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 -BOSTON: 
 
 PUBLISHED BY CLIFFORD & CO., 
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 1880. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
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 PAGE 
 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 
 CYNTHIA 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 
 PEPPERMINT FARMS 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 
 A QUEER CHARACTER . 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 
 
 
 81 
 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 
 
 
 38 
 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 
 SOUTHERN FRIENDS 
 
 
 48 
 
 
 CHAPTER VHI. 
 
 
 
 
 57 
 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 
 
 
 62 
 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 
 EMBRACED BY A NATIVE . 
 
 
 . . 74 
 
 111 
 
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IV CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 THE GHOST or JACOB COLE 39 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 CELESTIALS 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM 109 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 CAPTIVES 119 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 ESCAPE 132 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 PATSEY S, ADVENTURES, ESCAPE, AND RETURN 136 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 BRAD DETERMINED 142 
 
 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH 151 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 INDIAN PARADISES 159 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 A MUSK DKER HUNT 171 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE 178 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW 185 
 
 CHAPTER XXIH. 
 A STRANGE SAIL 195 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 \ VOICE 204 
 
CONTENTS. V 
 
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 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 ENFLEURAGE 215 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 THE QUEEN OP FLOWERS 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 AN ENCHANTED ISLAND 249 
 
 CHAPTER XXVHI. 
 CAPTAIN JACOB COLE S STORY 259 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 265 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 YOURS IN GRATITUDE . 273 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 SELECTING A TROUSSEAU 279 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES 284 
 
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Captain Bradford Cole Frontispiece. 
 
 Jean 5 
 
 Thus she presented herself to us 8 
 
 They were, however, arranged peculiarly 12 
 
 With one immense leap he shot up into the air 25 
 
 Standing on his head; the mast bending like a reed 29 
 
 "Patsey, show your skill and agility by reaching for me that large blos 
 som," said Susie 35 
 
 Saw him pulling from the rocks what appeared to be bunches of moss . 40 
 
 And quick each manly swimmer bounded into the surf .... 45 
 
 " I go to give my hand to each ! " 47 
 
 We crashed down, down, over and over 85 
 
 He shook as with ague, and his eyes stared at Brad with a look of fear . 90 
 
 The waves are yet running mountains high 113 
 
 Around us, above us, on every side, stood a tribe of most ferocious 
 
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 Susie advanced 133 
 
 We stopped for some minutes in silent admiration 147 
 
 We looked, but we did not see a kitten 13C 
 
 Rising in ever decreasing spirals above the head of the horse ... 170 
 
 We drew him but of the Wheel-house ISO 
 
 I was standing at the entrance of a huge Egyptian Temple .... 192 
 
 The vase was shivered into atoms and I shot out into space ... 194 
 Boarded amidships, and standing upon the bulwarks, looked around 
 
 him 196 
 
 Vii 
 
Vlll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 With frightened air bounded away 210 
 
 We commenced our tour of observation on the lower floor . . . . 215 
 
 "The young Arab haunted by the smell" 240 
 
 They are rubbing noses together like two mad apes 245 
 
 We wandered through a Turkish Perfume Bazaar 247 
 
 Was Brad, but how changed 253 
 
 They were in each others arms 258 
 
 At it they went, belter skelter 2G3 
 
 The Beauty and the Beast 271 
 
 A commotion ensued 285 
 
 FINIS PERFUMES. 
 
A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 AN OLD FRIEND. 
 
 f * A LBERT," said my wife, entering my study one afternoon 
 -^- in the spring of 1873, u a gentleman, calling himself Cap 
 tain Bradford Cole, is in the reception room, and would like to 
 see you." 
 
 "What!" I exclaimed in surprise, "Bradford Cole!" and 
 descending the stairs, two steps at a time, mentally abusing the 
 architect and builder for making them so long, I soon had Brad 
 by the hand. He was an English lad, but had lived in Boston, and 
 while here, we were chums. His father was wrecked at sea, and 
 supposed to be on an uninhabited island. It was the object of 
 Brad s life to Become a thoroughly educated navigator, so as to 
 be able to go in search of, and find his father ; for this purpose he 
 shipped under his uncle, who was captain and part owner of a 
 trading vessel. I remember the day he sailed how I played truant 
 to see him off, but was prevailed upon b}* a philanthropist to go to 
 a church vestry, to help scrape lint and tear bandages for the sol 
 diers, for this was during the first } T ear of the late civil War ; and 
 
 how grieved I felt afterwards at not seeing him depart. 
 
 i 
 
2 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 After all my devotion to my country s cause, when I went tc 
 school next day, my excuses availed me nothing, for I was well 
 punished for playing truant, which so aroused my indignation 
 that I determined at the first opportunity to leave school, and 
 at last the chance arriving, I enlisted a-s a Chaplain s boy in the 
 th. Mass. Vols., but after a year s service was glad to return 
 home and resume my studies, which I followed till I entered 
 business circles. 
 
 From that time to this, a period of nearly a dozen years, I had 
 neither seen Brad or heard any tidings of him, and here he stood 
 before me, grown from the slim, pale youth, to a broad shouldered, 
 and well-formed man, imbrowned "by exposure to the sun, but 
 with the same merry twinkle in his black eyes, and the same 
 pleasant smile on his full bearded face. I had also changed ; 
 the little fellow whom he used to hold on his knee was now 
 almost as large a man as himself, and with constant exercise and 
 temperate living had become nearly as strong, and perhaps a 
 little quicker in my movements ; his strength was the result of 
 toil, and mine was gained by a course of training in the gymna 
 sium. Our conditions physically and pecuniarily were well 
 matched. He had followed the sea continuously since he first sailed 
 with his uncle, and had received a thorough nautical education, 
 and by constant attention and assiduous study, he had become a 
 first-class navigator, and with some money which was left him, in 
 addition to that which he earned trading in foreign merchandise, 
 he was quite well off. Still adhering to the resolution of his boy 
 hood, to search for, and find his father, he had had built a beau 
 tiful ship according to his own ideas, and was sole owner and 
 commander of her. Unfortunately, he as yet, in all his travels, 
 had found only a slight trace of his father ; this he was now fol- 
 
AN OLD FKIEND. 3 
 
 lowing, and he had stopped here to see his old friends, as his 
 search was in this direction. 
 
 We were delighted to see each other and talked long into the 
 night, and I finally persuaded him to make my house his home 
 during his stay in this port, although it was an hour s ride into 
 the city. A few years after the war, I had gone into business, 
 and having married a good and economical wife, I was enabled 
 to rise in the world much faster than I should have done alone, 
 and as my business was very profitable and had become ex 
 tensive, I had a surplus. In fact I had succeeded so well 
 that I had frequently spoken to my wife about going abroad, and 
 here was the opportunity, for Brad intended to induce me to 
 accompany him in his search for his father, provided he could 
 find me, and I was not tied down by business or otherwise ; this 
 he told me after several days stay with us. 
 
 " All things considered your entertaining wife, palatial res 
 idence and lucrative business, of course you cannot go now," 
 said Brad, " and I was depending so much on your company." 
 
 " Well, old fellow, don t be too sure about that ; we have been 
 thinking of travelling for some time, but not of making such a 
 long trip as you will probably be obliged to make." 
 
 " Have you? I was afraid after finding you so pleasantly sit 
 uated, it would be hard to get you away." 
 
 "There is only one difficult} ," I answered, "and that is, I 
 couldn t go and leave my wife alone, and I fear so long a sea 
 voyage would be unpleasant to her." 
 
 " Oh ! is that all ! " said Brad. " That is easily arranged, for 
 I have eight large cabins, and I will have one of them fitted up 
 in the best of st} le, and with every convenience, so she will 
 hardly know the difference between it and her own cozy parlor ; 
 
4 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 so it is understood you are to go, and be prepared as soon as 
 possible, for I am impatient to be once more on the deep blue ; 
 the life of a land -lubber does not agree with me, and as a parting 
 inducement, it will do your wife good, and deepen the roses in 
 her cheeks ; so good-bye for the rest of the day, as I go to make 
 preparations, and when I come back I hope the decision of youi 
 wife will be in the affirmative." 
 
 This is the manner in which we were induced to set out on 
 our travels ; for after a long talk, my wife and I decided we would 
 go, greatly to Brad s joy. 
 
 My trade and business being that of a practicing and manufac 
 turing perfumer, also a dealer in everything pertaining to per 
 fumery and the toilet, I always had a great desire to visit the 
 countries where the flowers and plants grew and flourished in the 
 greatest profusion, of which I used the products ; and also to 
 make a collection of each and every kind, with a view of forming 
 a conservatory, in which could be seen growing all the Flora 
 from which are derived those pleasant odors which so delight 
 our senses ; arid also to secure specimens and samples of each of 
 the animals and curiosities pertaining to, or from which any per 
 fume or articles of the toilet owe their derivation, as well as to 
 observe and study all the methods of extracting and manufactur 
 ing, and to obtain all new ideas which would advance the interest 
 of the perfumery business and teach others the value and the 
 benefits accruing from the use of perfumes. 
 
 " I am sorry, for your wife s sake, I am not married," Brad 
 was saying the day after we had decided to go, " then my wife 
 would be a companion for j^ours ; there is room enough as I have 
 five cabins unoccupied, and I can have two more built if we should 
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AN OLD FRIEND. 5 
 
 " It would make it much pleasanter," I said. " Do you suppose 
 Susie would like to go ? " I asked of my wife. 
 
 " She would be delighted," was her reply, " and she could 
 be of great assistance to you no doubt, for she is quite an expert 
 botanist, and would like to examine the growing Flora of the 
 different countries." 
 
 " Suppose you write to her and see what she saj-s," I replied. 
 
 4 Do," said Brad, " I should be happy to have her accompany 
 us ; and would it not be well to have your chemist with you ? I 
 should think he would be a great help, as he appears to be quite 
 learned, and seems also entirely devoted to your interests. 
 Where did you first meet him ? " 
 
 I will answer your question by telling you his story, which is 
 a very sad one," I replied. "I presume you mean Jean Sou- 
 plesse. Well, one dark, stornr^ evening in November, several 
 years ago, as I was closing the store, having stopped a little later 
 than usual to complete writing up the result of some experiments 
 I had been making, a dirty, ragged, and as I supposed drunken 
 man, with pale face, sunken eyes and hollow cheeks, reeled 
 toward me ; I stepped aside to let him pass, and was proceeding 
 on my way, intending not to notice him, for I despise a drunkard, 
 even the smell of liquor sickens me, and I keep as far from it as 
 possible, and would never give employment to any one addicted 
 to the use of liquor or tobacco in any shape. As he did not move 
 along, I glanced at him again, and he gave me a piteous look, 
 stretched out his hands seemingly imploring for help, staggered, 
 and would have fallen had I not caught him ; he had fainted, and 
 as I could smell no stench of liquor about him, I opened the door 
 of the store and carried him in ; by the aid of ammonia and brisk 
 nibbing he quickly revived and called for water, speaking in 
 
6 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 French. He said he had begged and questioned so many who 
 had not or would not understand him, that that was the reason he 
 had not spoken to me ; that he was almost starved, having eaten 
 nothing for three days. Taking him to a restaurant near by I 
 ordered a hot supper for him, after which I took him to a lodg 
 ing house and hired a room for him to sleep in, and told him to 
 come to the store in the morning, which he did, and then told me 
 that he was from the south of France, and had been in Paris for 
 several years employed as a chemist in a large toilet soap 
 manui&ctoty ; but some of the other emplo} T ees, having become 
 jealous of him on account of his rapid advancement in the 
 factoiy, he left, and for awhile led an idler s life, strolling in the 
 Parks and Boulevards, and visiting the theatres and other places 
 of amusement. At one of these places a troupe from the United 
 States were performing, and among them a very pretty girl, and 
 as he became enamoured of her, he went nightly to see her acting. 
 At last the engagement of the troupe being concluded, they were 
 about to sail for New York, and he determined to follow her. 
 He said, he could not lose her thus, and spent near to his last 
 sou to pay his passage. He hoped that during the voyage, an 
 opportunity would be offered to form her acquaintance ; obtaining 
 an introduction, and pushing his suit with all the ardor of a 
 Frenchman, he soon gained her heart and a promise of her hand 
 on their arrival in America. But alas ! during a terrific storm the 
 steamer foundered, and nearly all on board were lost. In the 
 confusion he tried, but could not find his lady-love, and finally 
 concluded she was among the lost. After floating for two days, 
 clinging to a spar, he was rescued by a Boston bound merchant 
 man, and on his arrival at this port, the captain of the vessel sup 
 plied him with clothes, and all the money he felt he could spare. 
 
AN OLD FRIEND. 7 
 
 and lie started out to find work. He had been here for weeks, 
 but had only obtained an occasional job, just enough to keep body 
 and soul together. For the last three days he had had almost 
 nothing to eat, and the vessel that rescued him having sailed, he 
 was left desolate and despairing. I had thought the matter over 
 during the preceding evening and had concluded to offer him 
 employment at my house as a gardener, but in the morning when 
 he informed me that he was a practical chemist I changed my 
 plans, and gave him employment in the store till I could ascer 
 tain how much he really knew. When I told him what I would 
 do for him he was profuse in his thanks. Giving him a week s 
 leisure to regain his health and strength, he commenced work at 
 the store and I have never regretted his coming, as his devotion 
 is unequalled, and by his help I have been able to make many 
 improvements in my manufactures, and have always found him 
 trustworthy, industrious and agreeable. He cannot however 
 seem to overcome his sorrow for the loss of his first love, whom he 
 considers was beyond comparison, for he says, one in her calling 
 who resists the many temptations to which she is subject has by far 
 a stronger principle of right and virtue than another who is not so 
 tried. That is win 7 you will see him standing and apparently 
 looking into the far distant, probably imagining himself again 
 amid the scene of the shipwreck and its horrors." 
 
 "When you first saw him he was not under the influence of 
 liquor as you supposed ? asked Brad. 
 
 "No," I replied, "he neither drinks nor uses tobacco in any 
 form ; he knows well the ill effects of drinking and of what 
 poisons the majority of liquors are made, and would no more think 
 of polluting his system with such fluids than he would think of 
 eating arsenic for dessert ; and as for tobacco, he considers that 
 
8 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 nicotine, which is the chief constituent in tobacco, has caused 
 jQore softening of the brain and put more people in the insane 
 asylums than any other one thing ; but here he comes, so we will 
 adjourn to the sitting room and he will tell you more of his his 
 tory." 
 
 Jean was but a few moments preparing for supper ; he greeted 
 us as he entered the room and we then sat down. Jean Souplesse 
 was of medium height, with dark, curly hair, deep black eyes, 
 a short, thick, black moustache and goatee, and red cheeks ; 
 he was quick of movement, and most graceful in action and 
 polite in manners. 
 
 We had received a letter from my wife s sister in reply to ours, 
 saying, " she should like nothing better than to accompan} us, and 
 would be with us in a few days." We were now awaiting her 
 coming, as she had arrived and would soon be down. 
 
 Miss Susie Stearns, a really handsome girl, a blonde, not one 
 of the dumpy, lackadaisical kind, but of lively disposition, of 
 medium height, slender form, with regal bearing, a graceful car 
 riage, a pleasant smile, and bright blue eyes, which would darken 
 almost to black when she was excited ; an intelligent face, showing 
 both determination and womanly tenderness ; and her hair was 
 like the finest spun gold, which when left to fall untramelled, 
 reached far below her waist, clothing her in its wealth and beauty, 
 like a cloud with a golden lining. Thus she presented herself to 
 Capt. Cole, Jean and myself. After introducing her to my com 
 panions, and a few commonplace remarks were exchanged, the con 
 versation turned to our proposed tour. Susie seemed delighted, 
 and expressed her satisfaction and gratification at our thinking of 
 her and opening to her such a field for the practise of her favorite 
 study. I saw that both Brad and Jean were well satisfied that 
 
THUS SHE PRESENTED HERSELF TO US. 
 
 Page 8. 
 
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AN OLD FRIEND. 9 
 
 she was to accompany us, and from the many admiring glances 
 bestowed upon her, it looked as if they would lose their hearts or 
 peace of mind if they did not keep themselves under restraint. 
 Supper being announced, we adjourned to the dining-room, where 
 further plans concerning our anticipated journey were discussed. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 CYNTHIA. 
 
 following day, Tuesday, we all proceeded to the city to 
 view the steam yacht on which we expected to reside for 
 many days. We reached the wharf, and there in the ba}^ rode at 
 anchor a magnificent clipper-built steam yacht, of about three 
 hundred and twent}^ tons burthen. She had two masts, a fore 
 mast with fore-sail, fore-top and fore-top-gallant sails, and a 
 mainmast carrying a mainsail and fore-staff. Her rigging w r as 
 therefore sufficient, and she could profit by wind like a simple 
 clipper ; but she relied principally upon her mechanical power. 
 Her engine was of an effective force of two hundred and eighty 
 horse power, and being constructed on the most improved plans, 
 possessed apparatus for overheating, which gave its steam a pow 
 erful tension. It was a high pressure engine, and produced mo 
 tion by a double screw ; CYNTHIA " in large gold letters was 
 brightly conspicuous on the stern. Under a full head of steam 
 the Cynthia could acquire great velocity, and Capt. Cole assured 
 us she could attain a speed of twenty miles an hour. On the 
 forecastle we could see the shine of a pivot gun, reflected by the 
 sun. 
 
 No knowing what may happen," said Capt. Cole. "It 13 
 
 10 
 
CYNTHIA.. 11 
 
 better to have some means of defense than be taken unawares ; we 
 have also a good armory between decks, with abundance of small 
 arras and amunition . Here comes the small boat ; we will go on 
 board, then you can continue your inspection at closer quarters." 
 
 "Isn t she a beauty!" exclaimed Susie, referring to the 
 steamer. 
 
 " I think she is," replied Capt. Cole, but he was not looking 
 at the ship at the time he spoke. " I am glad you admire her, 
 for I am veiy proud of my vessel." 
 
 The boat touching the steps at this moment, we embarked, and 
 were quickly rowed to the ship, and soon on deck. Everything 
 was clean and in the most perfect order ; the sailors neatly 
 dressed and intelligent looking. We descended directly to the 
 main cabin ; this was large, and the luxuriant st}~le in which it 
 was fitted was pleasing to us. Two large inlaid tables occupied 
 the centres of each half ; above each was a chandelier of rich 
 bronze, supplied with gas, made by a gas machine on board ; 
 around the room were elegant reclining and easy chairs and two 
 lounges ; let into the wood-work on one side was a libraiy, filled 
 to repletion with works by the best authors on Science, Poetry 
 and Fiction. A superior piano, with a rack full of the latest 
 music, occupied the rear of the saloon, under a sk} T light. 
 
 "How nice," said Susie, "no necessity of time dragging 
 heavily on our hands." 
 
 " I expect to hear some excellent singing by you," said Capt. 
 Cole. " I have been informed that you are a very good singer, 
 and that Jean is quite a musician, so 3^011 two must make it your 
 duty to amuse us during our leisure hours." 
 
 " We will entertain you to the best of our ability," they both 
 replied. 
 
12 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS 
 
 " Now let me show you your cabins," said Brad. 
 
 Into this large saloon eight smaller cabins opened ; these were 
 each of good size, and fitted in the same luxurious manner, cor 
 responding with the large saloon, and each supplied with gas, 
 water, and every convenience necessary for comfort. They were, 
 however, arranged peculiarly. Two doors opened into each one ; 
 two berths, oblong shape, were in the centre, and hung at each 
 end on a post firmly set, sufficient space being left for passage 
 way at either end. A woven, nickel-plated wire mattrass, bound 
 with bands of elastic steel, was suspended within two brass 
 hoops, like a ship s compass, and heavily weighted to keep them 
 in position ; these moving upon each other formed a universal 
 joint and thus counteracted the motion of the vessel. 
 
 " No danger of your suffering from sea-sickness," said I to my 
 wife. 
 
 " That is a blessing for which I am truly thankful," she re 
 plied. 
 
 " If j ou feel the least nausea," I said, " you can lie down and 
 immediately recover from it ; and by taking short strolls in the 
 saloon to accustom yourself to the motion of the vessel, and re 
 turning to your berths, you will soon be good sailors ; at night 
 the ship may pitch and rock and you will not perceive it." 
 
 " There will be no need to enter your berths if the motion is 
 disagreeable," said Capt. Cole, " as I have had four chairs con 
 structed, on a plan similar to that of these berths, which I intend 
 to have set up in the large cabin ; they look like a large ship s 
 lamp ; in each of the gimbals is a section swinging on hinges and 
 fastened with a spring catch ; the front of the box or chair part 
 is open, but the back and sides are closed, padded and covered 
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 jecting from the sides and a rest for the feet, and I think you will 
 find them the most comfortable of easy chairs. You must, how 
 ever, keep your eyes as much as possible from surrounding ob 
 jects, or you might feel slightly sick." 
 
 "Words are inadequate to express our thanks, Brad," said I, 
 * for all the trouble and expense you have incurred to protect us 
 from that terror of sea- travellers." 
 
 Scarcely noticing my remarks Brad continued, "This, Al 
 bert, will be your cabin ; I occupy the one opposite ; adjoining 
 yours is Miss Susie s ; opposite Miss Susie s and next to mine is 
 nry first mate s. He is ashore at present, but I will introduce 
 him to you when we meet. Adjacent to his is Jean s, and the 
 one facing Jean s is used as a store and work room." 
 
 All were fitted in the same rich manner as the main cabin ; 
 no expense had been spared to make them comfortable. The 
 cabins of Capt. Cole and the first mate were not supplied with 
 the swinging berths, but otherwise they did not differ from those 
 to be occupied by us. 
 
 " I think I have a surprise in store for 3*011, Albert," said Brad, 
 after we had inspected the state-rooms. 
 
 "Another?" said I. 
 
 " Still another," he replied. 
 
 "What is it?" 
 
 " Follow me;" and leading us to the after part of the large 
 saloon, Capt. Cole lifted aside some drapery which concealed a 
 door in a partition that divided the large cabin from the stern. 
 I looked into the room and was indeed surprised ; the entire stern 
 was arranged with shelves, covered with an assortment of vials 
 with glass stoppers, graduates and measures, a pair of scales, a 
 set of percolaters and receivers, a small copper still, and a glass 
 
14 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 one ; the shelves were divided into compartments with covers, to 
 hold roots, seeds, grasses and dried flowers, and stands, in which 
 were cut slots and holes to grasp the bottles which were to con 
 tain samples of ottos, essences, oils and extracts, that we expec 
 ted to collect on our tour ; these stands were made to slide into 
 some of the compartments. A complete laboratory with every fa 
 cility one could possibly wish for. 
 
 " Brad," said I, "how can I thank you?" 
 
 " By saying nothing about it in the wa} T of thanks," said he ; 
 " all these arrangements have been made by Jean ; he is the one 
 to whom the praise and thanks are due." 
 
 " But you furnished the room, let me express my gratitude to 
 you for that," I said. "Where is Jean? I must tell him how 
 pleased I am for his thoughtfulness. There he is with Susie ; I 
 will go to him." 
 
 "Never mind now," interrupted my wife; "they are busily 
 engaged in the library looking over the books and music ; some 
 other time will answer your purpose as well. You are very kind," 
 she said, turning to Brad. 
 
 " Never mind, for we have no time to discuss that subject now, 
 for there rings the dinner-gong ; allow me to conduct you to the 
 dining saloon." 
 
 Proceeding to the dining saloon, we there saw a table well 
 filled with substantial fare ; the arrangements were very attrac 
 tive, and everything neat and inviting. Here we met Mr. Ros- 
 coe, the first mate, of the Cynthia. After Brad had done the 
 honors of the vessel by introductions, we seated ourselves and 
 did justice to the viands. 
 
 Mr. Roscoe, as a companion of our voyage, is wortlij* of a 
 description. Possessed of a genial face, a firm mouth, indented 
 
CYNTHIA. 15 
 
 chin, showing cool understanding, sharp gray eyes, red side 
 whiskers trimmed close, making the face look large and full ; dark 
 chestnut, wavy hair ; six feet and two inches in height, with the 
 chest and shoulders of a Hercules, of good form ; a man to com 
 mand and to be obeyed, yet not severe ; agreeable in conversa 
 tion, yet not talkative ; a native of the eastern part of the coast 
 of Maine, he had been a sailor from boyhood, and he became 
 acquainted with Capt. Cole in London, England, and Bradford, 
 finding in him a good and trustworthy friend, had given him the 
 berth of second commander. 
 
 After dinner, Susie tried the piano, Jean and I inspected the 
 laboratory and its contents to see if an} T thing was required to 
 make it complete, and my wife, Capt. Cole, and Mr. Roscoe sat 
 on deck, conversing on general topics, and watching the vessels 
 as the} 7 came up the harbor. At four o clock we started home 
 arriving there in about three hours. 
 
 "We have two weeks for preparation," I remarked to them 
 on our way home, " and we must be fully prepared, for we 
 ought not delay Capt. Cole any longer, as his anxiety to follow 
 up the clew already obtained toward the finding of his father 
 should not be prolonged. By the way ; I don t know as I ever 
 told you why he had directed his course this way. Well, during 
 his last cruise with his uncle, they were dealing with traders in 
 the East Indies, and while cruising among the Islands, fell in with 
 a merchantman from London. Among the exchanges which they 
 made were some London papers ; looking over them, he saw an 
 announcement of his mother s death, which had occurred six 
 months previous according to the date of the paper ; he was 
 very anxious to get back to London, so obtaining permission 
 from his uncle, he took passage on board a homeward-bound vessel. 
 
10 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 44 In duo time he arrived at London, and immediately repaired to 
 the house of his uncle, where his mother used to reside ; he visi 
 ted her grave, but everything that was necessary had been done 
 by his aunt, who was his mother s sister. A will, ~by which she 
 left some money and other effects to him, was given to him. The 
 will contained a clause, requesting him to use the mone}^ to ascer 
 tain the fate of his father, and to rescue him if he still lived ; his 
 mother always refusing to believe that he was dead. 
 
 "Among other documents and papers left by his mother, he 
 found an advertisement which she had clipped from the London 
 Daily Times, and had pasted to a sheet of writing paper, on which 
 were various memoranda, showing that she had tried to find the 
 author of the advertisement, and had followed him to many 
 places ; but having been unsuccessful in meeting him, she left 
 the task to her son, Captain Bradford Cole, with a djing request 
 that he should use all means to find his father. The search for 
 the writer of the advertisement probably hastened the death of 
 Brad s mother, as his aunt said she was out in all kinds of 
 weather, and being in poor health, the exposure, in addition to 
 the worry consequent from her repeated failures, was too much 
 for her cor sltution. 
 
 Brad hastened to the last address on the memorandum, without, 
 however, much hope of gaining any information, as it was almost 
 a year since it was made. The people with whom the writer of 
 the advertisement had stopped, told Brad that the man had gone 
 to Liverpool. Brad went there to the address given him, but 
 could not find the writer of the advertisement ; in fact, all trace 
 cf him was lost for the time being, till one day, happening to be 
 in the office of the Cunard Steamship Line, conversing with one 
 of the clerks, an old school friend of his, an officer of one of 
 
CYNTHIA. 17 
 
 the steamers just arrived in port, entered the office, and reported 
 one of the sailors to be crossed from the roll. 
 
 What name ? asked the clerk. 
 
 " John Gagler, com 
 
 " Who ! exclaimed Brad, interrupting him. 
 
 " The officer repeated the name, John Gagler, common sea 
 man/ Brad, seeing they noticed his agitation, explained to 
 them that it was the man for whom he had been searching for 
 months. Could he forget that name? It was before him al- 
 wa} r s ; even the wording of the advertisement had not slipped his 
 memory ; it read thus : 
 
 * An old sailor would like to find some friends or connections of Capt. Jacob 
 Cole, of the ship " Godolpua," foundered at sea about seventeen years ago. 
 
 "JOHN GAGLER, No. 24 Hackett s Lane. 
 
 "Brad had a copy of the advertisement with him, and showed it 
 to the officer and clerk. 
 
 " You have no necessity for haste to find him/ said the officer, 
 c as we left him sick in the hospital, and he will not recover proba 
 bly for several months ; and. on our return we can bring him 
 back with us. 
 
 " So Brad make an agreement with the officer to do so. 
 
 " After the steamer arrived in New York, Brad received a tele 
 gram from the officer that John Gagler had recovered sooner than 
 expected, and had left the hospital. 
 
 " Soon after his return to London from the East Indies, Brad 
 had made a contract for the building of the Cynthia, the vessel 
 we have visited to-day. It being nearly completed, he deter 
 mined to wait until it was finished, and to sail to the United States 
 in his own ship, telegraphing to the officer to have the attendants 
 
18 A HO3IANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 at the hospital ascertain where John Gagler had emigrated. 
 Brad is now here in Boston, to find, if possible, this man ; from 
 information received from the Superintendent of the Hospital he 
 thinks he can, so we must do all in our power to farther his 
 purposes. We sail from here to New York, as Brad wishes to 
 see if he cai^ get any further information from the employes at 
 the hospital, than was telegraphed to him. Thence to Jack 
 sonville, Florida, and from there to a small town called Green 
 Cove, situated twenty miles from Jacksonville, at which place he 
 was informed that John Gagler had settled." 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 PEPPERMINT FARMS. 
 
 ON the twenty -third of July, 1873, all being in readiness, my 
 business left to the control of my father, we started for the 
 ship, Susie, Jean, my wife and self. 
 
 After bidding farewell to our relatives and friends, we entered 
 a car and in about three hours were aboard the Cynthia. We 
 weighed anchor in the cool of the evening, and steaming down 
 the harbor, passed the forts and beacons, and at midnight we 
 were on the broad Atlantic, nothing in sight save the bright, 
 twinkling stars above, and the dark green, sparkling water be 
 neath us. Captain Cole had had the new chairs arranged, and 
 we of the land found them admirable. 
 
 The evening passed pleasantly to all and we did not retire till 
 very late. We reached New York before eight o clock next 
 morning, and lay here for Brad to make his inquiries , and to pro 
 cure and store the necessaries for a long voyage, allowing us 
 time to make whatever short excursions we wished. We made 
 good use of the opportunity thus offered. 
 
 The first day we visited many of the places of interest in this 
 great business mart of the New World. Knowing we had time, 
 I determined to take a trip to the town of White Pigeon, St. 
 
 19 
 
20 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Joseph county, Michigan, where the principal Peppermint Farms 
 of America are situated. 
 
 Boarding a small steamer we had a delightful sail up the Hud 
 son ; stopping a few hours at West Point, thence to Albany, then 
 by rail to Niagara Falls, reaching there late in the evening. We 
 were obliged to wait until morning to view them. Although 
 much fatigued with our ride, we were up early, and going to the 
 foot of the inclined railway, a magnificent spectacle met our eyes. 
 
 Leaving here, before sunset we reached White Pigeon, where 
 the sight of the numerous acres of peppermint plants was alone 
 sufficient to show the public taste for this odor, though strictly 
 speaking, peppermint is consumed more to gratify the sense of taste 
 rather than that of smell. It is used too much as a confection 
 flavor ever to become a favorite as a perfume ; nevertheless a 
 large percentage is used in scenting soaps and mouth washes ; 
 for these, however, it is used by the French perfumers more than 
 by those of any other nation. The fact is, pure peppermint is a 
 more uncommon article with them than with us, so by a law of 
 human nature, ever seeking that which is most difficult to ob 
 tain, the European people esteem it more of an odor than we do. 
 
 Seeking the proprietor of the distillery of the Otto of Pepper 
 mint, introducing ourselves, and informing him of the object of 
 our visit, we were invited in, and he generously devoted a por 
 tion of his time for our benefit. 
 
 He first described to us its growth and manner of cultivation. 
 
 " The roots," he said, " are planted thickly in rows, between 
 which spaces are left for the cultivator to pass, great care being 
 exercised to prevent weeds growing among the plants, thus in 
 suring a pure article of otto. The fields are ploughed and 
 changed once every five years ; the first 3*ear s crop is generally 
 
PEPPERMINT FARMS. 21 
 
 the most abundant and purest, and is raised exclusively for its 
 otto, about seven pounds of which is the average yield for an 
 acre of plants. We usually cut it during the latter part of Au 
 gust." 
 
 He then led the way to the distillery, and we were just in 
 time to see it in operation, as they were now bringing in the 
 plants to he put into the still. 
 
 "These plants have been cut about a week," he said, "and 
 have been standing in cocks at night, and spread during the day 
 to dry, the same as in hay-making. If you will step this way," 
 he continued, as he opened a door, "I will show you into the 
 manuf actor} V 
 
 We passed from the office into a large place, with two open 
 ings on each side, in which were two large hay-riggings being 
 unloaded. 
 
 The loads have been weighed outside on scales at the rear 
 end of the building," said the proprietor, " and a record is kept 
 by one of my clerks of the weight of each load." 
 
 The plants were being carried to two large wooden stills and 
 packed in. As one still was almost fully charged, we waited 
 half an hour, and the lid of the still was put on, and steam ad 
 mitted at the bottom by a pipe from a boiler. When it was 
 heated to about 212 Fahrenheit, its aromatic principle went with 
 the steam into the worm which is placed in a cooler to condense 
 the otto and steam ; it then passed out into a connected receiver, 
 where the otto, as it floated on the surface, was lifted out with 
 shallow dippers, poured into conveying vessels, and carried to 
 the re-distilling and purifying room, where it was distilled again, 
 then was taken to the packing room, to which we followed it, 
 where were several men and girls filling bottles ; the same kind 
 
22 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 as are used for old English porter and stout, they being the safest 
 for transportation, and labelling them ready for delivery. 
 
 "Will you please tell us what use you make of the refuse 
 mint?" Jean asked. 
 
 "We place it in stacks, and dry it," replied the proprietor; 
 then it becomes tolerable fodder for sheep, and we sell it to the 
 neighboring farmers. The meat of the sheep fed on this refuse 
 is liked by a great many ; for, as they say, it gives it an aromatic 
 and agreeable flavor. " 
 
 He also, in answer to our many inquiries, informed us that 
 "about twenty thousand pounds per annum, of otto of pepper 
 mint are exported to England from this county, Xew York state, 
 and Ohio, where there are also extensive Peppermint Farms. 
 This farm is the largest in the country, having over one thousand 
 acres under cultivation." He invited us outdoors to inspect some 
 of the growing plants, a few acres of which had not as jet been 
 gathered. 
 
 " The plants, you will observe," he remarked, " are of course 
 much larger than those which we meet with in the fields." 
 
 " And how exhilarating the odor is," said Susie. 
 
 He gave us some fine samples, which were the first of our col 
 lection, to which we hoped to add many more. Susie classed it 
 as Mentlia piperata, an aromatic, pungent, deciduous, and herba 
 ceous plant. 
 
 As we were returning on the cars, and were examining a small 
 quantity of the otto which I had received, Jean remarked, " that 
 dried peppermint herb affords by distillation over a naked fire a 
 greater quantity of otto than by steam distillation." 
 
 "Why do the}^ not distil it always by direct heat?" asked 
 Susie. 
 
PEPPERMINT FARMS. 23 
 
 " Because the otto obtained by steam distillation, is specifically 
 lighter and of a brighter color than that obtained by a direct fire ; 
 also, there is no danger of burning the herb where such large 
 quantities are operated upon, as the slightest scorching would 
 spoil the otto, or give it an empyreumatic odor," replied Jean. 
 
 " Fresh peppermint herb gives by steam distillation and by dis 
 tillation over a naked fire an equal quantity of otto," I remarked. 
 
 "Yes," said Jean, "and dried peppermint herb contains two 
 different ottos, possessing different boiling points, and different 
 specific gravities. The otto of higher specific gravity is formed 
 from that of the lower specific gravity during the drying of the 
 herb, as the fresh herb affords only one otto of specific gravity 
 .910." 
 
 On reaching New York, we forwarded our samples and speci 
 mens by express to Boston, as we thought it safer than to keep 
 them in the ship. We then went on board and saw Brad, who 
 informed us that he was ready to start, and would sail in the 
 evening ; we then repaired to our cabins, laid aside our travel 
 ling clothes and donned those more suitable for the sea. 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 A QUEER CHARACTER. 
 
 HHHE second day out from New York, near noon, we were sit- 
 -*- ting in the large saloon, differently engaged, when suddenly 
 we heard on deck a stamping of many feet, cheers and exclama 
 tions like the following: "Hi yah!" "Whoop la!" "Hup 
 there ! " We could not have reached China yet, but it sounded 
 as if we had been boarded by a crowd of Chinese. Brad, Mr. 
 Roscoe and myself rushed up on deck to see what could cause 
 such a commotion. Forward, we saw a group of the sailors, seem 
 ingly watching something very interesting, for the} T did not notice 
 our approach. Coming up behind them cautiously as we looked 
 over their heads, we saw near the bow a short, thick-set man 
 or bo} T , he was neither the one or the other, but a combination 
 of the two, with nothing on as wearing apparel, but a ragged 
 shirt and short pants. He was coming from the bow towards us 
 at full speed ; we saw that in front of us, and extending some 
 distance towards the bow, were spread some old sails ; just as he 
 reached the edge of them, he turned quickly on his hands, ejacu 
 lating at the same time those same phrases we had heard before, 
 and with lightning-like rapidity turning over and over from his 
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A QUEER CHARACTER. 25 
 
 sailors in front of us, when with one immense leap, he shot up 
 into the air as high as ten feet, and turned completely over and 
 around, and came down lightly and gracefully on his feet in 
 front of us. Then the stamping of the sailors feet and their 
 cheering were renewed. At this juncture Capt. Cole pushed in 
 among the sailors and exclaimed, 
 
 "What is the meaning of this? Where is the officer of the 
 watch?" 
 
 The sailors dispersed, standing in groups a short distance 
 away. The g}-mnast stood on tho sails where he had landed from 
 his last somersault, grinning comically at us. The officer pre 
 sented himself to Capt. Cole who asked him for an explanation. 
 
 " Aye ! aye I sir ; this boy sir, is a stowaway." 
 
 Why was he not brought directly to me ? " asked Capt. 
 Cole. 
 
 "Well, sir," the officer answered, "he was caught near the 
 steward s room, looking for something to eat, and he pleaded so 
 hard for food, that we gave him some, intending then to take him 
 to you. I asked him Where he wanted to go. And he said, to 
 Ireland. When we told him we were not going there he seemed 
 surprised. Going on deck, towards your cabin," the officer con 
 tinued, " to take him to you, one of the men banteringly asked 
 him, What could he do on board ship. The boy immediately 
 sprang on to one of the hauling lines, and went up, hand over 
 hand as quickly as a monkey, clean to the gasket, and then came 
 down like a flash. Shure an how s that? he asked. Bring 
 on an ould sail, he said, in his quick sprightly manner ; and sup 
 posing that he wanted to show us that he was also a sail-maker, 
 one of the men brought him. one ; then he asked for another, and 
 we got it, forgetting in our curiosity to see what he could do, that 
 
26 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 we were disobc3 T ing orders in not bringing him to you. He spread 
 the sails out and then performed something similar to that which 
 you just now saw ; then the men gathering around cheered him, 
 and he repeated it ; I hope I shall not forget again, sir, but we 
 were very much interested." 
 
 "Enough!" said Capt. Cole, who had waited patientty until 
 the explanation was concluded, u if anything unusual occurs 
 again, report to me immediate!} 7 ; now have the boy washed and 
 neatly dressed ; give him a good dinner, then after we have dined, 
 send him to me." 
 
 " Aye, aye, sir," said the officer. We then descended to the 
 saloon, commenting upon this queer accession to the ship s crew, 
 and related to my wife and Susie what had occured. Soon after, 
 we dined. About half an hour later, the stranger was ushered 
 in. I judged that he was about twentj -five years old ; he was 
 short in stature ; the clothes he had on giving him a comical ap 
 pearance, as they were probably the property of some one of the 
 sailors, who was a foot or two taller than he ; he had a droll face, 
 snub nose, heavy black e} 7 ebrows, meeting over the nose, black 
 hair, cut too short to be called any length, round head, and small 
 twinkling gray eyes." 
 
 " What is your name?" asked Capt. Cole. 
 
 " Patsey Dunn, yer honor." 
 
 11 How did you get on board, and where do }^ou want to go?" 
 
 "Well, yer honor, yer must know that I was travelling with 
 a circus, way out West, an thej 7 busted up intirely, heving bad 
 business all the sayson, an be jabers I lied to wurruk me way 
 back to New York, an whin I got there, yer honor, divil a cint 
 did I hev, so I kep loafing round trying to git sumthing to do, 
 for to git sumthing to ate wid. whin the evening before yees 
 
A QUEER CHARACTER. 27 
 
 sailed, I was near this illegant vissil, and a gintleman and lad}? 
 were talking on deck, an I heard thim say sumthing about rach- 
 ing Ireland." 
 
 "You must be mistaken," said Capt. Cole, " we do not intend 
 to go to Ireland ; anywa} 7 not for the present." 
 
 "Perhaps," I interrupted, "as Jean and Susie were talking 
 together on deck, they might have said something about reaching 
 Ireland ; if we found your father, 3-011 would of course take him 
 to London, then we should be near Ireland." 
 
 *- Yis sir," said Patse}^. " Well, yer honor, whin I heard the 
 name of me ould sod spoken, the thought struck me that I would 
 loike for to see me ould muther and fayther once moore, an as I 
 hed got disgusted with the show business, I thought I would ship 
 wid yees. I axed one ov the sailors if ye wantid any moore 
 men, an he sid No. I hed nary a tint to pay me fare, an as 
 the feeling was still strong widthin me for to see the ould folks, 
 I was bound to go wid yees ; so watching me chance, I hid in 
 the hould. Shtire, an I thought I culd stan the hunger longer, 
 but it were hard, wid the smell of all the nice things near me, an 
 I hedn t hed a square male of vittels for a week or moore ; so I 
 stole out, an wus jist agoing to git me hand on sumthing to stay 
 me stomach, whin sumthing loike a strapping big fellow got his 
 hand on me." 
 
 " What shall I do with you?" said Capt. Cole. 
 
 " An ye wouldn t be after punishing a poor fellow that s got 
 himself into a scrape from the love to his ould folks would yees? " 
 pleaded Patsey. 
 
 You tried to steal passage in my ship to Ireland, as } T OU sup 
 posed, and also to steal my food," said Capt. Cole, looking 
 sternly at him. " Do you not think you deserve it? " 
 
Z A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 U I niver giv .it a thought, JQT honor," replied Patsey. "I 
 niver was on a ship before, excipting whin I came over from 
 Ireland with me uncle, thin I was a small, wee bit of a gossoon ; 
 but, yer honor, I can wurruk an do ony thing fur yees, only let 
 me aff this time, and yees can put me on shore at onst, or 
 whiniver ye loikes ; but I shuld like iver so much to go to ould 
 Ireland, if yees was iver expecting to git there." 
 
 44 I must punish him some way," said Capt. Cole aside to me, 
 " so as to make him obey in future. I rather like the boy, he is 
 so spry, and as we have no especial servant here in the cabins, I 
 will try him awhile and see how he behaves." 
 
 "You may go now," he said to Patsey, " and report to the 
 officer of the watch." 
 
 Patsey went out, saying as he did so, " Thank yees, Captain," 
 but looking rather dubious as to his fate. 
 
 Afterwards we talked the matter over, and I told Brad I would 
 engage him as my attendant, as he would be very useful to me to 
 climb and gather leaves, flowers, and curiosities. 
 
 After a few moments Captain Cole called the officer of the watch, 
 and told him to compel Patsey to stand on the head of a barrel 
 for one hour, as punishment. The officer went out, but in less 
 than ten minutes one of the sailors entered, and said, " Captain, 
 please sir, the hofficer of the watch sent me to say that Patsey 
 was dancing jigs and ornpipes like mad, hon the top of the barrel ; 
 and the first thing we knew, the ead broke, and e fell into the 
 brine water hin the barrel, hit was an hold pork barrel he was 
 hon, and we pulled im hout wet through." 
 
 " Give him dry clothes, and mast-head him," said Capt. Cvle ; 
 44 make him stay there till further orders." 
 
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 and reported that Patsey was " anging by is toes, standing on 
 is ands, and swinging from the top-sail left to the back-sta} , 
 and doing various other capers ; han Vll break is neck," said 
 the man. 
 
 " Order him aloft to the main track," said Capt. Cole ; "let 
 him hang on there for half an hour," and turning to me he said, 
 " I ll take the courage out of him." 
 
 The man had not been gone more than five minutes, when in 
 he rushed, seemingly demoralized. 
 
 " What is the matter now?" asked the Captain. 
 
 "That bo} , please sir. No sooner was e hordered to the 
 Vruck than e went hup, han ung there a minute or two, when my 
 hattention was called to im by hexclamations of my shipmates 
 near me. I looked hup, and there e was standing on his ead 
 on the main truck, with is legs pointing hout like a weather-vane, 
 and the mast bending like a reed hin the wind. The hofflcer 
 called to im, han now e is sitting hon the truck looking as him- 
 concerned as you please." 
 
 " He is irrepressible," said I to Capt. Cole. 
 
 "You may order him down and send him to me," said the 
 Captain to the man. 
 
 " Aye, a3 r e, sir," was the response. 
 
 In a few minutes Patsey came in with a sly gleam in his eye ; 
 he was making a great effort to look sorry, but with poor success, 
 for it made him look droller than ever. 
 
 " What shall I do with you, Patsey?" asked the Captain. 
 
 " Nuthing, plase yer honor," he answered. 
 
 "You say you were never on a ship before. Do you think 
 you would like to be a sailor?" asked the Captain. 
 
