Uy i. but to please the ?acrifice of know
*lgdge or virtue, U what can neve r be prac
ticed but by the *ir.it>na. ami abandoned.
*Tbe lashionable mann^, however, what'
ever they be^ cxcrcise ^reat influence over--.
the literaiurtfof the age, and gre ally coi 1
inbute to form the character for ^hich k is
'remarkable. ? ,j
It" we con side rtbef nature, or seaidb ?ntoT
the propensities of the mind, as it is affect
ed under various circun. stances ? or com
pare its powers in different periods, there
III appear litHe. reason u>, wonder at oc*j
visional darkness, or eventual decay : or if ]
we explore the iuQucnce of the passiant, j
through their natural mazes, and acquired j
" t^lodes, we shall find that alt the preceding 1
causes powerfully affect the fnind ; and
that wherever they widely operate, or .par* ;
tiaJJv obtaip, there will alwajs|exi*t ^ome
? l^uikncy tu literary dcprafilhin* The I
circumstances alleged to be productive ^(1
iX< cay, re* on the wmi fouad^goft, fcgdj
w?rk w?th the name efficacy, as the causae 1
Of inieliectv^l improvement. Wb$ jr are in
reality, only the opposite*, pervt rsions, ?*r
extretow, pf th^aame ibises, a ^tnun
therefore beget olfcc?sec^S|Metit tfrftheir \
iSli&jtjt&tSSp
June ; tnor th? 'clime of .tiw?en|*nd gt^e
life to tie delicious fruit* o? j,he East ! x<
CoUJUl aothori l y setUe tW present sub
ject, pur inquiry would be needless; for>
opinion* ^snifht readily be cited too formid
able for opposition. J t is an observation of
Mr. Hu *nef **ien the a^ts a#
sciences c^ome to perfection In any States
from Jbat moment they ijaturaUy, 4* ra
ther neciasariiy decline, and eefdort* or
never revive^ tbav moion, whe+e tUey'v
. i'or who should dtft*tnw>e the acnUh of
_ pqrfrrfion F \Y)llywf frow^nrrt^
iir t^tT tfrtrfcrttri extension of this ptTnci^
j^rrshall inehjly rertiarfc ^bak fche cause*a
of Ikerary decay before alleged to exist, re/
^ ceive abundant corroboration 1rom thispa*
aition of one of the motfillusttious of mo
det h pHtlosbj^era. <1f*t it is c*rtaih: that
a false taster V vfcious refinement, and ?fr
ruttl>tpw\ic*c^i^^iaw--??- mimical to
improvement, as |be mUdpw to the bar
vest, the blast to-tke season, 'or the deluge
to tW soil i
' ' j u Mi 1 'IV 1 'V in >
V
m
frith
ob?erv?i
mm at 1 rJMMMHWPMI
wSr
?pia*Mr
GSgi,
ve found
" r?r;We
UEUKSpCCl UOlll
libuitjr m k wft.j
b?o?? w1
tew Mativettf thn fno?
*att*njf*d alreadyl
P- . _?Ji ? ? ii
??ffw*- >?#? ivwi?iww- wiH)m ?c n?a aireaajr*
?nathematiaed jn hia p^acc^Mi* <feacM
VAtifMn* f i. tiB'
'?
V*
KrtpSical ?M^Mf*tre?l details which he
>ifoutndin a" (T*e
"?J**1? ?n Russian fceotjTaph# J
teff easy to procure that mat i
V?siMMflHL< jpp| Ml
. ^haf^rtho tdotf^.oi the*Ciimea, whi_.?
otetrtjfc it treasure precious and
^PNi OT?e British WmirwwpP?^^*!
Wi^i*srVlx4*d %f jtiriClarlt
^h* 6t?siif of the-.JE>oft Cosiacka, ??<
ions r>( the conduct of our .
?**tfttfymen In theCrtttfea are aWy refut
ed inthe Q\thr(erly fceview, c. ft. vol. 4,
to wh^h wt refef t?Wf reader ; we will add
*n \m **$#* 1>ut a few genetal rrftec
iion?, which shall close the irksome task
we hove t.ndertaken. .
