ence has followed him to the tomb.

Angelo was of medium stature, slender and well proportioned. The
regularity of his features and the nobleness of his carriage,
form, by their beauty, a contrast with the unfavorable opinion
generally held concerning the Negro physiognomy. An unusual
suppleness in all bodily exercises gave to his carriage and to
his movements grace and ease. Combining with all the fineness of
virtue a good judgment, ennobled by extensive and thorough
knowledge, he knew six languages, Italian, French, German, Latin,
Bohemian, and English, and besides spoke especially the first
three fluently.

Like all his fellow countrymen, he was born with an impetuous
temper. His unchangeable calmness and good nature were
consequently so much the more admirable, as they were the result
of hard fighting and many victories won over himself. He never
allowed, even when someone had irritated him, an improper
expression to escape his lips. Angelo was pious without being
superstitious. He carefully observed all religious rites, not
believing that it was beneath him to give in this way an example
to his family. His word and decisions, to which he had come after
careful consideration, were unchangeable, and nothing could
swerve him from his intention. He always wore the costume of his
country. This was a kind of very simple garment in Turkish
fashion almost always of dazzling whiteness, which accentuated to
advantage the black and shining color of his skin. His picture,
engraved at Augsburg, is found in the art gallery of
Lichtenstein.

F. HARRISON HOUGH.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] I discharge a duty in disclosing to the public the names of the
persons to whom I am indebted for the biography of this estimable
African, concerning whom Dr. Gall was the first to speak to me. Upon
the request of my fellow-citizens, D'Hautefort, attache to the
embassy, and Dudon, First Secretary to the French legation in Austria,
they hastened to satisfy my curiosity. Two estimable ladies of Vienna,
Mme. Stief and Mme. Picler, worked at it with great zeal. All the
details furnished by the defunct Angelo's friends were carefully
collected. From this material has been written the interesting account
which follows. In the French translation it loses in delicacy of
style, for Mme. Pic