 " Shure an I wuld, sir," said he, "only yees give me some- 
 
30 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 thing to do, an ye won t find me lazy ; but I can t kape still for 
 the soul of me." 
 
 "Well, report to the officer again and tell him to find some 
 thing for you to do. I think the steward would like some extra 
 help, and be careful that you don t get into any more mischief." 
 
 From that day, Patsey was the pet of the crew, and many a 
 leisure hour did he beguile for them, with songs and stories ; he 
 knew every step of all the dances he ever saw executed, and 
 would go through with them ; you could hear the rattle of his 
 feet, making music for them during many a quiet evening. After 
 awhile he became a good sailor, and with his nerve and dexterity 
 in handling himself, he surpassed them all. He seemed to 
 like the cabin best, and never appeared so contented as when he 
 was doing something to help us, especially my wife and Susie. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 JOHN GAGLER. 
 
 T)EACHINGr Hampton Roads, we anchored off Fortress Mon- 
 " roe. Brad and I wishing to visit this place, we went ashore 
 and made a tour of the Fortress. Brad had a desire to see so 
 memorable a fort, and I wanted to see the Virginia Cedar grow 
 ing, and to obtain a piece of the wood, and a sample of the otto, 
 as there was a distillery close by where the cedar-wood otto was 
 manufactured. 
 
 " This wood has been famous since the days of Solomon, who 
 employed it in the construction of the Temple," said Jean, 
 "probably to have the structure last for all time, and protect it 
 from ruin by insects, and according to Vitruvius, a celebrated 
 architect in the time of Augustus, Cedria, an otto or gum extrac 
 ted from the cedar, was smeared over the leaves of the pap} T rus 
 to prevent the ravages of insects ; and Pliny states that the 
 Egytians applied it with other drugs in the preparation of their 
 mommies." 
 
 The wood now and then finds its way into the perfumer s 
 warehouse," said I ; " when ground it does well to form a body for 
 sachet powders. Strips of the cedar-wood are sold as lighters, 
 because while burning, an agreeable odor is evolved ; some peo- 
 
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32 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 pie use it also in chips distributed among clothing to prevent 
 moth, though any perfume will keep moths away, and also destroy 
 them, and perfumes will also prevent and arrest mould and decay. 
 So long as the odoriferous qualities are retained in any substance, 
 so long will it last ; as soon as its power is gone, the article so 
 depending for its life quickly decays. This will be noticed par 
 ticularly in flowers having perfume, they keeping so much longer 
 after being picked than those possessing none ; perfume seems to 
 be their breath and life. It is well known that an apple which 
 has been filled with the cloves, by pushing them into it and cov 
 ering the entire outside, will last indefinitely." 
 
 " I like the taste of Extract of Cedar very much," said Susie ; 
 " it is very noticeable in the tooth-wash that I use." 
 
 "But Extract of Cedar cannot be used on the handkerchief," 
 said I to Susie, " as its crimson color would make a stain; we, 
 however, compound the Essence of Cedar from the otto, which is 
 colorless. The Cedars of Lebanon are so familiar, that we are 
 obliged to give that title to the essence, though the true Lebanon 
 Cedar " 
 
 " Do you mean the Cedrus Libanif " asked Susie. 
 
 "Yes," I replied; "it yields a very indifferent otto. Per 
 fumers could not afford to change the title of the scent, though 
 they use the product of the Cedar of the West." 
 
 " Do not say Cedar of the West ; you. should say Juniper us 
 Virginiana." 
 
 "Certainly," I replied, "but it is so hard to say such brain- 
 entangling and jaw-breaking names ; I will leave all that for you 
 and Jean to do." 
 
 "Pathologically considered," said Jean, "the use of perfumes 
 is in the highest degree prophylactic. The refreshing feeling im- 
 
JOHN GAGLEK. 33 
 
 parted by the citrine odors to an invalid is well known. And the 
 occasional sacrifice of incense in the fever chamber will prevent 
 infection. The odors of plants are, in fact, all antiseptic." 
 
 Patsey stood looking at Jean with eyes staring and moath wide 
 open. 
 
 "Look at Patse} T ," I whispered to Jean; "as for myself, I 
 shall have to carry my dictionary with me, if you are going to 
 continue using such refined language." 
 
 " I will promise not to repeat the dose," said Jean, laughingly. 
 
 " Come," said I, " the river steamer starts very soon ; we shall 
 have but time to get to the landing." 
 
 After a short, rapid walk, we reached the landing and stepped 
 aboard the steamboat just as she was reacly to start, and we 
 sailed up the " roads," by the Rip Raps and New Port .News, 
 and landing at a small settlement we proceeded to the place of 
 manufacture of the Otto of Cedar ; it is procured from the chips 
 and shavings by distillation. The manufactory was surrounded 
 by a cedar forest, so the material was plentiful. We procured a 
 sample of the otto and several pieces of freshly cut wood, and 
 waiting the return of the steamer, we embarked, reaching the 
 Cynthia by sundown. Brad, giving the signal, we steamed past 
 the fortress on our way to Jacksonville, Florida, and I noticed 
 we were making headway very fast. Brad was anxious to reach 
 Jacksonville without loss of time, so as to find John Gagler. To 
 wards night the breeze began to freshen, and for the first time 
 since starting on our voyage, we anticipated bad weather. At 
 midnight the wind blew a gale, the rain came down in torrents, 
 the vessel pitched and rocked fearfully, but she was well built, 
 and rode the seas like a thing of life. 
 
 At noon the next day we sighted Cape Lookout ; the weather 
 
34 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 had cleared, we reached the St. John s river and steamed np to 
 Jacksonville, where we arrived in a few hours. The boat was 
 soon lowered, and we were glad to put our feet once more on 
 land, after our first experience of a storm at sea. The wharf was 
 crowded with negroes, and a motley collection of the general 
 class of loafers, who seem never to have anything to do but 
 minding other people s business. The negroes strove with each 
 other to have us hire them. 
 
 " I see d 3 er fuss, Cappen," said one. 
 
 " Go way dar ! show yer to hotle, Kunnel," said another. 
 
 " Dis way, Ginnewal," said a big fellow, almost lifting me from 
 my feet. 
 
 Amid the scuffling we selected the neatest looking one ; he 
 brought us a carriage, which we entered and reached the hotel. 
 After resting awhile we took a short stroll, it being late in the 
 afternoon, and made arrangements for conveyance early in the 
 morning to Green Cove. Brad inquired at the hotel if anyone 
 knew of such a person as John Gagler ; but they did not. We 
 noticed he was very nervous and anxious, and no wonder ; for the 
 information he expected to obtain would perhaps inform him of 
 the fate of his father, or would give him some clew by which he 
 could find him. 
 
 We started early in the morning, as we had arranged ; the ride 
 was charming, the air bracing and the sky beautifully blue and 
 clear ; but the roads were sandy, and there was no grass, which 
 gives such a rich tone to our more northern landscapes. Patsey 
 gathered specimens for Susie, and chased insects and birds, 
 taking any chance that offered to make a dangerous leap, turn 
 ing flipflaps and handsprings, throwing somersaults, climbing to 
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JOHN GAGLER. 35 
 
 to branch, pursuing some impertinent paroquet or bright-hued 
 insect, almost scaring our wits out of us. 
 
 Green Cove appearing in the distance, our attention was di 
 rected to it ; it appeared to be a small, but pretty place, and is a 
 resort for invalids, who come- here to drink and to bathe in the 
 waters of its sulphur springs. Just before entering the town, we 
 passed through a large grove of Magnolia Trees, in full bloom ; 
 the perfume of the large white blossoms, soft, pleasant and most 
 agreeable, had reached us sometime before we came to the trees ; 
 but when in the midst of the grove the perfume was overpower 
 ing. 
 
 " The Magnolia," said Jean, " was named for Pierre Magnol, 
 Professor of Botany at Montpelier, in the seventeenth centmy." 
 
 "Yes, and there are several species of this genus of trees and 
 shrubs, all of great beauty, and usually bearing large fragrant 
 flowers. Patsey show your skill and agility by reaching for me 
 that large blossom," said Susie, pointing as she spoke to a 
 magnificent, creamy, waxen one, swinging temptingly on the top 
 most bough of a tree directly ahead of us. 
 
 Patsey gained it after some hard climbing, and its rare, aro 
 matic perfume was delightful. 
 
 Going through the grove we soon reached the town, and put 
 up at the Magnolia House. After dinner we whiled away the 
 time in conversation till the heat of the day was over. Then 
 Brad and m} T self went searching for John Gagler. Walk 
 ing up the main street, we took a turn to the left, and pass 
 ing several large estates, we took a road to the right, going ac 
 cording to directions obtained at the hotel. At last we arrived 
 at the house, a small one, unpainted and well patched. Our 
 summons was answered by an old man and woman, of whom we 
 
36 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 inquired for John G-agler. Alas for poor Brad ! The old man 
 informed us that he had left only the week before, as he became 
 discontented, having no relations or particular friends to associate 
 with ; and although quite an old man, he determined to return to 
 the old life and its associations ; the sea was his home ; so he 
 went away with a captain of a sailing vessel, who was visiting 
 the Springs. This captain traded between the Sandwich Islands 
 and San Francisco, and was on his way to the former place. 
 
 Brad was greatly disappointed, and could hardly conceal his 
 chagrin, but being one of those to w r hom obstacles are but incen 
 tives for greater exertions, he determined to follow John Gagler, 
 if it was to the ends of the earth. So, thanking the people for 
 such information as they had given, we hurried back to the hotel, 
 and informed the others of our ill success. Expressing their sor 
 row they tried to console Brad, and make him forget his disap 
 pointment. 
 
 Having decided to take a bath in the Sulphur Spring, 
 separate bath-houses for the convenience of ladies and gen 
 tlemen being numerous, we soon found one that suited us. 
 These baths are considered ver} r healthful ; and we were much 
 refreshed. We had a delightful sail by steamer down the St. 
 Johns, the moon shone bright, the evening air was cool, and we 
 reached Jacksonville ~by ten o clock, staying at the hotel during 
 the rest of the night, then going on board the Cynthia in the 
 morning. As the weather looked threatening we did not sail till 
 late in the afternoon, the prospect then being much brighter. 
 
 The three days which elapsed before we sighted Key West, were 
 spent in reading, experimenting, arranging the shelves, labelling 
 the bottles for our expected prizes, and in the evenings b} r story 
 telling, familiar conversation about ourselves, and singing by 
 
JOHN GAOLER. 37 
 
 Susie and Jean, together and separately. This was the only 
 thing that seemed to make Brad forget his disappointment. 
 When Susie sang, he gazed upon her in rapture. He often 
 watched Jean, seeming to study how much more advantage he 
 had than himself; a good singer, a pleasant conversationalist, 
 learned, good looking, and so much more used to the society of 
 ladies, so graceful and easy ; his chances looked dubious to him 
 self, you could see by the changes in his face, that such was his 
 opinion ; after an evening passed in social conversation, he seemed 
 rather to avoid Susie, and let Jean have it almost all his own 
 way ; but it was a sore trial. Susie had treated them both alike ; but 
 seeing Brad trying to avoid her, her pride was touched, and she 
 tried the more to please him, and thought a great deal more of 
 him than she probably did of Jean, who was almost constantly 
 with her, in her walks and studies. Brad seeing the advantage 
 he was gaining, was more fatherly to her every day, and she hav 
 ing all her life had her own wa}*, thought it splendid to be com 
 manded and made to obey and have some one to rely on, and so 
 always went to him for any advice she wished. But Brad could 
 not spare the time to be much with her, as he was constantly en 
 gaged in looking after the vessel and the welfare of his sailors, 
 believing in making them comfortable and happy as the only true 
 way to have his ship well taken care of, and his orders strictly 
 obeyed. 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 
 
 FTUIE entrance beacon of Key West " dowsed its glim" just as 
 -*- the flush of the coming morn revealed its iron cage, suspended 
 in the broad space of waters. We were up bright and early to 
 catch the first glimpses of the Island. We steamed into the har 
 bor, passing Fort Taylor, which commands the entrance, and 
 made fast to the pier. It was a fine day, and like many in this 
 latitude, fraught with cheering influences ; and Nature on every 
 side appeared in her best aspect. The island of Key West is 
 nearly five miles in length, and one mile in greatest width, the 
 town being situated at the western extremity, where the reef pro 
 tects a large and safe harbor. We proceeded to the public house, 
 around which Coco-Palms reared their crested heads to the height 
 of fift} r and eighty feet, and Banana Plants stood in splendid 
 groups in the gardens. The Banana is not tree-like, the stem is 
 annual in its growth, the root being perennial and permanent. In 
 one year the banana grows about twelve feet high, bears its one 
 bunch of fruit, and dies ; other shoots meantime are coming up 
 from the same root ; they in turn bear fruit, each after a year s 
 growth. The flower bud is purple, and contrasts finely with the 
 rich glossy green of the leaves. Some of the handsomest trees 
 
BEAUTIFUL TOXKA. 39 
 
 of this garden, which attracted our attention, were the date-palm 
 and oleanders, the latter being covered with a wealth of gay blos 
 soms, and growing fifteen to twenty feet high. Vines and flower 
 ing plants climbed and hung graceful^ over the walls. One of the 
 most prolific in growth and perfume, is the Night Blooming Ce- 
 reus, a native plant, growing luxuriantly upon trees and houses, 
 fastening itself readily upon brick or wood by rootlets at each 
 joint as they put forth their shoots. In our walks in the evening 
 we saw houses and trees loaded with the great cups of this elegant 
 plant, its waxen flowers of exquisite form, and the sepals of the 
 cah x of a pale golden hue surrounding the intensely white petals 
 like a halo. The air, made balmy by its perfume, the soft moon 
 light, the sweet whistling of the orioles, the gentle breeze stirring 
 the great leaves of the coco-palms, that rasped together, giving 
 forth a sound like a gentle fall of rain, filled our hearts with a 
 feeling of repose and freedom from all care. 
 
 The next morning, we were all ready for an excursion along 
 the shores of the islands, which we had planned the day 
 before. The rich azure of the sky was heightened to wondrous 
 beauty by the moving volumes of day clouds, and the now quiet 
 sea mirrored the scene, adding deeper touches of olive and 
 brown where the reef came nearest to the surface. 
 
 "Just the weather to view the many wonders of the deep," 
 said Jean, looking with admiration at the beautiful sight. 
 
 Proceeding to the South Beach, we entered one of the ship s 
 boats sent to meet us. The water was clear as ciystal ; it was 
 so transparent that the boat seemed suspended in air. The tufts 
 of pink and white coral that studded the bed of the ocean beneath, 
 were as distinct as if the} were growing at our feet. We seemed 
 to be gazing down upon a beautiful garden, the various colored 
 
40 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 corals intermingling with the most delicate and brilliant-hued 
 algae and mossy sea- weeds, exquisite in form, simulating the 
 daisies and ferns of the forest, deepened the impression. 
 
 Jean, having engaged a diver, with his boat and mate, they fol 
 lowed closely behind, ready at any moment to procure us speci 
 mens of these beautiful forms. Sea Fans and Sea Feathers, 
 Brain, Star and Branch Coral, they brought to the surface. We 
 watched the fishes, the Malthea, the Bellows Fish, and Porcupine 
 Fishes, besides many others. It was a vast natural aquarium. 
 As we were returning and passing near some rocks, 1113 wife 
 asked, 
 
 What is that man gathering ? " pointing to a diver just dis 
 tinguishable beneath the water between two large recks. 
 
 We all turned and saw him pulling from the rocks what ap 
 peared to be bunches of moss. 
 
 " He is pulling sponge," said Jean. 
 
 Brad ordered the sailors to pull nearer, then we saw growing 
 sponges of all shapes, pediculated, foliated, globular and digi 
 tal. 
 
 " They certainly justify the names that the natives give them," 
 said Jean, " such as baskets, cups, distaffs, elk s-horns, lion s-feet, 
 peacock s-tails, Neptune s-gloves, and various others. You will 
 notice a black membraneous tunic covers them, making them, un 
 like most other marine objects, less attractive in their living 
 state ; only when the soft parts are removed are they pleasing to 
 the eye-. 5 
 
 " What ! Are sponges alive?" asked my wife. 
 
 "Yes, when attached to the rocks they form on," said Jean ; 
 " that tunic and the soft jelly-like portions that you see project 
 ing into the pores and cavities, may be called its flesh or bod} ; 
 
SAW HIM PULLING FROM THE ROCKS WHAT APPEARED TO 
 
 BE BUNCHES OF MOSS. 
 
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 We have also on hand n large assortment of Lubin s, Rim- 
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 In order to save customers the expense of paying for fancy 
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 kinds of Perfume, by parties unacquainted with the names, 
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 being appreciated by all fond of grateful odors, and in the habit 
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 An Ounce Of Perfume is the quantity contained 
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BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 41 
 
 the slight current 3*011 observe over the openings is the water 
 which is drawn through them, from which nourishment is ab 
 sorbed. The framework is made up of silica, in the form of 
 spiculae or splinters." 
 
 "Animal mucus and fat oil are found in their analysis," said 
 I. " To remove the soft parts this diver will bury them in the 
 sand until the matter which forms the flesh decomposes, then they 
 are washed, collected upon strings of convenient length, and 
 bleached in the sun. When we buy them at home they are full 
 of sand, and in that state it is the best way to purchase them ; 
 then afterwards beat out the sand with a stick, and rinse them 
 well in cold spring water. Nothing is better adapted for cleans 
 ing the skin than a good sponge thus prepared ; hence, surgeons 
 prefer it to any other material." 
 
 " In the regular way of using a sponge with soap for washing," 
 said Jean, " they rapidly become greasy and are then frequentl}* 
 thrown aside before half worn out. The peculiar cellular, fibrous 
 tissue of sponge enables it to decompose soap, retaining the 
 grease and oil, which renders it slimy ; when such is the case, a 
 little ammonia in water will cleanse them ; if this is not effective 
 a lye of soda should be prepared, in the proportion of half a 
 pound of soda to half a gallon of water, and the sponge allowed 
 to soak in it for twenty-four hours ; it should then be washed and 
 well rinsed in spring water, and afterwards in water containing 
 a small quantity of muriatic acid ; about a wine-glassful of acid to 
 half a gallon of water being strong enough ; finally, rinse the 
 sponge in plenty of spring water." 
 
 " That is a great deal of trouble," said my wife. 
 
 The best sponges being very expensive renders it fully worth 
 it," I replied. 
 
42 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 If the trouble be taken to well rinse a sponge every time after 
 using, as I do," said Susie, "the cleansing process will never 
 be neccssaiy." 
 
 We had by this time reached the beach ; stepping out, we se 
 lected the best specimens the divers boat contained, and had 
 them taken on board the Cynthia, with a quantity of pure white 
 coral, which Jean intended to pulverize in his mortar and use as 
 tooth powder, it being highly recommended by some of the best 
 authorities on the preservation of teeth. 
 
 We returned to the hotel, and the boat s^ crew pulled back to 
 the ship. We passed the warmest part of the da} r in lounging on 
 the piazzas and sauntering under the trees ; late in the afternoon 
 we strolled through the town, and saw many beautifully arranged 
 gardens and estates. The next day we made a visit to a friend 
 of the proprietor of the hotel. On this gentleman s estates were 
 large numbers of Tonka Trees, which we wished to see. Arriving 
 at the residence, we were hospitably receited and shown over the 
 grounds. The seeds of the Tonka Tree, or as Susie, in her scien 
 tific dialect called it, the Diptcrix odorata, are the Tonka or 
 Coumarouma Beans of commerce. When fresh they are exceed 
 ingly fragrant, having an intense odor of new made hay, and the 
 Anthoxanthum odoratum, or the sweet smelling vernal grass, as 
 Susie told us, to which new mown hay owes its odor, probably 
 yields the same fragrant principle ; and it is remarkable that both 
 Tonka Beans and Vernal Grass while actually growing, are 
 nearly scentless, but become rapidly aromatic when severed from 
 the parent stock. Under the trees we picked up man} of the 
 seeds. They are about an inch long, shin} black on the out 
 side, and light brown within, and exhaling a very strong perfume 
 when broken. 
 
BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 43 
 
 We noticed something very curious in connection with these 
 beans, on equally dividing one perpendicularly ; at the lower part 
 of the bean, that part where it was attached to the branch, is a tiny 
 hand, showing the fingers perfectly, and a small part of the arm, 
 seemingly encircled b}~ a bracelet. The gentleman related to us 
 a legend told to him by his old nurse, who said it had been 
 handed down from generation to generation from the Indian 
 natives, about this peculiar fact. On our return to the ship Jean 
 put the legend into verse, and as it interested us at the time, we 
 insert it here, hoping others will be as well pleased by its pe ra 
 sa 1 as we were. 
 
 THE LEGEND OF BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 
 
 In a fair land, a sunny clime, 
 "lis said that " once upon a time," 
 
 (Thus all good legends, old and new begin,) 
 There lived a princess, lovely, young, 
 Beleaguered by a princely throng, 
 
 That fondly hoped her heart and hand to win. 
 
 More fair and beauteous she became, 
 
 Until she did all hearts inflame; 
 None could resist her beauty so bewitching. 
 
 Besides the princes of her nation, 
 
 Many there were of lower station, 
 Who for her hand were sighing, often fighting. 
 
 Yet still she chose not any one, 
 But tired at last, all patience gone, 
 
 She sent her lovers all a proclamation ; 
 
 That soon a trial would take place, 
 Needing much courage, skill and grace; 
 
 And warned them all to make full preparation. 
 
44 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Now they in manly vigor prime, 
 The islands of a southern clime 
 
 Inhabited, and sported in the waves, 
 
 Played in the surf, and boldly fought 
 With dread man-eater sharks, or aught 
 
 That ventured forth from out their ocean caves. 
 
 She promised him her heart and hand,- 
 Who, in a race ten miles from land 
 
 Would swim, and win, and make a safe return, 
 She would be his with all her beauty, 
 With all her love and all her duty; 
 
 For SUCH a BRAVE alone her heart could yearn. 
 
 Upon the day which was appointed, 
 With limbs all bare and well anointed, 
 
 Five hundred brave contestants lined the shore. 
 And throngs there came the race to view, 
 With trembling hearts, for well they knew, 
 
 Most of those brave ones would return no more. 
 
 For in their course there lay in wait, 
 To whelm them in a dreadful fate, 
 
 The huge man-eating sharks that swarm those seas. 
 So each must swim and fiercely fight, 
 With sharks to left and sharks to right, 
 
 A ad conquer all, his lady-love to please. 
 
 Upon a lofty cliff hard by, 
 
 While fiendish glee looked from her eye, 
 The princess 011 a downy couch was lying. 
 
 Already in her mind she views 
 
 The victims of her wicked ruse, 
 Exhausted, mangled, bleeding, sinking, dying. 
 
 Each lover then before her passed, 
 A wistful look upon her cast, 
 And bowed his head low, even to the ground. 
 
PERFUME POWDERS BY MAIL. 
 
 Alhambra, Lily of the Valley, Rose of Sharon, 
 
 Ambre, Lavender, Rose Geranium, 
 
 Bois de Santal, Magnolia, Sweet Briar, 
 
 Bouqu tdeCaroli c Mignonette, Sandal Wood, 
 
 Clove Pink, Musk. Stolen Kisses, 
 
 Chyprc, Millefleur, Spring Flowers, 
 
 Empress Bouquet, Moss Rose, Tea Rose, 
 
 Ess. Bouquet, New Mown Hay, Tuberose, 
 
 Frangipani, Night Blooming Cereus, Vervaine, 
 
 Geranium, Orange Blossoms, Violet, 
 
 HeliotropCy Oriental Drops, West End, 
 
 Honeysuckle, Patchouly, White Rose, 
 
 Jasmin, Pond Lily, Yacht Club, 
 
 Jockey Club, Rondeletia, Ylang Ylang, 
 
 Kiss me Quick, Roses, Yellow Rose. 
 
 An ounce of any of the above Perfumes, sent postage paid, 
 on receipt of 50 cents. 
 
 Notice the large number of Perfumes from which you can 
 choose, and examine our Premium Lists thoroughly, and see 
 what great inducements we offer to those who order more than 
 one ounce at one time ; also the great variety and value of the 
 premiums, and their usefulness. Many of them are also novel 
 ties, and cannot be obtained from any one but us, being of our 
 own manufacture or importation. 
 
 Our patrons visiting Boston are respectfully invited to call 
 and see us. We have a large variety of interesting and curi 
 ous novelties, &c., not mentioned in these pages, which AVC 
 shall be pleased to show them. 
 
 Parties from a distance may form some idea of our facilities 
 for furnishing them with Perfumes and Novelties, from the fact 
 that we usually have more than one hundred and fifty thou 
 sand articles of the kind in stock, comprising upwards of one 
 thousand varieties, and are constantly in receipt of new goods 
 from all parts of the world. We have agents in all the prin 
 cipal cities, who send us every new article in our line of trade 
 by the first opportunity after its appearance. 
 
 JKjr We find it is impossible, even in so large a catalogue as 
 this, to describe one-half the novelties we have for sale. If, 
 therefore, in the large variety here presented, you do not find 
 
AND QUICK EACH MANLY SWIMMER BOUNDED INTO THE SURF, 
 
 Page 45. 
 
BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 45 
 
 Then on the beach they stood apart, 
 Waiting the signal for the start, 
 Each muscle strained and ready for the bound. 
 
 And now the signal conch was sounded, 
 
 And quick each manly swimmer bounded 
 Into the surf, and dashed aside the wave. 
 
 The croAvd looked on with bated breath, 
 
 As, to the very jaws of death, 
 They swiftly swam to find a common grave, 
 
 Ah! Now the struggle did begin, 
 
 Each striving manfully to win, 
 Battled with waves and sharks that round did hover. 
 
 With mingled blood the sea ivas red; 
 
 Soon the last mangled swimmer dead; 
 And now the wily maiden had no lover. 
 
 The crowd that watched upon the shore, 
 Gave a deep groan like ocean s roar, 
 
 And vowed revenge upon the treacherous maid. 
 They all cried out as with one breath, 
 That, for their comrades awful death, 
 
 Her life alone should be the forfeit paid. 
 
 Well now she knew what was her fate, 
 
 She rose in haste with eyes dilate, 
 And headlong cast herself into the sea. 
 
 Her voice was heard upon the strand, 
 
 " I go to give to each my hand; 
 Those brave ones all, shall each my lover be." 
 
 Years having passed, the rolling tide 
 From off that dreadful spot had dried; 
 
 When from the soil a shoot sprang forth, and gre 
 Into a beauteous tree and bloomed, 
 Its fruit full richly was perfumed; 
 
 Tree, bloom and fruit were very fair to view. 
 
 w 
 
46 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 And children played within its shade : 
 One day a tiny little maid, 
 
 In joyous sport broke ope the nut-brown shell; 
 When lo ! before her enraptured eyes, 
 To her great wonder and surprise, 
 
 Into her hand a tinier hand there fell. 
 
 Go now, behold! this wondrous tree! 
 
 And pluck its perfumed fruit, and see 
 That in each seed a maiden s hand there lies. 
 
 Tis for the swimmer bold, who died, 
 
 And perished in that bloody tide, 
 A maiden s hand to gain; that tempting prize. 
 
 Tis thus we find the Tonka tree, 
 Sprang from a maid beneath the sea; 
 
 Tonka, her name, means "fairest in the land." 
 Redeemed, the maiden s pledge she gave, 
 The while she sank beneath the wave, 
 
 "1 go to give my lovers, each, my hand." 
 
 " Chemically considered," said Jean, " Tonka Beans are very 
 interesting, containing when fresh, a fragrant otto, to which their 
 odor is due ; benzoic acid, a fat oil, and a neutral principle, 
 coumarin." , 
 
 "In perfumery the}" are valuable," said I, "as when ground 
 they form, with other bodies, excellent and permanent sachets, 
 and by infusion in absolute alcohol an extract is obtained which 
 enters into many of the compound perfumes or bouquets ; but on 
 account of its strength it must be used with caution, otherwise 
 the perfume w r ill be called snuffy, owing to the predominance of 
 that odor and its habitual use in the boxes of those who indulge 
 in that brain destroying tobacco dust, called snuff ." 
 
 Offering to purchase a quantity of the beans, the proprietor 
 
what you want, write to us, describe the article, and you shall 
 have it if it can be found this side of the moon. 
 
 Efficiency, Promptness, and Economy. 
 
 "We do not care to boast of our success, which is sufficiently 
 evidenced by the large increase of our business ; but we desire to 
 convince our patrons that, not content with having given per 
 fect satisfaction in the past, we are determined to do still bet 
 ter In the future, and by the exercise of fidelity, promptness, 
 energy, and good judgment, to secure for them the three great 
 desiderata, Quality, Cheapness, and Quantity. 
 
 Be Sure Of this. That, in sending an order, you give 
 your Name, Town, County, and State, plainly written. "We 
 sometimes receive letters with no name signed ; and then the 
 writer wonders why his articles are not sent, and we wonder 
 why he should expect them. 
 
 Postage Stamps. The large quantities of postage 
 stamps required by us enable us to state, that they may be 
 sent in small or large amounts, and will be received the same 
 as cash in payment for any goods that may be wanted. 
 
 Who Pays ! On all articles advertised by us "Sent by 
 Mail," we pay the postage, and they reach you without cost. 
 The cost of forwarding the articles advertised by us as " Sent 
 by Express," is paid to the express by the purchaser. 
 
 This rule is adopted because on post-office goods we know 
 what we arc to pay, without regard to distance ; while on ex 
 press goods it is impossible for us to know, as the amount 
 varies according to the distance. To balance the cost of ex- 
 pressage to the purchaser, we reduce the prices of that class 
 of goods. 
 
 Therefore, remember : On goods sent by Mail, we pay ; on 
 goods sent by Express, you pay. 
 
 HOW tO Send Money. As a general rule, money 
 maybe safely sent to us in a letter; but some people are a 
 little fearful of sending amounts of five dollars or more through 
 the common course of the mail. To such we would say, that 
 any one of the following modes is perfectly safe: 
 
"I GO TO GIVE MT HAND TO EACH. 
 
BEAUTIFUL TONKA. 47 
 
 would make no price, and generously forced upon us a large 
 number of them. 
 
 Much pleased with our visit, we returned to the hotel, dined, 
 and proceeded on board, though quite reluctant to leave so pleas 
 ant a place. About four o clock we steamed away, all sitting % on 
 deck, gazing long at the luxuriant shores of Key West, fast fading 
 from our sight. At dark we were heading in the direction of 
 New Orleans. We should have sailed directly for the Sandwich 
 Islands, but Brad said he had time to spare, as the ship in which 
 John Gagler had gone would not reach there for some time, being 
 only a sailing vessel, and that by putting on a good head of 
 steam we would reach the Islands as soon as they ; so the time 
 might as well be utilized here, as to waste it there waiting for 
 John Gagler to put in an appearance ; and as there was no 
 chance of meeting him on the high seas, it would be better to 
 wait patiently, give him time to reach his destination, and then 
 catch him on shore. So Brad took this course to particularly 
 oblige us, and allow us all the time required to observe what we 
 wished. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 SOUTHERN FRIENDS. 
 
 A FTER six days sailing from "Key West, here our good ship 
 " la} T s at the levee of New Orleans, and we are preparing to 
 disembark to see all that is worth seeing. Passing up Canal 
 street, going by the United States Custom House, the St. Charles 
 Hotel, and several other places of note, we obtained information 
 in regard to the whereabouts of a Sassafras distillery, and this we 
 soon found. The Otto of Sassafras comes from the bark and 
 wood of the Laurus Sassafras, which grows abundantl} 7 " in the 
 Southern States ; the otto is procured by distillation with water 
 and the bark, and } T ields a great quantity. Perfumers use it 
 in the manufacture of hair washes and other articles, but it has 
 rather a "physicky" than a flowery smell. It is used more by 
 confectioners as a flavoring for lozenges and candies, than by 
 perfumers as an odor. It is, however, extensively used in soap- 
 making. 
 
 What we especially wished to see at this place, was the man 
 ufacture of Cotton Seed, Peanut, Benne, and Castor Oils. 
 These being vegetable oils, they are much better for use on the 
 hair than animal oils or fats, as they do not possess so much 
 latent heat. It is the heating of the head which causes the falling 
 
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SOUTHERN FRIENDS. 49 
 
 off of the hair, produced in many cases simply by using pomades 
 made of lard. Bears Grease has somehow obtained a high repu 
 tation, but of all the unpleasant smelling substances ever known, 
 it is the most nauseous. Pure bears grease is totally unfit for a 
 hair dressing ; a little added to beef body is beneficial for its heal 
 ing qualities, but all it is fitted for, is a salve ; for that it answers 
 admirably, especially for frozen limbs. As oiling and greasing the 
 hair is a custom almost universal among the inhabitants of civilized 
 and uncivilized countries, it is well to know what oil is the best. 
 Oiling the hair, besides promoting its growth, making it soft and 
 glossy, and keeping it in place, has the infinite benefit of render 
 ing it "uninhabitable," a consideration too often neglected in 
 schools and similar institutions where children most do congre 
 gate. There are oil glands on the scalp, but their power of se 
 cretion is very slight, except in a few rare instances ; in these 
 cases the hair is said to be naturally moist and soft. The general 
 rule is that the hair grows harsh and dry for lack of natural oily 
 secretion, hence the instinctive application of an artificial oil, a 
 practice hallowed by its ancient custom, and sanctioned as 
 "necessary" from the Court beauty, to the Belle of equatorial 
 Africa. 
 
 Baldness is very frequent at the present time, and may be at 
 tributed in many cases to the habit of using very close and tight 
 fitting coverings on the head, wearing them indoors as well as in 
 the open air. We have known many cases of baldness in quite 
 young persons from this habit. Many are accustomed to wetting 
 their hair with cold water, and never using oils of any kind ; now 
 the secondary condition of cold is heat, and the cold water being 
 applied, and the head covered with a close fitting hat, the tem 
 perature of the head is greatly increased ; hair resists decay in a 
 
50 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 remarkable degree ; it resists the action of acids and alkalies, 
 except the strongest which dissolve it ; it however will not resist 
 boiling water, continued for a long time ; the temperature, under 
 the close fitting hat, will be found equal to that of boiling water, 
 consequently the hair is soon destroyed and falls off. It seems 
 almost necessary to use some kind of a dressing for the hair, and 
 a little nice oil tends greatly to its growth. 
 
 If there are those who dislike to use oils, and wish to have 
 their hair glossy and smooth, a better way than wetting it with 
 water, is to frequently brush it with a stiff bristle, or a wire hair 
 brush, and to continue so doing, until after awhile they will find 
 their hair contains moisture enough of its own secreting to answer 
 for dressing it. 
 
 I remember quite a laughable incident in regard to the habit 
 of constantly wearing a hat, which, I before remarked, causes a 
 great many cases of premature baldness. A salesman in one of 
 the country stores of our most Eastern State, wore his hat from 
 the minute he arose from his breakfast, till night, taking it off 
 only at dinner and supper time. Slowly but surely the hair kept 
 falling and wearing aw r ay, until at thirty-five there was hardly a 
 hair to be seen on his head, except below the rim of his hat. 
 One day, he went to a neighboring city on business, and to purchase 
 himself a tall hat, for which he had long been dci^ing himself 
 many little luxuries, and thereby saving his money. Having de 
 termined he would possess the most st}iish hat and the finest that 
 was ever seen in his village, he hunted the city through, and 
 came homeward well satisfied with his purchase. For stj le and 
 gloss, there had probably never been seen such a beaver in town ; 
 and no doubt he was thinking to himself how envious would be 
 the gaze of other fellows, when they saw how he had " come out." 
 
SOUTHERN FRIENDS. 51 
 
 Misfortune, however, overtook him before he reached his home. 
 Crossing the river which separated the city from his native place, 
 on one of the primitive ferries of those regions, the wind rose to 
 a gale and made love to his hat and carried it from his head, and 
 placed it on the bosom of the waters, which graciously received 
 it, and bore it beyond his reach. It sailed majestically onward, 
 mockingly rising on each wave which took off his hat to bow 
 good-bye to him as it receded ; he saw it floating down the river, 
 and at last the distance was so great it was lost to view ; but to 
 him it was to memory dear and pocket too. His wrath knew no 
 bounds ; and then and there he took an oath that from that time 
 henceforth he would never wear another hat, or in fact any cov 
 ering for his head} and he kept his oath, for in rain or shine he was 
 always to be seen bare-headed. His hair began to grow ; unno 
 ticed at first, but at last it covered his formerly bald head in 
 profusion. He now never mentions that beaver hat, but to praise 
 it. 
 
 We are, however, at the door of the factory, and must not 
 waste time telling stories. We entered the office, as usual 
 introducing ourselves. It was the counting-room of the manu 
 factory, and several clerks stationed at desks in different parts 
 of the room looked up as we entered. Addressing myself to 
 an elderly gentleman, I stated our object, and with the natural 
 hospitality of the Southern people he cordial^ received us. 
 
 "No trouble whatever, my dear sir," said he. -"We are 
 always glad to show our works to anyone who shows any in 
 terest in their operation. Mr. Atherton, show these ladies and 
 gentlemen through the factory." 
 
 This was addressed to a middle-aged gentleman, very short 
 and fat, with a pleasant face, who stood near him. 
 
52 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "Many thanks," said I, "but do not let us take him from 
 other business." 
 
 " This is my Superintendent, Mr. Atherton, ladies and gentle 
 men," said the elderly gentleman, taking no notice of my remark. 
 " He is at your service." 
 
 Thanking him again, we followed Mr. Atherton through a 
 door in the left side of the office ; crossing a hall he opened 
 another door and we entered the receiving room. 
 
 " The three kinds of seeds, Cotton Seed, Benne Seed and Cas 
 tor Seed or Beans, are received here by the cart load," said Mr. 
 Atherton. "You see we have six bins in all ; two for each kind 
 of seed ; one bin of each we try to keep filled all the time, and 
 one we draw from. * The bins used for the cotton seeds are some 
 times also used for Peanuts or Castina nuts." 
 
 "What do you do with peanuts," asked Susie, "feed your 
 workmen with them?" 
 
 "No, Miss," said Mr. Atherton, tr} T ing to conceal a smile. 
 Whenever the cotton crop is short, so that the seeds are scarce, 
 we use peanuts or Castina nuts instead ; the} r yield as good an 
 oil as the cotton seeds, and I think a little better." 
 
 Mr. Atherton then ushered us into the main room or factory. 
 Three of the most improved oil mills, driven by steam power were 
 on the left side of the room, one for each kind of seed, and were 
 grinding away at a tremendous rate. For quite a while we 
 watched the working of these combinations of mill and press, 
 then crossed to the .other side of the room to see the clarifying 
 process. Here were rows of very large Canton flannel filters, 
 suspended from iron bars running horizontally and parallel. 
 These filters were packed with freshly burned and coarsely pow 
 dered charcoal, from which all the dust had been taken by sifting 
 
SOUTHERN FRIENDS. 53 
 
 and fanning. The oils are poured in and after filtering through 
 the pulverized carbon, drop into long troughs which are under 
 each line of filters, and thus conveyed into barrels, which when 
 filled are closed up, weighed, marked, and taken to the store 
 room, ready for transportation. Cotton Seed yields by this 
 method of extraction about twenty-five per cent, of oil, which is 
 of a dark yellow color, almost inodorous, and is used veiy exten 
 sively as a cheap hair oil, is easily perfumed with ottos, but is not 
 delicate enough to perfume with flowers ; it will not mix with 
 alcohol in any proportion. The benne seeds are imported from 
 the West Indies, but the cotton seeds and castor beans are 
 raised abundantly in the vicinity of New Orleans. 
 
 "The Oil of Benne, sometimes called Sesamum," said Mr. 
 Atherton, "is one of the finest oils the perfumers can use ; it is 
 nearly free from color, taste, and odor, as you can see by this 
 sample. It remains for a lengthened time free from ranciditj , 
 indeed, some claim it never becomes rancid. We have a sam 
 ple in tne office which we keep exposed in a situation where all 
 other oils would spoil in a year, } T et the sample of benne oil is 
 still sweet, although it is some of the first we made more than ten 
 years ago. It is an oil that deserves more attention than it has 
 hitherto received." 
 
 Jean remarked that, "For making cold cream and other un 
 guents it has proved valuable, and also for enfleuring it answers 
 well ; when perfectly pure olive oil is unattainable, the benne oil 
 is a serviceable substitute." 
 
 The castor oil, after being clarified, instead of being packed in 
 barrels, was put into square tin cans, holding five gallons each, 
 which when filled were hermetically sealed. Castor oil is very 
 heavy, of a light yellow color when good, and is the only oil sol- 
 
54 A ROMANCE OF PEKFUME LANDS. 
 
 uble in alcohol ; when mixed with alcohol in equal proportions, it 
 makes an excellent hair dressing ; it is also used in pomades, 
 and is mixed with other oils to make them thicker. 
 
 " It is, however, not so nice as oil of benne, or olive oil per 
 fumed with flowers," said Jean, " and it is better mixed with 
 these oils when any one wishes a heavier hair dressing than com 
 pounded with alcohol, as alcohol is very drying and heating." 
 
 " If castor oil could be wholly deprived of its odor, by some in 
 expensive method," said I, "it would be the best and most invalu 
 able agent for extracting the perfume from flowers and other odor 
 iferous substances, in place of the insoluble oils now used, for 
 castor oil is soluble in alcohol ; perfumers could then have ottos 
 of violet, orange blossoms, tuberoses, and various others, using 
 them in the same manner as other ottos. We hope this will be 
 accomplished within a few years, as it would economize time 
 and labor, besides giving a method of procuring standard 
 strengths .for perfumes. We hope this matter, full of interest, 
 will be experimented upon by laborants." 
 
 The study of perfumery opens a book as yet unread by the 
 chemical philosopher," said Jean. " The odors of some flowers 
 resemble others so nearly that we are almost induced to believe 
 them to be the same, or at least, if not evolved from the plant as 
 such, to become so by the action of the air oxidations. It is 
 known that some are identical in composition, although produced 
 from totally different plants, such as camphor, rosemary, and 
 turpentine. Hence we ma} presume that chemistry will sooner 
 or later produce one from the other, for with many it is merely 
 an atom of water or an atom of oxygen that causes the difference." 
 
 " Yes," said I, " there is a wide field for investigation." 
 
 " It would show the power of Science over Nature," said Jean, 
 
SOUTHERN FRIENDS. 55 
 
 becoming excited over the subject, " to produce Otto of Roses 
 from Otto of Rosemary, or from Otto of Rose Geranium, and the 
 ory indicates its possibility. The Otto of Almonds, in a bottle 
 containing a large quantity of air oxygen, and but little otto, 
 spontaneously passes into another odoriferous bod}" called Ben- 
 zoic Acid, which is seen to form in crystals over the dry parts of 
 the glass. That is a natural illustration of the idea." 
 
 "I should very much like to see all that accomplished," said 
 Mr. Atherton, deeply interested, "and especially the deodoriza- 
 tion of castor oil." 
 
 We merely glanced into the store-room while passing, and saw 
 vast numbers of barrels and cans of oil, such as we had seen ex 
 tracted, piled high. The superintendent informed us that this 
 factory supplied a greater part of the South and West, also many 
 Northern cities. 
 
 By this time we had made the entire circuit of the room, and 
 returned to the office, and expressed our satisfaction at what we 
 had seen. We invited the proprietor and Mr. Atherton to supper 
 on board the ship, and they kindly accepted the invitation. As 
 we returned to the ship, we saw manj 7 acres of the castor oil 
 plants, Eicinus communis, or Palma Christi, as Susie called them ; 
 and of course there were cotton plantations to be seen on every 
 side. In the evening we received Mr. Atherton and the propri 
 etor of the oil works, with their wives, and the evening passed 
 very agreeably to all. We consider them the most pleasant of 
 our acquaintances in New Orleans. 
 
 Sailing from New Orleans, we directed our course towards 
 Tampico, Mexico, which we reached in due time, and as Brad 
 wished to stop here to visit the silver mines of San Luis Potosi, 
 in which he had an interest, it gave us a fine opportunity to see 
 
56 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 the country, and examine the many interesting productions of 
 this prolific soil. And one of these being the Vanilla plant, 
 Susie, Jean, and I were very anxious to see it. We were also 
 desirous of seeing how they manipulated the little cochineal bug 
 which is raised here in such vast numbers, from which is made 
 carmine, one of the most expensive of coloring matters. 
 
CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 A VALUABLE INSECT. 
 
 ON our way to the silver mines, Susie called our attention to 
 the Vanillx planifolia. Here, the Vanilla grows wild in the 
 woods, and is also cultivated on the plantations. This beautiful 
 creeper, which bears the vanilla bean or pod, grows parasitically 
 on particular kinds of trees, extracting its nourishment from the 
 bark to which it clings. The roots shoot out at short distances 
 as the vine ascends, the long lanceolate leaves springing from the 
 same points with the root fibres. The beans depend from the 
 angles where the leaf unites with the stem, two or three together, 
 and when full grown vary in length from three to nine inches. 
 Three species of forest trees have a bark which affords nutriment 
 to the roots of the vanilla vine. The vine can be propagated 
 easily, by t} T ing slips to the bark ; they take root and grow 
 freely. The vine can also be grown in pots, but it produces an 
 inferior quality of bean. The vanilla beans yield a perfume 
 of rare excellence, which, according to Johnson, "acts upon 
 the system as an aromatic stimulant, exhiliarating the mental 
 functions and increasing generally the energy of the animal 
 system." 
 
