the way of his negroes , and never could be induced to spare one who committed any error ; his punishments were severer tortures than you could imagine . He would

hang a negro by his feet irom the branch 01 a tree , tie his hands , and light a fire under him . He once put a man into a cage full of venomous snakes , where he yelled for ten minutes in the most heartpiercing manner , then his shrieks grew fainter , and in live minutes more he was dead . However , he got his reward before long , and I don't think his example has been followed . " " Got his reward—how ?" " Killed , sir , in the way he had killed others . "

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FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Article 9
CHINA Article 61
PROVINCIAL LODGES AND CHAPTERS; Article 62
Obituary Article 63
THE SIGNS OF ENGLAND. Article 6
NOTICE. Article 64
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 64
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH. Article 12
VOICES FROM DEAD NATIONS. BY KENNETH R. H. MACKENZIE, F.S.A., Ph.D. Article 18
FORMS, CEREMONIES, AND SYMBOLS Article 1
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON Article 24
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE Article 52
COLONIAL. Article 54
FRANCE. Article 55
MASONIC SONGS.-No. 4 Article 28
COLOURED LODGES IN AMERICA. Article 29
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 32
GERMANY. Article 57
PAST PLEASURE. Article 56
INDIA. Article 58
MUSIC. Article 32
CORRESPONDENCE Article 33
NOTES AND QUERIES Article 36
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE Article 38
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 38
METROPOLITAN. Article 40
THE TAVERN. Article 39
PROVINCIAL Article 41
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

Untitled Article

ing the accumulated treasures of Alexandrian research , without a particle of discrimination , peddled in antiquarianism of a false and meretricious kind . "With Theophilus of Csesarea , the pseudo Manetho Greorge Syncellus , whose only merit consists in having preserved for us the fragments we possess of Eratosthenes and

Apollodorus , research sunk into a degraded kind of parrot-like repetition of a few facts , mingled w ith the mysticism of the Neo-Platonists ; and all knowledge of the true method of reading the hieroglyphics being lost , we may , indeed , characterize the period now commencing as the " hopeless age . ''

Travels By A Freemason

TRAVELS BY A EREEMASGKV

( Continued from page 615 . )

CHAPTER Til . —BRAZIL . Left at Mangaratiba , I commenced a survey of the country , and from the high ground at the back of the town , got a pretty accurate notion of the position of the neighbouring places . Accordingly you may imagine me trudging off with my negro into the country ,

striking through the woods , yet maintaining a due caution with regard to snakes , but the few I saw were perfectly harmless . After exploring in this fashion daring some hours , we reached a somewhat lofty eminence , and here we rested for awhile gazing on the high mountains around , between which could be caught at a distance the glitter of the blue ocean .

" Have you ever been down m this neighbourhood ? asked I of my negro , who was regarding with attention one of the peaks that glittered in the rays of the sun . " Yes , I was once servant to a man who owned a property on the lower side of that hill you see there . " " Was he a kind master ? "

"No , " answered the negro shortly , as if reserving to himself the liberty of telling a story . " What was his fault , then ?" " He was a devil , sir , in human form . He placed all manner of snares and temptations in the way of his negroes , and never could be induced to spare one who committed any error ; his punishments were severer tortures than you could imagine . He would

hang a negro by his feet irom the branch 01 a tree , tie his hands , and light a fire under him . He once put a man into a cage full of venomous snakes , where he yelled for ten minutes in the most heartpiercing manner , then his shrieks grew fainter , and in live minutes more he was dead . However , he got his reward before long , and I don't think his example has been followed . " " Got his reward—how ?" " Killed , sir , in the way he had killed others . "

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