ship was allowed to proceed, merely to make sport of the good man's foible: a term peculiarly appropriate!

Nine in ten of the women domiciliated by gentlemen, are Mussulmans ; the Hindus being far more scrupulous : with few exceptions, the small portion not of the former sect are Portugueze. These latter prove, in many instances, very good house-keepers ; looking after the dis-bursements with great acuteness, and, on a thousand occasions, shewing more promptness, and more fitness for such an employment. They are remarkably fond of rearing poultry and swine; in which they certainly succeed. But there is a certain something about this description of women, which few are partial to, and which I never could tolerate. I have already spoken of the pride of these miserable descendants of renowned characters; but it really is beyond my power to describe that fierte, that vindictive - spirit, that authoritative consequence, which excite at least contempt, if not hatred, in every person towards whom they are exercised. These viragoes have no scruples as to what they are to eat and drink ; many of them, indeed, can ma-nage a bottle as well as any man in the kingdom : they are; however, staunch Catholics, and, on Calendar days, dress out in all the finery their kind keepers can be coaxed out of. It is not to be supposed these ladies are more continent than