 " Vanilla Beans, if kept for some time," said Jean, "become 
 
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58 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 covered with an efflorescence of needle-like crystals, possessing 
 properties similar to benzoic acid, but differing from it in compo 
 sition ; these crystals may be sublimed by the heat of a sand 
 bath. Few objects are more beautiful to look upon than these 
 crystals when viewed by a microscope with the aid of polarized 
 light. I will show you after we return to the ship, and the beans 
 are old enough." 
 
 " Do," said my wife, and " I won t forget your promise," said 
 Susie. 
 
 Stopping at one of the plantations, we had an opportunity of 
 witnessing the preparation, and also a chance to purchase 
 a small lot of vanilla beans. The process is very tedious ; 
 Indians being employed for the purpose at extremely low wages. 
 The green pods are laid upon flannel in a broken light, that they 
 may dry, but not too rapidly. The woman who watched them, 
 turned them over, and moistened them occasionally with olive oil 
 to prevent hardening. At nightfall they are covered to protect 
 them from the dews ; in the course of two or three weeks, accord 
 ing to the temperature of the air, they become brown, 
 and wrinkled lengthwise, and the unrivalled perfume of vanilla 
 is developed by the change. They are then rolled in soft cloths 
 or tinfoil, and packed for exportation. Many millions of dollars 
 worth are used annually, and more could be disposed of, but for 
 the high price they attain when imported, owing to the importa 
 tions or supply being very irregular. The West India Islands 
 are well adapted to the growth of this bean. It would well pay 
 an} 7 who would undertake its cultivation there. Both Europe 
 and America would consume a hundred times as much vanilla, if 
 the price was reduced, and that can be done only by increased 
 production. 
 
A VALUABLE INSECT. 59 
 
 Reaching the silver mines, Brad, Jean and I descended into 
 them, leaving my wife and Susie, with Patsey as guard, in a hut 
 near the shaft. We thought the mines were very interesting ; a 
 full description of them is however, unnecessary ; suffice it to say, 
 we saw all that could be seen, and obtained some fine specimens 
 of ore, then ascended to the surface, much pleased to see the light 
 of da} again. On our way back to the pier we witnessed the col 
 lection and preparation of the cochineal insect for the mar 
 ket. This Cochineal insect (Coccus Cacti), a small and very 
 insignificant creature, would never have attracted any notice, but 
 for the valuable coloring matter it contains. 
 
 " Shure, I ve seen minny of thim little bougs on the plants in 
 hot houses at home," said Patsey, " an I niver thought they was 
 any good at all." 
 
 " They look like them, Patsey, but they are far different," said 
 I. " You will notice how they differ after you see them prepared. 
 Formerly the culture of cochineal was confined to Mexico alone, 
 the government taking great pains to keep secret the method of 
 preparation. It is now abundantly raised in Brazil and the East 
 Indies. Mexico still produces the greatest quantit}^, and the best 
 quality. In the Nopaleros, the Spanish name of the fields in 
 the great mayorals, derived from the name Opuntia Nopal, 
 are acres of the Tuna Cactus, Opuntia Tuna, on which the insects 
 feed and are raised." 
 
 "The Opuntia Coccinellifcra or Cochineal Cactus," said Susie, 
 " is used only in the West Indies and Brazil." 
 
 The provinces, in which the cochineal is so largely raised, are 
 Oaxaca, Tlascola, and Guanaxuato. It is necessary to renew the 
 plantations frequently, as the insects rapidly exhaust the juices, 
 and so cause the plants to dry up and die. We accompanied a 
 
60 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 man in among these Cacti ; he had in one hand, a squirrel s tail, 
 and with this he swept the fully developed insects into a recepta 
 cle filled with hot water, which he held in the other hand ; by this 
 means they were killed. 
 
 "Be gorra," said Patsey, seeing him do this, "an* its moity 
 glad I am that its meself is not a corchinelly boug, for they don t 
 ax ye how ye ll have yer bath, but give it till yere moity hot." 
 
 They are also killed by being laid in the sun, after they are 
 swept from the plants. When the man had obtained the requi 
 site amount, he strained off the water and spread the insects out 
 to dry ; after they were thoroughly dry, they were ready for mar 
 ket. Each pound of cochineal contains about seventy thousand 
 insects. The preparing of carmine from cochineal, cannot be 
 carried on profitably on a small scale ; four or five manufacturers 
 supplying the whole of the world, a Parisian manufacturer pro 
 ducing the finest article. 
 
 The preparation of the finest carmine is still a mystery, be 
 cause, on the one hand, its consumption being limited, few are 
 engaged in its manufacture, and upon the other, the raw material 
 being costly, extensive experiments on it cannot be conveniently 
 made. Carmine, owing to its costliness, is almost always adul 
 terated, and in making rouges for commercial purposes, but a 
 very small quantity is used, it being mixed with talc powder to 
 reduce the expense as well as its intense color, and bring it to the 
 right shade for the complexion. Many hundred pounds of rouge 
 annually, are used in this country, not only for theatrical purpo 
 ses, but by private individuals. We, however, discountenance 
 the use of rouge or paint of any description on the skin. But 
 so long as blooming cheeks and cherry lips are admired, and 
 considered indispensable to beauty, it will be in demand ; and 
 
A VALUABLE INSECT. 61 
 
 if the ladies persist in tight lacing, and wearing corsets, and 
 hanging their clothes on their hips instead of suspending them 
 by straps from their shoulders and taking a generous amount of 
 exercise, to have these adjuncts to beauty they will always be 
 obliged, if they continue to dress so unhealthily, to resort to 
 paints, powders, rouges and cosmetics of various kinds. To 
 those who will, and do, use the articles, we would recommend 
 them always to get the purest, consequently the best, as it is less 
 liable to injure the skin than those which are cheap, and com 
 posed of deleterious substances. 
 
 Patsey appeared before us at this moment, his cheeks as red as 
 the setting sun ; he had evidently been into some mischief, hav 
 ing powdered some of the dry cochineal and rubbed it on his 
 face. 
 
 "Its blooming I am, Miss Susie, * said he. " Och, how the 
 gurrils in ould Ireland wuld cast their eyes on me, ef they could 
 
 " Go wash your face immediately," I said to him, " and con 
 sider 3*ourself fortunate if you get it all off." 
 , Pretty soon he came back to us looking like, a Sioux warrior ; 
 he had rubbed his face hard to wash it, but had only distributed 
 the coloring over his face and into his ears and hair. We had a 
 hearty laugh at him, but he evidentty enjoyed it as well as the rest 
 of us. We turned ourselves about, and in a short time were on 
 board our ship, and abed, while the head of the Cynthia was 
 pointed toward the east. 
 
CHAPTER IX 
 
 MONS. SASPORTAS. 
 
 TT7E steamo^ into the pretty bay of St. Thomas about six A. M., 
 * * and when we anchored, about half a mile off shore, heavy 
 showers commenced, lasting nearly two hours. At length all 
 signs of unpleasant weather having disappeared, we proceeded 
 to the shore, landing at a little jetty on which stood a group of 
 the dingy denizens of St. Thomas. Amid the chatterings and 
 laughter of these light-hearted beings, we continued our walk be 
 neath a row of pretty coconut trees, on which hung their fruit, 
 and we presently found ourselves in the town. "VVe were shown 
 a comfortable hotel, and were glad to be once more on land, and 
 live in a house. I became acquainted with Mons. Sasportas, the 
 gentleman whom I intended visiting here, while he was on a visit 
 to Boston. He had immense estates, and carried on the manu 
 facture of perfumes and pomades on a small scale, but his espe 
 cial business was the distilling of Bay Rum, and Otto of Bay. 
 Mons. Sasportas, whilst in Boston, told me if I ever came to 
 the Island, he should expect me to make him a visit. After din 
 ner, I despatched a messenger to him, announcing our arrival. 
 He came back with the messenger, and greeted us cordially, re 
 questing us to come immediately to his house and make it our 
 
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MONS. SASPORTAS. 63 
 
 home during our stay on the Island. "We waited, however, till 
 morning. Riding through the town, we noticed that it was built 
 upon the level and partly upon three hills, which abut down from 
 the high range nearly to the shore, with savannas between, and 
 we remarked how beautifully the place was located, and the large 
 and substantially built stores and dwellings. The stores are owned 
 principally by Americans and Danes. We met many Danish sol 
 diers during our ramble. 
 
 We went through the main street, which runs parallel with 
 the shore, and ascended one of the three eminences ; after going 
 some distance, we reached Mons. Sasportas grounds. He con 
 ducted us through his estates, on which were growing Coffee, 
 Coco, and Breadfruit Trees, and many beautiful flowers. 
 
 " See!" said Susie, "there is the Moringa pterygosperma, the 
 Hibiscus abelmoschus, and the Laurus nobilis." 
 
 "Oh, Susie! don t distort you? pretty mouth with such out 
 landish names," said I. " Tell us in plain English. So long as 
 knowledge is bound up in such long-drawn, wearing words, it 
 will never become universal ; and as universal knowledge means 
 universal peace, comfort, and happiness, let your information be 
 expressed in the most simple terms." 
 
 " Well, to please you, I will," she replied. " The first one I 
 spoke of is the Behen Tree, on which grow the benne seeds, 
 such as we saw at New Orleans, from which the benne oil was 
 taken ; the next is the Musk Seed, or Ambrette Seed Tree, on 
 which grow the grains d Ambrette, so-called ; and the last, 
 the large group to the right, are the Bay Trees, from which 
 Bay Rum and Otto of Bay are extracted." 
 
 " Thank you, that is better ; but look at Patsey ! " 
 
 There he stood, staring at Susie yet, with mouth wide open, 
 
64 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 as was usual with him when he heard anything he could not 
 understand. 
 
 " Perhaps he has thrown his jaw out trying to repeat the first 
 names you mentioned. Patsej , what s the matter with you? " 
 
 " An an Miss Susie, sir, I hope she be well? " 
 
 "Yes." 
 
 " I didn t noo, sir, but what she were sunstruck, she talked so 
 wild loike," he answered. 
 
 He had never before been in Susie s presence when she called 
 plants by their botanical names, so he was naturally thunder 
 struck at first, but he soon became used to it, and when bringing 
 her any of the plants she sent him for, he would try to give it the 
 name he heard her call it ; the blunders he made, and the way 
 he pronounced the botanical names, kept us in a continuous roar 
 of laughter. 
 
 After strolling through the gardens, we reached Mons. Saspor- 
 tas manufactory, in which we saw the distillation of Ba} r Rum. 
 It was done in the ordinary way, the Bay leaves being put into a 
 still with fine rum and distilled over, the product being the Bay 
 Rum of commerce. The Otto of Bay^ is distilled from the Bay ber 
 ries ; these berries, they are about twice the size of a clove, are put 
 into the still with water ; after passing over, the otto separates 
 from the water, is taken off, put up in black junk bottles, and is 
 ready for exportation. This otto when good is of a dark brown 
 color, having a very penetrating odor. It is used very exten 
 sively by manufacturers of Bay Rum, by dissolving the otto in 
 spirit, then distilling it ; the otto possesses all the properties of 
 Bay Rum in a concentrated form, and saves a great deal of ex 
 pense when imported thus. Otto of Bay is now distilled in New 
 York, from the imported bay leaves and berries. 
 
MONS. SASPORTAS. 65 
 
 Patsey cume to us with what seemed to be a handful of bird- 
 shot ; "An pliats thim, Miss Susie?" he asked. 
 
 " They are the produce of the plant Hibiscus Abelmoschus," 
 answered Susie, "musk-seed or grains d ambrette, as they are 
 known in the perfumery trade." 
 
 * * Kabb-el-Misk is the Arabic name," said Jean, "of which 
 Abelmoschus is a vile corruption. Several other allied species 
 are remarkable for a similar odor, one of which is called Sum- 
 bul." 
 
 "Musk Seed, when ground, certainly reminds our smelling 
 sense of the odor of Musk," I remarked ; " it is poor stuff at best ; 
 for making cheap sachet powder, it may be used for the sake of 
 adulteration and variety, also to perfume hair and face pow 
 ders." 
 
 Continuing on our w r alk, w r e came upon a workman at an 
 apparatus, which, from its curious construction, arrested our at 
 tention. It consisted of a large glass tube in the form of a coil, 
 and at the upper end divided into two tubes, in each of which 
 was a tunnel. 
 
 "He is making Otto of Mirbane," said Mons. Sasportas, "a 
 chemical imitation of Otto of Almonds, procured from Benzole, 
 and Benzole is obtained from coal tar." The workman poured 
 into one of the tunnels nitric acid, and into the other Benzole, 
 the two substances uniting at the union of the tubes, a combina 
 tion ensued, with the evolution of heat. As the newly-formed 
 compound flowed down through the coil it became cool and ran 
 into a receiver. The workman then w r ashed it with water, and 
 lastly with a diluted solution of carbonate of soda ; it was then 
 ready for use. Nitro-benzole, the chemical name, and Otto of 
 Mirbane, the perfumer} 1 - name of this artificial otto of almonds, 
 
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66 A ROMANCE OP PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 has a different odor than the true otto of almonds, but is never 
 theless used in scenting soaps and common hair oils. After we 
 had made the tour of the factory, we returned to the house, where 
 we dined with the family of Mons. Sasportas. 
 
 Towards evening, we rode back to the hotel, accompanied by 
 him and two of his sons. We invited them on board ; they were 
 much pleased with the ship, especially the boys, who were de 
 lighted with the chairs hung in gimbals, and kept continually 
 rocking in them. They left late in the evening, pressing us to 
 make our stay longer ; but knowing that by so doing we should 
 delay Brad, we thanked them, telling them we would come some 
 other time and sta}" longer. They left, expressing their satisfac 
 tion for the pleasure we had afforded them. 
 
 Weighing anchor early in the morning, we stood out to sea, 
 passing on our way out the large steamship, " The Seine," which 
 plies between Northampton, England, and this Island. The first 
 da} T out, we steamed by the islands east and south of St. Thomas, 
 Guadeloupe, Martinique and others. We remained on deck 
 the greater part of the da} , there being a cool, fresh breeze, mak 
 ing it the most comfortable place on board. In the evening we 
 assembled in the large saloon, and with music and conversation 
 the evening speedily came to a close. Brad told us many epi 
 sodes of his life, and Jean gave us some interesting information 
 about perfumery and its origin. 
 
 " Pliny traced its origin to the East," he said, " and his opin 
 ion is fully borne out by the inspired writers, whose frequent 
 allusions to perfumes and aromatics, prove the very early and 
 extensive emplo3Tnent of the luxury by nations, in whose land 
 flourish the aloe, cinnamon, camphor, sandal wood, nutmeg, and 
 clove ; the incense tree, which it was the sacred privilege of the 
 
MONS. SASPORTAS. 67 
 
 Saboei to gather ; the balsam trees ; the sorrowful Nyctenthes, 
 which pours forth its rich odors in the twilight ; the Nilica, in 
 whose blossoms the bees are said to hum themselves to sleep, and 
 the sweet Elcaya, these, and a forest of others, are indigenous 
 to the East, and for ages, were disregarded by the rest of the 
 world. Homer but twice alludes to anything of the sort being in 
 use among the Greeks ; and centuries after the Jews had been 
 commanded to make incense, the Athenians were forbidden by 
 Solon to use perfumery. Among the Lacedemonians, the luxmy 
 was always discountenanced, and perfumers were expelled from the 
 city as wasters of oil, upon the same principle that they dismissed 
 all who dyed wool, because they destro} T ed its whiteness. In 
 Athens the case was different ; in spite of Solon s prohibition, 
 the taste for perfumery grew apace, and its indulgence was 
 brought to a higher pitch of refinement than it ever enjoyed be 
 fore or since. Though the East supplied the Athenians with the 
 most valued gums and ointments, the} 7 added largety to the stock 
 of fragrant plants already in use. Appollonius, of Herophila, 
 wrote a treatise on perfumes. The Iris, he says, is best at 
 Phasalis and at Cj^zicus ; perfume from roses is most excellent 
 at Phasalis, Naples and Capua ; that made from crocuses, is in 
 highest perfection at Soli, in Cilicia, and at Rhodes ; the essence 
 of spikenard is best at Tanius ; the extract of vine-leaves at Cy- 
 prus and at Adramythium ; the best perfume from marjoram, and 
 from apples, comes from Cos ; Eg}~pt bears the palm for its 
 essence of Cypirus, and the next best is the C}*prian and Phoeni 
 cian, and after them comes the Sidonian ; the perfume called 
 Panathenaicum, is made at Athens ; and those called Metopian 
 and Mendesian are prepared with the greatest skill in Egypt. " 
 "Still," said I, "the superior excellence of each perfume is 
 
68 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 owing to the purveyors, the materials used, the artists and ago, 
 and not so much to the locality itself." 
 
 " True," replied Jean. 
 
 "The boxes of unguents, that were carried in ancient times," 
 spoke up Susie, "must have formed expensive items in the jew 
 eller s bill, for they were generally made of alabaster richly 
 carved and ornamented with jewels." 
 
 " But," said Jean, " if we may believe a passage in the Settler 
 of Alexis, even this extravagance has been exceeded : 
 
 " For he t aiioint himself 
 Dipped not his finger into alabaster, 
 The vulgar practice of a former age, 
 But let fly four doves, with unguents drenched, 
 Not of one sort, but every bird a perfume bore, 
 Peculiar, and differing from the rest; 
 And they, hovering around us, from their heavy wings 
 Showered their sweets upon our robes and furniture. 
 And I, be not too envious, gentlemen, 
 I was myself bedewed with violet odours ! 
 
 " The room in which an entertainment was given was alwa3 T s 
 perfumed, either by burning incense, or sprinkling the furniture 
 with scented waters." 
 
 "An unnecessary proceeding, I should think," said my wife, 
 " when we consider the lavish manner in which the guests were 
 anointed." 
 
 " I should think so too," continued Jean, " for each portion of 
 the body had its appropriate oil or essences. Mint was com 
 mended for the arms ; palm oil for the jaws and breast ; the eye 
 brows and hair were anointed with an unguent extracted from 
 marjoram ; the knees and neck with the essence of ground ivy. 
 This last was beneficial at drinking parties, as also was the per- 
 
MONS. SASPORTAS. . 69 
 
 fume obtained from roses ; the quince yielded an essence suitable 
 to the lethargic and d} T speptic ; the perfume from vine-leaves kept 
 the mind clear, and that from white violets was an aid to diges 
 tion. The habit of anointing the head at banquets, is said to 
 have arisen from an idea that the heating effects of wine would 
 be better borne when the head was wet, just as a patient who la 
 bors under a burning fever is relieved by the application of a lotion." 
 " Socrates disapproved of all perfumes," said I, " and he also 
 believed it was wrong to bathe, and he never did ; but his teach 
 ings made little impression upon his pupil JEschines, who turned 
 perfumer. Alexander the Great was more attentive to the rebuke of 
 his tutor, Leonidas, for his wasteful expenditure of incense in his 
 sacrifices. His master told him it would be time for him so to 
 worship when he had conquered the countries producing the 
 frankincense. The king remembered the lesson, and when he 
 had taken possession of Arabia, he despatched a cargo of frank 
 incense and myrrh to his old instructor. From Greece, perfumes 
 quickly made their way to Rome ; and although their sale was 
 strictly prohibited, their employment became more and more ex 
 travagant, until even the eagles and standards were thought unfit 
 to face the barbarian hosts of Northern Europe, unless they had 
 been duly anointed before battle ; and should the engagement 
 prove successful, the ceremony was repeated. Such was the 
 demand for the luxury, that the chief street of Capua was occu 
 pied solcl} b}^ perfumers stores. The incense burnt by Xero 
 upon the p} T re of his wife, Poppoaa, exceeded the annual 
 production of spices in Arabia. At a rather earlier period 
 riatuius Plancus, when proscribed by the triumvirs, was betraj ed 
 by his perfumes. His place of concealment got wind, and dis 
 covered him to his pursuers." 
 
70 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "Describing the spectacles and Amphitheatre at Rome," I 
 said, " Gibbon observes, the air of the Amphitheatre was con 
 tinually refreshed by the playing of fountains, and profusely im 
 pregnated by the grateful scent of aromatics ; and also, In a 
 magnificent temple, raised on the Palatine Hill, the sacrifices to 
 the god Elagabalus (the sun), were celebrated, with every cir 
 cumstance of cost and solemnity. The rarest aromatics were 
 profusely consumed upon his altar. " 
 
 "In the Romish Church," Jean went on to say, "incense 
 is used in many ceremonies, and particularly at the solemn 
 funerals of the hierarchy. Several passages in Exodus and 
 also in other parts of the Scriptures, prove the use of perfumes at 
 a very early period among the Hebrews. In the thirtieth chapter 
 of Exodus the Lord said unto Moses, And thou shalt make an 
 altar to burn incense upon ; of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 
 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning ; 
 when he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense upon it. Take 
 unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha and galbanum ; these 
 spices with pure frankincense ; of each shall there be a like weight. 
 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of 
 the perfumer, tempered together, pure and holy. And thou shalt 
 beat some of it very small, and put it before the testimony in the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee ; it 
 shall be unto you most hoi}*. And as for the perfume which thou 
 shalt make, ye shall not make to }*ourselves according to the com 
 position thereof; it shall be unto thee holy, for the Lord. Who 
 soever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be 
 cut off from his people. From this religious custom of employ 
 ing incense, the royal prophet drew that beautiful simile of his, 
 that his prayers might ascend before the Lord like incense." 
 
MONS. SASPORTAS. 71 
 
 "That the nations attached a meaning, not only of personal 
 reverence, but also of religious homage, to an offering of incense," 
 I remarked, " is demonstrable from the instance of the Magi, who 
 having fallen down to adore the new-born Jesus, and recognizing 
 his Divinity, presented Him with gold, myrrh and frankincense. 
 The primitive Christians imitated the example of the Jews, and 
 adopted the use of incense at the celebration of the Liturg3 r . 
 The use of incense in all the Oriental Churches is continuous ; 
 nor do any of them ever celebrate their Liturgy without it, unless 
 compelled by necessity, which seldom occurs. The Coptic, as 
 well as other Eastern Christians, observe the same ceremonial as 
 the Latin Church, in incensing their altar, the sacred vessels, and 
 ecclesiastical personages." 
 
 " A reverend gentleman, describing the precious ointment of the 
 Scriptures, says," Jean continued, after my interruption, " The 
 sacred oil with which the tabernacle, the ark of the covenant, the 
 golden candlestick, the table, the altar of incense, the altar of 
 burnt offerings, the laver, and all the sacred utensils, and indeed 
 the priests themselves, were anointed, was composed of a bin, 
 which is ten and one-tenth pints Hebrew measure, or twelve 
 pints English measure of the oil of olives, of the richest myrrh, 
 of cassia, of cinnamon, and of sweet calamus. The proportions 
 of the aromatics in the mixture were five hundred parts each 
 of the myrrh and cassia, and two hundred and fifty each of 
 the cinnamon and calamus. This ointment could not be ap 
 plied to any other purpose. 
 
 "Horace, in an ode celebrating the return of Augustus from 
 Spain, bids his slaves go and seek for perfumes, and desires the 
 tuneful Neacra to make haste and collect into a knot her scented 
 hair. These passages sufficiently indicate the elegant direction 
 
72 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 which the taste of the Romans took in the days of this poet, who 
 himself was a voluptuary in flowers and fragrances. Perfumes 
 were used in the Church service, not only under the form of in 
 cense, but also mixed in the oil and wax for the lamps and lights 
 commanded to be burned in the house of the Lord. The bril 
 liancy and fragrance which were often shed around a martyr s 
 sepulchre, at the celebration of his festival, by multitudes of 
 lamps and tapers, fed with aromatics, have been noticed by St. 
 Paulinus, of Nola, a writer at the end of the fourth and beginning 
 of the fifth century, who tells us : 
 
 " With crowded lamps are these bright altars crowned, 
 And waxen tapers, shedding perfume round 
 From fragrant wicks, beam calm a scented ray, 
 To gladden night, and joy e en radiant day. " 
 
 " Constantine the Great, provided fragrant oils, to be burned at 
 the altars of the greater churches in Rome," I said, " and gold, 
 frankincense, and myrrh, in silken bags, are still presented on 
 Twelfth-day, at the Chapel Royal, in St. James Palace. For 
 merly the offering was made by the sovereign in person. At 
 present it is b} two persons connected with the Lord Chamber 
 lain s office. It is related that after Edward, the Confessor, re 
 built Westminster Abbe}-, being so desirous of rendering the 
 Abbe} almost unique in its attractions, he endowed it with relics, 
 in those da}~s be}-ond price ; among these were to be noted, 
 part of the frankincense offered to Jesus b} T the Eastern Magi. " 
 
 "In accordance with an ancient custom," Jean said, "the 
 Pope of Rome every 3~ear blesses what is called the Golden Rose. 
 This flower, which is made of the purest gold, and ornamented 
 with precious stones, is rubbed with balm and incense. His 
 
MONS. SASPORTAS. 73 
 
 Holiness recites verses, explaining the mystic meaning of the 
 benediction, after which he takes it in his left hand, then blesses 
 the people. Mass is then celebrated in the Sistine Chapel. 
 After the ceremony, this Gold Rose is ordinarily sent to female 
 sovereigns, sometimes to princes, and sometimes, though rarely, 
 to towns and corporations. 
 
 "Sophie Curvelli, the once celebrated opera singer, received 
 the last Golden Rose, as she gave up her lyric career to become 
 a wife and mother, and later a devotee, only singing for charita 
 ble purposes." 
 
 " It is time we left these classic scenes," I spoke up. " You 
 can tell us more some other time, Jean, about the perfumed gloves 
 and fatal caskets prepared by Rene, the chemist, astrologer, and 
 perfumer, for the use of his mistress, Catherine de Medicis, and 
 many other interesting facts. No doubt Brad and the others 
 would be delighted to hear of them ; but now it is late, so we had 
 better retire." 
 
CHAPTER X. 
 
 EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 
 
 ALONG voyage was before us, for Brad had determined not to 
 stop at an} 7 place between St. Thomas and the Hawaiian Is 
 lands, unless absolutely necessary. He had laid in a sufficient 
 supply of fuel and provisions to last, covering all ordinary delays. 
 We continued on our course, the uneventful da}^s following each 
 other in quick succession, Jean and I employing ourselves in 
 the laboratory, and reading the scientific works contained in Capt. 
 Cole s librar} . The ladies spent their time in reading, sewing 
 and helping in any little matters where their deft fingers were 
 needed and could be used to advantage. Brad and Jean were 
 all attention to Susie, but she did not encourage either of them. 
 Some days they were disconsolate, at others all excitement with 
 hope at some favor shown them, which the}" construed as favora 
 ble to their cause. Patsej of course could not keep quiet. We 
 had not been out more than a week, before he asked permission 
 to get up an entertainment among the sailors, to pass away the 
 time. Permission being granted, after a faw days rehearsing, he 
 invited us to the opening performance. The acting on his part 
 was very good ; the gymnastics were admirable, and the others 
 who helped him did quite well for novices ; Patsey having that 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 75 
 
 managerial tale-nt, of seeing what, and where, a performer would 
 show to the best advantage. Three of the sailors being musically 
 inclined, composed the orchestra ; in some of the succeeding ex 
 hibitions Susie and Jean helped him out by singing and playing. 
 
 With the interest in preparing and the pleasure afforded by the 
 performances, all the occupants of the ship were kept from feel 
 ing the time monotonously. Once every week the curtain was 
 drawn aside to show us some novelty. Patsey s wonderful per 
 formances in the acrobatic line excited our highest encomiums, and 
 as we watched the innumerable evolutions and gyrations that he 
 accomplished with such grace and apparent ease, and saw his 
 finely developed muscles, we thought, "Of what is the human 
 form, when righly trained, not capable ? " 
 
 We experienced an occasional spell of bad weather, but none 
 of any serious consequence, and we came across many curious 
 sights and pleasant scenes ; but as they have been so often and 
 variously described by different writers, it would be superfluous to 
 speak of them. We were now entering the temperate and colder 
 latitudes, having crossed the tropic of Capricorn. One magnificent 
 evening, about eight o clock, we were abreast of Cape Blanc, thirty 
 miles to the leeward of Patagonia, and the Straits of Magellan 
 opened less than seven hundred miles to the south of us. Within 
 the next. eight days, the Cynthia would be ploughing the waters of 
 the Pacific. We skirted the south-east coast of America with 
 great rapidity; three days later we were at the opening of 
 the Straits of Magellan. Capt. Cole concluded not to make the 
 tortuous passage, but to double Cape Horn. Four days from this, 
 about three o clock in the afternoon, at fifteen miles to the south, 
 we doubled the solitary island, this lost rock at the extremity 
 of the American continent, to which some Dutch sailors gave the 
 
76 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 name of their native town. Cape Horn. We met many icebergs 
 in these waters, and were obliged to keep a sharp lookout to pre 
 vent being run into, or crushed. The temperature being too low 
 for comfort, we did not show ourselves much on deck. It was 
 not only cold, but the weather was remarkably clear. The course 
 was taken towards the north-west. The next day the screw 
 blades of our ship were at last beating the waters of the Pacific. 
 A week more and w T e were nearing the Island of Juan Fernandez, 
 where De Foe s hero, the famed "Robinson Crusoe" spent 
 a solitary life so many } T ears. Brad could not but think that his 
 father was pursuing a like existence, and perhaps undergoing 
 greater hardships than even poor Robinson Crusoe did. We tried 
 to cheer Brad, assuring him that no doubt John Gagler could ex 
 plain everything to him ; and it would be but a short time before 
 we should reach the Hawaiian Islands ; in fact we were ahead of 
 time, according to his own reckoning, as he had told me a few 
 days before. Brad, however, was rather quiet during that eve 
 ning, but the next morning he was as bright and pleasant as 
 ever. I wanted to stop at Valparaiso, Chili, almost opposite the 
 Island of Juan Fernandez, but thinking Brad was anxious to push 
 on, I did not mention it then, but told him of it the next day, 
 when I thought it too late, and it was as much as I could do to 
 prevent him from turning the ship about. 
 
 " Always tell me, Albert," he said in his kindly wa} T , " of any 
 place you desire to visit. I can spare what few hours you wish, 
 and make it up by putting on more steam. What did you desire 
 to see there ? " 
 
 " I wished to see the Balsam of Tolu Trees," I replied, " and 
 to witness the method of procuring the Balsam of Tolu, a gun) that 
 exudes from the " 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 77 
 
 " Toluifera Balsammum" Interrupted Susie. 
 
 " It closely resembles common resin, but with the least warmth 
 it runs to a liquid like brown treacle," added Jean, " and the 
 smell of it is particularly agreeable ; it is quite soluble in alcohol, 
 so that we can make an extract of it ; but it is never used as a 
 perfume alone, but makes a good basis for a bouquet." 
 
 " A bouquet of brown treacle?" said Brad, inquiringly. 
 
 "A bouquet of odors," I explained, laughing, "that is, when dif 
 ferent perfumes are mixed together in certain proportions to form 
 some odor not obtainable directly from the plant or flower, such 
 as Extract of Jockey Club, New Mown Hay, and others, this gum 
 helps to retain the perfume upon the linen longer than it would do 
 without it. I, however, prefer Gum Benzoin." 
 
 "Balsam Tolu is sometimes adulterated with common resin," 
 said Jean ; " in order to detect this adulteration, I pour sulphuric 
 acid on the balsam, heat the mixture, and the balsam dissolves to 
 a cherry-red fluid, without evolving sulphurous acid, but with the 
 escape of benzoic and cinnamic acid, if no common resin is 
 present. If the balsam is adulterated with common resin it 
 foams, blackens, and much sulphurous acid is set free." 
 
 " I am sorry you would not let me bout ship for Valparaiso, so 
 you could obtain and see the balsam procured," said Brad. " Re 
 member, that I will put in at any port you wish to visit." 
 
 " It is of little consequence Brad," I replied, " but if } ou have 
 time to spare, I should like to stop at La Union, State of San 
 Salvador, Central America, to visit the forests in which grow the 
 Balsam of Peru Trees, and I can there see how they procure the 
 gum, the method differing but slightly from that of collecting the 
 Balsam of Tolu." 
 
 " Certainly, Albert, and I can replenish our stock of provisions 
 
78 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 there as well as at San Francisco, as I find I shall be obliged to do 
 before sailing for the Islands." 
 
 We were pleased to hear that we were to set foot on land in a 
 few daj^s at La Union, as we had had a long voyage ; fortunately 
 no mishaps of any serious nature had happened, and everyone 
 was in good health. 
 
 Two weeks and three days from the day of the above con 
 versation between Brad and myself, we rounded Point Consegui- 
 na} T , entered the Gulf of Fonseca, and rode at anchor in the har 
 bor of La Union. After undergoing the preliminaries customary 
 upon the arrival of a vessel in a foreign port, we went ashore, and 
 strolled through the town. Finding a public house which was 
 highly recommended to us, we halted, and induced the landlord to 
 engage a guide and interpreter for us ; he soon ushered into our 
 presence a 3 T oung man of very prepossessing appearance. Upon 
 telling him our wishes, he promised to fulfil them to the best of 
 his ability. In the morning, after an early breakfast, we went on 
 the front piazza of the hotel, and saw our guide astride a mule 
 and leading six others, too sprightly looking the ladies thought ; 
 but calming their fears we were soon mounted, and on our way to 
 the "Balsam Coast," so called, as that part of the coast in the 
 State of Salvador, reaching from Acajutla to Libertad is the only 
 place where they collect the article known in commerce as the 
 Balsam of Peru. This particular district is intermediate to the 
 two ports, and does not reach either of them within three or four 
 leagues. We considered it rough travelling, the whole track 
 being almost impassable, and mule riding rather uncertain. 
 L} T ing to the seaward of a low lateral ridge of mountains, tbis 
 district is much broken up by spurs and branches, thrown off 
 from the main eminence, and thickly covered by forests. From 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 79 
 
 this cause it is rarely visited by the residents of either Sonsonate 
 or Salvador. 
 
 We travelled all day with the exception of a two hours nooning, 
 and towards night, coming in sight of an Indian village, we entered 
 it, intending to camp here over night. We informed the chief of 
 the tribe that our object was to purchase of them a quantit}^ of the 
 balsam, otherwise we would probably not have been tolerated, as 
 they hold no intercourse with the towns or travellers, only what 
 is necessary for carrying on their peculiar traffic ; their chief 
 wealth being the balsam, of which they take to market from 
 twenty thousand to twenty-five thousand pounds weight, annually. 
 It is sold in small portions at a time in the before mentioned towns, 
 to persons who purchase it for exportation. The trees yielding this 
 commodity are very numerous on this privileged spot, and are ap 
 parently limited to it ; for in other parts of the coast, seemingly 
 identical in soil and climate, rarely an individual of the species, 
 is met with. The Indians informed us, through our guide, that 
 the trees that are well shaded yield a greater quantity than those 
 which are exposed, but when they have been planted by hand and 
 cultivated they yield most. During the months of December and 
 January, the gam oozes away spontaneously, and when thus pro 
 cured it is called " Calcauzate." It is orange-colored, weighs 
 less 1han when drawn from the tree, emits a strong odor, and is 
 pungent and volatile. Our guide informed us, that a very supe 
 rior balsam is sometimes collected from the flowers, but is very 
 scarce, and never found in commerce. We tried to obtain some 
 of this superior balsam, but could not, though we secured a prom 
 ise that some should be collected and sent to our guide, who 
 agreed to forward it to Boston for us. We had arrived just in 
 time to see them collect the common commercial balsam, as a 
 
80 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 party of the Indians intended to set out the following morning, 
 to some trees which had been prepared. 
 
 The tree having attained the proper age, five or six years, the 
 " coseche " or collecting begins with the dry season, usually in the 
 early part of November. When the season has been more rainy 
 than usual, the product is less ; but in order to supply the defi 
 ciency thus caused, the Indians heat the body of the tree by fire, 
 by this means making the gum exude more freely ; this operation 
 invariably causes the decay of the tree, and should this mode of 
 extracting the gum by heat be continued, the trees will soon dis 
 appear from the coast ; otherwise, they will increase in numbers 
 and attain to a great age. The method for the extraction of the 
 gum is as follows : the bark, for some distance up, is well beaten 
 on four sides with a beetle or wooden hammer, until it is sepa 
 rated from the w r oody part, but without injury or breaking ; this 
 requires great care. In performing this operation, four inter 
 mediate strips of bark are left untouched, so as not to destroy the 
 vitality of the tree. Several notches or cuts are then made in 
 the portions of the beaten bark with a sharp Kris or Malay dag 
 ger, and fire is applied to the openings by means of a blazing 
 torch. The exuding balsam readily ignites, and is allowed to 
 burn for a certain time, and is then extinguished. The tree, in this 
 hammered and heated state, is left for fifteen days and carefully 
 watched. 
 
 The above mentioned process had been performed previous to 
 our arrival, the allotted fifteen days had expired, and a squad 
 were going to help the watchers collect the balsam. We were 
 awakened before daylight by the noise of preparation ; not that we 
 slept very soundly or comfortably in our quarters, for they were 
 not the cleanest or most pleasant we had ever occupied. We had 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 81 
 
 but little time to eat our breakfast, for the company were almost 
 ready to start. Bestriding our mules, we followed them. In 
 less than an hour s time, we came in sight of the balsam trees. 
 They are very handsome, rather widely branching below, taper 
 ing toward the top, and about fifty feet high. They were so 
 odoriferous, that we scented the aroma of the flowers at a dis 
 tance of more than a hundred yards. The flowers appear at the 
 extremities of the branches, generally in pairs, numerous on each 
 stem, white and unequal ; the calyx of pale bluish green, and 
 very glutinous from exuding balsam. The leaves were of a dark 
 shining green, and the fruit almond shaped, winged, and contain 
 ing a white kernel with much balsam. 
 
 Dismounting, we fastened our animals, and went to see the 
 Indians manipulate the trees. The balsam was commencing to 
 run copiously, and was being received on cotton rags stuffed into 
 the cuts, and when saturated were pressed, and thrown into 
 earthen-ware pots, containing boiling water, and the cut repacked 
 with others. The heat detached the balsam from the cotton, and 
 it being of less gravity than the water, floated on top, was 
 skimmed off and poured into clean jars. When thus prepared, it 
 was of a very dark brown color, dirty, and of the consistency of 
 molasses. It was afterwards cleaned and clarified by settling 
 and rebelling ; the impure parts rising to the surface, were 
 skimmed off, and sold for making an inferior tincture, used as a 
 medicine among the Indians. The refined balsam is purchased 
 on the coast at an average price of from three to four reals, that 
 is, from thirty-eight to fifty cents per pound. It sometimes 
 undergoes a second clearing, when it brings a higher price as 
 " refinado" After the first cleaning, it is of an amber color, 
 which darkens in cooling. The extraction from the tree is only 
 
82 A ROMANCE OP PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 made during the four days of each week, that is, four cosecAes, 
 courses or extractions, per month, for each tree, and the average 
 produce is from three to five pounds per week. As soon as the 
 supply begins to fail, fresh cuts are made in the beaten bark, fire 
 again applied, and after fifteen days rest the extraction is resumed. 
 In this manner the collecting continues until the first rains appear, 
 when all trabajo or work ceases. Jean told us that " For a long 
 time this balsam was erroneously supposed to be a production of 
 South America ; for in the early period of the Spanish dominion, 
 and by the commercial regulations then existing relative to the 
 fruits of this coast, it was usually sent by the merchants here, to 
 Callao, and being thence transmitted to Spain, it there received 
 the name of Balsam of Peru, being deemed indigenous to that re 
 gion. The real place of its origin was known only to a few mer 
 cantile men." 
 
 Returning to the camp we purchased enough to put the Indians 
 in good humor, and show them we came for business, as well as 
 curiosity, and stopping with them for the night, we set out early 
 the next morning on our way back. During the return journey, 
 our guide gave us some statistics regarding the value and quantity 
 of the exports of this balsam. 
 
 He said that " as early as 1855 there were twenty-two thousand 
 eight hundred pounds exported from Salvador, valued at about 
 nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars, and probably now it is 
 double that quantity and worth. In the district of Cuisnagua 
 there are three thousand six hundred trees, which jdeld altogether 
 only six hundred pounds of the gum annually ; with proper care 
 in the extraction, each tree would yield from two to three pounds, 
 making the total quantity capable of being produced, in this dis 
 trict alone, about ten thousand pounds. On the coast of Chiqui- 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 83 
 
 mulilla, in Guatemala, there are many trees that would yield the 
 balsam ; but hitherto it has not attracted the attention of the peo 
 ple of the country to collect it, and bring it to market." 
 
 " How long will a tree produce ? " I asked. 
 
 " A good tree." he replied, " with careful usage, will produce 
 well for thirty years, after which if it is allowed to remain five or 
 six years at rest, or, as the Indians say, to renew its strength/ 
 it will again yield for several years." 
 
 He also informed us u that according to a manuscript copy of a 
 Papal Bull, at present among the old records in Tzalco, Balsamo 
 Negro was in such high estimation, that in 1562 Pio IV., and 
 in 1571 Pio V., issued edicts authorizing the clergy to use this 
 precious balsam in the consecration of the Sagrada Crisma, and 
 pronounced it sacrilege to destroy or injure an} tree producing it. 
 Copies of these bulls are, he told us, still in existence among 
 the archives of Guatemala." 
 
 The odor of this substance resembles very nearly that of vanilla, 
 but is not so generally pleasing. On account of its dark color, 
 it cannot be emplo3 T ed to any extent in liquid perfumery ; but 
 added to soap, it imparts to it its fragrance, and at the same time 
 causes the soap to wash with a soft, creamy lather. Balsam of 
 Peru, having also the characteristic of a mild medicinal action 
 upon the skin, soap containing it is said to be " healing " ; hence 
 it is useful in winter for chapped skin. 
 
 Reaching the base of a mountain, we commenced the ascent ; the 
 mules being accustomed to the ups and downs of this country, 
 easily clambered up ; arriving at the notch or gap where we could 
 pass to the other side, we dismounted for a nooning ; the view 
 from our present elevated position was magnificent, and after we 
 dined we sat for a long time enjoying the prospect. Our guide, 
 
84 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LAXDS. 
 
 leading the mules, had gone far ahead, we preferring to walk 
 awhile for a change. We were descending the mountain, follow 
 ing the rough road ; my wife was strolling a few rods ahead ; 1 
 was next behind, and the others some distance in the rear. My 
 wife turned on a curve in the path, and was hid from our sight by 
 a large mass of rock that had fallen across the way, and which the 
 road had changed its course to avoid. A minute after losing 
 sight of her, we heard her scream and call for help. I rushed 
 forward as fast as possible, picking up, whilst running, a large 
 stone ; when I turned the curve, there before me stood my wife, 
 confronted by a huge cinnamon bear. lie was standing upright, 
 and preparing to advance. I came upon them with such impetu 
 osity that it carried me forward directly within reach of the beast, 
 who, grasping me by the shoulder, pulled me into his embrace. 
 I struck him a heavy blow on the head with the stone, but it did 
 not seem to discommode him in the least, and the stone was 
 thrown from my hand with the force of the rebound. I had just 
 time to push my left arm up under his throat, and thus keep 
 his head back, so that his great red mouth, with its rows of long, 
 sharp, white teeth, were but an inch from my face. We stood 
 thus for a second, when I felt his embrace growing tighter and 
 tighter ; felt his hot breath nearer, his great eyes staring into 
 mine ; felt my strength quickly oozing away, and my breath 
 harder to draw, from the powerful pressure he was exerting; 
 slowlv, but surery, he was crushing me to death. 
 
 Why did not the others come to my assistance ! Oh, for 
 some help ! What thoughts filled my brain ! Was I to die thus ! 
 No ! One more effort, even if it takes the last breath. Pushing 
 my left arm up as hard as possible, perhaps remembering some 
 of my old wrestling tricks of my boyhood days, never dreaming 
 
Post-Office Money Orders can be obtained in 
 all city post-offices, and in many of the large towns. Their 
 cost is slight, and the money is sure to come safely. 
 
 When a Post-Office Money Order cannot be obtained* take 
 your letter unsealed to the post-office, and tell the Postmas 
 ter you wish it Registered. Buy the stamps for the registry 
 fee, and put them and your postage-stamp upon the letter 
 yourself. Then put the money in the letter in the presence of 
 the Postmaster, and take his receipt for it. Every Postmas 
 ter is obliged to register a letter if requested to do so, and to 
 give his receipt for the amount of money it contains. 
 
 Bank Check. If you do business at a bank, write a 
 check payable to our order. If you do not, some one of 
 your friends who docs will write you one. Send the check to 
 us. 
 
 C. O. D. Cash on Delivery. By this plan, you 
 
 Bend us one-quarter of the full amount, the remaining three- 
 quarters to be paid to the expressman when he delivers the 
 goods to you, to be by him brought to us. In this case, you 
 are to pay the express for returning to us the balance due, so 
 that it may reach us without expense. No C. O. D. order 
 will be answered, unless one-fourth of the amount accompa 
 nies it. 
 
 By ExpreSS. Hand your money to an expressman, 
 with your order. lie will hand both order and money to us, 
 and the articles will be brought to you on his return. 
 
 These Terms are Imperative! And by ob 
 serving them much useless correspondence idll be avoided; 
 all orders not in accordance therewith will be rejected. 
 
 The reasons for the above terms are well portrayed in the 
 following article : a careful perusal of it will doubtless con 
 vince the re idcr of their equity. 
 
 " Like all business men, we are always willing to fill orders 
 promptly, whether they bo large or small. No customer need 
 apologize for the size* of his order, or for the trouble given. 
 All business involves labor, and we are prepared to undertake 
 it cheerfully. Our living is in it, and we should be gone 
 clean daft to quarrel with it. Yet there is one point to which 
 all sensible men take heed; namely, the propriety of protect 
 ing one s self from imposition. But how to guard against 
 
WE CRASHED DOWN, DOWN, OVER AND OVER. 
 
