Such is the sad story of the Seminoles. They are savages, but they have shown many traits of character worthy of our respect. We shall soon possess their lands, but they have cost our country many millions of dollars, and far more than they are worth. This piece of history tells us that even an Indian tribe, small though it be, if it bears hatred in its bosom, founded upon acts of oppression, may become the instrument by which that oppression is punished. Composition. The following is a letter of an East Indian servant, addressed to a physician who had been attending his master: To Dr. ---- Most learned Saib--I am instructed by his excellency, the noble saib, to make information that his arm alteration of pain, sensibly diminishing heat of surface. Accounted for by them Blue Balls which your making master digest. My honored master his face already seize collour of custard apple which not desirable. Your honor when will come then, tell bearer who will show the place of the unfortunate Budwood Saib, the prey of the vulture ill-luck. The meaning of this is as follows: Most learned Sir:--I am instructed by his excellency, my noble master, to inform you that the pain in his arm has sensibly decreased. The heat of his skin is accounted for by the blue pills you gave him, which had a very powerful effect. My honored master’s face has already become the color of a custard apple--a bad symptom. When your honor comes to visit him, the bearer will point out his residence to you. [Illustration: _The Cereopsis._] Natural Curiosities of New Holland. NEW HOLLAND is the largest island in the world, being as extensive as Europe. It is considered a continent by some writers on geography: but its size is not the greatest point of interest. It possesses several birds, quadrupeds, and even vegetable productions, distinct in kind from those of any other part of the world. It produces kangaroos, which are as large as a sheep, and carry their young ones in a natural pocket. They jump seventy-five feet at a bound; and use their tails as a jumping-pole. It produces black swans, and flying opossums; the superb menura, a bird with a tail shaped like an ancient harp; the platypus, a queer fellow, with a bill like a duck, fur like a beaver, and claws like a woodchuck! Among other curiosities found in New Holland, is the _cereopsis_, a kind of speckled goose. We give a picture of this bird, which will afford a better idea of its appearance, than words can convey. Who would not like to go to New Holland? TOLERANCE.--“In my youth,” says Horace Walpole, “I thought of writing a satire upon mankind; but now, in my old age, I think I should write an apology for them.” Story of Philip Brusque. CHAPTER X.