girdle, and then extending herself along upon her belly, with legs and arms spread out, she turns round with a considerable degree of celerity. She then descends to the crescent, and depends from it, first by one hand, then by the bend of one knee, and lastly by one foot only, her head downwards, and her arms and other foot spread abroad, swinging all the while, till she catches the bow with her other foot, and then so high as again to recover her hold of the crescent (by bending up her body at the same time) with both hands.

A man balances a pole about sixteen feet long, the bottom of which is fixed into a thick linen sash or girdle. Another man gets upon his back, and from thence runs up the pole, his hands aiding his feet, with the nimbleness of a squirrel. He then proceeds, first to extend himself on the pole upon his belly, and then upon his back, his arms and legs both times spread out. Next, he flings himself out horizontally from the pole, which is all the time balanced upon the girdle, holding only by his arms. This attitude is called by the tumblers the flag. Thirdly, he stands upon his head on the top of the pole, holding the pole below the summit with his hands. Finally, he throws himself backwards from the last position, down the pole, holding by his hands, then turns over again, holding by his feet, and thus over and over till he lights upon the ground. He hangs also, from the bend of one knee, with his head downwards.

A man lies down, and crosses his feet. Two others extend themselves upon his legs and feet. He rolls himself backward till his feet are raised, and again till his knees are stretched, and with the men still resting upon his legs and feet. Lastly, with his feet he throws the men, as he lies, over his head.

A woman stands upright, and astride, upon a man's shoulders. Another girl is placed with her head down. wards, upon the head of the same man, and her legs crossed between the arms of the woman; the man dances with both of them, in that attitude, for a mi

nute or two.

Three girls stand upright upon a man's shoulders while he dances round the room; one stands astride over his head, the other two, with each a foot upon his

shoulders, and their other feet upon his arms, stretched out to support them.

A man places upon his head two pieces of wood, like double headed shot, each a foot in length, one over the other: upon the highest piece he places a brass dish; upon the dish four wooden pillars, each about five inches in height; upon the pillars a small plank; upon the plank stands a girl upright; with all this apparatus, in due balance, he dances three or four times round the room.

A wooden fork is produced, with a handle about five feet long; a girl is laid upon her back between the fork, with her head and heels depending on either side of it; the man raises and balances the fork in one hand, then tosses the girl up into the air, flings down the fork, and catches the girl in his arms.

A man places the point of a lance upon his breast, upon his chin, and upon his forehead, and there balances it for some time.

A man spins a peg top, then takes it up, and places it, spinning, at the end of a thin bamboo lath, bent in form of a bow, which he balances all the while.

The same man puts five or six wooden birds on a wooden tree, which he balances upon his forehead, and then knocks the birds off the branches, one by one, by pellets, shot through a small wooden tube, from his mouth.

One of the men balanced three camp bedsteads, piled upon each other, by a leg of one of them placed upon his chin,

He then balanced a very heavy broad sword, by the point, upon his chin.

He next placed a straw on his nose, in the open air, balanced it first there, and then on a very little bit of stick in his mouth, removing it several times from one place to the other.

He lastly put a thin tile upon his nose, and tossing up a pebble, caught it on the tile, which was shivered in pieces by the stroke.

One man stands upright, first upon another man's shoulders, and then upon his head.

TUMBLING.

Que man puts his feet over another's shoulders, his head downwards between his knees, and his hands upon his legs; the other throws him over, and thus becomes himself in the position of the first; thus they continue, throwing each other alternately over, for five or six times.

All the Hindustanee tumblers cut summersets from the bare ground, with as much seeming facility, and. apparent ease, as the vaulters on a theatre.

The same people, women as well as men, perform likewise all the usual feats of tumblers, such as walking upon their hands, turning over laterally like a wheel, and bending their bodies back, till their heads appear reversed between their feet, their chins resting upon the ground.

Three women lie down upon the floor; they throw their arms backward; take hold of their heels with their hands, and in that posture roll over and over several times.

A girl takes a sabre in her two hands, and then throws her hands, thus joined, round and round her head, without cutting herself.

