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rter, 7th day, 4h. I6m after. ( gallium lath day, Sh. 12m even. pint Quarter, 23rd day, llh. IOm mom. orrlltloon. 30th day, 2h. 2m morn. “Tifiacx MARLAND sonvan A VERY STIFI“ PROBLEM.‘

Them, young men entered their V Mole", enoh accompanied by _a 'nd, and drove towards the Dots ,Boulogne, Arrived at the appomt- Him. the seconds wished to ar- .e the matter. This, however, ;very difficult; Jack’s adversary quirrd an apology. whilst Jack aintsined that he owed him none, less he himself was either killed or ounded; for ttnless this happened (Jack) would not have been prov- . wrong. The seconds spent a inter ofan hour in the attempt to [test a reconciliation, but in vain. .. then wished -to place the anta- ists at thirty paces from each . ;tothis Jack would not consent, , rving that the point in question llllI not be correctly decided, if any 'erent'e were made between the 'ttnce now to be fixed, and the dis- tnce atwhich his antagonist had hit ' bull’s eye in the gallery. It was lien proposed that a lous should be can tip, in order to decide who ito shoot first; this Jack declar- totally unnecessary, that the right othefirst shot naturally belonged his adversary; the Frenchman tsinxious that Jack should take vantage ofthis one chance, he w , and carried his point. . T h garcon” ot' the shooting-gallery ,5 I followed, and was ready to charge .i pistols, which he did with the r- measure, the same kind of pow- ,the same kind of balls as those - by the Frenchman in the gal- - "hart time before. The pistols, .were the same; this condition flack had imposed, a sine qua The antagonists, placed at late paces from each other, ‘ ted each his pistol; and the se- tretired a few paces, in order we the combatants free to fire "’“Wlller. according to the sti- arrangement.

ittk took none of the precautions

with duellists; he attempted 'lfthteld any part of his body, by {on or any other means; but al-

arms to ban down at his side, Mtcnted his full front to his ea- : 'h0.scarcely knew what to

this extraordinary conduct. fought several duels, but it h'fl'lteen his lot to see such m {I} any one of his antagon- m H as it‘ bewildered; and

bisory occurring to his mind. &ttlo to reassure him; in Icarus. "

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short this celebrated shot, who never missed either his man or the bull’s eye ofthe target, began to doubt of his own powers. pistol, and twice he lowered it again ; this was ofcourse contrary to all the laws of duelling ; but each time Jack contented himselfwith saying, “Take time, monsieur ! take time." Athird time he raised his arm, and feeling ashamed of himself, fired. It was a moment of most sinful anxiety to the seconds ; but they were soon re- lieved, for Jack, the instant after the pistol had been fired, turned to the right and to the left, and made a low bow to the friends, to show that he was not wounded, and then said, coolly, to his antagonist, “ You see, sir, I was right P”-

“ You were," answered the French- man: “ and now fire; in your turn.”

“ Not I,” said Jar-k, pickingup his hat, and handing the pistol to the garcon ' “ what good would it do me to shoot at you E”

“ But, sir,” said his adversary, “you have the right, and I cannot permit it to be otherwise, besides, I ,am anxious to see how you shant.”

“ Let us understand each other,” said Jack. “ I never said that I would hit you ; I said, that you would not hit me; you have not hit tne; I was right; and now there is an end to the matter; and in spite of all the remonstrances and entreaties of the Frenchman, Jack mounted his cab, and drove off, repeating to his friend, ‘.‘ I told you there was a mighty dif- ference between firing at‘a doll and firing at a man.” Jack’s mind was eased; he had solved his problem, and found that he Was not a coward.

TWO DAYS IN THE RIDING- S C II 0 0 L.’

Tun first morning after a young officer has joined his regiment, he finds himself exalted on a spirited steed, some sixteen hands high. from whose back he dares not cast .the eye downward, to take even a glimpse of the immense space between him and the earth. His chin is so elevated by a leather stock, that he can just see the head and ears of the animal on which he sits; his heels are screwed out by the iron fist ofthe ruu h-rid- er; and the small of his back is well bent in. Having been knocked and hammered into this posture,the Mrd ‘ march’ is given. This command the well-drilled animal obeys immeo diately, and the machine is suddenly set in motion, the result of which usually is, that the young gentleman speedily finds his way to the ground, with the loss of halfa yard of skin

"This most amusing and cleverly written sketch is from "Memoirs of the Extraordina- ry Military Career of John Shipp, ists a-‘Lieu- “onset in the Q7“: Regiment. Written by lhinsslfi I

Twice he raised,

from his shin, or with his nose grub- bing in the earth.

‘Well done, sir; Astley himself

could not have done better. Mount again, sir; these things will happen 'in the best-regulated riding-academies; and, in the army, sir, you will have many ups and downs. Come. sir.

g ter

" Stop, stop ; my nose bleeds, my nose bleeds !'

