Deception, flattery, and bribery are the fundamental principles of all popular science, which is reduced to practice among this people.

THE TRUTH OF THE RESURRECTION.

THE language of St. Paul throws a peculiar interest around this subject: "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins." (1 Cor. xv. 17.) What an alarming intimation this! and how well calculated to rouse attention to this momentous theme! The whole amount of the evidence is this: The resurrection of Jesus was proved, in the first instance, by an appeal to the senses; the individuals who originally sat in judgment on the certainty of the event were intimately acquainted with the Saviour. They displayed a degree of incredulity amounting almost to obstinacy, by which they were guarded against the influence of imposture; these very individuals, however, attained to a perfect persuasion of their Master's resurrection; they were sufficient in number and credibility to attest a matter of fact, whether human or divine. No infidel can invalidate the genuineness of those inspired books from which we derive the narrative of his resurrection; and it now follows, that either we must totally reject that source of evidence which arises from testimony, and thus by one act of unjustifiable scepticism sweep away all the proofs on which the knowledge of mankind at large may be said to rest, or that we must cordially embrace a doctrine which stands recorded upon the authority of upwards of five hundred sufficient witnesses, all of whom were open to the observation of thousands, both of Pagans and of Jews, who would most greedily have impugned their veracity. Blessed be God, this cornerstone of our holy faith is immovably fixed! And though there may be difficulties connected with it, over which the unbelievers may stumble and fall, we will rejoice that a doctrine which lies at the very foundation of our faith and hope is placed far beyond the reach of all reasonable doubt or objection. Morrison.

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ESCAPE FROM AN ENRAGED ELEPHANT.

We have before us a very picturesque account of a remarkable escape from destruction by an enraged elephant, which has been furnished to us by Mr. Pringle. The hero of the narrative is Lieutenant J. D. Moodie, of the 21st Fusilcers, who is now in England :

In the year 1821, I had joined the semi-military settle- . ment of Fredericksburg, on the picturesque banks of the Gualana, beyond the Great Fish River. At this place our party (consisting chiefly of the disbanded officers and soldiers of the Royal African corps) had already shot many elephants, with which the country at that time abounded. The day previous to my adventure, I had witnessed an elephant-hunt for the first time. On this occasion a large female was killed, after some hundred shots had been fired at her. The balls seemed at first to produce little effect; but at length she received several shots in the trunk and eyes, which entirely disabled her from making any resistance or escaping, and she fell an easy prey to her assailants.

On the following day, one of our servants came to inform us that a large troop of elephants was in the neighbourhood of the settlement; and that several of our people were already on their way to attack them. I instantly set off to join the hunters; but, from losing my way in the jungle through which I had to proceed, I could not overtake them until after they had driven the elephants from their first station. On getting out of the jungle, I was proceeding through an open meadow on the banks of the Gualana, to the spot where I heard the firing, when I was suddenly warned of approaching danger, by loud cries of, Pas-op !" Look out!" coupled with my name in Dutch and English; and at the same time heard the crackling of broken branches, produced by the elephants bursting through the wood; and the tremendous screams of their wrathful voices resounding among the precipitous banks. Immediately a large female, accompanied by three others of a smaller size, issued from the edge of the jungle, which skirted the river margin. As they were not more than two

hundred yards off, and were proceeding directly towards me, I had not much time to decide on my motions. Being alone, and in the middle of a little open plain, I saw that I must inevitably be caught, should I fire in this position, and my shot not take effect. I therefore retreated hastily out of the direct path, thinking they would not observe me till I should find a better opportunity to attack them. But in this I was mistaken; for, on looking back, I perceived, to my dismay, that they had left their former course, and were rapidly pursuing and gaining ground on me. Under these circumstances, I determined to reserve my fire as a last resource; and, turning off at right angles in the opposite direction, I made for the banks of a small river, with a view to take refuge among the rocks on the other side, where I should have been safe. But before I got within fifty paces of the river, the elephants were within twenty paces of me; the large female in the middle, and the other three on either side of her, apparently with the intention of making sure of me; all of them screaming so tremendously, that I was almost stunned with the noise. I immediately turned round, cocked my gun, and aimed at the head of the largest,—the female. But the gun, unfortunately, from the powder being damp, hung fire, till I was in the act of taking it from my shoulder, when it went off, and the ball merely grazed the side of her head. Halting only for an instant, the animal again rushed furiously forward. I fell; I cannot say whether struck down by her trunk or not. She then made a thrust at me with her tusk. Happily for me, she had only one, which, still more happily, missed its mark. She then caught me with her trunk by the middle, threw me beneath her fore feet, and knocked me about between them for a little space. I was scarcely in a condition to compute the number of minutes very accurately. Once she pressed her foot on my chest with such force, that I actually felt the bones, as it were, bending under the weight; and once she trod on the middle of my arm, which, well for me, lay flat on the ground at the time. During this rough handling, however, I never entirely lost my recollection; else, I have little doubt, she

