and it is quite amusing to see them luxuriating upon the hind leg of a ring-tailed monkey, taking alternately with it grains of parched corn. They say the tail is the most delicate part, when properly singed. Monkey meat is thought to keep longer than any other in that elevated climate. From the skins the amicas make pouches for their coca, beans, and parched corn, suspended by the tail to a strap round the waist, and the legs tied together. The greatest favor to a traveler in the Andes regions, is the present of a biscuit, which, when hard baked, without salt, will best stand that moist climate. Many other things melt or spoil. Rice, too, is valuable, and a wild turkey, well dissected and well boiled in it, with a little lump of Potosi salt, is a most refreshing meal after a hard day's travel across these lofty eminences. The arrieros usually carry a bag of roasted or parched corn, like our own North American Indians. Every man has his flint and steel, but it is often very difficult to make a fire, from the soaking of the dead wood by the snow and rains. The arrieros will sleep soundly, their heads in the rain and feet in the warm ashes. The condition of both the Peruvian and Brazilian Indians is sad indeed, as they make but little progress in Christian civilization. | paid great attention, and passing the Well-meaning and zealous padres alone attempt to improve them, and these are contented to teach them obedience to the Church and her ceremonies, and to repeat like a parrot the "Doctrina." One spiritual father in the Andes exhibited a little plaster image of the Virgin, which they had not seen before. Then he endeavored to explain that this figure represented the mother of God, whom he had before taught them to worship and adore, that through her intercession the sins and crimes of men might be forgiven. The Indians image from hand to hand, one of them stopped the priest in his discourse, and asked if the image were a man or woman. The poor friar gave up his illustration in despair, and fell back upon the sensestriking ceremonials of the Romish Church, which, we doubt not, made a far more lasting impression than his discourse possibly could. These Indians are proverbially docile and teachable, and the government of Peru should commence their civilization at once. They might be concentrated in a few villages, with a simple bold fisherman ventures with his canoe into the calm ocean beyond the troubled breakers. But here are no inhabitants; there never were any; nor are there any ruins of former ages among these primitive forests. Few animals are seen, and no birds except our national one, the wild turkey, which, undisturbed, walks through the bushes, and feeds on the berries. The easterly winds, striking the broad side of the Andes, do not glide upward, but the current is sometimes divided, the lower half sweeping down over the forests, with such force as to bend and break the stoutest trees. facturing fireworks for the Romish | ing from the rocks of the coast. The Churches. The rockets sent up toward the heavens amid the solemn shades of night, was one means used by the early Jesuits to attract the serious attention of the wild man, roving in his native forests. They were a peaceful race, and gunpowder was thus used to light up the imagined way to heaven! The Indians, too, have learned the art of casting church bells from the brass, copper, and zinc of the Titicaca basin, but are unacquainted with the process of melting the ore for cannon. They also gather the gums and sell them to the priests for incense, and supply the traders with copal, balsams, the roots of jalapa, ipecacuanha, and sarsaparilla. Many valuable ornamental and dye woods are now only known to them, but will be to the world when the trade and waters of the beautiful La Plata are open to the common sea. The heights of the Eastern Andes are among the most sublime and terrific portions of our globe. They seem to correspond with the rocky shores of the ocean, where the waves beat heavily against their banks. Trees, vines, creepers, and mosses are heaped up, as sea-weed is seen hang Descending the Andes some distance, the first sign of animal life are swarms of the ring-tailed monkeys. They travel at a rapid rate along the tree-tops, swinging to the limbs by their feet and tails. When frightened, the young one calls for its mother, who promptly attends, and the cunning little animal, jumping on her back, holds on to her hind leg with his tail, and off she gallops to the next tree. They make a deafening noise if fired at with shot and powder, and are not easily killed. The muleteers are very fond of their meat, and it is quite amusing to see them luxuriating upon the hind leg of a ring-tailed monkey, taking alternately with it grains of parched corn. They say the tail is the most delicate part, when properly singed. Monkey meat is thought to keep longer than any other in that elevated climate. From the skins the amicas make pouches for their coca, beans, and parched corn, suspended by the tail to a strap round the waist, and the legs tied together. The greatest favor to a traveler in the Andes regions, is the present of a biscuit, which, when hard baked, without salt, will best stand that moist climate. Many other things melt or spoil. Rice, too, is valuable, and a wild turkey, well dissected and well boiled in it, with a little lump of Potosi salt, is a most refreshing meal after a hard day's travel across these lofty eminences. The arrieros usually carry a bag of roasted or parched corn, like our own North American Indians. Every man has his flint and steel, but it is often very difficult to make a fire, from the soaking of the dead wood by the snow