To the pvaise* *r the Hon tosaacWJjl]
ror?Mly subscribe. In spite of the eflb.ts
of our t reveller to represent them aa a dfs
Onrt ?- ?*"?
rr a'
raixnot ^ fyadMMPpMMnM
Superiority auritumd tothem. Hitherto
no CotftaclT Hfct^ver dauii|f*iahed himself
in the fcetence? or thn Of etcti in *M- j
I cbanic perwiitf. In whatever has bcrn
I done in these respects, throughout the cm
pii*? the Cossacks h**? hadnu ?tj?re whut
<tver. I)r. Clarke ha* consequently com* |
| mitted an enor, in exalting tlrcni oveV their
| fei low- subjects, as to the tjuaiiiies oimutd,
apd is_ cTjua 1 Ty \ n correcT w i th re^art^Jb the
pretended enmity existing betietfi'thtin.
i'o the' Cossacks is confided the guard of
the frontiers on o*ery side ;--^~e;?hrcnccd
posts areaTways theirs in lbc^us*MW* *fr
wie^ jlow ha* it happened thai this con
tidencq^has nqver /been beltaycd; that
vengeance has' never been exercised \jpoa
their op;>ressor$ ( ? ' ; ?
As to the conquest of Crivea and the;
bleeds ol vi#Une)| which fcUoWc**
tainly ^ i II jiot umleftalic lo justify them p^l
the principles of li^Jiumkty^ but *e
think at the same time, Uiat of all tke acts
of a simtlar nature tustory records^
-there is no?c more excusable *?n the
ground of political pecesattf^ tban the one
in question. The Tartars, whose fate nx-y
> so muoh of iJ?i jfi Urhi*? mipm?mr?<
Ron, Were nothing more than the remnant
?l tbos* Jnnunier^
fa^fteld her, dgrinfc two huifttrU !
^ears* in the ihpst oppressive Subjection,
After tlielr yoke Wasshaken <& Jby iheJ
''^nniiMijnf Casao Mid Aatraehaa in lit <
back upon ,(fc* Criraei. and th* adiacent,.
retained tjteir pristine and mor
tal enmity to the Russians.' ? [They were
iw?y?u^-.u.iMij|iKrtof MWfam
their precursors in #11. the wars, which
? yipqw of the empire, from the inters ions
t* the Tartars, who ftfeh a conformity ofr
religion and ancient habits* retained lA
? ft ? 1 ? ? ' ? . ? ?? ?
ffidhgenMiWe, ;*#" be
?re sauittr surpass ili^trocHy.the horrorfc
which ha?^|4^^iotaUi<fSp4in ind S#lt?*
zeijIanU? ? w?mmh observe, - that -ao trehfy '
^ aWia^off^jva
i ?ct|p?Uoi| of the pcmosuU i^hat iSeS^
ter, ftr lroilh being the faithful ?Uk? of
f^asMkftarfta ?*?ry iii?t*ric?,bceripro
'w&mm there **?? * ???*smh*
are
tradicUons of our aut
"7^ -?*WW$
Hussimis ?.? ???? ...c tv??.
Wrvm dvn* the tte^-mOitd .down ?te;
0c^ jpp^
$ig? ^ cot^
*? ISssf? *1
**? iittfljH
yirqpipr W*r*Q*nkov instead tf
its true oa?e. be with Knwt gravity,
gftMtntes tita* * 'A' iprtmmaitng ogltobU
tignufi* ,a imw," *here*? it i* eiitlpljr the
' inversion by means of which, the subsl
rite fa ^e^ino<?|n the genitive ieei'u
.ssSfwdr
?* CXC4
on luw o?wj?vt| ?iiiu^ we mtgn^ grd|
extendi H* we chose to ahimadVei*t 6a an
the flilstakes ot a similar description,
h Our traveller takes great p*\n* to insplW
a belief, that he waa exposed to number*
hless persecutions, from the police ottpari
in ituatia* We htte noted all the iftei*
denta which have vVen occasion for his
complaints. Having attentively ma'tfced
his, progress from St# Petersburg!!, to
O.tesL/whtrc he embarks for ton
nopfl, we ascertain from hit own
r?lltnts, that all the moleMniiona en*
rby this martyr to despotism, may fee *e
? duced to the following occui ranees 1st.
ffeinf^conlliifud /before the contmandsnt
of Motenw to ? ah ibic h hi pas* portC-*2 d.
