The shepherds hang enamoured o'er the strings,
Whilst to the lyre their homely joys he sings:
And thence to vanquish'd Troy his spirit flies,
And bids the Romans from her ruins rise.

“Within the fourth the modern poets shine ;
There both the East and West their fruits combine;
There Persian flowers, Arabian balms invite,
And Brahma's wondrous songs inspire delight;
The Southern Lily and the Northern Rose,
Fann'd by the gales, their beauteous tints disclose.
There fruits and flowers of every clime arise,
And yield the sweetest fragrance to the skies.

"These are my treasures; and I give to thee The use of all that there belongs to me;

Taste every balm, and cull the choicest flowers,
And, like the bee, collect ambrosial stores :
And, when you've tasted, gather'd, and refined,
Pour out the sweets as blessings for mankind."*

Abdallah was so delighted with the music that, during the recital of the verses, he fancied himself in the enchanted island of Bertayl;† and could have

* The above lines afford, upon the whole, a very favourable specimen of the Rabbi's abilities as a poet or versifier; and it strikes us, that they have certainly been before the public under another form prior to this time. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to recollect more particularly in what way they made their appearance formerly.-ED.

We wish that our learned correspondent had been a little more particular in his reference regarding the "enchanted island

wished the illusion to continue for ever.

But now

the strain ceased,-his instructor became silent,and of a sudden rose into the air;-his body became transparent, and he disappeared by degrees like the morning star, which flies at the approach of Aurora.

Before his celestial visitor entirely disappeared, Abdallah felt as if he had touched his head with his caduceus or rod of authority; but, as the stroke was somewhat violent, he naturally awoke, and put his hand to his head to ascertain if all was right, when he found that the concussion was caused, not by the supposed caduceus or rod of the prophet, but by a large brick which had lost its situation and tumbled above him; so that Abdallah, the son of Abulfaid, may be said literally to have had his head broken by a brick from the Tower of Babel. And thus concludeth, most learned Wilfred, this

of Bertayl," as, with all our research, we have not been able to ascertain any thing in respect to it. We are, perhaps, in the same predicament in regard to this island as a certain Irish prelate was when found studying "Gulliver's Travels" with a map before him; and being asked what it was that occupied his attention so much, he answered, with great simplicity, that he was in search of the island of Lilliput.-ED.

delectable history, as well as my present epistle, by

No V.

Concerning a Journey which the Rabbi made to India-Bikram Dilwalee, a Rajpoot-Indian Castes -Story of Two Scribes-Of a Bear and a Gardener -The Clay and Rose, a Fragment, from SádeeOriental Story-tellers.

My friend Mr Abraham Karkass, most erudite Wilfred, has informed me that you have travelled much, and have conversed a great deal with individuals of our nation in various parts of the Western World. On this account I conceive that you will take considerable pleasure in hearing the relation of the travels of others, and the observations that may be offered, particularly on the eastern parts of the world, which you have not as yet visited. I shall therefore, in a few of my subsequent epistles, give you an account of a journey and voyage which I myself made, a considerable time ago, into the land of Hindoostan and parts adjacent, which not only afforded

me an opportunity of observing many curious particulars in regard to the manners of mankind and the productions of Nature and Art; but gave me also occasion to acquire a considerable knowledge of those interesting languages, the Persian and Hindoostanee, which are in general use in the greater part of India.

But before proceeding to the account of my peregrination itself, I think it will not be amiss to inform you of the causes which prompted me to undertake an expedition into India.

Now, you may be well aware, most discreet Wilfred, that it was not the desire of making known my name as a conqueror which carried me into the regions beyond the Indus, as, you know, was the case with the founder of this our city of Alexandria, Secander Dulkarnein, that is to say, Alexander of the Two Horns, or Alexander the Great, as, I believe,

*

The Arabs retain both the name and the era of Alexander in their calendars, calling him always¡ Bicornis; and Golius explains the true cause of this appellation, Arabes eum Bicornem vocant, non tam ob partum Orientis et Occidentis imperium, quàm a cornutâ Alexandri effigie, nummis exhibitâ, ut Jovis Ammonis filius agnosceretur.'"-Dr E. D. CLARKE's Travels,