JUPITER TONANS--THE THUNDERS OF THE PILOT--WORSHIPPERS OF THE FAR WEST--A LATE BREAKFAST--RONO THE GREAT--A POLYNESIAN LEGEND--MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF OCEANIA--MR.

AND MRS.

TAMAIDI--REGAL POMP--ELBOW ROOM--KATZENMUSIK--QUEEN TONICO AND THE SHAVING GLASS--CONSEQUENCES OF A PINCH OF SNUFF--DISGRACE OF THE GREAT RONO--MARIUS--CORIOLANUS--HANNIBAL--ALCIBIADES--CIMON--ARISTIDES--A SOP FOR THE THIRSTY--AIR SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN--MARYLAND AND WHITECHAPEL--HALF-WAY UP THE CORDILLERAS--HUMAN MACHINES--STAR OF THE SEA, PRAY FOR US! Was he on his way to the Capitol or to the Gemoniae?
The solution of this question became, for the moment, of greater importance to Willis than the "to be or not to be" of Hamlet to the State of Denmark.

This incertitude was all the more painful, that it was accompanied by myriads of insects, created by the recent rains; these swarmed in the air to such an extent, that it was utterly impossible to inhale the one without swallowing the other.

The sailor, notwithstanding his elevated and somewhat perilous position, true to his instincts and tormented by the flies, took out his pipe, filled it, and struck a light.