Before we left Tinevelly, we took the opportunity of visiting the waterfall at Puppanassum, which is, perhaps, upon the whole, the most stupendous object of its kind in the Carnatic. The approach to it lay through a long narrow valley, at the termination of which the fall deposits its waters in an unfathomable pool, whence a new river seems to issue, winding its placid course through a plain, nearly level with the sea. Upon our approach to the fall through this valley, confined on either side by lofty hills, the view of it was frequently obstructed by the intersections of the moun tain round which we occasionally had to wind. We followed the tortuous course of the stream, along the banks of which we saw a great number of devotees on their way to bathe in those sacred waters, and to offer their genuflexions and prostrations upon a spot, consecrated at once by extreme antiquity, and very awful local traditions. These slaves of the most besotted superstitions upon earth, did not appear to be at all pleased at the idea of seeing the place profaned by the unhallowed feet of faringees, or Christians, whom they hold in absolute abhorrence. They passed us in dogged silence, and there was an expression of malignant scorn upon the curl of those lips, which were about to offer up their devotions to gods more abominable than themselves, that satisfied us they wanted not the will, though they lacked the daring, to do us a mischief. Alas! that devotion should have such votaries! No one who has witnessed the stern ferocity of feeling encouraged by the deluded supporters of a most extravagant idolatry, towards all of a different creed, can well shut out the reflection of his own moral advantages, and fail to bless his God, with most earnest sincerity of purpose, that he was born a member of a Christian community.

Upon turning the angle of a hill, which rose abruptly from the valley, the fall burst suddenly upon our sight. It was indeed a magnificent spectacle. The impression excited was so uncommon, that I was obliged to close my eyes for a moment, in order to recover from the sudden and almost astounding surprise. Though the roar of the cataract had been long heard before we reached it, so that we were not unprepared for something more than commonly imposing, the reality far transcended our expectations. It is precipitated from a height of one hundred and fifty feet, pouring over the steep a prodigious body of water, which, forcing its way betwixt intervening rocks, among which it boils and hisses with tremendous energy, falls into the deep, dark pool beneath, with a din and turbulence that are almost deafening. The sound of the cataract may be heard at the distance of several miles, even in the dry season; but, during the monsoons, when swelled by mountain torrents, the roar is augmented tenfold. There is a tremendous vortex just below the fall, caused by its sudden and violent pressure upon the surface below, so that no one can safely approach within reach of the spray. The waters of this spot are highly sacred, Puppanassum, the name which the place bears, signifying the washing away of sins. A great number of devotees are to be seen at all times bathing in this consecrated river.-Oriental Annual.

EXPLANATIONS OF WORDS, PHRASES, &c.

QUA TELLUS PAUPERI RECLUDITUR REGUMQUE PUERIS. Lat. "The earth opens equally for the poor man and the prince."

EQUITAS SEQUITUR LEGEM. Lat. Law Max.-" Equity

THE CANGUE, OR CHINESE PILLORY. In China, where crimes are by no means so frequent as in more civilized countries, the penal laws are few and comparatively mild. Criminals condemned to death are not executed immediately, but are sent to Pekin, where their cases are again investigated by the Mandarins composing the Board of Crimes, and by the Ministers, and if the sentence is confirmed, all the criminals who have been condemned during the year are executed on the same day.

Among the modes of punishing crimes not penal, is a kind of collar or pillory called the Tcha or Cangue, which consists in fastening the neck of the culprit into a large wooden table, with a hole in the middle as represented in the above engraving. The two halves of this table are joined together by pieces of wood or iron pins. On this board is written the name and business of the culprit, his crime, and the term of his punishment, which is frequently of long duration. The two halves of the Cangue are sealed on bands of cloth or paper, with the Mandarins' seals, so that the offender cannot disengage himself without its being known. The sufferer in fact is frequently at liberty to go where he chooses, dragging with him his Cangue, which commonly weighs seventy-four, and sometimes as much as two hundred pounds. He cannot see his feet, nor carry his hands to his mouth, so that he would perish of hunger if his friends or some compassionate persons did not assist him. In order to rest himself, he sets one of the angles of the Cangue against the ground, or rests the extremities of it on the sticks of a kind of chair. When the period of his restraint is at an end, the sufferer appears before the magistrate, who examines the state of the seals, and if found unbroken, the Cangue is taken off, and the culprit dismissed with a slight flogging.-London Mirror.