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EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 85 
 
 I should have to use them in a case of life and death, we stiug- 
 gied around and around, till at last getting my right leg back of 
 his right one, I made a lift ; over we went, luckily he underneath, 
 but he still kept that murderous embrace. 
 
 We crashed down, down, over and over, for the declivity 
 was steep, each time that I came underneath it seemed as if 
 every bone in my body was broken; still we kept on. Would 
 we never stop ! And horror of horrors ! What is that I get a 
 glimpse of ! During one of our revolutions when I was uppermost, 
 I perceived only a short distance below us, a frightful chasm, 
 with steep, precipitous sides ; we were fast approaching it, death, 
 inevitable death, for both of us. If I could loosen his grip ; 
 break those huge arms of sinews and muscles ; but a sudden and 
 powerful shock arrests us, almost throwing me from his grasp, 
 and taking about the last atom of breath from my body. A huge 
 boulder blocked the descent, and the bear struck it. If it had 
 been me, I shudder to think of the consequences. For a moment 
 it stunned both of us ; the bear recovered first, and rising to his 
 feet, he pulled me to an upright position. Again we were face 
 to face, man and beast, in a terrible struggle for life, and 
 again he commenced that mighty embrace. In lifting me up the 
 beast raised me higher than before, so that my head was far 
 above his, and my toes not touching the ground. I could look 
 down into his face, with that red, cavernous looking mouth and 
 throat, and those devilish eyes ; my arm was still under his throat 
 so he could not as yet reach me with his jaws, but having no rest 
 for my feet, I could not again overthrow him ; neither did I wish 
 to, for over his head I could see that frightful precipice, only a 
 few yards away. What could I do ! My breath and strength 
 were almost exhausted. If I only had some weapon, my right 
 
86 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 arm, almost free, below his fore paws, I could use to advantage, 
 J felt in my breast pocket. Nothing, nothing, only a wicker cov 
 ered flask. Of what use is a flask ! A thought strikes me ; the 
 bottle is of no use, but it contents may be ; for it is, or was when 
 I started from the ship, filled with the strongest liquid ammonia, of 
 which I usually carried a small suppty, to experiment with upon 
 odors, to find their composition, and for various other purposes. 
 If the stopple has not got out, or the flask broken in our mad 
 career down, the mountain side, perhaps I can accomplish some 
 thing with it. 
 
 I drew the bottle out slowty, it being almost impossible from 
 the immense pressure on it ; but at last it came, and the space 
 left gave me one good breath. Now to raise my arm above his 
 head ; I cannot get it by those crushing arms, neither can I reach 
 over them ; my heart fails me, when I hear the shouts of Jean 
 and Brad. The bear on hearing the calls, released his hold for 
 a second, but only to resume it more powerfully, seemingly deter 
 mined not be deprived of his prey. In that second s release I 
 had gained the freedom of my right arm, pulling the stopple of 
 the bottle with my teeth, the fumes of the ammonia escaping, al 
 most overpowered me, so that I came near dropping it. Recov 
 ering myself, I dashed the ammonia into the bear s face ; it entered 
 his eyes, his nostrils and his mouth, and such a howl as he emitted 
 probably never before awoke the echoes of those mountains. 
 He dropped me like a red-hot poker, and with somersaults which 
 would have put to shame the gymnastics of Patsey, he rushed 
 towards the precipice as if ten thousand demons were pursuing 
 him ; when he reached the brink, his paws digging at his eyes, 
 he gave one tremendous bound, and making nearly one hundred 
 revolutions a minute, he disappeared from view into the frightful 
 
EMBRACED BY A NATIVE. 87 
 
 chasm, carrying with him an avalanche of earth and stones. 
 I heard my companions fast approaching, and Patsey calling 
 to the departing bear : 
 
 Shure an I hope ye ll find phat your e lookin after, and 
 whin ye rach the bottom that ye ll bring up suddintly. Faith an 
 he bates me on somersets intirely." 
 
 My head began to swim, a faintness overcame me, and I 
 knew no more until I awoke with my head in my wife s lap, and 
 Br,ad, Susie and Jean were bending over me. Patsey had gone 
 to see if the bear was still continuing his explorations to the 
 lower regions. 
 
 These events happened in a much shorter space of time than it 
 has taken to describe them. It seems that Brad and Jean, as 
 soon as they saw me go to the assistance of my wife, followed me, 
 but did not reach my wife, whom they found had fainted, until 
 the bear and I had commenced our roll. They stopped a moment 
 to try and revive her, but seeing my critical situation, they left 
 her, and came to my assistance as fast as possible ; then being 
 certain of my safety, went back and restored her, assuring her of 
 my escape ; then they returned to me, Patsey following the bear 
 as before mentioned. It was unfortunate that I did not carry 
 any firearms, but as Capt. Cole and the others were armed, and 
 I having no experience in their use, I had always refrained from 
 carrying them. I was considerably scratched and bruised, and 
 it was with difficulty that I could stand. 
 
 The guide having come back to see what delayed us, was told 
 of the adventure, and had gone on again and brought back one 
 of the mules ; he held me on while we slowly descended the 
 mountain, so slowly we did not reach the hotel till late into the 
 night. After dressing my wounds we retired. I was confined to 
 
88 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 my bed for two days ; at the end of that time, though feeling 
 somewhat weak and sore, I concluded to wait no longer. I was 
 sorry to have delayed Brad, for perhaps by my wishing to afford 
 myself a short pleasure, I might be the cause of his again missing 
 John Gagler. We set sail immediately ; full steam was put on 
 to make up for lost time, and we soon sighted the Sandwich 
 Islands. 
 
CHAPTER XI. 
 
 THE GHOST OF JACOB COLE. 
 
 ONE morning when I went on deck, having now almost fully re 
 covered my strength, I saw about two miles ahead, Hawaii, 
 the largest of the seven islands that form the group. We could 
 see clearly the cultivated ranges, and the several mountain drains, 
 that run parallel with the side, and the volcanoes that overtop 
 Mauna Kea, which rises five thousand yards above the level of 
 the sea. Brad was greatly excited at the appearance of land. 
 He kept walking back and forth on the deck, his nervousness 
 showing itself in every step he took. 
 
 " What if we should miss the ship now," he said to me as he 
 passed me. " It seems as if fate only drew me on, and when just 
 on the point of realizing my hopes, they are frustrated by some 
 untoward accident. If I don t find John Gagler here, I will fol 
 low him, if I have to go around the world." 
 
 " Have a little patience, Brad," said I; " you have made all 
 your calculations, and even the unavoidable delays which we have 
 experienced, will hardly put us back and make us too late to 
 meet the ship. Take it coolly ; we are almost there now." 
 
 We soon approached the shore and no sooner was the anchor 
 cast and the ship swung to, than Brad ordered a boat manned, 
 
 89 
 
90 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 and we both jumped in. He urged his men to pull with a will ; 
 reaching the landing, we went quickly to the Consul s office to 
 see the report of arrivals. On the list we found the "Pe 
 gasus," which had arrived only the day before. Brad s spirits 
 rose at this, and with slackened pace we proceeded again to the 
 boat, and the sailors pulled toward the offing where we were told 
 the ship lay. We soon came alongside her, and signaling, we 
 were met at the gangwa}^ by the first mate. Brad introduced 
 himself and me, and inquired if they had on board a man by the 
 name of John Gagler. 
 
 "We have, sir," said the mate. 
 
 " Can I see him?" asked Brad. 
 
 " Aye, a} T e, sir ; there he sits forward, near the capstan." 
 
 We both looked in the direction indicated. On a block sat an 
 old man, his elbows on his knees, his chin resting in his hands, 
 and his head turned partially to one side. Peering out into the 
 distance, he seemed to be day dreaming. For a moment Brad hesi 
 tated to approach him ; but advancing slowly he came close to 
 him ; still the man did not notice him. Brad touched him on 
 the shoulder and said, 
 
 4 John Gagler, " 
 
 Before Brad could continue, the old man turned and held up his 
 hands as if to keep Brad from approaching him. His wrinkled, 
 weather-beaten face, assumed a frightened aspect; he shook as 
 with ague, and his eyes stared at Brad with a look of fear. What 
 could be the matter ! Brad was about to speak to him again, 
 when the old man raised one arm, covering his face as if trying 
 to shut Brad from his view, and with his hand motioned him 
 away. In a low, mumbling voice he at last said, 
 
 u Avast, Jacob. Why do you come to me ? Why do you thus 
 
HE SHOOK AS WITH AGUE, AND HIS EYES STARED AT BRAD 
 WITH A LOOK OF FEAR. 
 
 Pnpre 90. 
 
rogues without offending honest customers, puzzles us at 
 times. For instance : An order comes from an unknown 
 party in a quarter generally remote, for which we are reques 
 ted to collect on delivery. We fill the order in good faith, and 
 forward as directed. After a short time the Express Company 
 advises us that the party refuses to take the goods, and asks 
 what shall be done with them. Well, the only course open 
 for us is to order the goods back, pay the double Express 
 charges, and suffer the loss. K"ow, if we refuse to fill all C.O. 
 D. orders from strangers, we may offend honest men, and so 
 get their ill-will. What are we to do? If new customers 
 would remit enough to cover mere packing and transit expen 
 ses, our perplexity would be relieved. 
 
 "Again : An order comes for an outfit for a stranger. The 
 goods must be forwarded to-day or the world will stop moving. 
 But our new friend has not sent us a single available reference ; 
 nor, in default of this, has he remitted a draft for any portion 
 of the bill. He may be as just as Aristides, or as tricky as 
 Jeremy Diddlcr : but how can we tell ? lie says he will remit 
 on receipt of the goods : but if he will not give a reference, why 
 does he not send a draft with the order ? Some pursue this 
 course, and their goods go promptly. Otherwise the order is 
 delayed until wo write and hear again from the customer. 
 
 "The " Collect On Delivery " plan is a very clumsy and ex 
 pensive method of paying a bill ; oftentimes delaying the for 
 warding of goods a day longer than other means of payment, 
 and of no possible advantage to either a rogue or an honest 
 man ; and the cost of returning money is often a large per cent, 
 of the amount of purchase." 
 
 o 
 You can Send for a Premium for each order 
 
 when the order is sent, or you can send the orders until they 
 amount to the number to obtain any desired premium ; but we 
 shall not keep accounts with anyone, to allow them premiums, 
 unless they send for two or more ounces at one time. For ex 
 ample : If anyone send us an order for one ounce at one time, 
 then, sometime later, for one ounce more; or should send us 
 an order for two ounces at one time, and a short time after an 
 
THE GHOST OF JACOB COLE. 91 
 
 happear, looking hexactly the same has I knew ye more than 
 thirty years hago? Was I not always faithful? Did I hever 
 do hanything to arm ye or yours ? Last night I dreamt hof 
 the spirits of old hacquaintances long gone to Davy Jones s. 
 Now, hin broad daylight ye happear to me. Go, go, I beseech 
 ye." 
 
 His voice had fallen to a piteous imploring tone, and sinking 
 back on his seat, he buried his head in his hands. Brad hardly 
 knew what to make of it, and stood staring at him not unlike a 
 spectre, until he saw him sink back; then comprehending the 
 situation, he said to him reassuringly, 
 
 " My name is not Jacob. I am real flesh and blood. See ! 
 take my hand ! No ghost ever possessed the like. Perhaps my 
 resemblance to my father has deceived you. My name is Brad 
 ford Cole." 
 
 John Gagler, for he it was, as it became clearer to him, slowly 
 raised his head, looking yet a little incredulous, and cautiously 
 stretching forth his hand, took that of Brad s, looking into his 
 face long and earnestly. 
 
 "You see, now," said Brad, pleasantly and smiling, "you 
 were mistaken." 
 
 "The same voice, form, heyes, air, heverything," muttered 
 John Gagler, " ow many ha time as your father stood afore me 
 looking hexactly as you do. Shiver my timbers, me boy, don t 
 wonder it made me blue habout the gills hat first." Then 
 rising, he took both of Brad s hands in his, and pressing them lov- 
 ingl} r , inquired, what brought him there, how he knew him, how 
 he found him, and poured in questions upon him like grapeshot 
 from a batter}^. 
 
 Brad answered them all, told him how his mother had read the 
 
92 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 advertisement, how she had followed him from place to place, 
 and how she had left the task of finding John Gagler to him ; 
 how he had faithfully kept on the trail, till now he had fulfilled 
 his mother s request and found him. Could he tell him about his 
 father, as upon him he relied to solve the mystery. 
 
 4 Your father, your father," said John Gagler, thoughtfully, 
 " ow strange hit seems. I am hafraid I can throw but little glim 
 on his fate." 
 
 But were you not with him on his last voyage ? " Brad 
 asked. 
 
 " Aye, aye, sir ! I were, but not to the hend. Where that hend 
 were I know not, but I ll tell you hall I do know, and ye can then 
 see hif ye can make hanything hout of hit. Sit ye down ; who s 
 your mate, Bradford?" 
 
 Brad introduced me, and we sat down waiting impatiently for 
 the old sailor to begin. 
 
 " Well, lad ! Lord love ye ! ow ye ave grown ! You remember 
 the day we started," he began, " }*our mother han you came 
 down to the ship to see us hoff ; ye were but ha little mite then. 
 We slipped hour cable, and went bowling hout of the arbor ; 
 the weather could nt ave been finer ; ever} body prophesied ha 
 pleasant han successful viage. The weather continued fine hun- 
 til we ad halmost reached hour destination. Yer father traded 
 then with the East Ingees, and ad hon ha cargo of Ilinglish 
 staple goods to hexchange for the productions of them hislands. 
 The night hafore we hexpected to sight the hisland we traded 
 with, h it were clear and beautayus. Well, me arties, henough 
 to say a squall struck us, one of the fierce hand sudden ones hof 
 those latitudes. I won t tire yQ spinning ha yarn about it, but 
 ope hi may die hif I hever hexperienced the likes hafore, hor 
 
THE GHOST OF JACOB COLE. 93 
 
 since. Hit were a regilar typhooner. Yer father were hat is 
 post, and never left the deck for three days han nights. 
 
 "We drove hon hall this time hafore the wind, we knew not 
 whither, for hall control hof the vessel ad been lost. We adn t 
 seen ha sign hof the sun during the ole time ; one mast was gone, 
 and t other swaying to, han we, thinking he very moment to be 
 swamped. The gale blowed great guns, han fords the hend hof 
 the third day the wind seemed to hincrease, han blowed from 
 hall quarters and the seas which ad been kept down by the steady 
 wind, rose igher han igher, han rolled hover the deck, one time 
 canying hoff two hof our men. I was one hof them. I never 
 saw my messmate hagin. The last I saw hof your father, e were 
 standing near the gunnell, looking to see hif we could be rescued, 
 but e saw hit was hof no use. He cast over ha encoop han ha 
 box." 
 
 " Then you do not know where my father is, or what became 
 of him ? " asked Brad despondingly . 
 
 Old ard, me lad," answered he. "The ship seemed to fly 
 from me. Hafter ha long time I ran halongside the encoop han 
 boarded it, han rested my haching limbs. Ow near land I was 
 I couldn t tell. The day afore we ad eard breakers hindistinctly 
 han supposed we were passing some hisland ; but since daybreak 
 we ad noticed but one such hindication. Night coming hon, I 
 couldn t see me and before me heyes, hit were so pitchy dark. 
 
 " Hanother day han night, still the storm continued; linger 
 gnawed hat me witals. I was not very thirsty, the rain supply 
 ing me with drink. The morning hof the second day hit broke 
 haway, han the sun came down upon me with ha scorching eat ; 
 but the prospect seemed brighter. No signs has yet hof land. 
 I now felt kinder shaky hin my timbers, for nay unger was hin- 
 
94 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 tense. Thinking hof what were my resting place, I felt hunder- 
 neath, han to me joy I found floating near the hupper deck hof 
 the coop ha en ; breaking hoff ha slat, I pulled hit hout. The 
 salt water ad penetrated hit, but I tore hit hasunder han de 
 voured hit. It revived me for hawhile, but the eat, and salt in 
 the meat haggravated me thirst ; many times was I tempted to 
 drink hof the water haround me, but I restrained meself, oping to 
 see ha ship or land. 
 
 " Hafter dark, oldin to my now halmost waterlogged support, 
 I thought I eerd the break hof the surf. Ow anxiousty I waited 
 for mornin , you can himagine. When day broke, land lay hafore 
 me, a low coast, with ha long stretch of beach. The current 
 swept me halong the shore, but did not seem to be takin me 
 to rds land. Being hafraid I should be carried ha way from the 
 shore, I left the coop, and swam to rds it. I was so weak hit 
 took hall the remaining strength I ad to reach the beach, hon 
 which I lay for hours, hexausted. Hafter recovering me strength, 
 I wandered habout han hobtained food han water in habun- 
 dance. 
 
 u But where is my father?" asked Brad, again getting impa 
 tient. 
 
 "Your father," replied John Gagler, " I aven t seen from that 
 time to this." 
 
 Then you cannot tell me anymore about him ? " 
 
 "Only this," he continued. "For five long years I lived 
 halone hon this island, during that time never seeing ha uman 
 bein . The sixth year I was captured by some natives hof the 
 neighboring islands, who surprised me hat night when return 
 ing to me ut. They ad landed hon the hother side hof the is 
 land, han I adn t seen them ; if I ad, I should ave kept haway 
 
THE GHOST OF JACOB COLE. 95 
 
 from em. I were kept a slave by these savages for two years, 
 ban picked up a smatterin bof tbeir language. I questioned 
 tbem bin regard to tbe urricane bof tbe time wben I was washed 
 boverboard, ban* foun many who remembered bit well, saying hit 
 were the worst bever known ; they told hof man} 7 a wrecked ves 
 sel. One bin particular seemed as if bit might be our ship, 
 which they said they ad eard bof, on ban island many 
 miles to tbe south ; that there ad been urnan bein s hon tbe 
 shore, who ad come from the wreck ban ad stayed ha consider 
 able time, has there were uts ban other bindications ; but who 
 ever they were they ad left bin ha boat built by themselves, ban 
 ad never returned. 
 
 1 I obtained all the information I could concerning the posi 
 tion hof tbe island. From hall I could gather it was near 
 Australia, west, habout five undred miles from the coast. I made 
 me hescape from these savages by floating down the river, they 
 lived some distance from the shore, to the sea, where I ad seen 
 ha vessel ove to ; my ead covered with a gourd which I had dug 
 out for the purpose, and hat night swam to the ship ban was 
 taken haboard. Reaching London hafter manj^ minor hadven- 
 tures, I badvertised for friends bof yere father, thinking per aps 
 e ad reached ome hafore me ; ban avin no relations, nrvself 
 ban me friends ball badrift, I wanted to find im hor some hof 
 is connections." 
 
 For sometime after John Gagler bad finished, Brad sat without 
 moving. All his hopes were dashed to the ground. 
 
 "What can I do?" be at last said. " I do not see the least 
 chance of finding my father. It would be an endless task to 
 search among the many thousand islands which dot those seas, 
 unless by chance I should land upon the right one." 
 
96 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "I don t think so," said John Gagler. "I can go to the 
 island hon which I was ha captive ; from there I could find the 
 island on which I lived five years ; then ye could judge by the 
 currents han the way hof the wind hat the time hof the wreck, 
 very near what portion hof the sea the ship had drifted. Then 
 it would be han heasy matter to hexamine the islands hin that 
 vicinity." 
 
 " Will you go with us?" asked Brad eagerly, grasping his 
 hand. 
 
 " Bless my heyes, won t I though. Nothing would give this 
 hold ulk more pleasure than to grasp me hold friend, Jacob Cole, 
 by the and once more," replied John Gagler earnestly. " Wish 
 I may die though hif I didn t think is spirit was hafore me 
 when ye first spoke to me." 
 
 "Get your discharge," said Brad. "Tell the captain your 
 reasons for the change, and we will take } T OU on board immedi 
 ately ; and tell the captain we should like to see him." 
 
 " Aye, aye sir ; " and he went to find the captain. 
 
 Meanwhile Brad and I talked together concerning which course 
 we should take, but came to the conclusion to leave it all to John 
 Gagler. The captain told us he was sorry to have John Gagler 
 go, but if there was any chance in the world of rescuing a 
 shipmate, he would not hinder in the least. So John Gagler 
 packed his chest, and after adieus all round, his packages were 
 lowered into the boat, we pushed off and were soon on board the 
 Cynthia. 
 
 John Gagler was introduced, and every one felt glad that our 
 captain had been so successful. Brad concluded to stop at 
 these islands only till the next morning, then to head for the 
 Chinese Seas, to commence the search immediately and in earnest. 
 
CHAPTER XII. 
 
 CELESTIALS. 
 
 FT1HE Celestial Empire is spread before us. We sail up the 
 -- Canton river, our attention all absorbed by the novel and inter 
 esting scence. A prodigious number of boats covered the surface 
 of the river, peopled with the odd appearing inhabitants, a large 
 number of the boats being fixed residences, and the handsomest 
 were the hwa ting, or flower boats. The form of the boats used 
 as flower boats is very graceful, and their raised cabins and awn 
 ings are fancifully carved and painted. Brad wished to stop at Can 
 ton to lay in a supply of trinkets for presents for the savages whom 
 we expected to encounter. We had been delayed by bad weather, 
 but had reached our destination at last. 
 
 " To you, who have been here so often, it will probably seem 
 tiresome," remarked Susie to Brad ; " nevertheless, I shall oblige 
 you to chaperon us, and we will try to make it pleasant for you, 
 as we know you. will for us." 
 
 " Thank you," he replied, " you know it is a pleasure to me to 
 be } T our escort. To-morrow, we will go forth among celestial 
 beings. Is it agreeable ? " 
 
 " A} T e, aye, sir," we answered in chorus. 
 
 With this sailor response we suppose Brad was satisfied, for 
 
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98 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 he started for his cabin, saying he " wanted to get his china to 
 gether." 
 
 1 Going to commence housekeeping, Captain ? " Susie called 
 after him. 
 
 " I am ready whenever you are," he replied. 
 
 " I ll think about it," said Susie, laughing. 
 
 Yes we were really to wander in Celestial land, the place 
 where perfumes have been known and used since the earliest 
 times. An old Chinese proverb, attributed to Confucius or 
 Kong-Foo-Tse, sa3 7 s, "Incense perfumes bad smells, and can 
 dles illumine men s hearts." Acting upon that principle, the 
 Chinese use lavishly of both, in public and private, which would 
 lead the hypercritical to conclude that their hearts needed a great 
 deal of lighting up, and that the natural odors of their temples 
 and dwellings were none of the sweetest. 
 
 Joss-sticks and tinsel paper, are the forms in which incense is 
 usually burned. The consumption is so enormous that there are 
 no less than ten thousand makers in the province of Canton alone. 
 The joss-sticks .are made principally of benzoin and ground sandal 
 wood. 
 
 " But these pastils," Jean said, " for they are only pastils in a 
 different form, are much finer if charcoal of willow wood, benzoic 
 acid, and ottos, are used instead of ground woods. As every 
 chemist knows, when such substances undergo slow combustion, 
 the ligenous fibre contained in them produces far from a pleasant 
 odor ; in fact, the smell of burning wood predominates over the 
 volatilized aromatic ingredients ; it is for this reason that char 
 coal is used in lieu of other substances ; it producing the requisite 
 heat to quickly volatilize the perfuming materials, and does not 
 interfere in any way with the fragrance of the pastil. It is true 
 
CELESTIALS. 99 
 
 that there are certain kinds of fumigation adopted occasionally, 
 where these products are the materials sought ; such fumiga 
 tion, as when brown paper is allowed to smoulder in a room for 
 the purpose of deodorizing bad smells. Pastils are much neater 
 and more agreeable, however, for such purposes." 
 
 Each morning and evening three sticks of incense are offered to 
 their deity, being usually placed in stationary censers of elegant 
 forms. Sometimes they are laid at the feet of the idols. In the 
 Ti-vang-mia-o, or Hall of Ceremonies, at Pekin, incense is 
 burned in twelve large urns, in memory of the deceased em 
 perors. 
 
 When mandarins come and pay their respects to the present 
 monarch, they also burn incense before him ; if he is away, they 
 offer the same homage to his empty chair, and a similar ceremony 
 takes place every year at the festival held in honor of Confucius. 
 Perfumes also pla} r a conspicuous part at Chinese funerals, as the 
 body is washed, perfumed, and dressed in the best apparel of the 
 deceased, whose portrait is placed in the middle of the room 
 above the incense burner, which forms an indispensable article in 
 their household furniture, and in it are kept scented oils burning 
 continuous!} 7 while the corpse remains in the house. 
 
 The catalogue of Chinese and Japanese perfumery is some 
 what limited. Besides incense sticks, they only use a few 
 scented oils and essences, which are more pungent than agreeable. 
 Musk is one of their favorite perfumes. They not only like its 
 odor, but they believe it cures every disease which flesh is heir to, 
 even headache ; and in this opinion they are backed by their 
 principal medical authorities. Sandal wood, camphor and assafce- 
 tida, are included in the list of Chinese perfumery ingredients. 
 
 In Japan, the list consists chiefly of a pomatum called 
 
100 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 made of oil and wax ; Jinko, an aromatic wood used for burning 
 in temples and private houses ; a sort of sachet called Nioi-bu- 
 kooroo ; and Hanigaki, a tooth powder, made of fine shells found 
 on the coast and mixed with scented herbs. American and Eu 
 ropean perfumers are slowly introducing their wares into the 
 country, but not much consumption can be expected until paper 
 handkerchiefs are abolished. 
 
 Aromatics are used in funeral rites, somewhat in the same 
 manner as they were by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The 
 body is placed on a pile of fragrant woods, the youngest child of 
 the deceased sets fire to it with a torch, and all persons present 
 throw on it oil, aloes, and odoriferous gums. Cosmetics are uni 
 versally used by ladies in Japan, as the duties of the toilet are an 
 important matter with them. The} pay great attention to their 
 hair, which they arrange in all manner of fantastic styles, insert 
 ing into it natural flowers, and also an illimitable number of pins, 
 made of tortoise shell or lacquered wood. 
 
 When a Japanese lady marries, she blackens her teeth, and ex 
 tirpates her eyebrows. The men shave the fore part and the 
 crown of their heads, and work up the back and side hair into a 
 tuft over the bald scalp. Both men and women indulge in a 
 great variety of styles and ornaments. Thus the Japanese men 
 take great pains to get rid of what we are so anxious to preserve, 
 and glory in a smooth and polished pate, while we endeavor to 
 conceal it with wigs and false hair. So much for diversity of 
 tastes in nations. Some shave their heads, and others their faces, 
 and each calls the other uncleanly for not following the same 
 fashion as themselves. The flowers of Japan are large and beau 
 tiful, but their perfumes are rank. 
 
 We were ready early in the afternoon of the day after our 
 
CELESTIALS. 101 
 
 arrival, to accompany Brad, and arraying ourselves in Chinese 
 apparel, which Brad had procured for us, the better to avoid 
 attracting too much notice, we set out on our tour of inspec 
 tion. We cut, to ourselves, the most comical figures, and many 
 hearty laughs we had at the awkwardness of each other s move 
 ments. In the streets, many sights appeared strange to us. A 
 great many kinds of business are carried on in the open air. The 
 barbers are called here Te tow teih jin, or literally " shavers of 
 the head," that being their chief occupation ; we frequently came 
 across them ; they also combine with shaving, bleeding and 
 other operations, like the barber-surgeons of old. 
 
 There is need of a great many barbers, as the Chinese men 
 keep their heads shaved, allowing onty a long tuft of hair to grow 
 on the summit, of which they are very proud, although it was 
 originally a mark of their subjection to the Tartars. When their 
 hair is thin, they mix silk or horsehair with it to give their tails, 
 as we call them, a respectable appearance. We saw no Chinese 
 ladies walking in the street ; in fact the} cannot walk, their feet 
 are so deformed by being compressed into a shape to wear a shoe 
 smaller than we would put on the smallest infant. When they 
 wish to leave their house they are obliged to be carried in palan 
 quins. We saw but few of them. They have three styles of 
 dressing the hair, which are generally adopted, and the particular 
 style worn indicates whether she is a maid, wife or a widow. 
 From her infancy to her marriage, a } oung girl wears the back 
 part of her hair braided into a tail, and the remainder combed 
 over her forehead, and cut in the shape of a cresent. On her wed 
 ding da} , her head is decorated with a crown, covered with tinsel 
 paper, and on the next day her hair is dressed for the first time 
 in the well known teapot style. On holidays, she ornaments hei 
 
102 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 hair with flowers, either natural or artificial, according to the sea 
 son. When she becomes a widow, she shaves part of her head, 
 and binds around it a fillet fastened with numerous bodkins, 
 which are sometimes very costly. 
 
 The trinkets in the bazaars were in wonderful profusion, and 
 we purchased a few for curiosities, whilst Brad bought a great 
 many of them, to be used as peace offerings to the savages he ex 
 pected to meet. We found a Perfumer, but the variety of his 
 stock was small, as far as perfumes were concerned. lie had a 
 large quantity of cosmetics, which the Chinese ladies apply liber 
 ally to the skin. One, which was shown us, was a mixture of tea- 
 oil and rice-flour, which the ladies apply at night and scrape off 
 in the morning ; it is supposed to improve the complexion. The} 
 then apply a white powder called Meen Fun, touch up their 
 cheeks, lips, nostrils and the tip of their tongue, w r ith carmine, 
 and sprinkle rice powder over their face, which finishes the elabo 
 rate picture and softens its tone. The perfumer showed us a sort 
 of cold cream, made from the pulp of a fruit called Lung-ju-en, 
 also a perfume for the clothes, called " e heang," which was very 
 powerful, but not the least flowery, as it contained assafoetida 
 among its other ingredients. A pomade for the hair, called " heang 
 tsaou" was excellent, being perfumed with Ylang Ylang, the Chi 
 nese Lily or Flower of flowers. The perfumer had some of the Otto 
 of Ylang Ylaug, which was exceedingly fine. It has an intense 
 jasmine odor, and is more costly than otto of roses. 
 
 " It smells precisely like the flower of the Unona odoratissama" 
 said Susie. 
 
 " It should," said Jean, " for it is distilled from them." 
 
 Musk was shown to us in immense quantities, considering the 
 value of the article. He had also a fruit of a cedar that grows 
 
CELESTIALS. 103 
 
 in the mountains of Tchong-te-foo, which is held in high esteem 
 as a perfume, and is hung up in rooms to fill the air with its fra 
 grance ; also Rondeletia or Chyn-len, one of the most gratifying 
 perfumes to the olfactory nerve that has ever been produced. 
 
 Sandalwood and Otto of Sandalwood we also purchased. The 
 sandalwood is a most valuable article to the cabinet maker of the 
 East. The white ant which is so common here, eating into every 
 organic matter that it comes across, appears to have no relish for 
 it ; this quality, together with its fragrance, causes it to be used 
 extensively in the manufacture of handkerchief and glove boxes, 
 fans, deed cases and caskets. We saw and examined many of 
 these ; they were elaborately and wonderfully carved, and their 
 fragrance could be perceived at some distance, and left the odor 
 clinging to our skin after we handled them. The Sandalwood 
 Tree or Santalum album, as Susie designated it, grew plentifully in 
 China, but the continued offerings to the numerous images of 
 Buddha, have almost exterminated it from the Celestial Empire. 
 It is burned by way of incense, to an extent almost be} ond be 
 lief, in these religious offerings. The Otto of Sandalwood is 
 readily obtained by distillation from the wood ; one hundred 
 weight of sound wood will yield about thirty ounces of otto. Its 
 peculiar odor is an old favorite with the lovers of perfume. The 
 otto of sandal is remarkably dense and is more oleaginous in its 
 appearance than otto extracted from any other substance, and 
 when good is of a dark straw color. 
 
 The dealer in perfumes said the body of the still, used for its 
 distillation, consists of a large globular clay pot with a circular 
 mouth, and is about two and one-half feet deep, by about six and 
 one-half feet in circumference at the bilge. No capital is used, 
 but as soon as the still is charged, the mouth is closed with a clay 
 
104 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 lid, having a small hole in its centre, through which a bent coppei 
 tube, about five and one-half feet long, is passed for the escape 
 of the vapor. The lower end of the tube is conveyed inside a 
 copper receiver, placed in a large porous vessel containing cold 
 water. 
 
 The distillation is carried on slowly for ten days and nights 
 without cessation, by which time the whole of the otto is extrac 
 ted. As the water from time to time gets low in the still, fresh 
 supplies are added from the heated contents of the refrigeratory. 
 The odor of sandal assimulates well with rose, and hence, prior 
 to the cultivation of rose-leaf geranium, it was used as an adul 
 teration for the Otto of Roses, but now is seldom emplo} ed for that 
 purpose. The otto of sandal is often adulterated with castor 
 oil, which, being soluble in alcohol, makes it difficult to detect the 
 fraud. 
 
 But what is the matter with Patsey? While we were busily 
 talking, he has been looking around, and is now trying to attract 
 our attention, and grinning from ear to ear. Coming to where 
 we were, he said : 
 
 " Shure sir, here comes a whole rigiment of lame an blind; 
 shure lookit, they er thryin to loight the way wid candles, an the 
 sun out as bright as Miss Susie s eyes." 
 
 It was truly a strange procession. At the head were a num 
 ber of men on crutches, hobbling along in the most painfully 
 appearing manner ; behind these a palanquin ; those canying it 
 were burning perfumed matches, which they renewed as fast as 
 they were burned up ; behind this palanquin were others, from 
 which proceeded loud lamentations. 
 
 After this procession had passed, which Brad informed us was 
 a funeral, and that the men at the head were not lame, but were 
 
CELESTIALS. 105 
 
 only showing how broken down they were with grief, we returned 
 to our inspection of the perfumery and curiosities, and shortly 
 went back to the ship, well pleased with our ramble. 
 
 Brad promised us another stroll, but not the next day, as there 
 were matters about the ship requiring his personal attention. So 
 the next day after, having nothing else to do, Jean experimented 
 with the ottos we had purchased. The Ottos of Ylang Ylang and 
 Sandal wood he found perfectly pure. He then added to a small 
 portion of the otto of sandal a little castor oil, some which we had 
 obtained at New Orleans, and proceeded to test the otto to dis 
 cover the presence of the oil. Taking twenty drops of the adul 
 terated otto he placed it in a capsule, and heated it over a sand- 
 bath, which we had arranged on a small scale in the laboratory, 
 until the odor of the otto was no longer perceptible. To the 
 residue he added five drops of nitric acid, and as soon as the 
 action subsided, diluted it with a solution of carbonate of soda. 
 The odor thrown out, once smelled, is not likely to be mistaken 
 for any other, it being senanthylic acid. This body is the product 
 of the oxidation of castor oil, and is formed when the warm otto 
 is treated with an excess of nitric acid. During the action much 
 nitrous acid is disengaged, and there is found floating in the acid 
 liquid, when the residue is mixed with water, a soft, unctuous 
 mass. The acid liquid is neutralized with the carbonate of soda, 
 so as to entirely removed the odor of nitrous acid ; the smell of 
 the aenanthylic acid can then of course be most clearly recog 
 nised. 
 
 Jean said " that as slight an adulteration as five per cent, of 
 castor oil in an otto, could by this process be detected." He 
 formed an Essence of Ylang Ylang and Sandal from the respec 
 tive ottos, which were very agreeable odors. The bottles and 
 
106 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 shelves in our laboratory were fast filling up, and Jean was taking 
 great satisfaction in watching the accumulation of the various 
 rare articles aud preparations. 
 
 Spending most of the day in the laboratory, towards evening 
 we went on deck, and watched the strange sights going on 
 around us. When the many colored lanterns were lighted, one 
 who has not seen it cannot imagine what a brilliant scene was 
 presented to our view. 
 
 The next day we again arrayed ourselves in our Chinese garbs 
 for another trip ; this time we were to ride in palanquins out into 
 the suburbs some miles above Canton, to see the beautiful Hoqua 
 Gardens. The ride was pleasant after we became used to the 
 strange, easj", swinging motion. Reaching the Gardens, we found 
 them indeed handsome, and we wandered for a long time amid 
 their beauties. We saw here the Sandalwood Tree, and Susie 
 pointed out to us the Dryobalanops Camphora, or Camphor Tree, 
 and some Laurus Camphora, or Camphor Laurel of the Island of 
 Formosa, which is almost opposite the mouth of the Canton river, 
 a little to the north. From these plants Camphor, that beautiful 
 and fragrant substance is produced. The kind mostly found in 
 commerce is derived from the Camphor Laurel. The camphor 
 exists naturally within the tree, ready formed ; on splitting the 
 wood it is found between the bark and the stem and in the pith, 
 in masses twelve to eighteen inches long, sometimes weighing 
 ten to twelve pounds. Every part of the tree, among its fibres, 
 contains camphor, which is extracted by chopping the branches, 
 and boiling them in water. The camphor rises to the surface 
 and becomes solid as the water cools ; in some instances, the 
 boiler in which the operation is conducted is covered with an 
 earthen dome lined with rice straw; as the water boils the 
 
CELESTIALS. 107 
 
 camphor rises with the steam, and attaches itself to the straw, 
 from which it is afterwards picked, and then packed for expor 
 tation. Canton supplies the markets of the world with this sub 
 stance. 
 
 There is a race of men called Nyr-Cappoors, or camphor seers, 
 who pretend to have the power of distinguishing the most profita 
 ble trees to fell. Many trees are, however, cut down at their in 
 stigation, without having any cryptae of camphor in them. The 
 camphor as found in the stores is refined, and is not in the orig 
 inal condition in which it is exported from here. 
 
 The purification or refining of camphor was held as a monopoly 
 at Venice,but it is now done in all large cities of the United States 
 and Europe. The process is simple, and consists of mixing the 
 imported camphor with a little lime, and subjecting it to a heat 
 sufficient to convert it into vapor, which readily condenses into 
 the form of the receiver. The odor of the camphor is very char 
 acteristic, and to the majority of persons, very agreeable. It has 
 the reputation of being highly prophylactic, and to this end is 
 worn about the person in times of sickness, though any perfume 
 would accomplish the same object. From its reputed antiseptic 
 qualities, it is extensively used in the manufacture of dentifrices, 
 soaps, aromatic vinegars, and other concomitants of the toilet. 
 Many trees grow here whose woods are odoriferous, but the Chi 
 nese have not as yet availed themselves of these natural treasures. 
 
 The parterres were filled with many kinds of beautiful and 
 fragrant flowers, such as the Kwei-Hwa or Oleafragrans, Lien- 
 Hwa or NympJicea nelumbo, Cha-Hwa or Camellia sesanyna, and 
 a sort of jasmine called Mo-lu-Hwa, one blossom of which is suf 
 ficient to scent a large room. There were various other flowers 
 r ery large, and some exceedingly curious and beautiful, but with- 
 
108 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 out perfume. "We saw immense numbers of camellias and jas 
 mines of every conceivable color ; they bloom here the year 
 round. Their wealth of golden, crimson, purple, and white blos 
 soms are much used as floral adornments. The yellow, which 
 are very rare, are allowed only in temple service ; the crimson 
 flaunt gaily over the boat or sedan chair, sent by the groom to 
 convey his bride to their future home on their wedding day ; the 
 fair virgin white are laid on the pyre, as the last loving gift 
 to the dead ; and the purple are used as the insignia of roy 
 alty. The camellia has been so named after the Jesuit Camelli, 
 by whom it was first discovered. We spent a long time w T an- 
 dering over these grounds. We saw the Unona odoratissama or 
 Ylang Ylang growing luxuriantly, its uncommonly long, pendu 
 lous flowers, outside a bright orange color, and inside }~ellow, 
 and their rich, grateful perfume attracting our attention from a 
 distance ; at last becoming weary we were glad to enter our 
 palanquins, and return to the ship. We lodged on board during 
 our stay here, as we could find no accommodations suitable 
 ashore, and were a little afraid to trust ourselves in the outlandish 
 city, feeling much safer in our floating hotel. 
 
CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM. 
 
 ALL being in readiness, we weighed anchor, and the ship was 
 headed for the Banda or Spice Islands. From there Brad s 
 father sailed last on that unfortunate voyage when the good ship 
 " Godolpha " fell a prey to Father Neptune. John Gagler wished 
 to stop there first, to see if there had ever been any tidings from 
 the ship, and to get his reckonings and bearings, as it was as good 
 a way as any to get into a course that would bring us near that 
 part of the sea in which the island was, upon which Captain Jacob 
 Cole was supposed to have been cast. 
 
 " On these Islands that we shall soon reach," Jean said to us 
 in the afternoon of the day before we reached the Banda Is 
 land, " are the principal nutmeg gardens of the world. They 
 were colonized by the Dutch about two hundred and seventy-five 
 years ago. Few fragrant substances are of more commercial im 
 portance than the nutmeg. Its history affords an instance of the 
 extravagance to which the spirit of monopoly will urge us, and 
 which has carried not only private individuals but even states. 
 Soon after the subjugation of the original inhabitants, the Dutch 
 endeavored to secure to themselves the entire trade in this aro 
 matic spice. For this purpose they encouraged the cultivation 
 
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110 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 of the nutmeg tree in only a few of the islands, and being over 
 anxious for the sake of the monopoly, to have them exclusively 
 under their own command, they destroyed the trees in the neigh 
 boring isles." 
 
 a Yes, I remember," said Susie, "and they pursued the same 
 polkrv with respect to the clove plant. More than once, however, 
 they have paid dearly for their insatiable avarice ; for the dread 
 ful hurricanes and earthquakes, which swept harmlessly over the 
 other islands, nearly annihilated the nutmeg trees of Banda." 
 
 " While the Dutch held the Spice Islands," Jean told us, " the 
 quantity of nutmegs and mace exported from the nutmeg grounds, 
 circumscribed as they were, was truly enormous, amounting to a 
 total of some four hundred thousand pounds. When the islands 
 were taken b} T the British in 1796, the importation by the East 
 India Compan} T into England alone, in two years following the 
 capture, were of nutmegs, about one hundred and thiily thousand 
 pounds, and of mace, about three hundred thousand pounds. It 
 is thus evident that the odor and flavor of nutmeg and mace is 
 not disliked." 
 
 When the crops of spice have been superabundant, and the 
 price in consequence, likely to be reduced, the same ignorant 
 spirit as before mentioned, actuated the Dutch to destroy im 
 mense quantities of the fruit rather than suffer the market price 
 to be lowered. 
 
 When Sir William Temple was in Amsterdam, a merchant who 
 had returned from Banda assured him that at "one time I saw 
 three piles of nutmegs burnt, each of which contained more than 
 a church of ordinary dimensions could hold ; " and a Mr. Wilcox 
 relates that he beheld " such a conflagration of cloves, nutmegs 
 and cinnamon, upon the Island of Newland, near Middleburgh, 
 
DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM. lit 
 
 New Zealand, as perfumed the air with their peculiar fragrance 
 for a circuit of many miles." Balfour says, " that in 1814, when 
 the Moluccas were in the possession of the English, the number 
 of nutmeg trees planted, was estimated at five hundred and 
 seventy thousand, five hundred, of which four hundred and eight}^- 
 six thousand were in bearing." The produce of nutmegs in the 
 Moluccas has been reckoned at from six hundred thousand to 
 seven hundred thousand pounds per annum. 
 
 Sighting land about midnight, we lay to till morning, then 
 ran into the harbor, and in the afternoon we went on shore. The 
 Island is lofty and volcanic, the harbor beautiful, well sheltered 
 and easy of access. We landed amid a crowd of Coolies and China 
 men, each doing his best to induce us to engage him as guide ; but 
 John Gagler knew the place too well to need an} 7 assistance. He 
 had been ashore in the forenoon to inquire of the merchants with 
 whom Brad s father used to trade, if they had ever heard any 
 tidings of the " Godolpha." But they had never seen or heard 
 of any of those who belonged to her, except himself. Some of 
 the older ones who had seen Brad s father, remarked the striking 
 resemblance of Brad to him. 
 
 John Gagler was at our service to conduct us to any place we 
 wished to visit. Expressing a desire to examine one of the 
 largest of the Spice Gardens of the Island, he engaged convey 
 ances and we were soon on the road. After riding about a mile 
 we came to one that was said to yield next to the largest amount 
 of nutmegs, mace and cloves, of any in the Island, the exception 
 being a garden quite a long distance from the city, too far to 
 allow us to go during the short stay we were to make here. En 
 tering the gates we proceeded for some distance through a beauti 
 ful grove of nutmeg trees, which extended to the right and left 
 
112 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 of us like a forest, the trees rising to a height of twenty and 
 twenty-five feet. Beyond these were some handsome evergreen 
 trees, rising from fifteen to thirty feet, with large elliptic leaves 
 and purplish flowers, arranged in coiymbs on short stalks. 
 
 " See the Caryopliylli aromaticus," exclaimed Susie. 
 
 " Faith, an where is it? Let me kill it ! " said Patsey. 
 
 " Clove Trees, I mean," explained Susie. 
 
 Among one of the groups of these trees were two magnificent 
 specimens in full bloom, or bud we should say, as the flowers 
 are not allowed to blow out fully, as the otto, although it abounds 
 in every part of the clove plant, is most plentiful and fragrant in 
 the unexpanded flower. We were fortunate to be here at the 
 right time in the season to witness this beautiful sight. The 
 average annual crop of cloves from each tree is two, or two and a 
 half pounds ; these two trees were expected to jield one hundred 
 and twenty-five pounds each, of this spice, in this single season, 
 and as five thousand cloves only weigh one pound, you can im 
 agine how fine these trees appeared, it being reckoned that each 
 tree had on itself at least six hundred and twenty-five thousand 
 flowers. 
 
