The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829) by Various
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faverit, we had Him berrid in the Guardian, and for the sake of
inrichment of the Mould, I had the carks deposeted under the roots of a Gosberry Bush. The Frute being up till then of a smooth kind. But the nex Seson's Frute after the Cat was berrid, the Gosberris was al hairy--and more Remarkable, the Capilers of the same bush was All of the same hairy description. "I am, Sir, your humble servant, "THOMAS FROST." We have lately paid much attention to the subject of Emigration, but quite in a different vein to the following, which will introduce one of the cuts:-- "Squampash Flatts, 9th Nov. 1827. "Dear Brother--Here we are, thank Providence, safe and well, and in the finest country you ever saw. At this moment I have before me the sublime expanse of Squampash Flatts--the majestic Mudiboo winding through the midst--with the magnificent range of the Squab mountains in the distance. But the prospect is impossible to describe in a letter! I might as well attempt a panorama in a pill-box! We have fixed our settlement on the left bank of the river. In crossing the rapids we lost most of our heavy baggage, and all our iron work; but, by great good fortune, we saved Mrs. Paisley's grand piano, and the children's toys. Our infant city consists of three log-huts and one of clay, which, however, on the second day, fell in to the ground landlords. We have now |
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