that even decades of centuries have scarcely changed,
and say never a single word! They have literally
nothing whatever to talk about. The arrival of an
American man-of-war is a godsend to them. "Oh,
solitude, where are the charms which sages have
seen in thy face?" It is the completest exile that I
can conceive of. I would seriously recommend to
the government of the United States that when a
man commits a crime so heinous that the law pro-
vides no adequate punishment for it, they make him
Consul-General to Tangier.

I am glad to have seen Tangier--the second
oldest town in the world. But I am ready to bid it
good-by, I believe.

We shall go hence to Gibraltar this evening or in
the morning; and doubtless the Quaker City will sail
from that port within the next forty-eight hours.

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