 The Otto of Cloves may be obtained by expression from the 
 fresh flower buds, but the usual way of procuring it, is by distilla 
 tion of the dried buds ; this was done on the grounds at the fac 
 tory, which we visited. Few ottos have a more extensive use in 
 perfumery tban that of cloves ; it combines well with grease, 
 soap and spirit, and has formed a leading feature in some of the 
 most popular handkerchief extracts ; it has the property, which no 
 other spice otto possesses, that, when it is mixed with other per 
 fumes, of making a most refreshing and enlivening odor. The 
 Otto of Nutmeg and the Otto of Mace were also distilled on 
 
DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM. 113 
 
 the premises. The nutmeg tree, like many others, yields two 
 distinct odorous substances, that is, nutmeg and mace, from 
 which are made otto of nutmeg and otto of mace. The Otto of 
 Nutmeg is a beautiful white and transparent fluid, having an in 
 tense fragrance of the nut, and enters into the composition of 
 numerous perfumery preparations, of which the Frangipanni se 
 ries are samples. By expression, the nutmegs will also yield an 
 unctuous oil, of an agreeable odor ; this combined with an alkali, 
 produces a pleasant soap, which sixty j^ears ago was commonly 
 sold by perfumers under the name of Bandanna or Banda Soap, 
 but is now quite out of date. The nuts when ground are 
 used advantageously as an ingredient of sachet powders for scent 
 bags. The nutmegs are inclosed in four different covers ; the 
 first a thick husk, something like that of our walnuts, but larger ; 
 under this lies a thin reddish coat, which is the mace of com 
 merce, and yields the otto b} r distillation, and when ground is 
 used in the manufacture of sachet powders. The mace is an elas 
 tic network embracing the shell, and expands as the fruit or 
 rather seed grows ; the shell is hard and thin, and destitute of 
 odor ; under this a greenish film forms, no use as yet, having 
 been found for it, but which is in truth the shirt of the seed or 
 nutmeg. The odor of mace only resembles that of nutmeg in 
 being spicy; but otherwise cannot be mistaken for nutmeg. 
 Thus otto of mace and otto of nutmeg are produced by the same 
 plant within a fraction of an inch of each other, and are totally 
 different in their odor. What wonderful valves and taps have 
 been formed by nature to keep them from intermingling. The 
 otto of mace is seldom used in perfumes, but is excellent as a 
 scent for soaps. Mace when first gathered is of a beautiful crim 
 son color, is dried in the sun or artificial heat, if the weather is 
 
114 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 unfavorable, as it requires a clear heat, when it assumes a golden 
 yellow color, but nutmegs on the contrary requiring a smothered 
 heat, are smoked b} r slow fires of wood for three months before 
 they are fit for exportation. 
 
 The cloves are gathered by hand, or by beating the tree with 
 sticks, when the buds, from the jointed character of their stalks 
 readily fall, and are received on sheets spread for the purpose. 
 The buds are then dried in the sun. Their name is derived from 
 the French word clou, a nail, in allusion to their shape. Pro 
 curing several nutmegs in various stages of growth, and some 
 of the otto of nutmegs, the oil of nutmegs, otto of mace, also 
 some of the fresh and dried clove buds, we finished our visit and 
 were soon on our way back to the ship, which we reached just 
 before dark. Brad informed us that John G agler had made all 
 his plans as far as possible, and as we had nothing to detain us, 
 he would start immediately. In the forenoon of the next day 
 we steamed out, navigating the waters among the many islands 
 of this archipelago which presented to us many pleasing sights. 
 
 As we were sitting on deck conversing, John Gagler asked 
 Jean, " Whom or what he meant when he spoke of Frangipanni, 
 when he was telling us about the uses of otto of nutmeg, as he 
 had a messmate by that name." 
 
 " It is a name of a perfume," answered Jean, " in common use 
 even to this day, which derived its name from a Roman family, 
 perhaps }^our messmate descended from them, but it is cxubtful 
 bearing the patronymic of Frangipanni, as famous in Italy, 
 as the Plantagenets and the Tudors in England. The origin of 
 the name of this family is traced to a certain office which an an 
 cestor filled in a church, that of supplying the holy bread, the 
 wafer in one of the ceremonials. Frangipanni literally means 
 
DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM. 115 
 
 broken bread, and is derived from frangi, to break, and panus, 
 bread. Hence we have Frangipane puddings which good house 
 wives know are made from broken bread. One member of this 
 ancient family, Mutio Frangipani, served in France, in the Papal 
 army during the reign of Charles IX. The grandson of this 
 nobleman was the Marquis Frangipani, Marechal des Armees of 
 Louis XIV. ; and he it was, who invented a method of perfuming 
 gloves, which, when so perfumed, bore the name of Frangipanni 
 gloves. 
 
 " You remember, Susie, at the West Indies the name is used to 
 designate the fruit of the Plumiera alba L., and the Plumiera rubra 
 L. Frangipanitr is the French name of the Plumiera. One Mer- 
 cutio Frangipani, who lived in 1493, was a famous botanist and 
 traveller, noted as being one of the Columbus expedition, when 
 the} r visited the West Indies. He told the sailors that the 
 delicious fragrance which they perceived in the air, as they ap 
 proached Antiqua, must be derived from sweet smelling flowers, 
 and on landing they found vast quantities of the Plumiera Alba in 
 full bloom, rendering the air redolent with rich odor ; from this 
 plant, which the present inhabitants call the Frangipanni flower, is 
 procured that exquisite fragrance which is so popular in fashion 
 able circles." 
 
 After dinner we again returned to the deck, and whilst amus 
 ing ourselves by reading and conversing, John Gagler, who was 
 walking towards us, turned as he went by, looking in the direction 
 of the horizon as he did so, and drew our attention to a line of 
 dark clouds abaft the stern. We had noticed the short and pecu 
 liar puffs of wind which every few minutes had been rustling the 
 leaves of our books, and then was succeeded by a calm. 
 
 I m hafraid we ll ave rough weather," he observed; "the 
 
116 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 wind pipes hup queer, I see Capt. Cole as every thiug laid low ; 
 e was studying the barometer at eight bells han I thought e 
 looked hanxious." 
 
 Looking again at the clouds we noticed they had increased 
 an hundred-fold. We picked up our seats, books and other loose 
 articles, and went into the cabin, where we watched the progress 
 of the storm from the windows. In the short time that it had 
 taken us to change our position the whole aspect of the sky had 
 altered ; the black clouds covered half the heavens, and w r ere 
 gathering like a herd of wild horses, each mass crowding the 
 others onward, rolling and noiselessly clashing against each 
 other ; just beneath the edge of the black clouds, the sea was 
 white with foam, the wind came in stronger puffs and changed in 
 turns to every point of the compass. 
 
 Anticipating the storm, Brad had prepared everything to re 
 ceive the first burst of the gale. Desiring to witness a storm at 
 sea I went on deck and clung to a ladder, prepared for the shock, 
 and awaited till the storm should reach us. Far off in the depths 
 of the clouds we could see the vivid lightning in its fantastic 
 leapings, and could hear the dull boom and continuous roll of the 
 thunder. The storm seemed to advance with redoubled speed 
 and fury, struck the ship full astern and lifted it like a feather. 
 We seemed for a moment to be sailing through the air. It was 
 a regular typhoon, and the wa} 7 it tore through the rigging and 
 wrenched the masts was fearful. Everyone unprepared was 
 thrown from their feet by the shock. We rode before the storm, 
 which carried us along with irresistible fury. I made my way 
 back to the cabin as well as possible, expecting every moment to 
 be blown or washed from my hold, and when I reached the door 
 I was shot into the cabin like an arrow. The ship pitched to 
 
DRIVEN BEFORE A STORM. 117 
 
 such an extent that my wife and Susie, who were more helpless 
 than the men, were much alarmed. The books and other un 
 secured articles were strewn in dire confusion around the cabin. 
 The storm lasted through the whole night and howled incessantly ; 
 we could get no sleep ; just as we would begin to dose, a sudden 
 gust would cause us to rise up in our berths expecting the ship 
 was torn apart. 
 
 Capt. Cole did not enter the cabin till morning, excepting 
 once, soon after the gale broke, he came to assure us that the 
 ship was all right, and that there was no danger as long as she 
 kept clear of the numerous islands which abounded in these seas. 
 He only had a nap of an hour, then returned on deck to watch 
 our progress, and look out for our safety. 
 
 The storm still continued, and seemed increasing rather than 
 diminishing. All amusement, and in fact every employment on 
 our part was suspended. Susie seemed preoccupied, thinking 
 perhaps of some one, and his exposed position ; Jean s look as 
 he watched her, showed he had a supicion for whom she felt con 
 cerned. 
 
 Two da3 r s, three da}~s passed, no abatement ; the ship had 
 suffered, and I saw that Brad was feeling anxious, for if the 
 storm continued much longer she would be dismantled, and 
 if any accident happened to the machinery we should be at the 
 mere} of the elements. The sailors were worn out with working 
 and watching, and although we had nothing to do, anxiety and 
 lack of sleep had told upon us. Brad was looking miserably, but 
 nothing could induce him to leave his post until we were out of 
 danger. 
 
 The fourth day, the wailing and shrieking of the wind is not 
 so uproarious, Brad is asleep in his cabin, my wife and Susie are 
 
118 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 dozing in their seats, Jean and I are are looking out upon the 
 sea ; the waves are 3~et running mountains high, and as each one fol 
 lows its predecessor, it looks as if it would overwhelm us. This 
 day went as the others had, in anxiety and restlessness. At 
 night the wind was still less fierce, and we all hoped and wished 
 the storm would cease. By midnight we were considerably 
 refreshed, having had an opportunity to sleep during the fre 
 quent lulls. 
 
 In the morning the intense blackness of the sky was changed to 
 a dull leaden hue. The wind having subsided we passed a more 
 agreeable daj", although the ship still rolled and pitched heavil}*. 
 In the afternoon the clouds broke, and we jo} fully hailed the sun, 
 which we had not seen for five long days. Night came, the stars 
 shone brightly and beautifully, seemingly more brilliant in com 
 parison with the appalling blackness of the preceding nights. 
 
 Brad had lost his reckoning, but thought as we had been tear 
 ing along so furiously, we were off the west coast of Australia. 
 After the storm broke, a storm jib had been set with much diffi 
 cult}*, and with it we had been driving before the wind during the 
 whole hurricane, it being our only chance of safety. John Gag- 
 ler could not tell whether we were, or were not, near the island 
 on which he was cast, not knowing what currents we had encoun 
 tered in the storm ; but he thought the direction of the gale was 
 almost the same as that in which the " Godolpha" was wrecked. 
 
 At the break of day, land was descried off the port bow. 
 Captain Cole having taken observations and made his calcu 
 lations, told us the land was probably New Zealand. As we 
 approached, tall precipitous cliffs were discernible near the shore, 
 and volcanic mountains reared their heads in the interior ; run 
 ning in a short distance further, we anchored. 
 
THE WAVES ARE YET RUNNING MOUNTAINS HIGH. 
 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 CAPTIVES. 
 
 WE were all restless, and wanted to go on shore, for after the 
 rough weather we had experienced we felt it would be a 
 respite ; and Susie, as usual, was very anxious to examine the 
 flora of this country. Captain Cole, and Mr. Roscoe the first 
 mate, joined us, to see what kind of a place we had anchored at, 
 and if there was a chance to replenish the water, for one of the 
 tanks being damaged, we had run short during the storm. 
 We landed, and wandering a short distance, came upon a fine 
 spring, and around it indications of a recent encampment. Ap 
 proaching carefully we could see no signs of the former occupants, 
 but Jean cautioned us to be very careful against surprise, as 
 most of the native tribes were cannibals, or practised cannibalism 
 to some extent, and if we fell into their power we should cer 
 tainly fall victims to their horrible practice, as have many of the 
 first visitors to this island. Susie was the only one who had 
 brought anything from the ship, with the exception of the fire 
 arms carried by Brad, Mr. Roscoe, Jean and myself. Her clip 
 ping scissors she always wore fastened to her belt, and she also 
 carried a small net for catching insects, and a bottle of ether 
 for smothering them or reptiles which she caught, previous to 
 
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120 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 immersing them in alcohol; the large bottle of alcohol Patsey 
 carried for her, she having intrusted it to his care with much risk 
 as to its safety, for he was continually either turning it over, 
 balancing it on one finger, or on the end of his nose, and perform 
 ing all sorts of jugglery tricks with it. She had managed to find 
 some strange reptiles which she- had put in the alcohol, and did 
 not care to lose these, or the jar, as it was a valuable one, being 
 made of heav}^ w r hite glass, with a platinum screw top to make 
 it air tight to prevent the evaporation of the alcohol ; seeing 
 his carelessness she took the jar away, but he promising to carry 
 it carefully she again intrusted it to him. It was fortunate, as 
 we afterwards discovered, that he did take good care of it. 
 
 Sitting down around the spring we rested for awhile, all except 
 Patsey ; his restless disposition kept him rushing around into all the 
 accessible places, frightening the birds, often coming in with some 
 new flower or bush for Susie s or Jean s examination. Soon after 
 this, Mr. Roscoe dispatched Patsey to tell the boatswain of the 
 the boat that had landed us, to return to the ship and bring off 
 two water casks and fill them at the spring. He soon returned 
 and said they had gone to obey orders. 
 
 "We were listening to his report, our attention directed to him, 
 when noticing a peculiar subdued rustling we looked up. A 
 sight met our eyes that made our hearts sink. Around us, above 
 us, on eveiy side stood a tribe of most ferocious looking savages. 
 We grasped our guns to defend ourselves, but saw at once it was 
 useless, for such were their numbers and the advantage of their 
 position the} would have soon overpowered us, then our treat 
 ment might be still worse. They had probabty been in ambush 
 during the whole time we were at the spring, and as we afterward 
 ascertained, had been watching the ship, and seeing a boat put 
 
AROUND US, ABOVE US, ON EVERY SIDE STOOD A TRIBE OF 
 THE MOST FEROCIOUS LOOKING SAVAGES. 
 
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CAPTIVES. 121 
 
 off, had waited expecting some chance would throw a few captives 
 into their hands ; and had several times been on the point of 
 capturing Patsey, but he was too spry for them, they being afraid 
 to attack while the boat was at the landing, so had waited until 
 they saw it returning, then completely surrounded us, rose, and 
 surprised us. 
 
 Finding we were disposed to submit without resistance, one 
 of the natives, principally noticeable for his tall form, broad 
 chest and powerful limbs, advanced and by motions signed for us to 
 lay down our arms, which we reluctantly did. Then four of the 
 warriors stepped forward and took them up. The chief, was one 
 of high rank, as could be seen by the delicate tattooing that 
 striped his face and body. Two black spirals, starting from the 
 nostrils of his aquiline nose, circled his piercing e} T es, and meet 
 ing on his protruding and deeply furrowed brow, were lost in his 
 abundant hair. His mouth, with a full set of perfect, shining 
 teeth, and his peaked chin, were hidden beneath a network of 
 varied colors, while graceful lines wound down to his breast. 
 The sharp albatross bone used by Maori tattooers, had furrowed 
 his face five times, in close and deep lines, showing that he had 
 reached his fifth promotion. A large flaxen mat, ornamented 
 with dog-skins, enveloped his person, while a girdle of violet 
 wampum encircled his waist. From his ears dangled earrings of 
 finely polished jade, and around his neck hung necklaces of 
 " ponnamons," sacred stones, to which the New Zealanders at 
 tribute miraculous properties. He also carried a gun of American 
 manufacture, and a patou-patou, or double-edged tomahawk. 
 Motioning a detachment of his warriors to lead, he signified his 
 wish for us to follow, and then ordering others to march on 
 each side of us, and the rest of them to bring up the rear, we 
 
122 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 started. We knew not where we were going or what would be 
 our fate. 
 
 How fervently and frequently, during that march did I 
 wish I had never allowed my wife or her sister, to go on this 
 search with us. We had not as yet been maltreated, neither had 
 anything except our guns been taken from us. They inspected 
 the jar containing the reptiles, but probabl} 7 supposing that we 
 were preserving them to eat, did not take possession of them. 
 Knowing the habits of these savages, we could not but be 
 seriously alarmed ; they were very taciturn, and scarcely spoke 
 to each other. However, from a few words exchanged, Brad per 
 ceived that they were slightly acquainted with the English language ; 
 he therefore questioned the chief in regard to our fate. After 
 considerable haughty gazing, seeming not to notice what Brad 
 said, the chief condescended to say we were to be exchanged for 
 friends lost by them in a recent battle ; if their enemies refused to 
 make the exchange, we should be tortured to death. 
 
 Hope returned somewhat at the prospect of a transfer, as we 
 had been expecting that at their first encampment some of 
 us would fall victims to their appetites ; but now, with this 
 bright prospect of an exchange, even if we were not soon released 
 by the sailors of our ship, when on their return the} 7 should dis 
 cover our disappearance, there would still be hope left us of escape. 
 If we kept on the march, there was a good chance of our rescue 
 by the sailors, as they were devoted to Capt. Cole, and would 
 follow, and do all in their power to liberate him and us. Our only 
 fear now was that the savages had some rendezvous, where they 
 had their canoes ; then they could soon reach the interior, and be 
 safe from pursuit. 
 
 We travelled for some hours, Brad and Mr. Roscoe ahead, 
 
CAPTIVES. 123 
 
 wife and I following, and Jean and Susie behind us, Patse} T bring 
 ing up the rear, still carrying Susie s jar of reptiles, and he as 
 livety as ever, keeping up a continual fusilade of jokes and sto 
 ries ; it did not seem to make the least difference to him whether 
 he was a prisoner or not. Soon a distant murmur indicated our 
 approach to swiftly running waters, and not long after we came 
 to the junction of two streams, one uniting with the other in 
 resounding cascades. We were soon in sight of their canoes, 
 which were very large, nearly eight or ten feet broad and sevent} 
 feet long, being made from the trunk of a pine, their lofty 
 prows resembling those of Venetian gondolas. Reaching them we 
 embarked ; in the bow were seated eight oarsmen who propelled 
 the canoe ; at the stern a native guided it by means of a movable 
 paddle. AVe ascended the river with swiftness, casting many 
 anxious looks towards the shores we had left, watching for signs 
 of rescuers ; but alas, none appeared. Susie and my wife were 
 \erj much frightened, and shivered with terror ; we could hardly 
 calm their fears. The sun was just sinking below the horizon as 
 the canoe ran upon a bank of pumice stones. Several trees grew 
 here, and the encampment was pitched for the night, w r e being 
 placed in the centre, and large fires built on the outer edge of the 
 circle, forming an impassable barrier. 
 
 The next day we ascended the river with the same speed ; as 
 the day waned, we gave up all hopes of rescue, as we saw no 
 signs of our ship s crew. "We encamped again at night, and em 
 barked in the morning, other canoes joining us from various 
 affluents of the river as we reached them. During the day we 
 passed through a narrow gorge, thickly dotted with small islands, 
 and eddies breaking violently against them rendered navigation 
 extremely difficult and dangerous ; also, at this point the river 
 
124 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 flowed between warm springs ; oxide of iron colored the muddy 
 ground a brilliant red, and not a square yard of firm earth could be 
 seen. We were seriously anno} T ed by the noxious vapors exhaled 
 from the fissures of the soil, and the bubbles that burst and dis 
 charged their gaseous contents, filled the air with a heavy, pene 
 trating, sulphurous odor. If it had not been for some ammonia 
 I had with me, w r hich I passed around for inhalation, I believe 
 we should have suffocated. Patse} T , of course, wanted to smell of 
 it. I handed it to him, and after he had taken a mild sniff, see 
 ing the steersman watching him, offered him a dose, Patsey show 
 ing him how to apply the bottle to his nose, and making believe 
 to take a long, strong breath ; he then held it up to the savage, 
 who was probably congratulating himself that he was to have 
 something not to be shared with his comrades, who were facing 
 away from us. The steersman stooped, and following Patsey s 
 directions as he understood them, took a long pull and a strong 
 pull. You never saw such a surprised and demoralized savage 
 in your life ; it took his breath away for a minute, and created so 
 much confusion by his losing control of the canoe, that we came 
 near being capsized. He will probably never again smell from 
 a bottle in the hands of a stranger. I did not see what Patsey 
 was doing, for if I had, I would have prevented it for fear of con 
 sequences. Susie told me afterwards that she saw the whole 
 performance, but she would not stop it, as she said, " it was good 
 enough for the painted monkey." I gave Patsey a lecturing, tell 
 ing him, never to give ammonia to anyone to inhale, without first 
 cautioning them, and related to him many instances of people 
 being entirely deprived of their sense of smell by some foolish 
 person giving them a very strong and sudden inhalation of am 
 monia, thinking it a fine joke ; and of others, who had been so 
 
CAPTIVES. 125 
 
 affected by it, as to be thrown into convulsions, and have their ner 
 vous s3 T stem disarranged for years ; and in the present instance, 
 to think of the danger it put us in ; for if we had been overturned, 
 the banks would have afforded us no refuge, as whoever set foot 
 on the porous crust would have perished. 
 
 For two miles after passing these hot springs the canoes glided 
 within a vapory mass of white smoke, whose wreaths arose in 
 gradually decreasing circles above the river. It came from gey- 
 sers, hundreds of which lined the shore, making a magnificent 
 spectacle, shooting forth their waters and vapors, which mingling 
 in the air formed rainbows in the sunshine. We passed this 
 region, and before the close of day ascended two more rapids, 
 and at evening were a hundred miles from our place of capture. 
 
 At noon next day we entered a lake, and the natives hailed 
 with frantic gestures a shred of cloth, their national flag, that 
 waved from the roof of a hut. Here we were, helpless, at the 
 merc} r of these vengeful Maoris, in one of their strongest en 
 campments, inside of a fortress. What hope had we ? On our 
 arrival, when passing into the fort, the entrance of which was 
 decorated with heads, belonging probably to hostile chiefs, whose 
 bodies had been eaten by their conquerors, we were so besieged 
 bj T the fanatics of the tribe, that to secure our safety, for further use, 
 we were transferred by the chief who captured us, to a sacred place 
 on the edge of a precipice. Here we were temporarily sheltered 
 from the fury of the natives, and we stretched ourselves on some 
 flaxen mats to rest, for it had been a long and tiresome journey, 
 especially for the ladies. Patsey climbed up the wall and looked 
 out through an opening, left probably for ventilation. 
 
 When towards sunset the majority of the natives had retired to 
 their huts, Patsey thinking that in the dusk he might get outside 
 
126 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 and perhaps escape and be of some help, asked Jean and Brad to 
 lift the curtain that served as a door, when he had counted three. 
 
 The two guards at the door were drowsing, and no better op 
 portunity could offer. Patsey going to the furthest part of the 
 temple opposite the door, threw off his jacket and shoes, and pre 
 pared for a rush, and counted, 
 
 " One I 
 
 11 Two ! ! 
 
 "THREE!!!" 
 
 The curtain was raised. 
 
 He dashed past us like a flash of light, and turning around just 
 as he reached it, he turned over and over from his hands to his 
 feet, the same as we saw him do on shipboard. The guards jumped 
 up, but so quickly did Patsey go, and such was their surprise at the 
 novel manner of his exit, that they did not raise the alarm till he 
 had got quite a distance. We saw at the first alarm the natives 
 come out in swarms from their huts, and then we lost sight of Pat 
 sey. He did not return that night, and we w r ere so worried about 
 him that we censured ourselves man} T times for letting him try to 
 gain his liberty, for perhaps the natives being provoked at him for 
 his attempted escape, if they caught him would torture or kill him ; 
 probably he was now furnishing some of them with a supper, 
 though he would not be very tender ; for his muscles would chew 
 like catgut. We saw nothing of him during the three days we 
 were left to ourselves. At the end of that time an event hap 
 pened which drove all hope from our hearts. 
 
 It seems we were held for exchange for one of their high priests, 
 but now a messenger had come reporting his death. Uamuok 
 A.ik, our capturer, waited upon us, and told us that as our nation 
 had killed their high priest, their revenge would fall on us. 
 
CAPTIVES. 127 
 
 u Our gods command it. Three days from now all of you 
 shall die," he said. 
 
 He then left us. 
 
 The three days of grace were allowed to give them time for their 
 mourning ceremonials. 
 
 What a night we passed ! Who could depict our anguish or 
 measure our sufferings ! 
 
 As for escape, that was clearly impossible ; neither could we 
 rely on the sailors reaching here without a guide, and as for 
 Patsey, we were in a quandary, and knew not what to think. 
 Ten warriors armed to the teeth, guarded us since his departure. 
 
 The first night after receiving our sentence had passed, and morn 
 ing came, clear and beautiful. We were then removed from the tem 
 ple, to a hut at the foot of an enormous kondi, where the guard 
 was still further strengthened. The hut contained considerable food, 
 which we scarcely touched. Hunger gave place to grief. The 
 day passed without bringing a change or a ray of hope. The 
 night was beautiful as the clay had been, but it afforded us no 
 pleasure ; only two days more, and then we should never see the 
 beautiful blue sky again. 
 
 That night, that livelong night, I paced the hut thinking of al] 
 manner of wild expedients to escape. 
 
 Towards morning, utterly exhausted, I laid down. 
 
 Was it a dream? 
 
 I awoke refreshed. The sun was high in the heavens. I 
 raised myself on my elbow and looked around. Ah ! yes, pris 
 oners yet, it was then all a dream ! I had dreamed that I was 
 following a star, and it led me and my friends through groves, 
 filled with luscious fruits ; and flowers of beauteous form and 
 rich perfume bordered our paths ; in the distance I saw home, 
 
J28 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 with all its well known surroundings, and hunying to reach there 
 I awoke. 
 
 What was the meaning of it, a star ! Seeing me awake, my 
 wife, Susie, Brad, Jean, and Mr. Roscoe, came and sat down 
 around me. Many suggestions were offered for effecting our 
 escape, but all were abandoned as impracticable. -I told them my 
 dream. The} seemed to think it but a sign of our departure from 
 this life, instead of our return to our earthly home. 
 
 " In some way, we must and will escape," said Brad. 
 
 " In the dream of the star I seem to see a significance," spoke 
 my wife. 
 
 "If we only had certain chemicals we could produce effects 
 that would scare their wits from them," I soliloquized. 
 
 "I have it," said Jean, excitedly. "A star shall lead us! 
 Susie, where is your jar of reptiles? Bring it here, please." 
 
 " Patsey had it last," she replied ; "we must have left it at the 
 temple. I never once thought of it." 
 
 " Then we can do nothing without it; on that I depended," 
 said Jean, sorrowfully. 
 
 "Here it is," said Capt. Cole, " not a reptile lost. I looked 
 after it when we changed our quarters, and also brought Patsey s 
 jacket, which he threw off when he left us." 
 
 "How kind of you, Captain," said Susie, looking at him al 
 most lovingly out of her beautiful, blue eyes. 
 
 " How fortunate," interrupted Jean, who of course did not like 
 to see such a scene prolonged ; "on this jar and a dark night all 
 our success, if we escape, w r ill depend." 
 
 "I do not see how a bottleful of reptiles is going to frighten 
 these savages," remarked Mr. Roscoe, "especially as they see 
 them so frequently." 
 
CAPTIVES. 129 
 
 "You shall see," answered Jean, pleasantly. "I suppose, 
 Susie," said he to her, "you are willing to sacrifice your collec 
 tion and jar, for the common safety, and you will also agree to 
 alf I ask of you, for perhaps upon your steadiness in this trial a 
 great deal of our success will depend." 
 
 "Most willing^, dear friends," she replied, "anything in my 
 power, I will do, if you but command me." 
 
 We had all gathered around Jean, wondering of what he had 
 thought. 
 
 "If it is dark to-night, we will try to escape," Jean remarked ; 
 "if not, to-morrow night we must make the attempt, light or 
 dark. Captain, will you take an observation and see how mat 
 ters are outside ? " 
 
 Brad raised the mat and counted twenty-five natives who were 
 watching at the entrance. 
 
 " Rather dubious," said Brad, putting down the mat. 
 
 " Never mind," said Jean, " I think I can outwit them all." 
 
 "But how? " we all exclaimed. 
 
 " To commence," he responded, " I want the cork to your am 
 monia bottle, Mr. Montague ; I have a knife, and I want to cut 
 the cork up to make a float ; and now, Susie, I want to use your 
 scissors to destroy the top to your preserving jar. First the 
 wire you use as a handle, then the cover. Mr. Roscoe, if you 
 have a knife, I want to set you to work to make a lid for this 
 jar ; you will have to make it of wood. I see nothing better. 
 Select a hard piece from the walls of the hut." 
 
 We were soon all busy under Jean s directions. Susie took the 
 
 reptiles from the alcohol, and cleaned every speck of dirt from the 
 
 inside and outside of the bottle. I was at work on another cover 
 
 for the jar, making it out of hard wood ; it was to fit over the one 
 
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130 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 that Mr. Roscoe was whittling out, for the cover was to be double, 
 with holes cut in each one to make a draft to allow the entrance 
 of air, or exclude it entirely. Jean was cutting a star from the 
 platinum top, making it as large as it was possible from Ae 
 size of the cover. I now knew what Jean was making, and on 
 what his hopes rested. 
 
 We worked hard all day on the covers ; it was slow cutting, 
 and many times we were interrupted by the entrance of some one 
 of the guard to see what we were doing, when we had to hide our 
 work quickly, for fear they would take it from us. How quickly 
 the time flew! The day did not seem but a few hours long. 
 Occupation makes life pleasant, and time golden. Within an 
 hour of dusk ever} thing was ready ; the jar almost full of alcohol, 
 clear as costal ; in it the float, and pendent from it a large star 
 of platina, the covers fitting rather roughry, but still well enough 
 to accomplish what we wished. 
 
 " Now," said I, u gather up all the provisions ; there is plenty 
 for two or three days rations and we may need them." 
 
 We had eaten but little during our last three days imprison 
 ment, fortunately for us, as it now appeared. 
 
 " We will try our apparatus," said I to Jean ; " carry it to the 
 furthest corner where it is dark, so we can see the effect better, 
 and not let the guards get a glimpse of it, for that would spoil 
 all." 
 
 Jean carried the jar to the corner, took off the wooden covers, 
 the star inside suspended just a hair s breadth over the cork which 
 was floating on the alcohol, and applied a lighted match to the 
 contents of the jar ; a lurid flame sprang up, in a moment the 
 star was red hot. Jean immediately put on the two covers, 
 closed the drafts, almost smothered the flame for want of air, 
 
CAPTIVES. 131 
 
 
 
 then blew it entirely out. A moment of suspense a moment 
 which was ages to Jean and I, knowing what ought to occur. 
 Then slowly the star turned a brilliant red, until it shone out in 
 the darkness like a natural star from heaven. A cry of joy could 
 scarcety be suppressed by either of us, and we heard exclamations 
 of surprise from Susie, Capt. Cole, and Mr. Roscoe. for even 
 they had never seen this really wonderful phenomenon. What 
 would be its effect on the uneducated savages, especially in the 
 manner in which Jean intended to present it, we could only sur 
 mise. We looked on it, not only as a valuable discovery, a prin 
 ciple of a metal pertaining to no other known substance, but also 
 as a prime auxiliary in our proposed escape from the savages. 
 
 Jean explained that platina has the property, when once heated, 
 and exposed to the vapors of alcohol, or any perfume containing 
 absolute alcohol, of remaining red-hot. The heat of the platina 
 evolves hydrogen from the alcohol and the draft in the top letting 
 in the air, the supply being regulated by adjusting the draft, so as 
 to supply oxygen in proper quantity and make it burn more or 
 less brightly. No matter in what shape the platina is cut, it will 
 remain incandescent, as long as there is a drop of alcohol "eft in 
 the vessel in which it is put, without any flame being present, 
 being kept in that condition by the rising vapor only. 
 
CHAPTER XV. 
 
 ESCAPE. 
 
 OUR situation for escape was more favorable in this hut, than 
 it had been in the temple, as it faced the lake, on which 
 rocked the canoes of the savages ; if we reached them in safety, 
 all would be well. 
 
 The night came and the moon rose early, shedding a light so 
 bright and clear, one could almost read without the aid of artifi 
 cial light ; our star would be no guide, with the moon for a rival ; 
 we must wait another night and day. The night, how long ! 
 The day ! Would it never end ? Each one of us counted the 
 interminable hours, but it did not shorten them. Everything 
 was prepared for our flight ; twilight came on, the sun disappeared 
 behind a bank of dense clouds of threatening aspect, a few flashes 
 of lightning illumined the horizon, and a distant peal of thun 
 der announced a coming storm. Jean welcomed it as subsidiary 
 to his scheme. About eight o clock the sky looked like a black 
 pall, forming an excellent background, as a contrast for our bright 
 star. Before dusk we had studied our course and made our 
 plans ; all were cautioned to keep close together, and act well 
 their part. Susie was to lead us ; all her dark clothes were 
 thrown aside ; she was to wear nothing but her white clothing. 
 
 132 
 
Lily White. I BOX. To whiten the complexion ; very 
 useful in warm weather to absorb the perspiration, giving a 
 beautiful clearness to the skin. 
 
 Perfume Bag. A pretty paper sachet filled with 
 perfume to be put in handkerchief or glove boxes, or among 
 the clothes ; keeps them nicely perfumed. 
 
 Five Tonqua Beans. These fragrant produc 
 tions from New Mexico will fill a drawer or room with per 
 fume, and continue to do so for years. As a preventive of 
 Moth, and as a preservative of Furs and Woollens, they are 
 unequalled. 
 
 Tooth Or Nail BrtlSh. Nice bristles, ivory han- 
 die ; articles everyone should have 
 
 Smelling SaltS Bottle. Pretty colored glass 
 bottle, with screw top, filled with very strong salts, useful to 
 carry about the person in case of faintness or headache. 
 
 Cosmetique, or Stick Pomatum, imported. 
 
 1 package, nicely perfumed, for making the hair or whiskers 
 have a glossy appearance, White or Black. By using the 
 black, the hair can be colored Mention the color you wish. 
 
 , Or Ear-BrUSh.- An indispensable arti 
 cle to every lady s and gentleman s toilet, and an addition of 
 incalculable value to the appointments of the Nursery. Deaf 
 ness and other affections of the ear, either cured or averted by 
 its use. The ear cleansed : Comfort promoted. The aurilave 
 is designed to take the place of the inefficient and dangerous 
 instruments hitherto employed for the purpose of cleansing the 
 human ear; and the widespread and increasing demand for it, 
 together with the fact that it has been both imitated and coun 
 terfeited, is indeed sufficient evidence of its value. 
 
 Chinese Incense Pastel. The same as con- 
 
 tidually burns in the religious Temples and Pagodas of the 
 Chinese, emitting a pleasing perfume. A small lot just im 
 ported. 
 
 Continental Plaster and Sealing-Paper. 
 
 Each package contains one sheet Linen Court-Plaster, one 
 sheet nice heavy Parchment Court-Plaster, one sheet each nice 
 Manilla and Light Parchment Court-Plaster (all of great heal 
 ing power, being prepared in Tincture of Arnica), and two 
 
SUSIE ADVANCED. 
 
 Page 133. 
 
ESCAPE. 133 
 
 Her hair was unbound and hung loosely down her back and over 
 her shoulders, and in her left hand she was to carry the jar, with 
 its contents in full operation ; the bright star only would show. 
 Her right hand was rubbed with moistened phosphorus from 
 matches, a plenty of which we always carried with us in our 
 pockets. Brad, Mr. Roscoe, Jean, and myself, covered our 
 faces with the same substance, so that in the intense darkness we 
 looked like demons of lire. 
 
 At nine o clock the time for action had arrived. The moment 
 at which we had decided to go, a violent trembling of the earth 
 was felt, and the action increased. Hollow rumblings and hiss 
 ings, sounded in the air. Jean, all excitement exclaimed, 
 
 u Do not be alarmed, the volcano of Maun Ganamu has broken 
 forth in some new locality ; it will help us. Now, Susie, take 
 your position. Captain Cole, you and Mr. Roscoe simultaneously 
 raise the curtain and grin like imps from Hades at the nearest 
 guards; then, Susie, hold up your star, and every little while 
 turn and beckon us on with your phosphorescent hand. Mrs. 
 Montague will go between Mr. Montague and myself, and after 
 we have passed out, drop the mat and bring up the rear, and do 
 3 our best to make up the most horrible faces, and so, if possible, 
 scare the savages out of their senses." 
 
 A glance to see that all was ready. 
 
 "Ready! Raise! Courage, Susie," said Jean in a subdued 
 voice, for he saw she was trembling with nervous excitement. 
 
 The curtain was lifted. 
 
 Susie advanced. 
 
 The two principal guards nearest the entrance stepped be 
 fore her to arrest her progress, when raising their eyes they saw 
 the shining star ; their dark faces turned a bluish livid color, 
 
134 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 their herculean forms trembled, and their weapons fell to the 
 ground at their feet. The others seeing what an effect it had 
 produced on their comrades of higher rank, became themselves 
 panic-stricken. Many fell to the ground, and covering their 
 faces, tried to shut out the sight. "We grinned and distorted our 
 faces. The star still led us onward unmolested. The^ volcano 
 poured forth its fire, smoke, and molten lava. The thunder 
 rolled, and the vivid lightnings flashed, revealing to us for a mo 
 ment the path we were to follow, and the terror-stricken savages 
 we were fast leaving behind us. We approached nearer and 
 nearer to the canoes, a short distance further, a few moments 
 more, and we are safe. Our hearts beating wildly, listening 
 for any diminishing of the fear in our enemies. How eagerly we 
 waited for the end. At last we reached a canoe, and stepping in, 
 we pushed off. 
 
 Free at last ! " exclaimed Brad, with a deep sigh of relief, 
 but no hear the noise ; they have a suspicion that they 
 are deceived." 
 
 " One more trial," I said. " All turn your faces towards the 
 shore. Sing some weird chant, Susie, the moment the thunder 
 stops ; as soon as the lightning flashes, turn quickly all of you 
 and pull for dear life, and then cover the staf . Perhaps they may 
 think we have arisen in a cloud." 
 
 An instant of calmness then Susie s voice broke the stillness, 
 and a chant, the music of which penetrated the depths of the soul, 
 hushed the noise on the shore, and all was still. Soon an intense 
 flash of lightning, an overpowering burst of thunder and she 
 paused, we quickly turned, and dipping the paddles we sped 
 onwards over the lake to the river. No pursuers ; the effect had 
 been complete. 
 
ESCAPE. 135 
 
 All night the thunder, lightning, and rain continued, but we 
 worked steadily at the paddles ; when day dawned there were 
 many miles between us and our late captors. We carefully pre 
 served our Magic Star, not knowing how soon we might require 
 it. As soon as we felt satisfied there would be no pursuit, we 
 washed the phosphorus from our faces, to avoid its producing any 
 deleterious effect upon the skin. We went ashore at break of 
 day, and concealed our boat and selves until near nightfall, then 
 seeing as yet no signs of pursuers, we embarked and continued our 
 way, cautiously at first, but soon exerting ourselves to our ut 
 most, rapidly descended the river. Just as darkness began to 
 settle on the river we passed the geyser region ; then knowing we 
 had nothing more to fear, pushed boldly forward, landing a little 
 after midnight for rest. We were much troubled about Patsey s 
 non-appearance, and could form no reason for his not being seen 
 again, unless he had been recaptured. We finally determined 
 that if he had not returned to the ship, we would come back with 
 a well armed crew and rescue him from the savages, if he was 
 yet alive. 
 
CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 PATSEY s ADVENTURES, ESCAPE, AND RETURN. 
 
 next morning we awoke with a start, caused by our hear- 
 ing voices proceeding from parties in a boat turning a bend 
 in the river below us. Keeping ourselves well out of sight, we 
 anxiously watched the approach of the strangers. 
 
 " Probably they are another party of warriors returning," said 
 Brad. 
 
 In a minute or two we saw a boat shoot around the curve, in the 
 bow of which, like a figure-head, stood Patsey. Yes, Patsey, look 
 ing as jolly and hearty as ever. He was urging the crew to their 
 utmost, and was keeping a sharp lookout on all sides for any 
 appearance of an enemy. We saw each man had his cutlass and 
 breech-loading rifle by his side ready for any emergency. They 
 were probabl} going to our rescue. Patsey had by some means 
 escaped, had got back to the ship, and was now directing them to 
 the place of our supposed imprisonment, where he had left us. 
 
 How thankful we felt at once more seeing our friends can well 
 be imagined. We went to the bank, and waved our hats and 
 coats to attract their attention. They seemed struck dumb with 
 surprise when they saw us, but in a moment they all rose, and 
 with loud cheers greeted us. 
 
 136 
 
PATSEY S ADVENTURES, ESCAPE, AND RETURN. 137 
 
 John Gagler, good old John, sat in the stern holding the 
 rudder ropes ; he headed the boat towards us, and embarking in 
 our canoe we were soon alongside of them. Many were the hand 
 shakings and demonstrations of greeting and affection. Six of 
 the sailors being transferred into the canoe, we entered the boat, 
 and both were headed down stream. 
 
 We related our escape, and told Patsey how anxious we were 
 about him. We were now indebted to him for his exertions in 
 coming to our rescue, and thanked him a thousand times. We 
 asked him how he succeeded in making his escape, and he told us, 
 that after making his exit from the temple, he kept turning his 
 flip-flaps until he had passed the guards, and he thought he was 
 going to make good his escape, when suddenly a tall and power 
 fully built savage rushed from one of the huts, a stranger 
 chief he afterwards learned, who was visiting Uamuok Aik, 
 and stood in his way to stop him ; putting on more speed as he 
 came nearer to the visitor, just as he reached him he gave a leap 
 and went clear over the chief s head ; landing on his feet he made 
 a dash for the river, but the natives had now become aroused, and 
 a number of them took up the pursuit. 
 
 There was only one savage in his course, an obese, short, wad 
 dling fellow ; thinking to frighten him Patsey said he turned 
 again, and doing his flip-flaps, as he called them, bore down upon 
 him with lightning-like rapidity. Seeing the savage was deter 
 mined not to move, Patsey became provoked and determined 
 to settle his account at once, so he kept on, and exerting all 
 his strength, which was not slight, struck the savage such a 
 powerful blow in the stomach, that it sent him rolling down the 
 embankment, over and over, emitting howls of pain, and Patsey 
 was thrown several feet in the opposite direction. Springing to 
 
138 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 his feet he started to run, but losing much time by the fall, and 
 being almost out of breath with his exertions, they soon captured 
 him. He was dragged back into the presence of Uamuok Aik 
 and his friend. 
 
 They talked together for some time. Uamuok Aik seemed de 
 sirous to execute Patsey at once in punishment for his attempt to 
 escape, and the indignity offered to the warrior whom Patsey had 
 knocked down the hill, but the other chief seemed to be persuading 
 him to sell Patsey to him, for he examined him closely, and felt 
 of his arms, legs, and body, seemingly in admiration of their 
 solidit} r , strength, and size. Some kind of a bargain was entered 
 into, for Patsey was taken to the stranger chief s canoe, and the} r 
 soon started off, heading the canoe towards the upper part of the 
 lake. Patsey s hands and feet were tied, but having learned the 
 modus operandi of extricating himself from ligatures when they 
 were tied in various ways over his body, it was an easy task for 
 him to slip his wrists and ankles from his bonds. 
 
 He was placed near the bow of the boat ; the savages thinking 
 him secure, were not watching him very closely. Slipping the 
 binding from his ankles, and well loosening those around his 
 wrists, he made a backward dive and went over the bow of the 
 canoe. After the splash all was confusion ; the guards looked 
 into the water and all around to see Patsey as soon as he should 
 rise. 
 
 The sun was fast sinking, and it would soon be dark. They 
 knew if Patsey was not found at once, he would drown. They 
 kept watch of the waters for a long time, and paddled back and 
 forth, and in circles, still not a ripple except those made by them 
 selves disturbed the surface of the lake. 
 
 What had become of him ? His hands and feet being tied they 
 
PATSEY S ADVENTURES, ESCAPE, AND RETURN. 139 
 
 probabl} 7 thought he must have gone to the bottom, drowned 
 himself rather than be a captive, for they gave up the search 
 and paddled swiftly on their course. 
 
 The prow of the canoe, which was a very large one, extended 
 some distance over the water, and cast a deep shadow, so any 
 one looking over the bow of the canoe, unless observing very 
 closely, could not distinguish any object on the water s surface. 
 Patsey said he noticed this, and being almost as much at home 
 in the water as on land, when he plunged overboard, he passed 
 directty under the canoe, and caught hold of the keel at the stern 
 just as it was passing over his head, rose to the surface, and took 
 a long breath. The attention of the savages, for the moment be 
 ing diverted by the splash at the bow, they did not notice him at 
 the stern. In a moment, having regained his breath, he sank, 
 and swimming under the now stationary canoe, reached the prow. 
 He said he always kept his e} r es open under water, and could see 
 just where he was going. Laj ing on his back, his head in the 
 shadow of the prow, his nostrils just above water, and clinging 
 with his toes and fingers to the bottom, he lay perfectly still until 
 darkness commenced to settle over the lake, and the canoe was 
 headed inland. Then filling his lungs with a long breath, he 
 noiselessly sank, and swimming fast under the water till his 
 breath was almost exhausted, he rose to the surface. 
 