would have settled my accounts with this world. But, owing to the roundness of her foot, I generally managed, by twisting my body and limbs, to escape her direct tread. While I was still undergoing this buffeting, Lieutenant Chisholm, of the R. A. corps, and Diederick, a Hottentot, had come up, and fired several shots at her, one of which hit her in the shoulder; and at the same time her companions or young ones retiring, and screaming to her from the edge of the forest, she reluctantly left me; giving me a cuff or two with her hind feet in passing. I got up, picked up my gun, and staggered away as fast as my aching bones would allow but, observing that she turned round, and looked back towards me, before entering the bush, I lay down in the long grass, by which means I escaped her observation.

On reaching the top of the high bank of the river, I met my brother, who had not been to this day's hunt, but had run out on being told by one of the men that he had seen me killed. He was not a little surprised at meeting me in a whole skin, though plastered with mud from head to foot. While he, Mr. Knight, of the Cape regiment, and I, were talking of my adventure, an unlucky soldier of the R. A. corps, of the name of M'Clone, attracted the attention of a large male elephant, which had been driven towards the village. The ferocious animal gave chase, and caught him immediately under the height where we were standing, carried him some distance in his trunk, then threw him down, and, bringing his four feet together, trod and stamped upon him for a considerable time, till he was quite dead. Leaving the corpse for a little, he again returned, as if to make quite sure of his destruction; and, kneeling down, crushed and kneaded the body with his fore legs. Then, seizing it again with his trunk, he carried it to the edge of the jungle, and threw it among the bushes. While this tragedy was going on, my brother and I scrambled down the bank as far as we could, and fired at the furious animal; but we were at too great a distance to be of any service to the unfortunate man, who was crushed almost to a jelly.

Shortly after this catastrophe, a shot from one of the

people broke this male elephant's left fore leg, which completely disabled him from running. On this occasion, we witnessed a touching instance of affection and sagacity in the elephant, which I cannot forbear to relate, as it so well illustrates the character of this noble animal. Seeing the danger and distress of her mate, the female before mentioned, (my personal antagonist,) regardless of her own danger, quitted her shelter in the bush, rushed out to his assistance, walked round and round him, chasing away his assailants, and still returning to his side and caressing him; and when he attempted to walk, she placed her flank under his wounded side and supported him. This scene continued nearly half an hour, until the female received a severe wound from Mr. C. Mackensie, of the R. A. corps, which drove her again to the bush, where she speedily sank, exhausted from the loss of blood; and the male soon after received a mortal wound from the same officer.

Thus ended our elephant hunt; and I need hardly say, that what we witnessed on this occasion, of the intrepidity and ferocity of these powerful animals, rendered us more cautious in our dealings with them for the future.Menageries.

A GREEK FUNERAL.

As I was taking a walk round the city of Joannina, (says Mr. Hughes, in his interesting Travels,) I observed a funeral procession, moving from a Greek house of respectable appearance. The corpse was richly decked, and had a crucifix placed upon its breast; its face being uncovered as it lay upon the bier. This was preceded by the relations, priests, and deacons, and surrounded by hired female mourners, who acted all the motions of distracted grief, and made the air resound with the most horrid and disgusting lamentations; crying out, “Why did you die? Why did you leave your wife, and family, and all your possessions? Who shall now bring you coffee and tobacco from the bazaar?" with many more queries to the same effect. A very considerable crowd joined the procession, which I