that, to resent it with the true spirit of a Californian, and cast
about me for some weapon of personal defense, but saw nothing likely
to be available in an emergency of that kind except a small bucket of
slush, with which, however, it would be practicable to "douse his
glim." This great man, with his attendant, was bound for the sea-baths
of Revel, where he would doubtless soon be buffeting the waves like a
porpoise--or possibly, in virtue of the commanding powers vested in
him by nature and the Czar of Russia, would sit down by the sea-shore
like Hardicanute the Dane, and order the waves to retire.

Then there was an old lady and her three daughters who sat on the
camp-stools by the step-ladder; the same fat old lady, bedizened with
finery, and the same three young ladies, with strong features and
dismal dresses, which the traveler encounters all over the Continent
of Europe. The old lady was in a state of chronic agony lest the young
ladies should be forcibly seized and carried away by some daring youth
of the male sex; and the young ladies were conscious that such was the
general purpose of mankind, and that they were in imminent danger of
being preyed upon in that way, and, consequently, must always hold
down their heads and look at the seams in the deck upon the approach
of any gallant-looking cavalier with a handsome face and a fine
figure, to say nothing of the expressive tenderness of his eyes and
the gracefulness of his manner, and many other fascinating features in
the young gentleman's appearance, of which they could not be otherwise
than entirely unconscious, since they had not taken the slightest
notice of him, and never contemplated encouraging his advances. The
old lady was a very discreet and proper old lady, and the young ladies
were very discreet and proper young ladies, and they were going to the
baths of Revel after their last winter's campaign in the fashionable
circles of St. Petersburg; and any body could see at a glance that
they were of a distinguished and fashionable family, because they had
a courier and two lapdogs, and carried a coat of arms on their trunks
and bandboxes, and were taken with violent headaches soon after
leaving Cronstadt, and used smelling-salts.

Next was the man who belongs to no particular nation, speaks every
language, and knows every body--a shabby-genteel, middle-aged man, of
no ostensible occupation, but always occupied. "Sare," said he, "I
perceive you are an Eng