Sir W----m forgot his usual indifferent manner on seeing me, and put on one of his comic expressions. In the impulse of the moment, I was on the point of addressing him, but fortunately recovered my presence _d'esprit_, and did not commit such a breach of etiquette, although there was such a total deficiency of r----l dignity in the group that I might almost have been excused. In half an hour the cutter put off from the frigate: Captain K--g came from W---- by land, and apologized for the delay. Her r----l h----ss replied in a tremulous voice "Never mind!" A small group of persons kept a respectful distance and a profound silence. One old man blessed her and wished her a safe return--when her footman burst into tears. The ocean raged tempestuous, as if in the spirit of anger, and the boat could not reach the shore. Her r----l h----ss was obliged to enter a pony cart, and her coachman drove it with difficulty through the billows. With some exertion Captain K--g and his lieutenant dragged her unwieldy form into the barge: the P----ss went first, Lady E. F----s followed, and then the _tin box_: our knight went last; he came up to me, squeezed my hand affectionately, whispered a saucy adieu, and jumped into the boat. Such was the embarkation of the P----ss of W----s, and so passed away the illustrious consort of the heir apparent of these realms. [WE SHALL RETURN TO THESE AMUSING VOLS.] * * * * * EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS AND HINDOO TEMPLES COMPARED. The most common form of the Hindoo pagodas[8] is the pyramidal, of which one of the most remarkable is that of Chalembaram, on the Coromandel coast, about thirty-four geographical miles south of Pondicherry, and seven from the sea. [8] The word pagoda is a corruption of _Bhagavati_, "holy house," one of the several names by which the Hindoo temples are known.