and rains. The arrieros will sleep soundly, their heads in the rain and feet in the warm ashes. The condition of both the Peruvian and Brazilian Indians is sad indeed, as they make but little progress in Christian civilization. | paid great attention, and passing the Well-meaning and zealous padres alone attempt to improve them, and these are contented to teach them obedience to the Church and her ceremonies, and to repeat like a parrot the "Doctrina." One spiritual father in the Andes exhibited a little plaster image of the Virgin, which they had not seen before. Then he endeavored to explain that this figure represented the mother of God, whom he had before taught them to worship and adore, that through her intercession the sins and crimes of men might be forgiven. The Indians image from hand to hand, one of them stopped the priest in his discourse, and asked if the image were a man or woman. The poor friar gave up his illustration in despair, and fell back upon the sensestriking ceremonials of the Romish Church, which, we doubt not, made a far more lasting impression than his discourse possibly could. These Indians are proverbially docile and teachable, and the government of Peru should commence their civilization at once. They might be concentrated in a few villages, with a simple code of laws, and an intelligent governor having full power appointed over their district. This would be a good beginning, and then, to complete the work of reformation, the country must be thrown open to colonization, inducing emigration by certain privileges and grants of land. Among these natives the Yuracares are the true wild men of the woods; they dress in bark shirts, and use the bow and arrow; their faces are painted in stripes of red, blue, and green; feet, arms, and legs are bare. Their general appearance is most savage. On hunting expeditions a woman attends them, and when a turkey falls, or a fish is caught, they are tossed to her, and she builds the fire and cooks them, when they encamp for the night. Seating themselves in a circle, they enjoy the feast. Before the break of day they are on their feet again; not a word is spoken to wake up other animals. As soon as the ring-tailed monkey opens his eyes, the watchful Indian draws his bow and down falls the screaming animal, twisting, turning, and calling for help. The Indians stand perfectly quiet, knowing that his fellows of this curious family will rush to his rescue, and as, one by one, they crawl down to see what has happened, the silent arrow flies through the trees, when the screaming is terrible. While the wild turkey is shaking the dew from his wings on his roosting-place, the sure-aimed arrow strikes him down; and the tiger scenting the Indian's resting-place approaches it, but an arrow meets him inside the foreshoulder, and penetrates his heart in his dying agony. In the ponds, or lakes, long stakes are driven into the muddy bottom, and little pole bridges are fastened to them. Here the Indians stand silently watching the bottom, with their arrows pointing into the water. As the fish are pierced and thrown upon the shore in quick succession, the excitement becomes very great, and whenever one of them missed all shouted aloud with laughter. These Indians are much more cheerful than those further up the mountains; their manners and customs more original and striking, never having been changed by the influences of the the sure arrow is drawn up with a fish Vinchuta is the eastern commercial em- MAN FEARS PROSPERITY.-There is an instinct in the heart of man which makes him fear a cloudless happiness. It seems to him that he owes to misfortunc a tithe of his life, and that which he does not pay bears interest, is amassed, and largely swells a debt which, sooner or later, he must acquit. A THE SOURCE OF THE MOSELLE. Ta short distance from Bussang, a little town in the department Des Vosges, in France, is the source of the Moselle trickling through the moss and stones that, together with fallen leaves, strew the ground, come the few first drops of this beautiful river. A few yards lower down the hill-side these drops are received into a little pool of fairy dimensions, this tiny pool of fresh sweet water is surrounded by mossy stones, wild garlic, ferns, little creepers of many forms, and stems of trees. The trees, principally pine, grow thickly over the whole "ballon," (as the hills are here called ;) many are of great size, they shut out the heat of the sun, and clothe the earth with tremulous shadows, tremulous, because the broad but feathery ferns receive bright rays, and waving to and fro in the gentle breeze, give the shadows an appearance of con ful illustrations of a charming book, entitled " The Life of the Moselle, from its Source in the Vosges Mountains to its Junction with the Rhine at Coblence." Mr. Rooke traces the Moselle from its eradle to its grave; describes the towns and villages, the old castles and ruins on its banks; narrates curious passages in their history; tells old legends connected with them in poetic prose and pleasing verse; and expatiates with real delight on the continual beauty of the scenery, of which he laments that English travelers are for the most part so ignorant. stant movement. Such is the description given by Mr. Rooke, in his "Life of the Moselle," of the above engraving, one of the many beauti VALLEY FEMALE INSTITUTE. MEN EN EN whose talents have commanded the respect and admiration of the world have spent their energies in presenting the claims of education. The giants of every religious organization have thought it worthy their strongest efforts to enforce the importance of education for the youth of their churches. Wesley, |