‘ Rough-rider, get a bucket of was for the gemman. You had bet- ter dismount sir.’

i ‘ Dismount,serieant? How am I

to get ofl'this great breast i” ‘ Why,jump,sir. to be sure-jump

jump up, and don’t be down-hearted; 05'. Come, sir, we cannot wait-all

because you are floored.’

3 day; you delay the whole drill. Come,

‘ Well, serjeunt, but I am very,come, sir, dismount !’

seriously hurt.” ~ ' Nay, nay, I hope not, sir; but

‘Put your hand on the horse’s

‘, rump, and lay fast hold of his mane,’

you must be more cautious for the' cries a young officer, who had just

future.’

l surmounted the same difficulties, ‘and

The pupil mounts again. and tlte'you will soon be ofi‘.’ The tyro in order is again given to march, and off, riding follows this friendly advice,and

oes the horse a second time,the ser- jeant roaring out at intervals—“ Well done, sir ! Head a little higher— toes in, sir—heels out—bend the small of the back a little more—that will do, sir—you look as majestic as the Black Prince in the Tower, or King Charles’s statue at Charing- Cross. Bravo, sir—rode capitally I We will now try a little trot. Re- collect, sir. to keep your nag well in hand—trot.

' Well done, indeed, sir-knees a little lower down,inou please— that’s higher, sir—no, no, sir, that's higher, I say—you look for all the world like a tailor on his shopboard. What are your elbows doing tip there, sir ?— Elbbws close to your body—you pay no attention to what I say, sir--fast~ er, faster.’

‘ Oh dear ! oh dear; oh dear 3-- Serjaut, halt; I shall be off! I shall be off! oh dear, oh dear !’

‘ BraVo, sir, that’s better—f ter.’

‘ Serjeant! I am sick, serje !’

‘ Never mind such trifles, sir; rid- ing is an excellent remedy for all kinds of sickness. Now, recollect. in changing from one to two, you round the horse’s croup well, by ap- plying your right leg to his flank, and take care he does not kick you 01?. Change from one to two.

‘ Halt, sir; halt ! that wont’t do 2 what the devil are you about? That’s the wrong way; I told you from one to two: turn your horse about from one to two.’

‘ I can onlyjust see the top of the riding-school—l can see no figures at all, serjeant.’ v

‘ Well sir,'we’ll dispense with this for the present: but soldiers should learn to turn their eyes every where.

Suppose we have another march,» sir. March—trot-fi/‘astcr—fasltr; ve-

ry well, indeed. ow, sir, you must recollect, when I say the Word hall, that you pttll your horse smartly up, by throwing your body well back,and pressing the calves (if any) of your legs to his side. If you don’t keep your body upright, the horse’s head will soon pttt it in its proper place.— Fasterna little faster—halt. There, sir, I told you what would be the cott- sequence of your not keeping your heail properly up !'

i finds himself neatly floored by a Ire- ,mendous plunge of the horse, thus 1 finishing his first day’s drill.

The next morning the pupil attends

I the riding-school, with his nose some- Iwhat embellished by his fall.

"a enters the school with his-—‘Good morning, serjeant;’ for it is always good policy to keep friends with both riding-masters and rough-riders.— ‘ Good morning, sir,’ says the set- jeant: ‘I hope you did not hurt yourselfyesterday.’

‘ Oh, no—-oh, no ! Mere scratch-- more scratch--not worth mention-

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‘gGlad to hear it, sir. \Ve must expect in the army both scratches and falls. I have ordered you, for to-day, a horse somewhat more apt» rited,that willjump under you like an antelope.’

‘ Much obliged to you, indeed.’ says the pupil, making a tremendous wry face.

‘ Oh, don’t mention the obligation, sir. It is my duty to make a good rider of ou, and I flatter myselfthat I have turned out some of the best riders from this school that are to he found in the kingdom, and with as few accidents as could reasonably have been expected; though, of course, casualties will sometimes in- evitably happen, in a large academy like this. To be sure,’ continues the serjeant, winking at the rest ofthe party assembled, ‘there was poor Cornet Shins, who broke his neck. and, by the bye, off the very horse you are going to ride to-day; but that, of course, was no fault of the poor animal’s. Then, there was Lieuten- ant Stew, who broke his thigh, and a few other trifling circumstances of this kind, which make god for the army.’

‘ Good for the army!’ you make that out?’

‘ Why, air, it is a plain as the eighteen mantnuvres. We will just suppose, for the sake of argument, that your neck is broken this morn-

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‘ My good serjeant, what are you talking about?’

‘ I am only supposing, you under- stand, that your neck was broken ; in which case it must be clear to you

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