died,
In yonder ruin gray o'erbent by time,
But that a troubadour, a servant tried,
His well-loved master sought through every clime;
Nor sought in vain, for by a simple rhyme,
A soft tuned sonnet, in a dungeon cold,
Imprisoned here he found him for no crime,
And saved. The ruins past, I now behold
Prague's lofty palaces arise, and turrets old.

The scene is changed by many a lovely vale:
Upon the Elbe my rapid way I went,
Where Nature reigns supreme, nor aught avail
'Gainst her the charms a Raphael's touch can lend
To Art's supremest works; these all depend
On light, on colour, on the master's hand;
Nature's own work, so thought I, as I bend
My steps through Dresden's galleries, and stand
Before Art's fairest deeds in this fair Saxon land!

Swift be my verse, and swifter still my pace
(Oh, pardon me, for I'll be sworn I bore)
By Berlin's quays, past oft a plain, I race
To Hamburg's crowded port, until the roar
Of ocean's wave is heard again once more.
Once more upon the deck I stand and view
Behind that cloud arise old Albion's shore--
Shore that I love, roast beef, plum-pudding too,
Pale ale, the _Times_, and scandal, like a Briton true.

NOTES FOR THE SPORTSMAN OR TOURIST
IN NORTH AFRICA.

The best time to go to Algeria or Tunis is October, when the heats of
summer begin to become cooler. By all means, let the traveller, if he
wish to be independent, travel on horseback. In Algeria he will meet
with accommodation everywhere, and proceed as safely as in London, or
any part of England.

He can go to Boussada or Laghouat, about six days' journey from
Algiers, staying every night at caravanserais _en route_. Boussada I
did not visit myself, but from rumour, I believe, there is excellent
gazelle shooting in the neighbourhood. By the plains of Boussada, the
tourist can pass into Tunisia over the French frontier. At Algiers,
the best hotels are the Hotel d'Orient and the Hotel de la Regence, on
the Grande Place. For ammunition, I recommend Huet, armourer, near the
English Consul's; and for horses--Francois or Francisco, a Maltese,
who speaks French and English. The grand thing to be considered is
economy of space. Let every necessary for clothing, if possible, be
crammed into the saddle-bags attached to one's saddle, as ammunition,
guns, &c. &c., must be placed on the other horses. Well did the
Roma