 All was still save the dip of the paddles, and the song of the 
 oarsmen. Sinking once more, he again swam until he was 
 obliged to rise for air ; still no signs of discovery. One more he 
 went down, and rising to the surface floated on his back for a 
 long time ; then seeing he had really evaded his keepers, he 
 struggled to the shore, and dragging himself to land, lay down 
 ind was soon in a sound sleep. Awakening about midnight, 
 
140 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 cold and hungry, he commenced a brisk run, and was soon well 
 warmed, but could find nothing to appease his hunger. He came 
 within sight of the encampment of Uamuok Aik, and thought if 
 he could get a small canoe, he could travel faster by going down 
 the river, and in a short time reach the ship, after which he could 
 return with a well armed crew to rescue us ; so taking again to 
 the water, he swam towards the canoes ; reaching them he 
 selected the smallest, and pushing it out into the lake, and with 
 much difficulty getting into it, he paddled for life ; had reached 
 the ship only the morning before, and having told his story to 
 the sailors, he took a short rest, and then, with tne crew equipped 
 as we saw them, was on the way to the lake again. 
 
 We applauded his pluck and skill, and expressed how gladly 
 we felt at his escape. Feeling very much fatigued, though the ex 
 citement incident upon Patsey s narrative had for a time diverted 
 us, we made ourselves as comfortable as possible, and were 
 soon asleep. We slept soundly, and were aroused at night by the 
 thump of the boat against our ship s side. We scrambled on 
 board half awake and half asleep, received the congratulations of 
 those who had been left to care for the ship, and retired to our 
 cabins to complete our sleep. When we awoke and went on deck 
 we found that the ship was under way and no land in sight. 
 Brad had not retired, but immediately after we descended to our 
 cabins, had the engineer get up steam and started as quickly as 
 possible from these inhospitable shores. Although the vessel had 
 been badly damaged by the late storm, yet with the repairs the 
 ship s carpenters had made, we could reach Australia, and then 
 finish the repairing in proper shape after our arrival there. 
 
 During the day Jean brought forth the jar containing the red- 
 hot star, and putting into it some extract of rondeletia, which be 
 
PATSEY S ADVENTURES, ESCAPE, AND RETURN . 141 
 
 changed later in the afternoon to extract of ylang j lang and san 
 dal wood, he filled the ship with the odor of these delightful per 
 fumes. 
 
 The sailors all wished to examine the apparatus, and one and 
 all expressed their wonder and " Shiver my timbers," or " Hope 
 I may die," if they could see how the " lubber" worked. 
 
CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 BRAD DETERMINED. 
 
 TT7E soon reached Sydney, the voyage having passed without 
 * an} 7 unusual occurrence. 
 
 We staid here for a few days, during which all the damage that 
 we suffered in the storm that drove us to the shores of New Zea 
 land, was property repaired. 
 
 We were delighted to be again among our own countrymen 
 whom only a few days ago we never expected to see again. We 
 visited the principal places of interest, and dined at a hotel for 
 the first time since we had left La Union. In the evening we at 
 tended the principal theatre, the first we had entered since we 
 left Boston. It seemed like being at home again. The next day 
 we intended visiting the " Orangery," a few miles from Sydney, 
 owned by Richard Hill, Esq. 
 
 We started early in the forenoon, the ladies in a caleche, with 
 myself as driver, and the rest of our party on horseback. It was 
 a beautiful daj^, and the ride was exhilarating. Reaching the 
 Orangery, we asked permission to inspect the grounds, which 
 was granted us by the foreman, who politely offered his services 
 as guide, which we accepted. 
 
 The cultivation of the orange is entered into exclusively on this 
 
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BRAD DETERMINED. 143 
 
 plantation. The indescribable odor of the orange blossoms, which 
 greeted our senses when we were nearing the place, was exquisite. 
 Groves of orange trees stretched for long distances before us. 
 The sight of the blossoms, and the luscious fruit in all stages of 
 development was pleasing to the eye. The orange tree is one of 
 the most wonderful productions of nature, and the more we think 
 of it, the more astonishing it seems, as four distinct odors are 
 procurable from this tree. From the blossoms, by distillation, is 
 procured the Otto of Neroli, the perfume of which is finer by far 
 than that of otto of roses, and has not the cloying sweetness 
 which belongs to the latter. 
 
 " The origin of the term neroli, applied to the otto of orange- 
 blossoms, is not very definite," I casually remarked. 
 
 " It may have been named after the celebrated Roman Emperor, 
 Nero," answered Jean, " who was so fond of sweet odors that he 
 caused the roof of his dining halls to represent the firmament, 
 and to shower down, night and day all sorts of perfumes and 
 sweet waters." 
 
 1 Or it maybe," observed Susie, "that neroli was first pro 
 cured by the Sabines, who, to distinguish it from other perfumes 
 of the period, named it neroli, from * nero, which signifies 
 strong. The Sabines, 3^011 know, inhabit Sabina, a province of 
 Italy, where the orange trees are very abundant." 
 
 " The otto of neroli, produced from the flowers of the Citrus 
 Aurantium, is considered to be the finest quality," said I, "and 
 is called * neroli petale. The second quality is called neroli 
 bigarade, and is derived from the flowers of the Citrus Bigaradia, 
 or Seville orange. The otto of neroli dissolved in alcohol forms 
 the Essence of Neroli, which is used to an enormous extent in 
 the manufacture of colognes, and although very agreeable, it has 
 
144 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 no relation to the flowery odor of the extract of orange blos 
 soms or extrait de fleur d orange, which is the second distinct odor 
 derived by maceration from the same flowers ; in fact it has as 
 different an odor as though obtained from a different plant. 
 Yet in theory, both these perfumes are but alcoholic solutions 
 of the otto of the flower. The Extract of Orange Blossoms as 
 a handkerchief perfume is surpassed by none and equalled by few. 
 This extract resembles the odor of the blossoms so perfectly, that 
 with closed e3 T es the best jjidge could not distinguish the scent 
 of the extract from that of the flower. 
 
 "Another otto, the third distinct odor from this same tree, called 
 Otto of Petitgrain, procured by distillation of the leaves, and the 
 j oung unripe fruit, is mainly consumed in scenting soaps." I 
 picked a leaf, and holding it in the line of vision between my 
 friends and the sun, pointed out the small globular sacs contain 
 ing the otto. " From this fact the term petit grain, small grains, 
 is derived," I continued. "Look at these trees ; here are blos 
 soms, some of the fruit just forming, some very small, and some 
 almost fully ripe ready to be gathered." 
 
 "Yes," said the superintendent, coming up to us as I spoke, 
 " it is a strange freak of nature. Try this orange," picking one 
 from the tree as he spoke. 
 
 " It is very tough," I remarked, tasting it. 
 
 " Don t eat it," said he ; " that orange was last year s growth ; 
 we sometimes neglect to gather them all ; that one was left and 
 the juice ran back into the tree, so that if you had picked it at 
 that period and opened it, you would have found it without juice, 
 the inner part appearing like a sponge ; when the season came 
 round again this orange was again filled with its juices, but it is 
 not so tender nor so well flavored, as it was at its first develop- 
 
BRAD DETERMINED. 145 
 
 ment. We sometimes let them sta} r on the tree for several years, 
 and in some varieties it does not seem to impair the flavor of the 
 fruit in the least to allow them to remain for many seasons." 
 
 We each ate several oranges, and as we strolled along con 
 versed about the orange trees. They were in fine condition, and 
 heavily laden with fruit. 
 
 Jean told us that at Nice, where the tree ma} be considered nat 
 uralized, there was one tree which generally bore five thousand or 
 six thousand oranges, and which was more than fifty feet high, 
 with a trunk fifteen feet in circumference ; and in Cordova, the 
 noted seat of Moorish grandeur and luxury, in Spain, there are 
 orange trees still remaining, which are said to be six hundred or 
 seven hundred } T ears old. 
 
 The produce of the tree is almost incredible, props always be 
 ing used to prevent the weight of the fruit from breaking down 
 the branches. One, an orange tree in the quinta or orange gar 
 den of Barao das Laranjeiras, the superintendent told us, pro 
 duced twenty thousand oranges at one time. The "Orangery" 
 we were now visiting contained some sixty acres, and was sur 
 rounded with high walls and tall growing trees to protect the 
 orange trees from the cool sea breezes. 
 
 We walked a long distance through this perfume forest, and 
 came at last to the operating house where the Otto of Xeroli, 
 petale, bigarade, and Otto of Petitgrain were distilled, and the 
 Pomade Fleur d Orange is prepared from which the extract of 
 orange blossoms is taken. The water used for distillation in pro 
 curing otto of neroli, when well freed from the otto, is the eau cle 
 fleur d orange or Orange Flower Water, useful and pleasant to 
 bathe the skin, and as an eye lotion, as also a tonic for general 
 debilit}" or nervousness ; and is finer in many respects than 
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146 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 rose-water. Here also is procured the Otto of Orange Peel, the 
 fourth distinct odor derived from this prolific plant. This is the 
 odoriferous principle of the rind of the orange fruit, and is pro 
 cured by expression and distillation. The peel or flavedo is 
 rasped, in order to crush the little vessels or sacs that imprison 
 the otto, and it is then taken upon pieces of cotton, which are put 
 into a press and subjected to a powerful pressure ; this peel 
 is afterwards put into a still with water, and an inferior quality 
 of otto is procured. Its abundance in the peel is shown by 
 pinching a piece near the flame of a candle ; the otto that spurts 
 out ignites with a brilliant illumination. 
 
 Having seen the principal features of this immense orange gar 
 den, we expressed our thanks to the superintendent for the instruc 
 tive entertainment he had afforded us, and bidding him adieu, 
 were soon on our way to Sydney. 
 
 "Why is it," said Jean to us, as he rode leisurely beside 
 the carriage, " that parties in the United States do not as 
 certain the particular localities favorable to the production of 
 certain plants valuable in perfumery, besides producing other 
 commercial products, and make a specialty of raising them as 
 they do here and in France and in many other countries ? " 
 
 " I cannot tell," I answered, " but probably from ignorance of 
 the profit accruing from such a course, though every year we find 
 more and more business men are making specialties of some par 
 ticular branch or article of trade, knowing that with a conscien 
 tious study of that one article or branch, and taking an interest 
 in developing its worth and properties to their highest degree, 
 they have a life s labor before them." 
 
 We reached the hotel on George Street, where we were to stop 
 till the repairs on the ship were completed. Brad wanted to 
 
sheets of the celebrated National Bank-Bill Adhesive Paper for 
 repairing bills, currency, &c., in book form. A neat package 
 to carry in the pocket in case of accidents. 
 
 COStUme Crackers. The new French novelty. 
 Holding each end and pulling, it separates with a sharp report 
 and throws out a French Hat, Cap, or other atficle made of 
 paper, and trimmed, which can be worn on the occasion. Cap 
 ital for parties. 
 
 Flora.) Crackers. Same as the above; contains in 
 stead of a costume, a beautiful French flower, nicely per 
 fumed, which can be worn in the button-hole or on the hair, 
 looking as natural as a real flower. 
 
 Rose Water Crackers. Same as above; con 
 taining a fountain filled with Rose "Water. 
 
 Tooth Powder. Made of the best material, very 
 fine, with a nice odor, leaving in the mouth a very pleasan 
 taste. 
 
 Dental Soap. This soap is considered by all den- 
 tists to be a very excellent dentifrice. 
 
 White MotlSe. A pretty bottle in the shape of a 
 little white mouse, filled with nice perfume. 
 
 A Barrel of Perfume. A pretty colored bottle, 
 
 with gold bands, in the shape of a barrel ; you can thus give a 
 whole barrel of perfume as a present. 
 
 CachOUS. I BOX. To perfume the breath; very 
 pleasant. 
 
 Fine "Tooth Comb. Made of strong rubber or 
 horn ; very fine teeth. 
 
 Pocket Comb. A short rubber or horn comb, suit 
 able to carry in the vest pocket. 
 
 Chicken. Made of porcelain; represents a chicken 
 just emerging from the shell; a pretty mantel ornament, with 
 movable head. 
 
 Robin. A pretty robin, made of porcelain; the head 
 can be moved so as to give almost any expression, and can be 
 removed and used as a match-box, or a receptacle for perfume 
 powder. 
 
 Bandoline. A nicely perfumed preparation to fasten 
 the hair in any required position, in stick form. 
 
WE STOPPED FOR SOME MINUTES IN SILENT 
 
 ADMIRATION. 
 
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BRAD DETERMINED. 147 
 
 have everything in the best order, for he was determined to search 
 all the islands in the neighborhood, and to follow any and every 
 clew that turned up that he thought might help him in finding his 
 father. He was with us at the hotel in the evening, and said he 
 had planned a ride into the country for the morrow. We ex 
 pressed our willingness to go, and he promised us a very pleas 
 ant trip. 
 
 This time we were all mounted on good horses. On our arrival 
 at the top of the hill which we had been ascending, we stopped 
 for some minutes in silent admiration of the beautiful scene dis 
 played before us. A large plain lay below and in front of us in 
 which the river that flowed around the base of this eminence, 
 spread into a wide basin or lake, covered with white and blue 
 water lilies, and here and there a head of pink nelumbium in the 
 midst of them ; its banks were adorned with reeds and flowering 
 plants ; the grass of the plain was five feet high and very silky, and 
 small hillocks, and graceful shrubs some of which were in flower, 
 and clumps of trees, were spread over the surface. Susie was in 
 ecstacies at seeing so many new and beautiful flowers and plants, 
 and the many brilliantly colored and curious insects that she 
 sent Patsey to catch, kept her occupied, and made the excursion 
 one of great pleasure to her. 
 
 Perceiving a musky odor in the air, we inquired of Brad the 
 cause, but he could not tell us. In the woods through which we 
 passed, Susie pointed out to us the myrtle tree, which rears its 
 head a hundred feet high before it expands into its umbrageous 
 canopy of foliage, and three kinds of the Eucalypti family. The 
 Eucalyptus amygdalina or Tasmanian peppermint tree, the otto 
 of which has a strange odor of peppermint combined with nutmegs. 
 The Eucalyptus odorata or the peppermint tree, and the Eucalyptus 
 
148 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 glolulus or blue-gum tree, a myall-wood tree, Acacia pendula, the 
 wood of which has an intense and delightful odor of violets, a 
 very scarce perfume in nature. After having crossed the plain we 
 came upon a scrub of the well known Gum Wattle, Acacia decur- 
 rcns. Every year, as the season of blossoming returns, many of 
 the valleys are redolent with their exquisite odor. This fragrance 
 is, however, entirely in the blossoms, for the wood and leaves are 
 whollj" devoid of perfume. Extract of Cassie is procured from 
 the blossoms of the plant, and is one of those fine odors which 
 enters into the composition of the best handkerchief bouquets, 
 imparting to them such a true flower} r fragrance, that it is re 
 marked by all who smell them. When the extract of cassie is 
 inhaled alone, it has a powerful odor of violets, and is intensely 
 sweet. 
 
 Jean and Patsey gathered a quantity of the blossoms, Jean 
 telling us he would show us how to extract the perfume from 
 them, in small quantities, so we would know how to do the same 
 with a small number of almost any flowers. 
 
 "This odor," he said, "must not be confounded with cassia, 
 which is derived from the cassia tree, that yields the common com 
 mercial cinnamon. Cassie is a contraction of acacia." 
 
 " From this same Gum Wattle," said Brad, " is procured gall- 
 berries, of great utilization in many branches of commerce ; a 
 gum similar to gum Arabic, and the bark is of much value to the 
 tanner ; the gum is used as an article of food by the aborigines, 
 and is said to be quite nutritious ; it would be well for some one 
 to try naturalizing it in the United States." 
 
 We saw a few Sandal- wood trees, and some Linaloes from 
 which is obtained a fragrant otto. 
 
 Here instead of plants of slight proportions, we found that 
 
BllAD DETERMINED. 140 
 
 the products are procured from trees, which form the loftiest 
 timber of Australia, and the animals here are like no others, 
 seemingly to be combinations or cross-breeds of well known 
 species. 
 
 After eating our luncheon, we took a long rest and then set 
 out on our return. Whilst jogging leisurely along, we were 
 startled by a large animal, apparently nine feet high, leaping 
 across the road ahead of us. We soon saw that it was a kan 
 garoo, and the leaps it made were so prodigious that it was soon 
 out of sight. Capt. Cole related many anecdotes of these strange 
 creatures, which interested us until we came in sight of the city. 
 Spurring our horses we soon reached the hotel, quite weary with 
 our long ride. After supper, the evening was whiled away in 
 conversation, and as we were bidding Brad good night, he told 
 us that the ship would be ready to start towards the evening of 
 the next day, and if agreeable to us he would like to set sail 
 then. 
 
 If you would prefer to rest here for three or four months 
 while I cruise among the islands, I would then return for you." 
 
 We, as with one voice, interrupted him and told him he ought 
 to be ashamed to make such a proposition. 
 
 " The idea," said Susie, " of our wishing to leave you to make 
 your search alone ; but probably you consider us more of a draw 
 back than a help, yet you must confess," and she smiled at him 
 bewitchingly, " that we are company for you, and you know the 
 old saying, poor company is better than none. " 
 
 "I ll be a martyr to your company awhile longer then," he 
 merrily answered. 
 
 A pleasing martyrdom to him, I thought. 
 
 The next day we laid in a supply of necessaries for a long voy- 
 
150 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 age, and saw them safely aboard the ship. Brad was resolved to 
 make a careful and thorough search among the islands, and not 
 to return unless inevitably obliged to do so. 
 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH. 
 
 TTTE had started from Sydney on the evening the Cynthia was 
 * * ready, and for two months we have sailed among and ex 
 amined many islands, but not the slightest trace of the wrecked 
 "Godolpha," can we bring to light. We had first set out to 
 the island where John Gagler had been a slave to the savages for 
 two years, he knowing the exact latitude and longitude of it. 
 From there we were to commence our search. Either John Gag 
 ler had forgotten to which point of the compass it lay, or else 
 he had not ascertained it correctly, for not the least sign of 
 it could we find. He was puzzled, or appeared to be. Brad 
 was disappointed, and judging from present appearances, began 
 to doubt John Gagler s story. We had used up our supply of 
 coal, and had been obliged to have recourse to our sails, by which 
 we made but slow progress ; so Brad very reluctantly was obliged 
 to put in here at Colombo, Ceylon, to get a supply of coal, and 
 then we were to renew the search. 
 
 This island, in comparison to its limited area, is wonderfully 
 endowed. Brad was not positive that he could be supplied here, 
 but thought he would try as it would save the trouble of going to 
 Calcutta. It offered to Susie, Jean, and I, a splendid opportunity 
 
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152 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 for the examination of many productions of this place, of which we 
 used large quantities. During the time Brad would be making 
 his contracts, we should have sufficient time to see all we wished. 
 On the estate of Mr. Winter, who cultivated large tracts of the 
 Citronella, Lemongrass, Cinnamon and Cassia plants, and distilled 
 from them their ottos, we saw all of these articles in their va 
 rious stages of production. The Otto of Citronella is distilled 
 from the leaves of the Andropogon Schoenanthus, acres of which we 
 noticed growing on his grounds, almost wild, and in abundance, 
 requiring but little care in its cultivation. The otto possesses a 
 very sweet, overpowering odor ; its color when taken from the 
 bottles, is a light brown ; after being exposed to the light a 
 little while, it changes to a beautiful green, and after a great while, 
 if much air is allowed to come in contact with it, it again 
 changes to a dark brown color. The annual yield of this otto 
 in Ceylon, is a little more than five thousand pounds. It is 
 used extensive!} 7 for perfuming soaps and oils. It is ex 
 ported by Mr. Winter, in old English porter bottles, as is also 
 the Otto of Lemongrass. This last named otto is derived from a 
 species of grass, that Susie called Andropogon Nardus, and is 
 cultivated here to a great extent. The otto is a very powerful 
 perfume, well adapted for scenting soaps and grease, but its 
 principal consumption is in the manufacture of essence of ver 
 bena, and for this reason, and also on account of its similarity 
 of odor to the verbena plant, it is commonly called otto of ver 
 bena. From its comparatively low price, great strength, and 
 line perfume, when diluted, it has almost completely driven 
 the true Otto of Verbena from the market. The annual yield of 
 otto of lemongrass in Ceylon, is near!}" two thousand pounds. 
 The fresh leaves of the plant when bruised, emit a delightful odor, 
 
AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH. 153 
 
 and when roasted, are used for medicinal purposes. The double 
 distilled otto of lemongrass has been used as an embrocation in 
 cases of rheumatism, and found a most efficacious remedy, and 
 also administered in cases of cholera with beneficial effect. The 
 dose is from twelve to twent}^ drops, on a small lump of sugar, 
 repeated till the symptoms abate, at the same time applying it 
 externall} 7 to the hips, back, and stomach, to prevent cold and 
 cramp so invariably accompanying the disorder. The otto wher 
 distilled, contains a large quantity of resin and is highly colored, 
 and to remove these impurities, charcoal grits, which have been 
 previously well washed and thoroughly dried, are saturated with 
 the otto, thrown into the still with a requisite amount of water, 
 made slightly sharp to the taste, and redistilled. 
 
 In his warehouse, Mr. Winter had many hundred pounds of 
 Cinnamon bark, which he told us was yielded by the Cinnamomum 
 zeylanicum, and is largely cultivated. The trees have beautiful 
 white blossoms, and red tipped leaves. The bark is stripped off 
 the branches, when it rolls into quills, the smaller of which are 
 introduced into the larger, and then dried in the sun. As a gen 
 eral rule the thinner the bark, the finer its quality, and from this 
 bark is distilled the Otto of Cinnamon. It is exceeding strong, 
 and requires to be used sparingly ; it is the warmest to the taste 
 of all ottos. The ground bark enters into the composition of pas- 
 tiles, tooth powder, and sachet powder. 
 
 " Its name," said Jean, " is derived from China Amomum." 
 Otto of Cassia is often called otto of cinnamon, and is fre 
 quently sold for it, owing to its similar odor. This otto is pro 
 cured, however, from the outer bark of the Laurus Cassia, and 
 has a strong, coarse, and less delicate odor, and is much cheaper. 
 One hundred weight of bark yields rather more than three-quar- 
 
154 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 ters of a pound of otto ; it has a pale yellow color, which is 
 changed by age to a brownish red, in smell much resembling cin 
 namon. Otto of Cinnamon and Cassia are more aromatic or 
 spicy than flowery in their odor ; they therefore find no place for 
 handkerchief use, but in compounds where the clove answers, so 
 will they. The same tree, or a closely allied tree to the Laurus 
 Cassia, furnishes Cassia buds, used as a perfume for the breath, 
 which are something like cloves, and like them are the unex- 
 panded flower buds. 
 
 Procuring samples of these articles, we set out upon our return, 
 and on our route we saw troops of monkeys of most comical ap 
 pearance ; and hanging heads downwards from a group of India 
 rubber trees, were a number of flying foxes, which were chat 
 tering and screaming, trying to outdo the monke} T s. Asking our 
 guide about some slender palm trees that attracted our attention, 
 he informed us they were the Areca Palm. 
 
 " From which is procured the areca-nut?" said Jean interroga 
 tively. 
 
 "The same," he replied. "The nut resembles a nutmeg in 
 shape, color, and internal structure, but is harder and larger." 
 
 " I understand," Jean remarked, " that it has astringent, sial- 
 agogue, stomachic, and narcotic properties. That nut and husk are 
 employed in some form or other by all classes of the natives as a 
 masticatory. So used, it sweetens the breath, preserves the 
 teeth, and gives the gums and lips an attractive red color. It 
 carries these properties in a great degree into its charcoal, which 
 also possesses higher detersive and antiseptic qualities, than any 
 other vegetable charcoal. Besides this, its peculiar hardness 
 without grittiness, peculiarly fits it for acting mechanically on the 
 teeth. It is extensively used, and highly esteemed throughout 
 
AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH. 155 
 
 the East as a dentifrice. I believe it is recommended by the 
 most eminent surgeon dentists for whitening and preserving 
 the teeth, removing tartar, and sweetening the breath, and whilst 
 doing this, it medicates the mouth, and gradually removes sore 
 ness, scurvy and bleeding of the gums. By its regular use, loose 
 teeth are said to become firm again, and the whole set preserved 
 to a late period of life." 
 
 " I remember," observed Susie, " that a Dr. Lind, an eminent 
 physician of Bengal, stated that by its means he preserved all his 
 teeth perfectly sound to the age of eighty." 
 
 " I have heard old residents of the East Indies assert," said 
 our guide, " that they found it a great preservative of their teeth, 
 and an infallible preventative of toothache." 
 
 "Prof. Hertz, the celebrated Prussian dentist," said Jean, 
 " says that those who regularly use areca-nut charcoal as a den 
 tifrice, will never require the assistance of himself or any of his 
 fraternity." 
 
 " I think that areca nut is too antiseptic for general use, as 
 well as any other drug or powerful preparation for the teeth," I 
 remarked, "for the teeth and gums are very delicate in their 
 organization ; if injured, it is extremely difficult to restore them 
 to a healthy condition. There are no members of the human 
 body so sensitive, or that add more to personal beauty, than a set 
 of fine, natural teeth, and so should be well cared for and pre 
 served." 
 
 "There is the Convolvulus scoparius" suddenly exclaimed 
 Susie. 
 
 "Be gorra, an phats that? Is it thim thavin nagur savidges 
 agin ?" asked Patsey, and he pulled up his horse with a jerk. 
 
 " No, Patsey, only a Rosewood tree," answered Jeaii. 
 
15G A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 " Och, botheration on yer Italeann," said Patsey, spurring hia 
 horse in disgust. 
 
 Jean explained that " when rosewood is distilled, a sweet 
 smelling otto is procured, resembling in some slight degree the 
 fragrance of the rose, hence its name, but it is also called Rho 
 dium. Prior to the cultivation of the rose-leaf geranium, the 
 distillates from rosewood, and from the root of Genista canaricnsis 
 or Canary rosewood, were principally drawn for the adulteration 
 of real otto of roses. One hundred weight of wood yields about 
 three ounces of otto. Ground rosewood is valuable as a basis of 
 sachet powders." 
 
 Huge dark masses ahead of us attracted our attention ; coming 
 nearer we perceived they were three very large elephants. We 
 noticed with interest their movements, and watched them till out 
 of sight, admiring their huge proportions. 
 
 Reaching the ship, Brad said he could not obtain a sufficient 
 supply of coal, and so must sail immediately for Calcutta. Com 
 ing into the saloon after we had started, he said, 
 
 " A native, with a friend of his from Calicut, the capital of the 
 province of Malabar, was on board while you were away, and 
 offered a kitten for sale, and I bought it." 
 
 "Oh! where is it?" asked Susie; "let me see the little 
 darling." 
 
 " In the laboratory," said Brad. " Come, and you can see it." 
 
 We followed him in, but no kitten was in sight. 
 
 " Look in this box," said Capt. Cole. 
 
 We looked, but we did not see a kitten, or rather not what we 
 generally term a kitten, but a large cat, about one foot high and 
 three feet long ; it had a pointed nose, and small ears, was of a 
 brownish gray color, and its fur standing ei^ct on the neck, and 
 
WE LOOKED, BUT WE DID NOT SEE A KITTEN. 
 
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MOUStache Wax. An elegant perfumed prepara 
 tion to wax the ends of the moustache ; giving a young man a 
 nobby appearance. 
 
 Comb Cleaner. A metal apparatus, very strong 
 and durable ; will clean a coarse or fine tooth comb equally 
 well. 
 
 POWder Puff. To apply powder to the face. 
 
 Toilet POWder. 1 package. A fine powder to ap 
 ply to the face; perfumed; it allays perspiration; useful to 
 apply to the skin when chafed. 
 
 Camphor Ice. For chapped hands, lips, face, sun- 
 burn, &c. 
 
 Fancy SoapS. Good quality of soap in the shape 
 of Oranges, Lemons, Potatoes, Cucumbers and Tomatoes ; 
 your choice ; they look as natural as life. 
 
 POCket Or Mouth Mirror. Very pretty lit- 
 tie hand mirror, to carry about the person. 
 
 Pen Wiper. A pretty ornament for a writing desk; 
 made of pretty colored cloths, with a cunning little doll in the 
 centre. 
 
 SpOOl Of Wax Scotch WOOd. This is a useful 
 article in a lady s work-basket. The spool is made of real 
 Scotch ^Wood, and the wax is the best white wax; very neat 
 and pretty. 
 
 Emery Cushion, Scotch WOOd. Fine emery 
 at one end, coarse on the other end; real Scotch Wood case ; 
 very pretty work-box. 
 
 $& N . B. We offer any of the articles in Section I. for 
 sale, including the payment of postage by us, for 30 cents. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 FOR AX ORDER FOR THREE OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for Three Ounces, payment $1.50 in advance, 
 we give besides the 3 ounces of perfume, either of the Prem 
 iums named in Section II. of this list. Postage paid by us. 
 
AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH. 157 
 
 ridge of the back ; it had a long bushy tail, something like a grey 
 squirrel. 
 
 " The Viverra Civelta" sajd Jean, " or Civet Cat." 
 
 " Yes," said Capt. Cole. "I thought one would be interest 
 ing to you, so I took it. It is easily cared for, its favorite food 
 being boiled meat, eggs, birds, and small animals, and it is par 
 ticularly fond offish, which you can catch for it." 
 
 This animal secretes the substance known as Civet, which is 
 formed in a large, double glandular receptacle between the anus 
 and pudendum of the creature. Like many other substances of 
 Oriental origin, it was first brought to Europe by the Dutch, who 
 used to keep numbers of civets alive at Amsterdam, for the pur 
 pose of collecting the perfume when secreted. When a sufficient 
 time had been allowed for the process, the animal was put into a 
 long, wooden cage, so narrow that it could not turn itself around. 
 The cage being then opened by a door in the rear, a small spatula, 
 or spoon introduced through the orifice in the pouch, which was 
 carefully scraped, and its contents put into a vessel. This opera 
 tion was performed twice or thrice a week, about a drachm at a 
 time is thus obtained, and the animal was said to produce more 
 civet when irritated. The quantity, however, depended chiefly 
 on the quality of the nourishment it took. Civet, in its natural 
 state, has a most disgusting appearance, and its smell, such is its 
 strength, is equally repulsive. But when properly diluted and 
 combined with sweet smelling odors, it produces a very pleasing 
 effect, and possesses a much more floral fragrance than musk ; 
 indeed it would be impossible to produce the perfume of some 
 flowers without it. 
 
 "It is difficult to ascertain," Jean musingly remarked, u the 
 reason why the same substance, modified onlj by the quantity of 
 
158 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 matter presented to the nose, should produce such an opposite 
 effect on the olfactory nerve ; but such is the case with nearly all 
 odorous bodies, especially ottos, which if smelled at in bulk, are 
 far from nice, and in some cases nauseous, such as otto of 
 thyme, patchouVv, and vetiver ; but if diluted with a thousand 
 times their volume of oil or spirit, then their fragrance is delight 
 ful." 
 
 " So the whirlwind and the hurricane become the gentle zephyr 
 that makes the aspens quiver ; so the fire-proof block of iron 
 becomes, when divided, more combustible than gunpowder ; so 
 the silken fibre becomes a rope to stay the course of a ship ; so 
 the lightning flash becomes the electricity which makes ones hair 
 stand on end. Quantity is equivalent to an allotropic condition 
 of matter ; quantity produces opposite physical effects upon the 
 faculties." 
 
 After our examination of the civet cat, we returned to the sa 
 loon and awaited supper. 
 
CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 INDIAN PARADISES. 
 
 WE had entered the roadstead of Calcutta and had dropped 
 anchor. Brad had gone ashore to see what prospect there 
 was of obtaining a supply of coal. He came back about noon, 
 saying a famine had commenced, owing to the supply of rice 
 failing, and a general drought. Workmen could not be obtained, 
 and coal had been brought in only in small quantities, and was 
 very expensive. Probably his contracts would not be filled for 
 some da} s. " Meanwhile," he said, " if you wish to go ashore, 
 I am at your service." 
 
 Supposing, after the heat of the day is over, we take a short 
 stroll about the city," I suggested. 
 
 Jean had been relating to us, how in this country perfumes had 
 been used since the earliest records ; a fact easily accounted for 
 by the sensual temperament of its inhabitants, and the abundance 
 of fragrant materials placed at their disposal by bountiful Nature. 
 Perfumes were mentioned in the poetry of India more than two 
 thousand years ago. From it, we learn they were then applied 
 both for sacred and private purposes. The sacrifices were 
 usually offered in the temples of the Indian Trinity, or Tremoor- 
 tee, comprising Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. They consisted of a 
 
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160 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 fire of fragrant woods lighted at each of the four cardinal points. 
 The flames were fed now and then with a consecrated ointment, 
 and around the fire was scattered a fragrant herb called Jcusa. 
 Jean said it was what is now known as ginger grass, and Susie 
 called it Andropogon nardus, from which an otto is distilled. 
 According to Hindoo mytholog}^ there are five heavens, a different 
 and superior god presiding over each. That of Brahma, called 
 Brahma-loka, is situated on Mount Mern ; those of Vishnu, Siva, 
 Kuvera and Indra are on the summit of the Himalayas. In all these 
 elysiums, perfumes and flowers are among the chief delights. 
 The principal ornament of Brahma s heaven is a blue flower, 
 which the Brahmins say blooms nowhere but in Paradise. It is 
 the blue campac or champac flower, a great rarity. The only 
 species known on this earth, Michelia champaca, has yellow blos 
 soms, with which the Hindoo maidens are wont to ornament their 
 raven hair. 
 
 In Indra s paradise, called Swarga, is to be found the still more 
 attractive Camalata, whose rosy flowers not only enchant the 
 senses of all those who have the happiness of breathing their deli 
 cious fragrance, but have also the power of granting them all they 
 may desire. This Indra, the Jupiter Tonans of the Hindoos, ap 
 pears very partial to perfumes, for he is always represented with 
 his breast tinged with sandalwood. Kama, the god of love, 
 or Indian Cupid, is armed with a bow made of sugar cane, the 
 string of which consists of bees ; he has five arrows, each tipped 
 with the blossom of a flower, which pierce the heart through the 
 five senses, and his favorite dart is pointed with the chuta or 
 mango flower. 
 
 Entering the boat we were pulled ashore, and landing, we found 
 our way to the principal thoroughfares, and examined the strange 
 
INDIAN PARADISES. 161 
 
 crowd of people surging around us. "We noticed the Hindoo 
 barber, like his Chinese brother, plying his trade in the open air, 
 and handling with great dexterity his razor, a curious affair, 
 mounted on hinges, and which is also a formidable looking instru 
 ment. Some of these razors are elaborately constructed, one 
 which we saw being made of gilt metal, engraved, and studded 
 with jewels. 
 
 Perceiving an odoriferous fragrance in the air, we looked around 
 and saw, a short distance ahead, what Brad told us was a perfum 
 er s establishment. Coming up to this Hindoo Perfumer, or 
 gurid hee, we found he did not indulge, like his foreign confreres, 
 in showy glass cases and a brilliant shop, but his whole establish 
 ment consisted of a few sacks, boxes, and trays, containing Ms 
 various fragrant stores, in the midst of which he sat dispensing 
 them to his beaut} 7 - seeking patrons. We examined his stock, and 
 through an interpreter learned that he had Musk, Vetiver Root, 
 or kus kus, the rhizome of an Indian grass, Anatlierum muricatum, 
 which grows in abundance here, and is used extensively in the 
 manufacture of awnings, blinds, and sunshades, called Tatty. 
 During the hot season an attendant sprinkles water over them ; 
 this operation cools the apartment by the evaporation of the 
 water, and at the same time perfumes the atmosphere in a very 
 agreeable manner with the odoriferous principle of the vetiver. 
 Bundles of this vetiver he sold for perfuming linen and prevent 
 ing moth. The Essence of Vetiver, made from the Otto of Veti 
 ver, which is distilled from the root, is seldom used alone as a 
 handkerchief perfume except by those who, perhaps, have learned 
 to admire its odor by their previous residence in this "Eastern 
 Clime." A hundred weight of vetiver root yields about fourteen 
 
 ounces of otto, which in appearance greatly resembles otto of 
 11 
 
162 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 sandal. He showed us Patchouly leaves and Otto of Patchouly, 
 which is distilled from the leaves and stems of the Pogostemon 
 patchouli. 
 
 11 One hundred weight of good herb will j ield," he said, " about 
 twenty eight ounces of otto of pucliaput" as he called it. 
 
 It is of a dark brown color, and of a density about the same 
 as otto of sandal, which it resembles in plrysical character. Its 
 odor is one of the most powerful derived from the botanical king 
 dom. It is as agreeable to some, as it is offensive to others, a 
 most peculiar odor ; some say it smells musty. 
 
 "Why," said Susie, when examining the otto, "my India 
 shawl when I first bought it had the same odor as this." 
 
 "True," said Jean, "and that is the way the perfume of 
 patchouly became introduced. Years ago real India shawls 
 brought an extravagant price, and purchasers could always dis 
 tinguish them by their odor, they being always perfumed with pat 
 chouly. The French manufacturers had for some time successfully 
 imitated the India fabric, but could not impart the odor. At length 
 they discovered the secret, and began to import the plant to per 
 fume articles of their own manufacture, and thus palm off home 
 spun shawls as real India." 
 
 "Well, I hope mine is genuine," said Susie. 
 
 We purchased some Vctiver root, Otto of Vetiver, Otto of Pat 
 chouly and Patchouly leaves, then passing again among the 
 throng, we wandered on until espying another dealer in perfumes, 
 we stopped to examine his stock. We noticed some Cardamom 
 seeds, much used as a perfume for the breath, and some Gum 
 Olibanum, which is used to a limited extent in the manufacture 
 of pastils and incense. . 
 
 " Gum Olibanum is chiefly interesting as being one of those 
 
INDIAN PARADISES. 163 
 
 odoriferous bodies of which frequent mention is made in the 
 Bible," Jean remarked. " It is believed to have been one of the 
 ingredients in the sweet incense of the Jews, and is still burnt as 
 incense in the Greek and Romish churches, where the diffusion 
 of such odors around the altar forms a part of the prescribed re 
 ligious service." 
 
 This last perfumer, who seemed to be of some relation to our in 
 terpreter, informed him that a part} T were going to the north to a 
 depot, where was to be held the annual auction of sandalwood. 
 It seemed it is the custom, at the end of the year, to fell the trees 
 that have reached maturity. They are then stripped of their bark 
 and conveyed to the various depots, where they are cut into bil 
 lets, which are carefully dressed and sorted according to the 
 quality of the wood. These billets are sold by weight at auction, 
 native merchants congregating from all parts of India to make 
 purchases. The pieces that are straight and have most heart- 
 wood obtain the highest price, as the fragrance for which they 
 are so much prized depends on the presence of otto, which is 
 chiefly situated in the dark central wood of the tree. The per 
 fumer offering to buy for us a quantity of fresh otto at the auction, 
 we respectfully declined, as we did not want it. Jean asked our 
 interpreter if we could not induce the perfumer to allow Patsey, 
 himself, and I, to accompany him to the auction. The perfumer 
 said he had no objections to our company, for a consideration, to 
 which we bowed. 
 
 " And perhaps," said the perfumer, " we may get a chance to 
 participate in a hunt for the musk; deer, for it is just the season 
 now for them to come down low on the mountains." 
 
 This just suited us. We knew that in most of the hilly states, 
 the musk deer is considered ro} T al property. In some, the Ila- 
 
164 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 jahs keep men purposely to hunt it, and in Gurwhal a fine is 
 imposed upon any Puharrie who is known to have sold a mu^k- 
 pod to a stranger, the Rajah receiving them in lieu of rent, 
 and it might be dangerous for us to go ; but for another consid 
 eration," it was understood that all necessary arrangements 
 should be made, so that if an opportunity offered to bring down a 
 deer we should be prepared ; and he said that if we would be 
 ready and at the depot on time the next day, we could accom 
 pany the party. 
 
 We were elated at this, and hurrying back to the ship awaited 
 with impatience the close of day. My wife and Susie did not 
 like it because they could not go with us, but as it would be a 
 rapid and rough journey, and no arrangements had been made for 
 them to accompany us, they at last agreed it would hardly be 
 enjoyable for them. 
 
 We were on time at the depot, as we were to take the cars to 
 Raneegunge, that being the terminus of the route, and from there 
 go on horseback the rest of the journey. We met our inter 
 preter, the perfumer, and four others. We all entered the cars 
 and were soon rushing on toward our destination, feeling as 
 though we were again in New York, this being the first railroad 
 ride we had been able to take since leaving that city. Reaching 
 the railroad terminus we engaged horses, and waiting till the 
 noon heat had subsided, we mounted and rode towards the moun 
 tains. This little persecuted animal which we wished to have a 
 shot at, the Musk deer, (Moschus moschatus), would probably 
 have been left unmolested to pass a life of peace and quietness in 
 its native forest, but for the celebrated perfume with which Nature 
 has provided it. Its skin being worthless from its small size, the 
 flesh alone would hold out no inducement for the villagers to 
 
INDIAN PARADISES. 165 
 
 hunt it while larger game was more easily procurable, and its 
 comparative insignificance would also have protected it from the 
 pursuit of the travelling sportsman. As the musk, however, ren 
 ders it to the Puharries, the most valuable of all game, no animal 
 is so universally sought after in places it is known to inhabit. 
 
 If not walking leisurely along, they always go in bounds, all 
 fours leaving and alighting on the ground together. Our guide 
 told us they eat but little, compared with other ruminating ani 
 mals ; he judged from the small quantity of food found in their 
 stomachs, the contents of which were always in such a pulpy 
 state, that it was impossible to tell what food they preferred. If 
 shot while feeding, various kinds of shrubs and grasses, and often 
 portions of the long white moss that hangs so luxuriantly from the 
 trees in these higher forests, have been found in their mouth and 
 throat. The Puharries believe that the adult males kill and eat 
 snakes, and feed upon the leaves of the " kedar patta," a small 
 and very fragrant smelling laurel, and that the musk is produced 
 by this food. It is in the adult males onl} T that the musk is found ; 
 the females have none, neither has any portion of their bodies the 
 slightest odor of musk. The excrement of the males has a strong 
 odor of musk, but singularly enough, neither in the contents of the 
 stomach, nor bladder, nor in any other part of the body is there 
 any perceptible scent of musk. The 3 T oiing are born either in 
 June or July, and almost every female brings forth one yearly, 
 and often twins, and if two are born at one time they always de 
 posit the fawns in separate places some distance from each other, 
 the dam herself keeping as much as possible away from both, 
 onl}* visiting them to give them suck. 
 
 " Should you succeed in catching a young one," said the Hin 
 doo Perfumer, its bleating may bring the old one to the spot, 
 
166 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 but I never knew an instance of one being seen abroad with its 
 dam, or of two .young ones being seen together. Their solitary 
 habits are innate > for if a fawn is taken ) T oung and nursed by a 
 sheep or goat, it will not for some time associate with its foster- 
 dam, but as soon as its hunger is satisfied, seeks some spot for 
 concealment. It is amusing to see them nursing, as all the while 
 they keep leaping up and crossing their fore-legs rapidly over 
 each other. They are rather difficult to rear, as many, soon after 
 they are caught, go blind and die." 
 
 " How do they generally hunt them?" I asked. 
 
 "In some districts," he answered, "they are hunted down 
 with dogs, but snaring is by far the most common method prac 
 tised for their capture. A few are occasionally shot by the vil 
 lage shikaries when in pursuit of other animals, but the match 
 lock is seldom taken out purposely to hunt them, for a hill 
 shikarie does not carry the match lighted, so almost every one 
 would get away before he could strike a light and apply the 
 match. If they had such rifles as you carry, the task would be 
 easy." 
 
 " What is the method of snaring them?" Jean inquired. 
 
 " A fence is built about three feet high," he replied, " composed 
 of bushes and branches of trees, in the forest, generally along 
 some ridge, as towards evening they begin to move, and during 
 the night appear to wander a great deal from the top to the bot 
 tom of the hill, or from one side to another. Their nocturnal 
 rambles are apparently as much for recreation as in search of 
 food, as they often visit regularly some steep ledge of rocks or 
 precipice where there is little or no vegetation. The Puharries 
 believe that they come to such places to play and dance with each 
 other. The fences I spoke about are often upwards of a mile in 
 
INDIAN PARADISES. 167 
 
 length. Openings for the deer to pass through, are left every ten 
 or fifteen yards, and in each a strong hempen snare* is placed, tied 
 to the smaller end of a long stick, the thick end of which is firmly 
 fixed in the ground, and the upper end bent forward to the open 
 ing, so that the deer when passing through, treading upon some 
 small sticks, which hold it down, sets the snare free, the stick 
 springs back and tightens the cord around the animal s leg. Besides 
 the musk deer, numbers of forest pheasants, moonals, corklas, and 
 argns are caught in these snares ; they are visited every third or 
 fourth day, and it is seldom that the owners return without some 
 kind of game. The polecats often find out the snares, and after 
 once tasting the feast, if not destroyed, soon become a grievous 
 annoyance, tracing the fence almost daily from end to end, and 
 seizing on everything caught ; they are often caught themselves, 
 but immediately bite the* snare in two and escape. The musk 
 deer are frequently lost to the hunters in this manner, for when 
 one is eaten by the polecats, the pod is torn to pieces, and the 
 contents scattered on the ground. No animal swallows the musk, 
 and when a deer has been killed and eaten by a leopard or other 
 animal, if the ground be carefully examined, much musk may be 
 picked up. Insects and maggots also leave it untouched." 
 
