the face of the regiment assumed the form

of a semicircle.

Hallo! where or what

"A

your object?" roared the Major. crow, Sir," replied the unhappy Scotsman. "And where is the crow?" roared the Commander. Flown off;" was the melancholy response. "May the Devil fly away with you, body and bones! Halt dress! Stop, Sir Charles; do stop. Just allow me two minutes to curse that rascally Adjutant." To so reasonable a request, Sir Charles, who was a most obliging officer, readily assented. The General mentioned often, that the damning of a stupid Adjutant was no novelty; but that he never saw a man cursed to his perfect satisfaction, until he heard the Scotch doctor anathematized in the Phoenix Park.

The death of poor Denis was in such perfect keeping with his life, that I am tempted to give it to you.

The regiment was in garrison, and at a raceball a trifling misunderstanding occurred between a young Ensign and a country gentleman. It was, however, instantly adjusted. A few days afterwards, some intemperate expressions which had fallen from the gentleman at the ball, were reported to the Mad Major. These he considered as reflecting upon the character of his corps, and he dispatched the senior

Captain for an explanation. The answer to this demand was unsatisfactory, and the Captain was directed to deliver a hostile message. The officers of the "Half Hundred" were a brave body. They vainly endeavoured to make it a regimental affair, and insisted that the person to resent the insult should be indifferently selected (by lot) from the corps. "Gentlemen, I thank you;" said the Mad Major, as he struck his broad hand upon the mess-table. 66 Your motives are personally kind; but I am at the head of this regiment, and I hold myself to be the conservator of its honour."

That evening the Major had a violent attack of gout, to which for years he had been a martyr but he concealed it carefully, and when his friend called him on the morning, he was found dressed and powdered, but unable to move without assistance. Captain Mpressed upon him the necessity of postponing the meeting, or permitting another officer to be his substitute; but Denis was immovable in his resolve; he proceeded to the ground, and supported by a crutch, after a discharge of pistols, received a satisfactory apology. Poor fellow! this was his last feat. Exposure to the cold of a damp spring morning brought on a renewed attack of gout; that night the disorder settled

in his stomach, and the morning after he was

a corpse.

The body was carried to its last resting-place, accompanied by all the pomp of a military funeral. His own beloved company, the grenadiers, who had often followed their lionhearted leader into action, now formed his guard of honour to the grave; and when his remains were committed to the earth, there was not a dry eye among the "Dirty Half Hundred."

Two months afterwards, when an Irish soldier was questioned on the merits of his successor-"The man is well enough,” said Pat, with a heavy sigh, "but where will we ever find the equal of the Mad Major? By Jasus, it was a comfort to be cursed by him!"

Castlebar.-Newport.-Departure from Christendom.-Progress into Terra Incognita.-Roads and scenery.-Mulranny.-Passage down the inlet.-Incidents.-Lodge in the Wilds of Enis.-Description of the establishment.

WITHOUT any adventure worthy of a place in this itinerary, I reached in safety the capital of Mayo. From other provincial cities this town is distinguished in having a new drop and an old gaol; a swamp in the centre of the town, surrounded by an iron chain, judiciously placed there, I imagine, to prevent cattle and

children being lost in the morass which it environs; a court-house, with a piazza and façade of an original order of architecture, only known to Irish professors of the art of building; trade and manufactures are limited to felt hats and poteen-whiskey; and the only machinery I could discover, was the drop aforesaid. I was informed that the chapel and petty-sessions are generally crowded, as is the market upon a hanging-day.

I was called next morning at five o'clock by the waiter, to proceed by the Sligo mail, although on the preceding night I had taken pains to persuade him that my course lay westward. One hour afterwards, the chambermaid roused me to enquire if I had any intention of proceeding to Hollymount by a hackney car. To save these worthy people farther trouble I arose and dressed, and wishing to avoid a vestry to be that day holden in the town, and where, in the course of argument, it was believed that divers lives would be lost, I took an early breakfast and departed.

I stopped at Newport; it was the last cluster of houses, arrogating to itself the title of a town, that I should now meet with-I had reached the ultima Thule of civilized Europe. And when I had given directions to the postmaster touching the transmission of my letters