NATURAL HISTORY.

There are contradictory statements respecting the Serval of India and the Tiger Cat of the Cape of Good Hope, some making them the same animal, and others representing them as being different. We shall there

THE SERVAL.

"This animal has been kept alive several years in the royal menagerie of France, by the name of the Tiger cat; and we should have still remained ignorant of its true name, if M. de Montmirail had not discovered it in the account of an Italian voyage, which he has translated :-"The Maraputia, which the Portuguese in India call Serval," says Vincent Maria," is a wild and ferocious animal, much larger than the wild cat, and something less than the civet, which it differs from by its head being rounder and thicker in proportion to its body, and its face sinking in about the middle of it. It resembles the panther in the colour of the hair, which is brown upon the head, back, and sides, and white upon the belly; also in the spots, which are distinct, equally distributed, and less than those of the panther; its eyes are brilliant; its whiskers are composed of long and stiff bristles; its tail is short; its feet large, and armed with long and hooked claws. It lives among the mountains of India, and is very seldom seen on the ground; it remains almost continually upon high trees, where it catches birds, on which it feeds. It leaps also as nimbly as a monkey, and goes from one tree to another with such great address and agility, that it passes over a great space in a short time, and, we may say, only appears and disappears. It is ferocious in its nature, but flies at the sight of man."-Miller's Nat. Hist.

Indiana, Amos Lane, Jonathan McCarty, John Carr, George L. Kinnard, E. A. Hannegan, Ratliff Boone, John Ewing.

Illinois, Joseph Duncan, Z. Casey, Charles Slade. Missouri, W. H. Ashley, John Bull.

DELEGATES FROM TERRITORIES.

Florida, James M. White.

Arkansas, Ambrose H. Sevier.

Michigan, Lucius Lyon.

(To be continued.)

On the declaration of independence by the Mexican provinces, a law immediately followed for the entire abolition of slavery. Each of the provinces arranged the details of the process of emancipation for itself; but the principles and the most important details are substantially the same. The master enters into an account with his slave, whose value, with that of his family, is estimated as a debt due from him to his master, which debt the slave and his family cancel by their labours.-The duties of the servant and of his master are fixed by the law, as definitely as the nature of the case admits, and magistrates were appointed in every neighbourhood for the express purpose of enforcing them. As the result of this system, the servants work out their freedom and that of their families in a few years. During the process, they acquire habits of forethought and economy. The hope of bettering their condition gave a spring to their minds, and an elevation to the whole character, and thus they were fitted for the enjoyment of perfect liberty, by the very process of acquiring it. They have chosen generally to remain, as hired labourers, on the plantations to which they belonged.-American Quarterly.

Gideon Ler, once a shoe-maker, and a poor man who went from house to house, with his kit upon his back, to make and mend shoes for his more wealthy

rich, and at this time holds the high and honourable office of Mayor of the city of New York, the largest city in the United States. Such instances of successful enterprise it is true are rare, but they furnish examples which ought to stimulate every young man, however poor, to deeds of virtue and a steady course of industry, with a full assurance that distinguished merit rarely goes unrewarded among enlightened freemen. Mr. Lee has arrived at his present standing by a course of persevering industry and economy, having always sustained an irreproachable character for honesty and integrity.-Buffalo Bulletin.

The records of the Police Court of New-York, says the Sun, show that since the year 1827, there have been 30,000 prisoners removed from the Police Office to Bellevue prison. Three quarters of these beings were committed directly or indirectly, in consequence of indulging too freely in the use of intoxicating liquors.

An inquest was recently held upon the body of a man found dead in a cellar, where he had taken‍ shelter in Montreal, and a verdict returned by the jury, that he "Died of Misery."

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