 " Excepting in one instance," interrupted Jean. "The case 
 was this ; Mr. G. W. Septimus Piesse, a very learned and cele 
 brated perfumer of Europe, who understands his business thor 
 oughly, in May, 1861, purchased six caddies of musk ; they were 
 examined and appeared to be all right ; in the following August, 
 on opening one of these caddies he was surprised to find every 
 pod of musk perforated with maggot holes, and on opening the 
 pods he found endless numbers of white maggots all alive and fat, 
 enjoying the banquet." 
 
168 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 " Whurrah ! an were he mad at em?" asked Patsey. 
 
 " I should tlflnk he would have been provoked," said Jean. It 
 was a banquet that had cost him. about fifteen dollars per ounce, 
 and as there were a hundred ounces in the caddy, it involved a 
 total loss of some fifteen hundred dollars. Do you think you 
 would have been put out about it? " 
 
 Patsey gave a long whistle, and mumbled something about he d 
 put them out. 
 
 " The creature being new to him," Jean continued, " he called 
 it the Musk Grub." 
 
 " That is something unusual," said the Hindoo perfumer ; "for 
 I once found what I thought to be a newly killed musk deer, but 
 on examination I discovered it was merely the skin and skeleton 
 of one, which, from its dry and withered state, must have been 
 dead some months ; the flesh had been completely eaten away by 
 maggots, but the musk-pod was entire." 
 
 We camped for the night, and again mounting early in the 
 morning, we became aware b} T the roughness of the way that we 
 were ascending some of the spurs of the Vindhya mountains. 
 The toil of getting up and down these immense eminences is very 
 fc Teat, and the pursuit of the musk deer is attended with many 
 dangers, hardships, and privations. The time expended and dis 
 tance traversed, render the occupation very expensive from the 
 necessity of being accompanied by various grades of servants, 
 some to hunt up and look out for game, others to carry provisions 
 and camping equipments ; consequently genuine musk must 
 always maintain a high price. We, however, were only watch 
 ing for a chance shot, so we dispensed with all but one servant. 
 We were now at quite a height, and it being within about two 
 hours of dark, the guide informed us if any deer were about it was 
 
INDIAN PARADISES. 169 
 
 time now to look for them. The others of the party were armed 
 with bows and arrows. Jean, Patsey, and I, each carried a rifle ; 
 we had practised considerably with them since our adventure 
 with the bear, so that now we were good marksmen. 
 
 We were riding slowly along, when directly in front of us stood 
 an animal about the size of a full grown English greyhound, al 
 most three feet long, and standing nearly two feet high at the 
 shoulder. It was looking inquiringly at us. It had a small horn 
 less head, ears long and erect, and two tusks about three inches 
 long, the thickness of a goose quill, sharp-pointed and curving 
 slightly backwards, depending from the upper jaw. Its legs were 
 long and slender, the toes pointed, the hind heels long, and rest 
 ing on the ground as well as the toes ; its color of a red-brown 
 with two white stripes down the neck and breast. 
 
 " The musk deer," exclaimed our guide, excitedly. 
 
 At the sound of his voice the deer started down the gentle 
 slope, making most astonishing bounds, clearing a space of more 
 than sixty feet at each bound, and springing over bushes of con 
 siderable height. 
 
 " The} r are very sure footed," said our guide, "and although 
 a forest animal, have, perhaps, no equal in travelling over rocky 
 and precipitous ground. Where even the burrell is obliged to 
 move slowly and carefully, these deer bound quickly and fear 
 lessly, and although often driven on rocks, which are thought 
 impassable, they invariably find a way in some direction, and 
 never miss a footing, or fall unless wounded." 
 
 This one, after making two or three bounds, passed around 
 some bushes, and again came out in our pathway and faced us. 
 Patsey, who was standing on the back of his horse, the better to 
 see the deer, the horse keeping quiet for a wonder, when the 
 
170 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 deer showed himself again, discharged his rifle. The sound of 
 the first shot of the hunt ! We see the smoke wreathe up ! Above 
 the smoke we see, rising in ever decreasing spirals above the 
 head of the horse, a young man about the size of Patse}*, and a 
 rifle going in an oblique manner towards the neighboring trees. 
 The shot from the back of the horse was too much for the ani 
 mal s good nature, so he gave Patsey some help up in the world. 
 Patse}^ came down astride the neck of his horse, hugging him 
 affectionately as if he had just returned from a long journey, and 
 was glad to see him. The horse tried to shake Patsey off, not 
 being used to such displays of affection, but Patsey got control 
 of him, and fastening him to a tree, went in search of his rifle, 
 which took him a long while to find, for it had lodged up in one 
 of the highest branches of a tree. 
 
 " Do not try any more Tartar riding on a green horse," I cau 
 tioned him. 
 
 " Shure, an he s a foine hoss," he replied, " but he s niver been 
 t n th sarvace ; he s afraid of a moite of goonpowdther." 
 
 Cautioning him to be more careful another time, we started 
 again. 
 
RISING IN EVER DECREASING SPIRALS ABOVE THE HEAD 
 
 OF THE HORSE. 
 
 Page 170. 
 
PREMIUMS FOR AX ORDER OF THREE OUNCES. 
 
 Pocket Perfume Diffuse!*. Asmall spray per 
 fumer to carry in the pocket ; you can perfume a room or 
 your clothes very nicely with very little perfume. It is the 
 best arrangement for diffusing perfumery. 
 
 Peflime Fountains. Nice to carry to a party or 
 to have with you ; made of tin. Unscrew the top, s queeze it, 
 and a jet of perfume is thrown out. 
 
 Tooth Or Nail Brush. Extra quality, bristles 
 wired in ; no trouble from having the bristles come out. 
 
 Dressing Comb. Large and heavy back, coarse 
 and fine teeth, 
 
 French Soap. Large cake, nicely perfumed, very 
 lasting. 
 
 Hand Scouring Brush. Made with leather 
 back, so water cannot warp it, and strong bristles; very 
 desirable to scour the hands with and make them white. 
 
 Ivory or Horn Fine-Tooth Comb. -The iv- 
 
 ory comb is small, and has fine teeth; the horn comb is large, 
 with not so fine teeth. 
 
 Pocket Clasp Comb. Rubber; the best pocket 
 comb made. 
 
 Lily White. Large box; to give a beautiful clearness 
 to the complexion. 
 
 Smelling SaltS Bottle. Large, colored glass, 
 screw top, filled with strong salts. 
 
 Rouge. To color the cheeks; the best quality, large 
 box. 
 
 Shaving BrUSh. Soft bristles, strongly made. 
 
 Infant s Hair Brush. A pretty little hair brush, 
 rosewood back; extra fine soft bristles. 
 
 Cosmetique, or Stick Pomatum. Medium 
 
 size, highly perfumed; for making the hair look glossy and 
 to keep it in place, 
 
 Puff BOX. Made of White Wood or Black Walnut; 
 highly polished, with handsome picture painted on the cover; 
 your choice. 
 
CHAPTER XX. 
 
 A MUSK DEER HUNT. 
 
 H fTlHESE deer seem to like the cold," observed the Hindoo 
 -*- Perfumer, " and the nearer we get to the snow line, the 
 more likely we are to find them. They seldom, if ever, lie in the 
 sun, even in the coldest weather ; their forms are always made 
 where there is something to shelter them from its rays. In many 
 respects they are not unlike hares in habits and economy. Each 
 individual selects some particular spot for its favorite retreat, 
 about which it remains quietly throughout the day. They oc 
 casionally rest during the day in any place where they may hap 
 pen to be in in the morning, but in general they return to near 
 the same spot almost every evening, making forms in different 
 quarters of their retreat, a short distance from each other, visit 
 ing them in turn. Sometimes they will lie under the same tree 
 or bush for weeks together. They make forms in the same man 
 ner as hares, where the ground is sloping levelling with their 
 feet a spot large enough for their purpose." 
 
 We were now entering a birch forest where the underwood con 
 sisted chiefly of white rhododendron and juniper. This being the 
 kind of forest in which are their favorite resorts, we were not 
 surprised when one arose directly in front of Jean ; it looked 
 
 171 
 
172 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 curiously at him, and before it could prepare to bound off, Jean 
 brought it clown with a shot from his rifle. We rushed to the 
 spot, and found it had been sport for us, but death for the deer. 
 
 We carefully examined the animal and found that the general 
 color was a dark, speckled, brownish gray, deepening nearly to 
 black on the hindquarters, and edged down the inside of the thighs 
 with reddish yellow. The throat, belly, and legs were of a 
 lighter gray. The fur seemed to be composed of thick, spiral 
 hairs, not unlike miniature porcupine quills, and were very brit 
 tle, breaking with a slight pull, and so thickly set that numbers 
 could be pulled out without altering the outward appearance of 
 the fur ; it was white from the roots to nearly the tips, where it 
 gradually became dark. The fur is much longer and thicker on 
 ^he hind parts than on the fore, and gives the animal the appear 
 ance of being much larger in the hindquarters than in the shoul 
 ders, a fact we had remarked about the one Patsey fired at. 
 
 We looked for the pod, which we found near the navel, between 
 the flesh and the skin. The pod is composed of several layers of 
 thin skin, within the innermost of which the musk is confined, 
 and has much the appearance of the craw or stomach of a part 
 ridge, or other small gallinaceous bird when full of food. We 
 found an orifice outwards through the skin, into which with a 
 slight pressure we could pass a stick about the size of the little fin 
 ger, but found it had no connection with the body. 
 
 " I have heard said," remarked Jean, " that it is probable that 
 musk is at times discharged through this orifice, as the pod is 
 often found not half full, and sometimes nearly void. From this 
 orifice the dishonest dealers extract the grain musk, and then in 
 sert in its place the pieces of lead, brass, copper, skin, dried 
 blood, clay, tobacco, and other adulterations sometimes found in 
 
A MUSK DEER HUNT. 173 
 
 pods when opened by perfumers ; from the size of these orifices it 
 can be pretty fairly judged how the pods have been tampered 
 with." 
 
 We heard the voices of the Bengalese approaching; after a 
 short chase they had shot a smaller deer with their arrows, and 
 two of them were bringing the deer between them to where we 
 were. They threw it down when they reached us, and began to 
 cut around the pod, and to skin the whole stomach. Meanwhile 
 one of them built a fire, and put in it some flat stones to heat ; 
 when they were ready, the skin was laid with the fleshy side on 
 the hot stones, and thus dried without singeing the hair. The 
 skin shrank up from the heat into a small compass, and was then 
 stitched round the pod, and hung up to dry until quite hard. This 
 is the general method of preparing them, but some put the pod 
 into hot oil, instead of laying it on hot stones ; but either method 
 must deteriorate the quality of the musk, as it gets completely 
 baked or fried. It is best if the pod is at once cut from the skin 
 and allowed to dry of itself. The musk is in grains, from the size 
 of a small bullet to small shot, of irregular shape, but generally 
 round or oblong, together with more or less in coarse powder. 
 When fresh, it is of a reddish brown color, but when taken out of 
 the pod and kept for any length of time, becomes nearly black. 
 In autumn and winter the grains are hard, firm, and nearly dry, 
 but in summer they become damp and soft, probably from the 
 green food then eaten by the animal. The musk is formed with 
 the animal, as the pod of a .young deer taken out of the womb is 
 plainly distinguishable, and indeed is much larger in proportion 
 than in an adult animal, and for two years the contents of the 
 pod is a soft, milky substance, with a disagreeable smell. 
 
 When it first becomes musk, there is not much more than an 
 
174 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 eighth of an ounce ; as the animal grows it increases in quantity, 
 and in some instances as much as two ounces have been found. 
 An ounce may be considered as the average from a full grown 
 animal, but as the greater proportion of the deer are killed young, 
 the pods in the market do not contain, on an average, more than 
 half an ounce. The pod from our deer yielded one and one quar 
 ter ounces, that from the Bengalese contained only an ounce. 
 The musk of young animals, though not so strong, has a much 
 pleasanter smell than that of old ones ; difference of food, climate, 
 or situation does not seem to effect the quality. 
 
 Before we cut the pod from our deer, we bound around our 
 mouths and noses several folds of linen, as otherwise, so pungent 
 is the smell, it might cause hemorrhage. As, however, the 
 Puharries take good care to adulterate the musk before it is ex 
 ported, we are not exposed to such accidents at home. It is 
 scarcely possible to detect the imposture of adulteration at the 
 time of purchase, as the pods are generally sold without being 
 cut open. 
 
 " I have often seen offered for sale," remarked the Hindoo per 
 fumer, " pods which were merel} a piece of musk deer skin, filled 
 with some substance, and tied up to resemble a musk-pod, with 
 a little musk rubbed over it to give it the proper odor. These are 
 easy to detect, there being no navel on the skin as it is cut from 
 any pai;t of the body. But the musk is also sometimes taken out 
 of the pod, and its place filled by some other substance ; these 
 are difficult to detect even if cut open, as whatever is put in, is 
 made to resemble musk in appearance, and only a small quantit}" 
 of genuine musk added to give it the requisite odor. 
 
 " Some have a portion of the musk taken out and its place sup 
 plied ; others have all the musk left in, and something added to 
 
A MUSK DEER HUNT. 175 
 
 increase the weight. The substances commonly used for adulter 
 ation, or to fill the counterfeit pods, are blood boiled or baked on 
 the fire, then dried, beaten to powder, kneaded into a paste, and 
 made into grains and coarse powder, to resemble genuine musk ; 
 a piece of liver or spleen prepared in the same manner ; dried 
 gall, and a particular part of the bark of the apricot tree, pounded 
 or kneaded. The dried paste from which common oil has been 
 extracted, called " peena," is also used, and lumps of this with 
 out further preparation are thrust into a pod. Sometimes no care 
 is taken to give the material emploj^ed in filling a counterfeit pod 
 even the appearance of musk. A gentleman once showed me a 
 pod he had bought from a Puharrie. On my telling him it was 
 counterfeit, he cut it open, and found it filled with hookah to 
 bacco." 
 
 The original extract of musk is principally used for a fixing in 
 gredient in other perfumes, to give a permanancy to a volatile 
 odor ; customers requiring in a general way that which is incom 
 patible namely, that a perfume shall be strong to the smell, 
 very volatile, and that it shall remain upon the handkerchief for 
 a long period, ergo, not volatile ! 
 
 u Small portions of extract of musk, mixed with essence of 
 roses, extract of violet, and tuberose, and similar solutions, do in 
 a measure attain this object ; after the violet, which is the most 
 delicate, has evaporated, and is followed in its turn by the other 
 odors according to their volatility, the handkerchief still retains 
 an odor, which, although not the original, yet gives satisfaction, 
 because it is pleasant to the olfactoiy nerves." 
 
 It is the fashion of the present day for people to say, "I do 
 not like musk," but nevertheless, from great experience in the 
 sale of perfumery, we are of the opinion that the public taste for 
 
176 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 musk is as great as any perfumer need desire. The Empress 
 Josephine was very fond of perfumes, and particularly of musk. 
 Her boudoir was filled with it, in spite of Napoleon s frequent 
 remonstrances. Sixty years have elapsed since her death, and 
 the present owner of Malmaison has had the walls of that dress 
 ing room repeatedly washed and painted, but neither scrubbing, 
 aquafortis, nor paint, has been able to remove the smell of the 
 good Empress s musk, which continues as strong as if the bottle 
 which contained it had been but 3 esterda}^ removed. 
 
 We encamped for the night, and in the morning descended the 
 mountains on the opposite side to that which we had ascended. 
 On our way to Benares, we saw some trees of ver}^ graceful form 
 the trunks about nine inches in diameter, and the tree about 
 twenty feet high, growing out of masses of naked marble rocks 
 on the brink of precipices, presenting a very picturesque appear 
 ance. These, our guide informed us, were the luban meyeti, 
 which produce the luban or frankincense, the same as the gum 
 olibanum of commerce. On making a deep incision into the 
 trunk, the resin exudes profusely, of the color and consistency 
 of milk, but hardening into a mass by exposure to the air. The 
 young trees produce the best and most valuable gum, the older 
 trees merely yielding a clear glutinous fluid resembling copal, and 
 exhaling a strong resinous odor. 
 
 Olibanum was formerly in high repute as a sovereign remed} T 
 against inflamation of the e} T es, and as an efficacious remedy in 
 consumption, but for these purposes it has long gone out of use, 
 and is chiefly bought up by the Greek merchants for the use of 
 the Church. It is also produced by the luban bedowi, but not of 
 so good a quality. It is partially soluble in alcohol, and like 
 most of the balsams, probably owes its fragrance to a peculiar 
 
A MUSK DEER HUNT. 177 
 
 odoriferous body, associated with the benzoic acid it contains. 
 It is not much used in perfumery at the present time. 
 
 We reached Benares in time to attend the auction, and pur 
 chased a small lot of the sandal wood, and the otto. 
 
 The next morning, after we reached Benares, we took a boat 
 and sailed swiftly down the Ganges. We saw on the river banks 
 many fine gardens, and estates on which were growing patchouly 
 plants. These plants resemble somewhat our garden sage in 
 their growth and form, but the leaves are not so fleshy. 
 
 We entered Calcutta in the afternoon, and went directly on board 
 the Cynthia, and were gladly welcomed back by all our friends. 
 After relating our adventures to my wife, Susie, Brad, and John 
 Gagler, we retired, feeling pretty well exhausted. Brad was not 
 ready to sail as yet, and doubted if he would be for two or three 
 days. Some gum olibanum, that we bought at Benares, Jean 
 found was obtained from various species of Boswellia, serrata, 
 thurifera, and glabra. It is the frankincense of the ancients, and 
 the luban of the Arabs. 
 
 13 
 
CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. 
 
 TTTE were up bright and early, when Brad congratulated us on 
 * our success of the previous clay, and informed us he had 
 received an invitation to a Hindoo wedding, and asked us if we 
 would like to attend. 
 
 " Certainly," we replied. " Can we all go?" 
 
 "It will be celebrated in the open air, so there will be room 
 enough," he answered. "It is an old acquaintance of mine who 
 is to be married, one with whom I traded when sailing with my 
 uncle. They are quite wealthy, so it will be a grand affair." 
 
 Immediately after breakfast, we prepared ourselves and set out 
 for the house of Brad s friend, where we arrived early enough to 
 allow us sufficient time to observe that the house was arranged in 
 half Hindoo, and half English style. 
 
 As they make a lavish use of perfumes in Hindoo private life, 
 the number of presents made to the bride elect, by the bride 
 groom, were rich and numerous. They were displayed on a table 
 in the room into which we were ushered. The Singardan, or toi 
 let bag, which was one of them, contained among other things, a 
 pandan, or box to hold betel, an aromatic mixture for chewing, to 
 perfume the breath ; a vial containing otto of roses, a goolalpash or 
 
 178 
 
A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. 179 
 
 bottle to sprinkle rosewater on visitors, a box or casket, richly 
 carved, made of sandalwood, for containing spices, and one of 
 eboirv, inlaid with gold, for holding meese, a powder made of gall- 
 nuts and vitriol, for blackening the teeth, women blacken their 
 teeth when they marry, and keep them so as long their husbands 
 are alive. Another box for soorma to blacken the eyelids, and an 
 other for kajul to darken the eyelashes. These boxes were 
 elegantly inlaid and incrusted with jewels. 
 
 The time for the ceremony having arrived, we proceed to the 
 garden. Here, under a sort of canopy, called pcudal, which was 
 richly ornamented and brilliantly lighted with lamps, the bride 
 and bridegroom sat, or rather squatted at one end, and at the 
 other burned the sacred fire or oman, which was constantly kept 
 alight by throwing into it sandalwood, incense, scented oils, and 
 other ingredients, which shed aromatic fumes. The bride was 
 good looking, with regular features and bright black eyes ; her 
 hair was of a beautiful glossy black, almost jet, and quite long. 
 It was anointed with a highly perfumed oil, and a profusion of 
 jewels adorned it. She would have laid still more claim to 
 beaut} T , but for the nose-ring, which, though very costly and ele 
 gant, must have been decidedly inconvenient. 
 
 One of the bridesmaids had her hair embellished with the blos 
 soms of the silvery jasmine, and the hair of the other with the 
 flowers of the golden champac, which set off admirably their 
 raven tresses. Above their ears were placed blossoms of a sort 
 of acacia, called Sirisha. 
 
 The Brahmins, after having recited a variety of praj ers, con 
 secrated the union of the couple by throwing a handful of saffron 
 mixed with rice flour on their shoulders, and the ceremony was 
 ended by the husband presenting his wife with a little golden 
 
180 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 image, called talee, which is worn around the neck by married wo 
 men as a substitute for the wedding ring. After the Ceremony we 
 presented our gifts, and among other things gave them perfumes 
 as we understood that was the custom, a scented powder, called 
 abeer, which is sprinkled on the clothes, or rubbed on the face 
 and body, and is made of sandalwood, aloes, tumeric, roses, cam 
 phor, and civet ; Uggur-kee-buttees, or pastils, made of gum 
 benzoin, and other odoriferous substances ; Urgujja, a sweet 
 ointment, composed of sandalwood, aloes, otto of roses, and ex 
 tract of jasmine ; also Munjun, a tooth powder, which was a mix 
 ture of burnt almond-shells, tobacco ashes, black pepper, and 
 salt, all of wh^ch we bought of our friend, the Hindoo perfumer 
 for this occasion, as we should not care to use them ourselves. 
 
 Paying our respects, we made our salutations, and then, as we 
 had some spare time, proceeded to the Botanical Gardens for a 
 promenade. These gardens are very beautiful, and contain an 
 immense variety of plants, growing in the most luxuriant manner. 
 Susie pointed out to us a group of Styrax benzoin trees, from 
 which is procured that substance most in use by perfumers, and 
 is considered the best of all the balsams, with the exception, per 
 haps of the genuine balsam of Mecca Gum amyris opobaham, 
 which is so scarce and expensive it is not used. The kings of 
 Judah cultivated the shrub, but only to a very small extent. 
 What is generally sold by the name of Balsam of Mecca is merely 
 the oil, obtained by boiling the seeds, stones, and branches of 
 the tree. It is too rare to be purchased at any price, as it is gen 
 erally supposed to be. 
 
 A bottle of this extraordinary balsam is kept at the botanical 
 garden at Paris, as an object of the rarest and highest value. 
 Josephus informs us that the Queen of Sheba brought it first to 
 
A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. 181 
 
 Judea, where balsam, nryrrh, and incense, in the da t ys of old were 
 to be seen used by the populace in abundance, almost daily. This 
 is one of the man}^ things we "mourn for" in the "days gone 
 by." The reason of its excessive scarcity is supposed to be ow 
 ing to the destruction of Jerusalem; the Jews, actuated by 
 despair and hatred, destroyed all the balsam plants. There are 
 Lone now to be found in Palestine. Only one plantation is now 
 known to furnish it, and that is in Arabia Petrea. The whole 
 plantation only yields about three pounds annually, and it is 
 monopolized by the Grand Seignior. This, of course, we can 
 scarcely refrain from noticing, without an expression of regret. 
 
 The Gum Benzoin, or Gum Benjamin, as some call it, used to 
 be called Amygdaloides, because of its being interspersed with 
 several white spots which resemble broken almonds. When 
 heated, these white specks rise as smoke, which is easily con 
 densed upon paper. The material thus separated from the ben 
 zoin is known in commerce as the flowers of benzoin, and chemi 
 cally as benzoic acid. The best gum benzoin is obtained from 
 Siam, but we could not possibly visit there, as we did not wish to 
 waste any more of Brad s time ; but we obtained a small quantity 
 from the chief florist, which he had gathered from the trees grow 
 ing in the garden. It is generally obtained by making incisions 
 in the trunk of the tree, after it has attained the age of five or 
 six years. The resin is white and transparent at first, then dry 
 ing, becomes a hard gum resin. The benzoin usually brought 
 into the market is dark, with the white spots only showing 
 slightly, and when put with alcohol there is a great deal that 
 does not dissolve, and is useless ; but the specimen we ob 
 tained was in small lumps, all white, with a very slight transpar 
 ent brownish tint on the surface, the lumps, however, when 
 
182 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 broken, showing perfectly white inside, and when put in alcohol 
 they dissolved completely. 
 
 From the Gardens we proceeded to the Strand, the principal 
 promenade of the Europeans and wealthy natives, and after a 
 short stroll as it was getting late, and wishing to reach the ship 
 before dark, we turned our steps towards the vessel. 
 
 During our absence the ship s bunkers had been stowed with 
 coal, but owing to some delay we were not ready to start till after 
 nine o clock the next morning. Jean had gone on shore again to 
 purchase some joss sticks, and some coconut oil, an opaque, 
 unctuous oil obtained from the coconut, and having a delicate 
 odor of the nut, much used by the Germans in making soap. He 
 also showed us some balls of opium, scented with the essence of 
 roses, which he had bought of the Hindoo perfumer, such as the 
 wretched, cadaverous, idiotic, opium smokers consume, many of 
 whom we had seen in our wanderings. They looked not unlike, 
 and reminded us of the tobacco consumers of our own nation. 
 
 Opium is smoked at all hours b} 7 men and women in this coun 
 try, as well as in the Celestial Empire. The English merchants 
 sell every year of this miserable drug to the amount of one mil 
 lion five hundred thousand pounds millions of dollars devoted 
 to one of the most despicable of vices which afflict humanity ; but 
 yet how small is the sum compared to that wasted upon the 
 slower, but no less certain brain-destroyers, liquor and tobacco. 
 
 Towards the cool of the evening Jean invited us into the labor- 
 ator} 7 , or " Perfumatory " as he sometimes called it. 
 
 " I will now show you how to prepare cassie pomade, or floral 
 pomade of any odor you wish, when you have the flowers with 
 which to work," he said to us, after we had assembled. "It is 
 called maceration. You remember I promised sometime ago to 
 
A WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE. 183 
 
 instruct you in the art, but have not had the time since we left 
 Australia. Patsey, bring me the new glue pot." 
 
 "I will that, sir." . 
 
 "This glue pot, you see," continued Jean, " melts the mate 
 rial by the boiling of water ; it is in fact a water-bath, in chemical 
 parlance, on a small scale. I use beef suet or any grease in pref 
 erence to lard, as pomades of lard body are more heating, caus 
 ing dandruff and falling of the hair, especially where the. sj^stem 
 is scrofulous. I have prepared some beef suet which has been 
 purified by melting and straining it through a close hair sieve, 
 allowing the liquid suet to drop into cold water, thereby granu 
 lating, and washing the blood and membrane from it. In order 
 to start with a perfectly inodorous grease I repeated the process 
 three times, using a pinch of salt and a pinch of alum, to each 
 water, then I washed it six times in plain water, and finalty re- 
 melted the fat to free it from adhering water, and added a small 
 quantity of powdered benzoin. 
 
 "Now, Patsey, put the clarified suet into this macerating pot, 
 and we will proceed." 
 
 Patsej T did so, and Jean went to one of the lockers and took 
 out the dried cassie flowers, and putting as many in the fat as it 
 would cover, let it simmer slowly on the fire of a small gas stove. 
 
 I shall leave this to cook during the night ; in the morning 
 I shall strain off the fat and add more flowers till I obtain the 
 strength of perfume I wish." 
 
 " Oh ! " exclaimed Susie. 
 
 " What is the matter?" asked Jean. 
 
 Some of that hot grease spattered all over the back of my 
 hand, and has burnt me." 
 
 Her hand was indeed quite badly burned. 
 
184 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "Wait a moment, Miss Susie," said Jean, and he hurried to 
 his collection of ottos, and selecting his sample of otto of cloves, 
 applied some of the otto with a small piece of cloth to the burn, 
 a small place at a time being covered so the pain would not be so 
 great as if the whole place was covered at once. " In a very 
 little while your hand will not feel painful in the least, Miss 
 Susie," said Jean. "Otto of cloves takes out the fire from a 
 burn the quickest and best of anything I know." 
 
 It was true, for Susie felt no pain after a few minutes. 
 
CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW. 
 
 f * TTTHAT is in that glass tunnel?" asked my wife, who having 
 bound up Susie s hand, was now watching Jean at work 
 among his collections ; she pointed at the same time to a perco 
 lator in which Jean had some article from which he was obtain 
 ing an extract by displacement or percolation, the most approved 
 method of obtaining extracts in small quantities, of uniform 
 strength and in a short space of time. 
 
 The article being powdered, a diaphragm put in the tunnel to 
 allow the liquid to pass slowly through the material from which 
 the extract is made, then after the material has stood twenty-four 
 hours in absolute alcohol, it is put into the percolator and the 
 liquid, generally absolute alcohol, sometimes only proof spirit, is 
 put in the percolator on the material, and as each portion of it 
 displaces that before it, it gathers the virtues of the material 
 which are found in the liquid in the receiver ; the spirit left in the 
 article is displaced by an equal quantity of water, and thus noth 
 ing is lost. 
 
 " That is the opium I showed you this morning," replied Jean. 
 u I am preparing an extract from it." 
 
 " You did not soak it long in the alcohol? " I asked. 
 
186 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 " No, sir. I thought it would not matter, as by having it per 
 colate very slowly I could obtain such an extract as I wished, 
 merely for an experiment." 
 
 In the morning Jean repaired to the laboratory and strained 
 off the fat from the cassie flowers and added fresh ones. 
 
 We were steaming south ard now as fast as possible, for Brad 
 wanted to visit every island in the vicinity of Australia, before 
 giving up his quest. 
 
 The next evening we were almost opposite the Island of Cey- 
 lon, and soon we should be far out in the Indian Ocean. We 
 were sitting around the tables in the saloon. My wife and Susie 
 at one ; their table covered with sewing, tatting work, and tidies ; 
 John Gagler, Brad, and I were at the other John Gagler and 
 myself conversing, and Brad studying a chart of the islands near 
 Australia. Jean was in the laboratory at work experimenting, as 
 usual. Soon Patsey came and announced supper, also calling 
 Jean from the laboratorj". 
 
 After supper we again repaired to the saloon. The night being 
 somewhat chilly and very cloudy we did not care to go on deck. 
 About nine o clock a peculiar, uncertain motion of the ship at 
 tracted Brad s attention, and he went on deck to ascertain the 
 cause ; after sometime he returned, and we inquired, 
 
 " What was the trouble?" 
 
 The man at the wheel was overtaken with a sudden drowsi 
 ness, and had actually fallen asleep at his post ; that was the rea 
 son the ship staggered so," he replied. We could onry arouse him 
 a little, and could not obtain anything intelligible from him. I 
 ordered him to be taken to his berth, and when he awakes I will 
 have an investigation." 
 
 Scarcely half an hour had elapsed before Mr. Roscoe sum- 
 
A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW. 187 
 
 mo ned Brad, and he went on deck again. Jean having com 
 plained of being tired had gone into his cabin. After Brad went 
 out my wife and Susie soon showed unmistakable signs of sleepi 
 ness by nodding over their work and suddenly recovering them 
 selves, and trying to continue where the} 7 left off. I told them 
 they had better retire, and they did so. Brad soon after came in 
 looking somewhat perplexed. He saw my questioning glance. 
 
 " It is strange," he mused ; "we have changed the man at the 
 wheel three times since I went out, and each and every one after 
 standing there less than fifteen minutes, has been overcome by 
 sleep and had to be taken to his berth. The fifth man is at the 
 helm now, and if they keep on at this rate another hour, we shall 
 not have enough left to carry us through the night." 
 
 " Th-at s a fa-a-ct," I answered, tryihg hard to suppress a 
 gape. "I believe I m getting sleepy myself," and I hurried 
 through the last part of the sentence, fearing I should gape again 
 before I could finish it. 
 
 " I shall be obliged to put 3*011 to bed also," said Brad, laugh 
 ing. " Come out on deck and get the fresh air," and he pulled 
 me up b} T the shoulder ; shaking n^self, I was about to accom- 
 pan} 7 Brad up stairs, when I noticed John Gagler, who was rest 
 ing his arms on the table and his head upon them, almost 
 asleep. 
 
 "Come, John, you are sleepy too," I said. "Better go to 
 bed." 
 
 " Aye, aye, sir;" he muttered, but did not stir till I shook 
 him pretty hard. 
 
 "Aye, aye, sir;" he again said, rousing himself and ris 
 ing- 
 
 " Halmost doused my top lights, didn t I? I guess its habout 
 
188 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 time to turn Inn. I feel h-awfully slee-slee-py," and he gaped 
 himself into his cabin. 
 
 Rubbing my eyes and stretching my limbs, I followed Brad, 
 who had preceded me, on deck. On coming into the fresh air it 
 revived me somewhat, and finding Brad, who was watching the 
 man in the wheel-house. not the fifth one, but the seventh, the 
 fifth and another had succumbed to that strange drowsiness. 
 What could it be ? I confess I felt a little uneasy myself, and 
 cast furtive glances around, expecting to see some enenvy. 
 
 The man now at the helm, Robert Hannaburn, was a powerfully 
 built and strongly constitutioned Englishman, who had lived on the 
 seas from boyhood, and feared neither visible nor invisible adver- 
 saiy ; even he, however, looked often with sidelong glance over 
 his shoulder, and with questioning eyes sought courage from his 
 Captain s face. Brad watched him closely, and the man strug 
 gled hard to control himself. 
 
 Sailors have their superstitions and fears, and many a brave 
 fellow who in broad daylight, would fight till the last breath 
 while their enemy was before them, yet when something inexpli 
 cable surrounds them, and the winds moan, and the dark clouds 
 flit by full of mocking faces, their imagination conjures up all 
 sort of hideous beings. 
 
 Hannaburn stood firm as a rock, but his fingers would some 
 how seem to lose their power for a moment, and the wheel slip 
 almost from his grasp, yet he strove to keep his post. Slowly, 
 but surely, the influence overpowered him, his strength left him, 
 his head dropped forward ; again he started up, shook himself 
 like a huge dog, threw out his broad chest, drew in a long, deep 
 breath, and looked defiance at his unseen antagonist. 
 
 How long we sat watching him I know not. I felt a hand laid 
 
Perfume Bag. Large, paper, Ulied with perfume; 
 very lasting. 
 
 Powder Puflf. Medium, made of pretty colored silk; 
 very soft down. 
 
 Pomade. French, highly perfumed ; a splendid dress 
 ing for the hair. 
 
 Toilet Powder. O nc package; a soft fine powder, 
 highly perfumed with Rose or Violet; very useful for toilet 
 purposes. 
 
 Crayon Noir, or Eyebrow Pencil. TO color 
 
 the eyebrows or eyelashes; put up in a pretty ornamented 
 metal box. 
 
 Lip Pomade. For the lips; to make them soft, and 
 to cure chapped lips and to give them a cherry redness. 
 
 Tooth Powder. Extra quality; very fine; nicely 
 flavored. 
 
 Pencil Mark Eraser. Scotch Wood handle, and 
 the best of rubber. 
 
 Pastilles. To burn in an apartment, emitting a beau 
 tiful fragrance. 12 in a box. 
 
 Depilatory Powder, To remove superfluous hair 
 from the face or body; perfectly harmless; directions for use 
 with each package. 
 
 Moustache Fixateur. To retain the moustache 
 in any desired position; extra quality. 
 
 Brown Windsor Soap. One package of 3 cakes; 
 one of the finest English soaps ; splendidly perfumed. 
 
 Rouge and Lily White. Both kinds in one 
 fancy box, with a pretty picture on the cover. Make? a nice 
 addition to the toilet. 
 
 Pen Wiper. A pretty colored pen wiper, with a lit 
 tle glass mouse on it for a handle ; the mouse is filled with 
 perfume ; also with a porcelain hand, or a groen frog made of 
 porcelain. 
 
 Pocket Fan. Made of Hollywood; closes up in a 
 very small space. Can be decorated with Decalcomanie pic- 
 
WE DREW HIM OUT OF THE WHEEL-HOUSE. 
 
 Page 189. 
 
A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW. 189 
 
 on my shoulder and awaking with a start, saw Mr. Roscoe 
 standing by me. Brad was still watching the wheel-house, but 
 not the man at the wheel, for no one was there. Mr. Roscoe 
 approached Brad and spoke to him, but receiving no answer, 
 looked at his face, and saw by the light from the wheel-house 
 that he was asleep. Mr. Roscoe took hold of his arm, and Brad 
 suddenly opened his eyes. Looking towards the wheel, the man 
 he expected to see was not there ; he went to the door and opened 
 it and found Hannaburn lying beside the wheel sleeping sound!} ; 
 we drew him out of the wheel-house on to the deck, but no effort 
 could rouse him, so we conveyed him to his bertb, putting 
 another man in his place. 
 
 This last man seemed loth to take the position, and when we 
 went into the forecastle we found the night-watch, and some 
 others who had not as yet retired, huddled together in groups, 
 conversing in low tones ; and when they saw Hannaburn brought 
 in, their faces assumed a queer, half-frightened expression, yet 
 the} 7 said not a word, but tried hard to make believe they were em 
 ployed about something ; we placed Hannaburn in his berth. 
 Brad turned to his men and simply said, 
 
 " I hope every man is ready for duty to-night." 
 
 They touched their caps, and their "Aye, aye, sir," though 
 audible, was feebly given. 
 
 The sailor who succeeded Hannaburn was soon as fast asleep 
 as his predecessors, and when Mr. Roscoe and I took him to his 
 bunk the other men were thunderstruck, and endeavored to get 
 behind each other, fearing to be the next one ordered to the mys 
 terious wheel-house. After selecting another man, Mr. Roscoe 
 commanded a young fellow, named Burndom, who had always 
 shown himself possessed of considerable courage and daring, to 
 
190 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 come on deck and be ready to take the wheel if this last man 
 should succumb to that insiduous influence. 
 
 He followed us with faltering steps, and stopped a short dis 
 tance from the gangway. But when he saw the man sinking 
 down, overcome lay that inexplicable, mysterious opponent, he 
 sank to the deck, and crawled with shaking limbs to the gangwa} , 
 and almost threw himself headlong down. 
 
 We heard the sailors jump up in fear, and a second after, the 
 scuttle was closed with a bang, and with all our entreaties, com 
 mands, and threats, we could not induce them to open it. Brad 
 had the wheel ; he and Mr. Roscoe were nonplussed. 
 
 Surrounded by some enem} T whom they could not see, ten of 
 the men sick, asleep, or dying, they knew not which, the rest in 
 mutiny, the ship in the middle of a vast ocean with only three or 
 five at most to run her through the night, and they too liable to 
 be overpowered ! What accidents might happen ! Where might 
 they not be driven ? 
 
 The engines still worked, the engineer stood to his post. He 
 had not, however, ascertained what had occurred above him, or he 
 perhaps would desert us. Anyway we decided not to call him, or 
 let him get an inkling of what had happened. 
 
 We were still heading south, a little to the east of south, and 
 going at a good speed. Mr. Roscoe now took the wheel, telling 
 Brad to retire and rest an hour, and then he might relieve him. 
 Brad would not, however, listen to any such arrangement. 
 
 " I am afraid you too will be asleep if I leave you five or ten 
 minutes," said Brad, jokingly. 
 
 " Never fear," replied Mr. Roscoe. " The men are only fright 
 ened, and it is their imagination perhaps, that puts them under 
 the spell ; imagination will do almost anything with a man. You 
 
A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW. 191 
 
 can stay here and watch me awhile, and if I show any signs* of 
 faltering, you can then relieve me ; but I must first open one of 
 these windows and get some fresh air in here, even if it does al 
 most blow my head off," and he lowered one of the small windows 
 as he spoke. 
 
 We watched Mr. Roscoe for half an hour and as he showed no 
 signs of drowsiness, we began to think he was right, and that it 
 was only the imagination of the sailors which had overcome them. 
 Brad went to the cabin, and I sat on deck to watch an hour, and 
 then I was to call him to relieve Mr. Roscoe. 
 
 The hour passed, and I was just falling into a refreshing slum 
 ber, when the voice of Mr. Roscoe aroused me, and he told me to 
 call Capt. Cole. The wind had now increased to a gale, and as 
 I arose, almost blew me from my feet ; my eyes were half closed, 
 and I staggered and stumbled about trying to reach the cabin ; 
 as I was going down the stairs to the saloon, I glanced toward 
 the wheel-house and noticed Mr. Roscoe had closed the window 
 again, within a couple of inches, the driving rain was so disagree 
 able, and I also perceived that he was unaccountably uncertain on 
 his feet, or else I was, I could not tell which. Going to Brad s 
 cabin I shook him and he said, 
 
 U A11 right! I m coming in a moment be there in a min 
 ute." 
 
 I was too sleep} to wait till he went out, so telling him I was 
 going to retire, as it was past midnight, I bid him " good-night," 
 and entering my cabin, with difficulty divested myself of my 
 clothing. I could never remember the time when I had ever felt 
 so drowsy. Looking at my wife, I saw she was sleeping soundly. 
 My entrance did not wake her. Putting out the light, I tumbled 
 into my berth and dropped to slnep instantly. 
 
192 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 I felt as if I was borne on the winds, was drifted about from 
 place to place, uncertainly, faintly heard thumpings and noise as 
 of a commotion of the elements. It must have been dreamland, 
 for shortly after a strange scene was spread before me. 
 
 I was standing at the entrance of a huge Egyptian Temple, 
 one of those built when Egypt was in its gloiy, and the world 
 was 3 r oung. It was a pile of granite so stupendous that the 
 mind could hardly conceive of such grandeur and vastness. On 
 the side walls were sculptured statues of former sovereigns, in 
 size ten times as large as life. In the centre of the Temple was 
 a golden statue of their god, as large as a man, and on an altar, 
 which was also of massive gold, burned a thousand talents worth 
 of pure incense. Masses of swarthy Egyptians thronged the 
 streets and byways. Some grand festival seemed preparing. 
 
 Faintly wafted by the breeze music presently reached my ears. 
 Shortly after, in front of me moved a magnificent procession ; 
 clouds of incense, and bursts of harmony burdened the air. 
 First came a long array of priests dressed in gorgeous robes, 
 preceded, accompanied, followed, by five hundred of Eg} pt s finest 
 formed youth, their hair profusely powdered with gold and dia 
 mond dust, which glittered and sparkled in the sun, producing a 
 most brilliant effect. The air was filled with the smell of odor 
 iferous substances diffused by the censers which each one carried 
 firmly in his right hand, and into it cast with his left hand, 
 balls of perfume. Behind these marched one hundred and 
 twenty children, bearing incense, myrrh, and saffron in golden 
 basins, followed by a number of camels ladened with frankin 
 cense, crocus, cassia, cinnamon, orris and other precious aro- 
 matics, each bearing three hundred pounds weight of the different 
 articles. 
 
I WAS STANDING- AT THE ENTRANCE OF A HUGE EGYPTIAN 
 TEMPLE. 
 
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 Cashmere Lily Bouquet Soap. TWO cakes 
 
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A BEWITCHED SHIP AND CREW. 193 
 
 Then came two hundred of Eg3 r pt s fairest women, sprinkling 
 every one with perfume from golden watering pots ; then a host 
 of boys in rich purple tunics ; following them two incense barriers 
 made of ivy wood, covered with burnished gold, and a large 
 square altar between them. These were borne by stalwart men, 
 whose muscles seemed playing under their burden. 
 
 The huge altar was placed in the centre of the square oppo ute 
 the entrance of the temple, and the vast procession formed it self 
 around about. An ox was brought forth for the sacrifice and 
 filled with frankincense, myrrh, and other aromatic subs-inces 
 which the camels bore ; the remainder was put into the Krge in 
 cense burners. They placed the ox upon the altar, and as he 
 burned, fragrant oils were poured over him. 
 
 From the Temple were now brought forth four sepulchral vases ; 
 the first, surmounted with a human head, was consecrated to 
 Am-set, the genius presiding over the South ; the second vase, 
 covered with a cynocephalus, was dedicated to Ha-pin, the genius 
 of the North ; the third, decorated with a jackal s head, in honor 
 of Trant-mutf, the genius of the East ; and the fourth, orna 
 mented with a hawk s head, was put under the protection of 
 Krebsnif, the genius of the West. After these ceremonies the 
 viscera of some recently deceased and embalmed king were 
 divided ; in the first vase were put the large intestines, in the 
 second one, the small viscera, in the third, the heart and 
 lungs, and in the fourth, the liver and gall-bladder. This 
 being done, the vases were filled with perfumes to ensure the 
 preservation of their contents. The music then burst forth anew, 
 and the procession was commencing to form ; I turned to go 
 into the Temple, when one of the Egj^ptians standing on the 
 robe that had concealed me, pulled it off, and instantly a great 
 
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194 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 cry arose. Seeing a being in the civilized costume of the year 
 eighteen hundred and seventy-four, among them of the early cen 
 turies, no wonder they thought I was what they called me. 
 
 4 Satan!" 
 
 " The Evil One !" 
 
 " Seize him ! " they exclaimed in their language. 
 
 I was seized and conveyed before the head priest, thinking to 
 themselves, probabty, that they had really caught the devil, and 
 that they would now dispose of him for all time. 
 
 The council of priests decided to seal me up in a sepulchral 
 vase, and have me thrown from the top of the Temple. I strug 
 gled, but in vain ; the odds against me were too great. The vase 
 was brought forth, one whose cover was ornamented with a cyno- 
 cephalus, whether as a compliment to me or not, or it being the 
 first one convenient, I was unable to conjecture. I was thrust in 
 and the cover hermetically sealed. I felt the vase lifted from the 
 ground. 
 
 I knew they were carrying me up to some great height. At 
 last the vase containing me was set down, and I felt it sway to 
 and fro, then after a short while I felt myself turning over as 
 though thrown from one side of the vase to the other felt my 
 self going down, down ; losing all control of myself, my head 
 went thumping and banging against the sides of the jar ; suddenly 
 the vase was shivered into atoms and I shot out into space and 
 became unconscious. 
 
 
THE VASE WAS SHIVERED INTO ATOMS AND I SHOT OUT 
 INTO SPACE. 
 
