Negroes seldom suffering any ill consequences from causes which so frequently prove fatal to the whites. But of all the annoyances to which the inhabitants, whether Europeans or Negroes, are subject, the small insect called the chigo, is the most distressing. It is a small sand flea, which gets in, without being observed, between the skin and the flesh, and generally under the nails of the toes, where, while it feeds, it keeps growing, till it becomes the size of a large pea, causing no further pain than an intolerable itching in a short time, it appears in the form of a small bladder; in these are lodged thousands of eggs, or nits, which, in course of time create Tunning ulcers, that are sometimes so dangerous as to cause amputation of the limbs, nay, even death, where they have neglected in time to root out these vermin. The moment, therefore, that one perceives a kind of itching and redness more than usual about the feet, it is necessary to extract the chigo which occasions it. This is done with a sharp pointed needle, at which operation the black girls are very dexterous, taking every care to prevent the chigo, or bladder, from breaking in the wound. The mode of curing it, is, to put tobacco ashes into the opening, by which, in a little time, it is perfectly healed.

One morning that Philips found it convenient to cause his hammock to be slung on trees, on awakening, the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes, was a snake about six feet long,

hanging with its head downwards, like a rope, and straight above his face, (from which it was not a foot distant,) while its tail was twisted round one of the cross poles of his hammock. Observing its eyes bright as stars, and its forked tongue in agitation, he was so distressed that he scarcely had power to avoid him, which, however, he at last did, by running out; after which he heard a rustling in the dry thatch of the manicole, but he escaped. Happy Ireland ! thought Philips to himself, where animals of this description cannot live, and where, also, a man may lie down at night, sure of not having his rest disturbed by such a creature.

It was shortly after Philips' return to Paramaribo from this excursion, that he had ocular demonstration of the great powers of calculation with which some negroes are gifted; he had heard of the astonishing readiness with which one Tuller could make the most difficult calculations, and accordingly, in conjunction with some other friends, sent for him, when one of the persons present, asked him, how many seconds a man of seventy years, some odd months, weeks and days, had lived? He told the exact number in a minute and a half. When he who had asked the question took his pen, and having calculat ed the same by figures, told the negro he must be mistaken, as the number he had mentioned was certainly too great.-"Stop master," said the negro, you forgot the leap years." When a calculation having been made of the

seconds contained in the number of leap years, the number was found exactly the same with that calculated by the negro. This same man also multiplied nine figures by nine with the same quickness.

We have now, almost brought our traveller to the conclusion of his journey. He was not long returned to Paramaribo, when the vessel arrived which was to carry him to Trinidad; and nothing occurring to delay his 'departure, in a very short time he arrived there. In due time, also, having arranged all his commercial affairs, he set sail, and after a safe and swift passage, cast anchor in the Bay of Dublin, the tide not having flowed sufficiently to allow his heavy-laden vessel to come up as high as the Custom House.-Let the reader conceive with what joy his friend Philips trod once more the soil of his native country. He had travelled thro' the greater part of the vast continent of South America; he had seen maguificent scenery, rich and abundant vegetation, and great wealth, but all these had something connected with them, which took away from the admiration with which a stranger might have observed them: in a few hours, earthquakes might devastate the face of nature; the luxuriance of the soil, also, rather encouraged the increase of those noxious animals which we have taken so many opportuni. ties to describe; and the great wealth which some families possess, is wrung from the toil of their slaves. The result then of all he saw, was,

not to lessen his ardour for travelling, for he was still prepared to set off for any part of the world. whither business might call him, but to make him fonder of his own country; and this is so good and so becoming a feeling in him, that we may venture to express a conviction, that the more his mind shall expand in his future life, the more intimately he becomes acquainted with foreign lands, their laws, climate, and habits, the more deeply rooted will be his attachment to that country which claims him as her son.