A man ascends upon a yard, crossed upon a pole, about twenty-five feet from the ground; the earth under him is a little loosened; he first depends from the yard arm by his feet, and then drops upon the loosened earth, without being hurt by the fall.

A boy sits down, and places his head between another's legs, who stands upright, taking hold of the legs of the first; they then roll over and over on the ground, a dozen times or more, like a ball, with their faces downward.

They all cut summersets three or four times running, either backwards, forwards, or sideways, upon the bare ground.

The most active man of the set cuts a summerset twice in the air from one bound, in a manner exceedingly surprising and uncommon.

The same person stands upon a board about eighteen inches square, and cuts a summerset backwards, his feet lighting upon the same board.

The board is then placed upon the summit of a pole, raised twenty-five feet high; the same man gets upon the board, and cuts a summerset upon it, in the same manner as when he was on the ground; two sticks, however, are tied to the top of the pole for him to catch at, should his feet happen to miss the board.

Lastly, a thin plank, of about five feet long, is placed sloping in the ground, at an angle of about fortyfive degrees: close to the plank is placed, first, a very tall elephant; two of the men ran at full speed up this spring board, and vaulted a summerset clear over the elephant's back; five camels were then placed abreast, over which they vaulted in like manner. They also leap and turn, in a similar way, over the point of a sword, held by a tall man as high as he can extend it.

A girl places a sword in her mouth, two in her hands, and five in the form of radii, with their edges upwards on the ground; after tumbling in sundry postures, she rest her head backwards upon a turban, as a centre, and thus moves her feet round the circumference of the five swords, without touching them.

With a sword in her mouth, and another in one hand, she lays hold of one of her feet with the remaining hand, then brings her foot round her back, and over her head, without touching the sabres.

She fixes a sword in the ground, with the point upwards, and covered with a small rag of cloth; then bending backward, she first takes off the cloth with her mouth, and afterwards with her eye-lid,

Five scymetars are fixed upright in the ground; the girl is placed horizontally upon them, and then lies along for a considerable time: thick cloths are wound over the points of the swords, to prevent their penetrating through her clothes.

Three of the men throw themselves through the arms of ten pair of men, whose extended arms form a long kind of hoop.

The old fellow at the head of these tumblers, though past his grand climacteric, deemed it expedient, after springing over an enormous elephant, and then over five camels abreast, to apologize for his inability; lamenting with a sigh, that there was a time, when, in

the presence of Nadir Shah, he could vault indeed! But now alas! age and infirmity (having since broken a leg and an arm) had nearly incapacitated him!

TO BE RESUMED.

FOR THE POCKET MAGAZINE.

NEW YEAR'S, DAY: A TALE.

FROM THE FRENCH OF THE COUNTESS D' HAUTPOUL.. THE three daughters of the Countess de Bleville rose at an early hour on new year's day, and full of the pleasure which they anticipated from it, each of them gave vent in conversation to her feelings on the subject. "To day," said Eugenia, "I shall embrace our dear mother, and shall express to her my respect and my tenderness." "To day," exclaimed Caroline, gaily, "she will caress us, while she gives us our new year's gifts"" and will pardon our faults and bless us," added the mild Matilda. "May Heaven," said with one voice all these affectionate children, "preserve to us our beloved mother, and grant us the grace to imitate her virtues, and to contribute to her happiness." A pious silence succeeded this short and fervent prayer; but soon, with the natural lightness of youth, the thoughts of the three sisters reverted to the charming trifles which they expected to receive on that day, and they endeavoured to guess what they should be grati fied with by the generosity of their parents. They recollected their last new year's gifts, and gave themselves up to all the delights of hope. "Our new year's gifts will be much handsomer this year," said Caroline, for we are a year older, and a year is a great deal. For example, our grandfather sent each of us a present of a guinea; now, that we are grown up, I dare say he will give us two." "Two guineas!" cried Matilda; 66 our grandfather is not rich; he has a great many grandchildren; and we ought not to wish for what must certainly compel him to submit to some privations." "That is very well thought of you," replied Caroline, looking at her sister rather sarcastically;