IjfftBa quttVil wattle 'post-master, I vet wean
I [ Moscow, and Hmda, who' instated on the
*tW?WjrnltifT? rftf M? hat tietor* Jumper
or's $ictute> (p, Ua).?*Ji8r mno~
lcmrcof the pfocOrator of the government
amoug the lion Cossacks, who would not
IfllowTTToi clguerTo nBc the public archives
at Tsbcrfca&^Xp. .) ? and lastly the in
discreet loyalty, of commodore Billings,
{OftvCVowp country roan by the by,) who
afc a^qf^earm Ihe service oj Kustia, wottftd
himself by -favoring criminal
NOMA the barbKHir tit S-bastopol,
-$,) for which any stranger w hat
Would have baen shot m France, and
tsaijged ip England. To tbtrSe etrociue*
[ mayr be added the bad supper fjWen bipi>
| by. ibe^oor commandant at Asof, daring
which ibe officer* q? the garrison anm*yed
him with their \ impeitinent questions,
while the; old general Fekkt endeavoured
19 ?in?se fcUpt by ^crfoymiu^ in sj^te uf
his 73 yeacs, the Russian natural danjc*. .
With ihe exception of the above melt*
a'mnril imtancas, mm find thiHOMrtrsvalWrsj
far from meeting with inter t upturns in ibair
progress, from t be o?sers^go?emmeut*
[ -experienced a reception and assistance ,
from the commandant* of the places ttujy
visited, whieh tfiey were not entitled to-^ac
| pect, considering the than politic*} rela
tions between Russia and Gfeat-briuta.
Before leaving Moscow the British embaS'
sad Or, conveys to them, letters of
recommendation, from the governor of
jjljjifletersburgh . i&Tthe governor- of that
capital^ and X> general' Miehelaon, cum*,
chief in the Crimea, (p. 132 )
mean s of these letters they fiurcfiaM
h* for P(Mbrcjncjay and in or
t\km J,. by, the shortest
[ route, and ta get^^tha
of th^ Jtolk^Uiec deUr.mtne to yMt th^>
jk Cdssacksv Kouban,
he Crjf^sa - Th?yj^jjfij|>i
country^ under j??^ escort oC C*Y%bf,
to qui* .tfcir fear#
and
jbr%"i
mmmm
tfMFPMKMMei'ul lJrash
last tb?y
IV
MiXtoOm rt^I
?" *tawt?w I
m0U^OZCQlh^^u^ be conks***!
^^ravelMf^M* r^thus f*r*^fdfab&
Tfteh JSfr T*?fy *i*itm||| r.^^'lij^if^i^^
.fia^trsfr sasss&s.
^wojMhain
:n ?t Moscow,
'd?t Apof.
?&??* con
h^totfe
itifomiat
???. . '? *!?? ia tlii
I p?lUort,hCm?(thW,..,.,fcr.h,,
I numbers engaged in them, of modern
I timet. The priest* and Royalists *?*">]
^an the woifc of extermination, and urt
I % happily it has been too much the rule of
J both parties to continue it. During this .
. period, the ^governments has changed!
1 hands several timev- it was lately royal,
trost, "re*>r*P*
* the reputitid. - . . ''*\ *
No Oouji, nun) ci.an cs i.avt .ai. .1
_ place in the state ana cunihuuti. ui L 1:
people since the dale of the woik wc
have briefly abstracted. Hut, with cou
-siderable eiujuiry, we aic unable to ati?I
much that cs n be ieli^?LjUL^r/^>'*/rr.
fVKh. Depon's work is the only cute on litis
-subject lb at We can resort to ? we shall
therefore sketch hastily the most promin
ent features from his tuil and able descrip
L tion.
^ The captain-generalship, or as it is
sometimes called the provtncevof Caracas*
?t consists of the provinccsof V enezuela, Ma
racaibo, Varinas, Guine, Cumana and the
isle ot Margarita. It *X\?nfls aJoft? the
Paris; and trom 19 north 1st. from the c
qu^tor. It is bounded on the land side by
Aiuisua at<d New Cigiiuda, aiiflUrt between
the mouths of the Orortbco and Cape dc 1a
y<u? - ' ? ? -y; *
It it the region of the ouce celebrated
iltf-itorad+i and is the place selected by
Lii Casas for the trial* of his scheme to
civilize the Indians. ; Blessed by feeing des
titute of precious metals* at thesan*e tinu:
4hat it is eminently fruit!u|,*nd incompar ?
ably more salubrious than any of the liei
hourinfrdlsuitis.1^ \ ^ '
The. heat is modcfiled by a chain of
mountains which traverse* the country
trom west to eMt?from the like of Mara
caibo to the isle of Triuidad. Tjie sea
sons are divided, into wet And dry, a* in
other tropical region s. The rainy season
begifis in May and ends In Xfoceniber ;
while it lasts t^gfc is ram* three <hours in
a day atjji-average.
' i ^ilS5dat86ns are coco*, which is es
titnatfdthe betvin the wiftklt e*?cpt that
of^SoConakco. Indigo which is (inferior to
thM of Guatimnlia, hot 25 'pr. cent.bette r
then that of anjf; oMier country. Cotton,
i coffee, itlgar snd^ohaCCo. besid&^ftfcre
f U atttmtfeetttt variety <bf natural prt^uo
^ ~ " ^rcK%ouia my mmmhe
* ' V ti : ? - ?? ^ A - i. ..JW A
.M^awv^-wiivvrnftthtm Amonff Those
rat he Vanilla, the fruk of a climbing plant
llkehry, which i? wftith too Mats' n?r lb.
4 ?nilMK"' hrf>fi/irf 11 - r ++ *- 1
??SSi
?*>???)?
might
Bfl r.
u..iMa*n ? >?> ??v? vttcmtcfi to)- exccpt tor ttiei r
?IW1 use. . 1'hti* ignore sarsnpariUatlran
* lit abupdlfcde, -particularly' at Truxillo, the
squill ill Sagrtietus, storax in Cora, aloes in
the ntoun
iry^ 'w* ,y^v every where.*?
I Therte are above twenty kinds bf cs
1 sitely beautifcil wood*'
^hatadntitrfRnei* prttsUthrtthe MWrtjlfcM
>*t esteemed is
^ ' - "" ' 1
tonttatif e*i
,e ??ppr? whichwre phc
th<ftiight, and acrvc
MW>o navigljw tlw lak
ritoCpbe)lo4?thfcib<rtft
Iwln AmrtfeT^Ou
orwRTch soojeb
dI Vcnrzlicla arid
irctHboj 80,000 to
WSS*'1
14,000 to
tttw? tenths tlfctae
la: ? faTi A -Si, . >?*
lion* l tie
.of Color
nu w
J^CT?Plhd
Htlr ?fee*< ton
ntt.andtf pas*
ot authorise the
nt*4 uWwere
S* ?nd ieal"
?ou.ce W?. u.
igulation* ( hi
>%o#t Arid au?
long cnliivau <1
& ?' Spain?
KSa'bcse seven
dictated in pari I
| eigjfc *ettlemertU with thii aolicitude ol a
duenna, and regulated their
mif they were to be Inhab.tert hy C^ul.u
*tans. No Spaniard cotiM uet permw*.?
to iro to America wirtiout # certificate of
. hi* moral and religlou. charactered an
attestation that none of hi* foreflfthrrs, for
Vthree Reiterations Nek* had been condemn
famous tatibrnfUo*
The education of boy? attract* but little
attention at Caracas, but that of the Rirla
; TTwhdWy riiftlecfed. They learn ,i*>thinK
[ but Vhct thtir pw?# UgcjMjgjBiJiid]