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 Smelling SaltS Bottle. Cut glass, small; suitable 
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 Pastilles. 1 box, 12 in a box; to burn in apartments to 
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 French Soap. 1 cake highly perfumed soap. Glycer- 
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 Perfume Bag. Made of pretty colored silk, filled 
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 Shaving Cream. 1 box. An extra nici? quality of 
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CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 A STRANGE SAIL. 
 
 T71AKLY on a misty morning, within a few miles of the city of 
 -"-* Aden, in the Gulf of Aden, there might have been seen a 
 steam screw propeller j^acht, of about three hundred and twenty 
 tons burthen, with a ragged and torn foresail set, and the 
 mainsail reefed and close-hauled, struggling hard, and swaying 
 and drifting about uncertainly in the heavy waves. Either an 
 inexperienced hand held the wheel, or else he was wearied by 
 the recent storm that had only just exhausted itself. Her ac 
 tions were extremely strange ; those on board the various ves 
 sels passing her, remarked how unskillfully she was handled. 
 
 No sailor aloft, no sailors on the deck, no sign of life in any 
 visible part of her. She still struggled on, or rather drifted with 
 the tide, and her sails fluttered in the wind ; her engines were 
 not working. No smoke issued from her smoke-stack. The sun 
 rose higher and higher, and the mist wholly cleared away, show 
 ing a beautifully clear sky. The yacht still rode tipsily along, 
 presently attracting the attention of a group of officers of an Eng 
 lish man-of-war lying at anchor in the harbor. So singular were 
 her movements, every moment seeming as she floundered in the 
 trough of the sea as though she would be capsized, that even the 
 
 195 
 
196 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 idlers on shore were disturbed from their lazy attitudes to watch 
 her manoeuvres. 
 
 Where were her crew ? Her passengers? Her commander? 
 
 She showed no indication to heave to. No signals were given, 
 and she blindly drove on, seemingly not knowing whither she 
 went. Soon a boat pushed off from the man-of-war, and was 
 rowed hastity towards the strange ship. 
 
 The officer hailed "Ship ahoy!" but no answer being re 
 turned he hauled alongside, boarded amidships, and standing 
 upon the bulwarks looked around him. 
 
 The deck was deserted. No living thing in sight. Two other 
 officers following the first, the three proceeded to the wheel-house. 
 As soon as they reached the deck, the odd actions of the ship 
 were more clearly perceptible. 
 
 Here in the wheel-house, as they opened the door, they saw 
 stretched, almost at full length beside the wheel, a man, a finety 
 formed, well built man ; his head, from which his cap had fallen, 
 showing a mass of beautiful, wavy, chestnut hair, rested upon his 
 arm ; he breathed easily and naturally, so their fears that he was 
 dead, and that some foul tragedy had been enacted on the high 
 seas, were dispelled. 
 
 "Worn out at his post by over exertion in the storm," re 
 marked the officer, who first scaled the ship s side. 
 
 They placed him in a sitting posture, and tried to arouse him. 
 His arms, however, hung loosely, and his head sagged to one 
 side. Lifting him out into the air they renewed their exertions 
 and ordered those in the boat to make fast and come on board to 
 drop the anchor, for the ship was fast drifting towards the shore ; 
 after a short time they revived the man somewhat. He looked 
 vacantly around and tried to rise to his feet, but sank back, and 
 
BOARDED AMIDSHIPS, AND STANDING UPON THE BUL 
 WARKS, LOOKED AROUND HIM. 
 
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 POCket Shaving Brush. For travelling purposes. 
 An ordinary-sized shaving brush ; best quality. After using, 
 the brush part can be enclosed in the handle, making a very 
 neat, compact package. 
 
 POCket ToOth Brush. Shuts up like penknife, 
 keeping the brush and everything around it neat and clean. 
 
 Hair Brush. Rosewood or Satinwood back; best of 
 bristles. 
 
 Hat Brush. Highly polished back; extra soft bristles. 
 
 Clothes and Hat Brush combined. Large 
 
 size; very stiff; made of a root obtained in France. Hat 
 brush on the back, or can be used for a velvet brush. 
 
 Infant s Ivory Hair Brush. Very handsomely 
 finished ; solid ivory handle, and bristles as soft as silk. 
 
 Buffalo Horn Dressing Comb. Large size; 
 
 very heavy, and made of the best black Buffalo horn, highly 
 polished; nothing like them for durability. 
 
 Rouge, Lily White, and Eyebrow Pencil. 
 
 This box is a complete toilet arrangement, containing all the 
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 Pomade. A nicely perfumed preparation for fhe 
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A STRANGE SAIL. 197 
 
 would have again dropped to sleep, but for the clear, fresh air 
 which he inhaled. 
 
 Leaving one of the officers in charge of this man, the other two 
 ordering two of their men to follow them, proceeded to the cabin ; 
 but it appeared deserted ; looking closer they noticed that the 
 door of the first stateroom leading from the large cabin was ajar. 
 Entering, they saw a man dressed as a ship s captain, asleep in 
 his berth, and after much difficulty, partially aroused him, so that 
 he gained his feet and tried to walk out into the large saloon, but 
 would have fallen had not one of the sailors from the boat caught 
 him. Having had some experience with the other man, they had 
 the captain taken on deck immediately. 
 
 The noise made in resuscitating the captain, disturbed an oc 
 cupant of one of the other staterooms, and soon a door opened, 
 and a man, evidently a foreigner, went stumbling along towards 
 the rear of the large saloon, as if bent upon accomplishing some 
 design, but soon he pitched headlong into one of the large easy- 
 chairs near, and was carried by the sailors to the deck. The 
 officers followed, and going to where they had left the man dis 
 covered in the wheel-house, they were somewhat surprised to see 
 him suddenly arouse himself as if from napping, and salute them 
 with the question and request of, 
 
 "Mr. Montague, have 3-011 spoken to Captain Cole to relieve 
 me? Please tell him to hurry, as I feel a little sleepy, an unac 
 countable feeling of drowsinesss is coming over me." 
 
 Yes, it is the same Cynthia which we left in the Indian Ocean, 
 now in the Gulf of Aden, hundreds of miles out of her course. 
 
 A moment later the scuttle of the forecastle was thrown off and 
 up on the deck poured such a cadaverous, half-stupefied, hungry 
 looking set of men as one would seldom wish to see. Their cloth- 
 
198 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 ing was rumpled, their hair dishevelled, and their gait, as each 
 one tottered to some place to rest, was as uncertain as that of 
 some drunken idiot. 
 
 The fresh air very quickly revived them. A stout little fellow 
 emerged from the crowd, in whom will be recognized Patsey ; he 
 advanced to the group surrounding Brad, Mr. Roscoe, and Jean, 
 and asked, 
 
 " Shure, sir, an* have Misthur and Misthress Montague aris 
 yit?" 
 
 Jean, when he heard the question, having now recovered his 
 senses, jumped up and went down hurriedly into the cabin and began 
 to pound on my door and then on Susie s. It broke up my dreams, 
 and it was probably the concussion of the knocking that made me 
 dream I was receiving blows on the head within that vase. I was 
 glad, however, to find I was not really in a sepulchral vase. 
 Arousing myself with an effort, and wondering why I was called 
 so early, and what the hurry was, I dressed as quickly as pos 
 sible. 
 
 I felt as if I had not slept half long enough. It was as much 
 as I could do to awake my wife. She would sink off to sleep 
 again as fast as I could arouse her. I felt weak, as if I had not 
 eaten any supper, so I hastened as much as I could, for I thought 
 a breakfast would taste good. I looked in the mirror while dress 
 ing, and could hardly recognize myself, so haggard, sickly, and 
 wasted I appeared, and I noticed my wife looked rather pale. 
 
 u Are you feeling well this morning?" I asked her. 
 
 "Oh, yes, well enough, only a little faint and hungry," she 
 replied. 
 
 I opened my stateroom door, and was surprised to find such a 
 number of people in the cabin, and strange faces too. I saw 
 
A STRANGE SAIL. 199 
 
 Capt. Cole helping Susie up the companion-way, and Jean was 
 supporting John Gagler, and following Capt. Cole. I had rather 
 a dizzy feeling come over me then, and I thought I would sit 
 down a moment and think it over ; but I did not get far before I 
 felt myself taken hold of and my steps directed towards the stairs 
 leading to the deck. I made no resistance as I felt rather queer. 
 Reaching the deck and recovering my senses somewhat, I in 
 quired, 
 
 " What is the matter? What is going to be done?" and gaz 
 ing around, saw all our sailors, and noticed the strange manner 
 in which they looked, as also did John Gagler, Brad, Jean, my 
 wife, and Susie. 
 
 " It is all my fault, I " said Jean. 
 
 "Beef-soup, ladies and gentlemen," announced the steward 
 interrupting him. 
 
 " I had the steward prepare for us and the crew a light break 
 fast," continued Jean ; " it is as much as our stomachs can bear 
 at present." 
 
 " I do feel somewhat hungry," I remarked, and taking a dish 
 of soup which was handed me, ate it with relish. 
 
 " Do you know how long it is since you had your supper, Mr. 
 Montague ? " asked Jean. 
 
 u It is now about nine o clock, I should judge by the sun, for 
 my watch has run down," I replied, " and we had supper about 
 seven last evening, so it is about fourteen hours." 
 
 Jean laughed at my answer, and said, 
 
 " It is six days and fourteen hours!" 
 
 I stared at him, as did my wife and Susie. 
 
 " What do you mean?" I asked, surprised. 
 
 "Why, do you not know where we are?" he queried, and 
 
200 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 without waiting for a reply said, u this is the Gulf of Aden, and 
 that is the city of Aden, and Februar} 7 third, eighteen hundred 
 and seventy-four, we were in the Indian Ocean abreast Ceylon." 
 We looked incredulously at him. " And now, February tenth, 
 we are in the harbor of Aden." 
 
 u How did it happen," I asked. 
 
 " You remember how sleepy and tired I felt that evening," re 
 sponded Jean, " and how early I went to bed. Well, I had been 
 working in the laboratory, experimenting with that opium I 
 bought in Calcutta. Having made a very strong extract of it, I 
 thought I would see what would be the effect, or if it would dif 
 fuse any odor, if burned in the Magic Perfumer, the red-hot star 
 apparatus ; so I filled the jar and set it going. Patsey calling 
 me, I thought I would let it burn during supper and then stop it 
 afterwards ; but after eating, probably being somewhat overcome 
 by the narcotic powers of the opium, working over it so long, I 
 forgot about the burning star, and retired. You know what 
 effect it had upon the men and upon us. Capt. Cole has been 
 telling me what occurred after I retired. The laboratoiy, }*ou 
 know, is directly under the wheel-house, and the ventilator opens 
 into it ; so the house becoming filled with the fumes of the opium, 
 the men were immediately affected by the narcotic, and could not 
 help falling asleep. Thus the watch asleep in their berths, thus 
 Susie and Mrs. Montague, thus John Gagler, yourself, Capt. 
 Cole, and Mr. Roscoe, the engineer and the firemen were over 
 come by the fumes of the opium permeating the ship. That 
 magic perfumer within fifteen minutes after being set to work, 
 will perfume a room thirty by forty feet with the odor of any ex 
 tract put in it, so 3 r ou can see that it did not take long to fill the 
 ship. There was a quart of the extract of opium in the jar, and 
 
A STRANGE SAIL. 201 
 
 as it burns very slowly, the liquid must have lasted till within a 
 day or two, a very little coming out at a time, just sufficient to 
 keep us asleep ; even now there is a taint of the fumes about the 
 cabins." 
 
 " We may thank Heaven that we came out of it so well," said 
 Brad, " for we have been driving along without a guide or help, at 
 the mercy of wind and water, for we have passed through a storm, 
 as you can see by the condition of the ship, have been driven 
 in exactly the opposite direction to that in which I wished to go, 
 and have been starved almost to death. I feel as weak as a 
 baby." 
 
 " I cannot express to you my regrets for my carelessness," said 
 Jean, sorrowfully, " for endangering the lives of so many, and of 
 my best friends." 
 
 We told him not to mention it, and that we were all liable to 
 mistakes, and as he was confused by the narcotic, we could not 
 censure him. 
 
 " You are very kind," he answered, " and as there are still some 
 of the fumes of the opium about the ship, allow me to do my 
 best to relieve you of it as far as lies in my power. Patsey, 
 bring me all the matches that can be found in the ship, to spare, 
 with Capt. Cole s permission." 
 
 " Certainly," replied Brad, "but no more experiments, if you 
 please." 
 
 " Don t be alarmed, Captain," Jean answered, laughing. 
 
 Patsey brought a considerable number of matches, which Jean 
 wet, and leaving some in a saucer on the table in the laboratory, and 
 in the large cabin, opened the doors of the smaller cabins, and 
 took some into the forecastle. The ozone coming from the wet 
 matches soon purified the air. Capt. Cole meanwhile set his 
 
202 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 men to work about the ship to repair what had been damaged 
 during the storm, and arrange everything " ship-shape." We 
 thanked the officers of the English ship for their assistance, and 
 excused ourselves for not inviting them to dine with us, nor ac 
 cepting their invitation to dine with them, as we felt so miserable. 
 
 Admitting that we must be physically demoralized after pass 
 ing through the ordeal we had, the} r bowed their adieus, and went 
 over the ship s side to their boat, and we saw them shortly after on 
 board their own vessel. Brad had mattresses brought on deck, 
 and awnings raised, and the sailors and ourselves laid on deck 
 to inhale all the fresh air we could. Little was done that was 
 not necessary ; beef-soup was served three or four times during 
 the day ; no hearty food was eaten. 
 
 The question was, "What course shall we now take? Shall 
 we go back over the route we have just been driven, along the 
 eastern coast of Africa, or " 
 
 " If I might propose a plan," spoke up Jean, " I would say 
 that as we are all weak and almost sick, a short delay might be 
 beneficial to us, and might relieve your mind, Capt. Cole, from the 
 strain it is under, while you are cruising for your father ; it is, that 
 you will favor my father with a visit, at Grasse, France. It is not 
 far from here, and in that beautiful climate and among the en 
 chanting scenes of my boyhood home, we should soon recover 
 our sprightliness, and then with renewed vigor continue the 
 search." 
 
 We looked at Brad to see what his answer would be. 
 
 " I confess I feel as if all the energy and life were taken from 
 me," he said, " but whether the feeling will wear off in a day or 
 two, I do not know ; but I see by your looks, Jean, that you 
 would like to see your father and home once more, and as noth- 
 
A STRANGE SAIL. 203 
 
 ing would so fill my heart with joy as to see my father, I would 
 certainly be selfish not to go out of my way a little to give you 
 the same pleasure." 
 
 " How can I thank you, sir?" said Jean, feelingly. 
 
 Brad gave orders to have everything prepared to set sail in the 
 evening. We sent a message of thanks to the officers of the 
 man-of-war, " Gulnare," and about six o clock steamed from the 
 harbor of Aden towards the Ked Sea. 
 
 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 A VOICE. 
 
 IN a week from the time we left Aden, we reached Suez, steamed 
 through the Suez Canal, and thence into the Mediterranean 
 Sea. Our health had improved, but we had not wholly recovered 
 from the anaesthetic effects of our narcotic. All we did, was to 
 sit on deck and watch the passing scenes. The ship was headed 
 towards Nice, the port at which we were to enter to reach Grasse, 
 Jean s native place. 
 
 We should liked very much to have stopped at Messina, but 
 concluded, as we had seen so many hundreds of lemon trees in 
 our travels, that it would be only a repetition, consequently need 
 less. There are hundreds of acres of them at Messina. The fine 
 perfume of the lemon is abstracted by expression, and also by dis 
 tillation of the rind of the fruit. The Otto of Lemon, which is 
 procured by expression, has a much finer odor, and a more intense 
 smell of the fruit, than the distilled product. As a distinction 
 the expressed otto is called Otto of Citron Zest, and the distilled 
 is known as the Otto of Lemon. 
 
 Otto of lemon, like all the ottos of the Citrus family, is prone 
 to rapid oxidation when in contact with air and exposure to light ; 
 a high temperature is also detrimental, and as such is the case, it 
 
 204 % 
 
A VOICE. 205 
 
 should be preserved in a cool, dark cellar. Rancid otto of lemon 
 may in a great measure be purified b}^ agitation with warm water, 
 leaving the water in the bottle, and letting it stand until a 
 mucilaginous preparation forms on the top of the water and ac 
 quires a certain tenacity, so that the otto may be poured off 
 nearly to the last without disturbing the impurities. 
 
 The Otto of Bergamot, that most useful and delightful of ottos, 
 is also manufactured in Messina, in large quantities, by expres 
 sion from the peel of the fruit of the Citrus bergamia, of which 
 there are numerous and large groves in and about the city. One 
 hundred medium sized fruit will yield about three ounces of the 
 otto. It has a soft, sweet odor, too well known to need a de 
 scription. When new and good, it has a greenish yellow tint, but 
 loses its viridity by age, especially if kept in imperfectly corked 
 bottles. It then becomes cloudy from the deposit of resinous 
 matter, produced by contact with the air, and acquires the oclor 
 of turpentine. It is best preserved, like otto of lemon, in a cool, 
 dark cellar ; light, especially the direct sunshine, quickly deterio 
 rates its odor. This observation may be applied, indeed, to all 
 perfumes, except rose, which is not so affected. When bergamot 
 is mixed with other ottos it greatly adds to their richness, and 
 gives a sweet and mellow tone to spice ottos, attainable by no 
 other means, and such compounds are much used in the most 
 highly- scented soaps. 
 
 The next day we were expecting to sight Nice, and at eight 
 bells (four o clock) , we steamed into its beautiful harbor. 
 
 The perfume from the Flower Farms of the World, this ever 
 flowering Eden, whose products are the sources whence flow the 
 streams of sweet odors, was so balmy, so delightful, gave to the 
 senses such a feeling of pure enjoyment, that could be gratified 
 
206 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 without stint or danger, such unalloyed pleasure, that one felt as 
 if they could float forever around such a spot, so blessed ; and, 
 with half-awakened sense perceive the beauties before their vis 
 ion, and filled to over-flowing with voluptuous feeling, so deep, so 
 refined, intense and powerful, that life or death, earth or heaven, 
 could supply no more. 
 
 Steam was shut off, and the vessel allowed to drift slowly into 
 port, each one seemingly wishing to prolong the pleasure, to go on, 
 yet not to move, seeking for more, yet fearing to lose one iota. 
 In the distance rose the Estrelle Mountains, enclosing this beau 
 tifully situated place, as if the gods had chosen this spot as their 
 own, and had shut it in from the sight of the outer world to look 
 down upon from the mountains, and drink in the nectar that arose 
 from the beauteous plain. 
 
 From this favored spot come those balmy treasures, which so 
 delight the senses, the Violet, Mignonette, Orange, Tuberose, 
 and many others. Near the mountains of the Estrelle, at the 
 foot of the Alps, the violets are found sweeter than if grown in 
 warmer localities, where the orange-tree and tuberose bloom to 
 perfection. 
 
 The perfume exhaled by the Viola odorata is so universally ad 
 mired, that to speak in its favor would be more than superfluous. 
 These violet farms, from whence the flowers are procured to make 
 this perfume, are very extensive here in Nice. The true smell 
 ing principle, or Otto of Violets, has been isolated by M. March, 
 of this place, a sample of which we saw, but its cost being enor 
 mous and exhorbitant, we only looked at it. 
 
 Were it not for the exquisite odor of the mignonette, that lit 
 tle flower would scarcely be known otherwise than as a weed. 
 Sweet as it is in its natural state, and prolific in odor, it is not 
 
A VOICE. 207 
 
 possible to maintain its characteristic smell as an extract. Like 
 many other odors during separation from. the plant, the fragrance 
 is variously modified ; though not perfect, it still reminds the 
 sense of the odor of the flowers. Extract of mignonette is often 
 sold under the name of Extract of Eeseda. 
 
 The Extract of Tuberose is a most exquisite odor. It is, as it 
 were, a nosegay in itself, and reminds one of that delightful per 
 fume which pervades the atmosphere at the close of day, in a 
 well stocked flower garden in full bloom. 
 
 As Grasse was the place we wished to visit, we cared not to 
 delay, for Jean was anxious to be on the way ; so making ar 
 rangements for an early start, we made everything ready for the 
 journey. Reaching Grasse on the following day we found it pic 
 turesquely situated on a declivity, commanding fine views in all 
 directions. Through the country which we had passed, the roads 
 were bordered with gardens teeming with flowers, for the inhab 
 itants of this country raise flowers which are bought by the man 
 ufacturing perfumers, who, although they produce such immense 
 quantities, do not have enough to supply their wants. Groves of 
 orange and olive trees, the latter yielding the finest olive oil that 
 is enfleured in the many perfumery establishments of this neigh 
 borhood, surrounded the residences and flower-farms. 
 
 Jean was in advance, and quite hurriedly conducted us for 
 ward, up a short ascent, then around a sharp turn to the left, 
 and halted before a small cottage embowered in orange and olive 
 trees, and surrounded with a well cultivated flower and kitchen 
 garden. He had written letters to his father apprising him of his 
 intended visit, and the old gentleman was daily expecting us, 
 his mother was dead, so we were not surprised that the noise 
 of our arrival brought to the door an old man, who, before we 
 
A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 were able to get a good view of him, was enfolded in the arms of 
 the impetuous Jean. 
 
 "We waited patiently until their greetings were over, then Jean 
 remembering us, we were introduced and cordially welcomed by his 
 father. We found him very affable and profuse in his hospitality. 
 
 He was short of stature, thin, but of wiry build, and very, we 
 must saj T , exceedingly nervous and quick in his movements, but 
 withal agreeable and pleasing in manner ; his head was quite bald 
 on top, and the hair around the back part of his head was gray ; 
 a well trimmed, iron-gray beard and moustache covered the 
 lower part of his full and pleasant face. He was overjoyed to 
 see his boy once again, and we were well paid, to see what pleas 
 ure we had afforded these kind-hearted Frenchmen by our accept 
 ance of Jean s invitation. 
 
 The old gentleman took a great fancy to Susie, and lavished his 
 attentions upon her, which seemed to please Jean greatly. Mons. 
 Guillaume Souplesse, wanted of course to hear all about our adven 
 tures, and so we had an abundance of subjects to converse upon ; 
 besides this, Mons. Souplesse was kept continually busy by the 
 many questions of Jean about his old friends and acquaintances 
 of this, his native place. 
 
 The night was beautiful, the stars shone with brilliancy, the 
 moon all resplendent illumined the groves and cottages, strollers 
 passed by the house wandering in the bright moonlight. 
 
 It must have been about half-past ten or eleven. Mons. Sou 
 plesse was closing the doors for the night, and we were about to 
 retire, when we heard such a sweet, full, rich voice break the 
 stillness of the night with song that caused us all to pause ; the 
 sound came from the rear of the cottage ; we also faintly dis* 
 cerned the light notes of a guitar. 
 

 A VOICE. 209 
 
 Fuller and sweeter the voice rose. The effect on us was mag 
 ical. It thrilled us through and through with delightful feeling. 
 
 Jean had risen to his feet at the first intonation, and seemed 
 spellbound to the spot where he stood, with head bent and pale 
 face, he appeared to drink in each note with almost exquisite 
 pain. Could music so move one ! 
 
 In a moment his manner changed, he threw open a door, and 
 almost pitched headlong down a flight of stairs. 
 
 His father looked amazed, frightened, and it must be acknowl 
 edged we were surprised at his apparently insane conduct. 
 
 We went to the stairway to see what had become of him, when 
 he came up again two steps at time, rushed by us, listened for a 
 moment, then said, breathlessly, 
 
 " Excusez moi." 
 
 He went out into the street, and running at full speed, was 
 quickly passing from sight, when Brad, Patsey and I set out in 
 pursuit of him. 
 
 We just got sight of him again as he turned a corner, over 
 turning a couple of brigandish looking Frenchmen from among a 
 group of idlers, who were quick with their tongues to berate 
 him for his awkwardness. 
 
 We noticed some others had joined in the pursuit, and quite a 
 number were running after us to see what was the rumpus. We 
 heard them ay, 
 
 " Lunatique ! " " Maniaque ! " the while tapping their fore 
 heads significantly. 
 
 It increased the excitement as a matter of course, for we saw 
 idlers, men, boj S, and dogs, gathering from all directions. We 
 were gaining somewhat on Jean, when he once more went around 
 a corner ; as we reached it, we heard the fine voice of the singei 
 
 14 
 
210 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 more distinctly. The song, however, was quickly broken, as she 
 noticed the commotion. 
 
 We saw she was a young girl of perhaps twenty-two or twenty- 
 three years of age, of lithe and graceful form. Perceiving Jean 
 running swiftly towards her, and hearing the exclamations of the 
 mob, she grasped her guitar tightly, and with frightened air 
 bounded away ; she went swiftly as a deer. Jean seemed to be 
 directing his attention especially to her, and when she started to 
 flee, called to her. We did not hear what he said, neither I 
 think did she, for she took no notice of him. 
 
 He increased his speed. 
 
 Was he really craz}^ ! mad ! or chasing an ignis fatuus? 
 
 For awhile he did not gain on her, but her strength at last 
 failing, she faltered, and putting her hand to her heart, she 
 gasped for breath, and would have fallen had not Jean at this 
 moment reached her, caught her in his arms, and rained kisses 
 on her cheeks and lips. We wondered if it was the custom in 
 Grasse to chase any pretty young lady, to whose face or voice 
 you happened to take a fancy, frighten her almost to death, and 
 then revive her by kissing. 
 
 The crowd coming up, and seeing that Jean did not harm 
 her, as the}" supposed he would, looked on inquiringly and volubly 
 commented on the occurrence. The young girl recovering under 
 Jean s fervent treatment, looked up in amazement, and seemed 
 surprised to find a fine looking young man caressing her, instead 
 of being in the grip of a maniac. 
 
 Jean kissed her two or three times more, but she resisted 
 stoutly, stood awaj r from him, and drew herself proudly up, 
 while blushes suffused her cheeks, and fire came into her dark, 
 lustrous eyes. Jean looked at her, the moon shone directly on 
 
WITH FRIGHTENED AIR BOUNDED AWAY. 
 
 Page 210. 
 
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 Sau riders BlOOm Of Ninon. A delicate prep 
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 Smelling SaltS Bottle. A handsome cut glass 
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 POWder Puff. Extra large size, with richly carved 
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 Combined Razor Strap. -The best and most 
 
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 French Soap. 1 box fine French soap, 3 cakes, 
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 Windsor Soap. 2 packages of this fine 
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 OttO Of Roses. Small bottle of real Turkish Otto 
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 Perfume or Sachet Bag. A pretty silk bag, 
 
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 Badger Hair Shaving Brush. Small size; 
 
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 Hungarian Composition. A box containing 
 
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 Pocket Book. Nice leather, strongly made, very 
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 ClOVe Stretcher. Scotch Wood; a beautiful arti 
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 Needle Book. Covers made of real Scotch Wood, 
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 Pocket M i rror. Hollywood frame ; decorated, good 
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A VOICE. 211 
 
 her, clothing her in a halo of light. For a moment he was thun 
 derstruck. Then begging her pardon, he covered his face with 
 his hands, and acted extremely dejected. 
 
 The } T oung girl seeing his attitude, and that there had really 
 been a mistake, touched Jean on the arm, and in a low, sweet 
 voice, told him she forgave him. 
 
 Jean did not know what to say. 
 
 Drawing nearer to them, we told her we would vouch for Jean, 
 and assured her, although we knew not the cause of his impetuous 
 actions, that he would no doubt at once give us an explanation, 
 if she wished. 
 
 She said in English, "None required, as I see he thought I 
 was some one else." 
 
 " If you will allow us, we will accompany you to your destina 
 tion, and give these inquisitive parties less cause for noticing us," 
 said Brad to her. 
 
 " And I should be happy to explain," said Jean. " I suppose 
 you were surprised at my sudden flight, but her voice reminded 
 me so forcibly of my lost sweetheart, I thought no one else could 
 possess the like the mademoiselle that was lost on board the 
 steamer when I went to America that when I heard this young 
 lady, it flashed on me like electricity ; for a moment I reeled, 
 then fearing if it was really my lost love and that I might again 
 lose her, I ^started in pursuit, thinking the while that she, too, 
 by some unaccountable means, might have escaped from the 
 wreck like myself. I had no idea I should attract so much atten 
 tion, or place a stranger in such an embarrassing position, for I 
 see I am mistaken. Poor Lilla ! " 
 
 " Lilla ! " exclaimed the young girl, looking at Jean inquiringly. 
 "Lilla " 
 
212 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "Lilla Montrose was her professional name Lilla Stanley 
 her real name," interrupted Jean, he in his turn looking ques- 
 tioningly at the girl. 
 
 " And Millie Stanley is my name, sir. She was my sister ! " 
 
 You ! Her sister ? You do not resemble her in the least, 
 now that the moonlight strikes on you, so I can see you better, 
 but your voice is exactly like hers," said Jean. 
 
 " Yes, poor Lilla ! when the news came that she was lost, I 
 knew not what to do," she said. " I " 
 
 "Come," interrupted Brad, "this crowd is getting too famil 
 iar, let us return." 
 
 We had not moved as yet in either direction, and the mob was 
 pressing upon us to hear the conclusion of the adventure. 
 
 The young girl shrank timidly away at his remark, and was 
 about to depart, but Jean took hold of her arm lightly and de 
 tained her. 
 
 " You must go with us, mademoiselle, and tell us your story," 
 said Jean. " You don t suppose we intend to lose you so 
 quickty. If only for love of your lost sister, you should consider 
 me your friend." 
 
 We proceeded onward. 
 
 Arriving at the house again, we found my wife, Susie, John 
 Gagler, and Mons. Souplesse at the gate awaiting us with anxious 
 looks. The young girl was at first loth to go in, but Jean at last 
 persuaded her, and she bashfully entered. 
 
 " Come and sit beside me," said my wife ; "let me take your 
 guitar?" 
 
 We had now an opportunity to observe her. We noticed she 
 was neatly, but poorly clad, and revealed to us a handsome face. 
 She had naturally a dark complection, with deep, liquid eyes, a 
 
A VOICE. 213 
 
 Grecian nose, black, rippling hair ; but she was now slightly pale, 
 excepting when the blushes mounted to her cheeks at thoughts of 
 her momentary embarrassing position. We related the circum 
 stances of the chase, with many merry jokes at Jean s expense, 
 and his absurd position, yet not without due respect being given 
 to the memory of the lost sister. 
 
 " Miss Stanley," said Brad, " we should like you to finish your 
 story now, which you will please excuse me for so abruptly inter 
 rupting." 
 
 " You are very kind, sir," she replied. " I was about to say, 
 after Lilla was lost, I had no one to take care of me. I was quite 
 young then, and Lilla was having me educated for a singer. 
 When all the money was gone that she had sent to me, I was 
 obliged to go to work, and I struggled hard. By denying myself 
 many luxuries, I finally had money enough to come to Europe 
 to finish my musical education, the dream of my life. My 
 health failing after I had commenced my studies, I came here 
 knowing what a reputation this place bears for restoring the 
 health of invalids. My funds gradually diminishing, I had no 
 option but to use my accomplishments, and so, in the evenings, 
 when I thought I should not be recognized, I have taken my gui 
 tar and sung about the streets. With the few sous I thus earn, 
 I have eked out a scant living ; but it does not matter, I shall 
 soon go to meet my sister, where there is no want or hunger." 
 
 She completely broke down, and cried as if her heart would 
 break. 
 
 Mons. Souplesse, my wife, and Susie did all they could to con 
 sole her, and succeeded after awhile in drying her tears ; then the 
 old gentleman showed my wife an apartment, to which she con 
 ducted Millie, and remained with her till she sank into a sound 
 
214 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 slumber, holding tightly to my wife s hand, as if fearing to lose 
 her, or wake and find it all a dream. 
 
 The next morning at breakfast, we each greeted Millie cordially, 
 and were pleased to see that she had recovered from her fright. 
 She was reluctant to stay any longer with us, but both Jean and 
 Mons. Souplesse insisted that she must make their house her 
 home. 
 
 " Father will soon have no one for company," said Jean, li as 
 I must shortly leave with my friends. You will cheer him, and 
 be a pleasant companion for him, and " 
 
 k I cannot so impose on your kindness," she quickly interrup 
 ted. " I shall be well in a little while, then I can obtain some 
 thing to do, and in a short time be comfortably situated, an 
 opening at some theatre perhaps." 
 
 " I have no doubt you could soon get an engagement to sing, 
 when you are strong enough, as you have a splendid voice," said 
 Mons. Souplesse; "but you must stay with us until that time. 
 So please say no more, mademoiselle." 
 
 Millie could not of course refuse again such kind offers, so ex 
 pressing her gratitude by her looks, she bowed her head, and two 
 or three large, bright tears chased each other down her cheeks, 
 showing how full of thanks was her heart. 
 
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 Hair Brush and Large Rubber Comb. 
 
 Both of the best quality. 
 
 Fan. An open fan made wholly cf down; also made of 
 feathers ; these arc very handsome ; they are in two colors, 
 blue and white and red and white; your choice of fans or 
 color. 
 
 WhiSt Counters. Those in the habit cf playing 
 this game will find these very useful as well as ornamental. 
 The box and counters both made of Scotch Wood. 
 
 J65T N. B. We offer any of the articles under Section 
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 advance. 
 
 SECTION V. 
 
 FOR AN ORDEK TOR SIX OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for six ounces, payment in advance $3.00, ve 
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 Scotch Wood Puff BOX. Large box with beau- 
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 Metal Puff BOX. Large size, with powder puff; dif 
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 Hair Brush. Large; Satinwood back; bleached or 
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 Beautiful Perfumed Wax Flowers. These 
 
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 flowers go with them. 
 
 English Violets i^nch Lily of the Valley 3 sprays 
 Moss Rose and Bud Orange Bloss ms 2sp. 
 Tea Rose and Bud Pond Lily fuiii>i>n& Bud 
 
 Bridal Rose and Bud Scarlet Geranium 
 
 BlUSh Rose and Bud. 2 bunches 
 
 Red Rose and Bud German Forget-Me- 
 
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 Pinks and Buds 3 kinds Tuberoses four. 
 
CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 ENFLETJKAGE. 
 
 SOON after breakfast the next morning, we started out to visit 
 one of the largest of the many perfumery establishments in 
 this place, to witness the processes in use, of which there are four, 
 distillation, expression, maceration, and absorption, for ex 
 tracting the aroma from fragrant substances. 
 
 We selected the house of Messrs. Bertrand Freres, and under 
 the escort of Mr. Henry Fielding, their affable agent, with whom 
 we became slightty acquainted in the United States, we com 
 menced our tour of observation on the lower floor, where the 
 steam apparatus and the raw materials were kept. As the pro 
 cess of distillation, maceration, and expression have been, de 
 scribed in previous chapters, we will go on ; first however stop 
 ping to view the process of purifying pomades for absorption, or 
 as the French call it, enflcurage. 
 
 The suet is first melted by the heat of a steam bath, in an 
 enamelled iron vessel, and adding to it gradually one ounce of 
 powdered alum, and two ounces of pure table salt, to every fifty 
 pounds of fat under treatment, the heat is continued above 212 
 Fahrenheit until scum ceases to rise to the surface, which con 
 tains all the organic and other impurities, and is skimmed off as 
 
 215 
 
216 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 fast as it forms. The fat is then strained through bolting cloth 
 into clean stone jars, and left to cool. It is next spread upon a 
 circular and slightly conical stone slab, upon which rests a conical 
 stone roller, the smaller end at the centre of the slab, and the 
 larger end towards the circumference, which is turned by suitable 
 gearing. As the roller or muller revolves over the fat, cold 
 water is allowed to trickle upon the slab at its apex, and this as it 
 passes to the margin, dissolves the saline impurities remaining in 
 the pomade, and carries them off the outer edge. After this the 
 fat is heated until all the water is expelled by evaporation. 
 
 During this last melting, about two and one-half ounces of 
 powdered gum benzoin are added, and as the scum arises, it is 
 removed. "When cold, the fat is very white and pure, and may be 
 kept for an indefinite period without changing or turning rancid ; 
 any one can judge from this, how much trouble is taken with pom 
 ades for the hair, and how little danger there is of their contain 
 ing impurities deleterious to its growth and preservation. This 
 pomade is then taken to the next floor above to be enfleured 
 with some one of the flowers of this prolific place. 
 
 We ascended a flight of stairs and here we saw vast numbers 
 of air-tight frames filled with pomades which were being en 
 fleured. This process of procuring the perfumes of flowers is of 
 all others the most important to perfumers. 
 
 4 - The odors of some flowers are so delicate and volatile, that 
 the heat applied to them by distillation or maceration, would 
 greatly modify, if not entirely destroy them," said Jean. " This 
 process is therefore conducted cold." 
 
 "We noticed that the frames were made square, about one inch 
 deep, two feet wide and three feet long, with glass bottoms ; over 
 the glass a layer of the purified fat about a quarter of an inch thick is 
 
ENFLEURAGE . 217 
 
 spread, with a plaster-knife or spatula ; the flowers are distributed 
 on a fine net mounted on a separate frame. This net is intro 
 duced between two of the glass frames. The whole series of 
 frames are enclosed in an air-tight recess, and there left from 
 twelve to twenty-four hours, and all that is required, is to draw 
 out the frames ever} 7 morning and renew the flowers, which give 
 their aroma to the two surfaces of pomade with which they are 
 in contact. This method was invented by Mons. D. Semiria, of 
 Nice. 
 
 The same result is accomplished with oils. Coarse cotton 
 cloths are soaked with the finest olive oil ; these cloths are laid 
 upon frames made of wire gauze, in lieu of glass, and a net with 
 flowers is put between, the same as for the pomades. When the 
 oil is sufficiently perfumed, different flowers, according to their 
 strength or delicacy, requiring a more or less number of renewals 
 and time, the cloths are subjected to a great pressure, to re 
 move the perfumed oil. 
 
 A great variety of these pomades and oils are made here. 
 Maceration and enfleurage are both founded on the affinity which 
 fragrant molecules have for fatty bodies, becoming fixed into 
 them more readily than into any others. Thus the aroma of the 
 flowers is first transferred to pomades and oils, which are made 
 afterwards to } T ield it to absolute alcohol, whilst the latter, if 
 placed in direct contact with the flowers, would not extract it 
 from them. 
 
 The first attempt that was made in this wa} T , some two hun 
 dred 3 ears ago, was to place almonds in alternate beds with fresh 
 gathered flowers, renewing the flowers several days, and after 
 wards pounding the almonds in a mortar, and pressing out the 
 oil which had absorbed the aroma. The same process we had 
 
218 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 seen used in India by natives for obtaining perfumed oils, they, 
 however, using benne, gingelly, or sesamum seeds instead of 
 almonds. 
 
 The next improvement was a plain, earthen pan, coated inside 
 with a thin layer of grease, strewing the flowers on the grease, and 
 covering it over with another pan similarly prepared. After re 
 newing the flowers several times during a few days, the grease 
 was found to have stolen their scent. This process was aban 
 doned in France more than fifty years ago, but is still resorted to 
 by Arabs, who were probably the inventors of it, the only differ 
 ence being that they used white wax mixed with grease, on ac 
 count of the heat of their climate. 
 
 " A very curious pneumatic apparatus for the same purpose has 
 been invented by M. Piver, an eminent Parisian perfumer, who 
 submitted a plan of it to the jury of the last Exhibition," said 
 Mr. Fielding. " It consists of a series of perforated plates sup 
 porting flowers alternately with sheets of glass overlayed with 
 pomade, in a chamber, through which a current of air is made to 
 pass several times until all the scent of the flowers becomes fixed 
 into the pomade. 
 
 " There is also a no less remarkable invention of a M. Millon, 
 a French chemist, who found means to extract the aroma of 
 flowers by placing them in a percolating apparatus, and pouring 
 over them ether or sulphuret of carbon, which is drawn off a few 
 minutes after, and carries with it all the fragrant molecules. It 
 is afterwards distilled to dryness, and the result obtained is a 
 solid, waxy mass, possessing the perfume of the flowers in its 
 purest and most concentrated form. The process, although in 
 genious, has not received any practical application as 3*et, owing 
 to the expense attending it, some of these concrete essences 
 
ENFLEURAGE. 219 
 
 costing as much as two hundred and fifty dollars an ounce. 
 It has, however, served to prove the total imponderability of fra 
 grant molecules, for although this substance, from its high state 
 of concentration, appears at first sight to be the solidified princi 
 ple of scent, if it be treated several times successively with alco 
 hol it gradually loses all its perfume, the alcohol receiving it, and 
 yet the residue is found not to have lost one atom of its 
 weight." 
 
 During the morning quite a number of cottagers had brought 
 in their small lots of jasmin flowers, so we saw them placed be 
 tween the two frames of pomade. The cultivation of the jasmin 
 is very extensive here, and more so at Cannes du Department du 
 Var, a short distance from here, where is situated the well-known 
 Laboratoire pour le Travail des Fleurs et des Ottos de Lubin, 
 which we wished to visit, but thought we could not spare the time. 
 The cultivated jasmin differs from the common jasmin, inasmuch 
 as the blossoms are four times the size of the wild jasmin ; the 
 plant also grows more like a small bush, and, not being a creeper, 
 requires no support. 
 
 Susie called the cultivated jasmin, " Jasminum Grandiflora" 
 
 Its growth and cultivation resemble very much that of English 
 lavander. From the odors already known, we may produce, by 
 uniting them in proper proportion, the smell of almost any flower, 
 except jasmin. 
 
 The late, lamented Charles Dickens, seeing this statement, says 
 in Household Words, July third, eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 seven : "Is jasmin, then, the mystical Meru the centre, the 
 Delphi, the Omphalos of the Floral World? Is it the point 
 of departure the one unapproachable and indivisible unit of 
 fragrance? Is jasmin the Isis of flowers, with veiled face and 
 
220 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 covered feet, to be loved of all, yet discovered by none ? Beau 
 tiful jasmin ! If it be so, the rose ought to be dethroned, and 
 the inimitable enthroned queen in her stead. Revolutions and 
 abdications are exciting sports ; suppose we create a civil war 
 among the gardens, and crown the jasmin empress and queen of 
 all." 
 
 The jasmin is one of the flowers most prized by the perfumer. 
 Its odor is delicate and sweet, and so peculiar that it is without 
 comparison, and as such cannot be imitated. When the jasmins 
 are distilled, repeatedly using the water of distillation over fresh 
 flowers, the Otto of Jasmin may be procured. It is, however, ex 
 ceedingly rare, on account of the enormous cost of production. 
 Mr. Fielding showed us a fine sample, but would not sell it, the 
 cost of it being fifty dollars per fluid ounce. The plant is the 
 Yasmyn of the Arabs, from which the name we call it is de 
 rived. 
 
 We retraced our steps, and when we arrived at the house, we 
 found dinner awaiting us. Having concluded to return to Nice 
 the next day, the afternoon and evening were spent at the home 
 of Jean s father. 
 
 In the morning, when we set out on our return, we bid Mons. 
 Souplesse and Millie Stanley good-b} T e, inducing Millie to prom 
 ise, when she visited Boston, to come directly to us. Jean held 
 her hand as if loth to relinquish it, when bidding her adieu, and 
 I am inclined to the belief, would like to have repeated that in 
 troductory kissing operation, but she shyly drew her hand away, 
 and thanked us for the interest we exhibited in her welfare. 
 
 As we passed from sight, we raised our hats to them, and they 
 waved their handkerchiefs as a farewell to us. 
 
 We reached the Cynthia on the following morning, and steaming 
 
ENFLEURAGE. 221 
 
 towards the open sea, proceeded leisurely on our way back to 
 our lost course, stopping first at Constantinople on our passage 
 to Adrianople, which place Jean and I expressed a wish to visit, 
 to inspect the Rose Farms of the World. 
 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 
 
 A T about six o clock one morning soon after leaving Nice, 
 " we came to the guardian rocks of the Symplegades, the 
 lighthouse, and the mouth of the Bosphorus, and then between 
 the guns of the alternating fortresses, the lines of the Turkish 
 men-of-war, the villas of the embassies, the palaces of the sul 
 tans, the terraced treillages, and the C3 T press groves, we ran 
 rapidly down these famous straits of Europe and Asia, and 
 shortly disembarked. Brad was to run around to Varna to take 
 in coal while we were visiting. 
 
 Proceeding through the narrow, squalid, rugged, and steep 
 streets, threading our way among mangy dogs, and no less 
 so swarms of human kind, we sought conveyance to Adrianople. 
 
 Adrianople opened upon us in a most striking manner, and at 
 every step of our approach, grew more attractive to us. Groves 
 of plane and cypress, and terraces of vines and fig trees sur 
 rounded the white minarets. As we rode in, under a most 
 glowing sunset in the customary sky of Asia Minor, while the 
 vivid green of the trees of mulberiy and the dark hue of the cyp 
 ress were blending themselves under the radiant azure of the 
 sky, and the cliffs growing rosier every moment beneath the part- 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 223 
 
 ing ray, the effect was very magical, thoroughly Eastern, and very 
 beautiful. 
 
 We waited till morning to visit the places of note, and starting 
 at sunrise, we made our way to the Rose Gardens, where we 
 were greeted by such beauty and fragrance as no language can 
 describe. What would you think of viewing a rose garden of 
 twelve thousand acres? Yet such are the rose fields of Adriano- 
 ple, extending over twelve to fourteen thousand acres, the chief 
 source of wealth in this district. These beautiful flowers are not 
 cultivated merely for the pleasure of looking at them, or inhaling 
 their rare fragrance, but for the manufacture of the famous Otto 
 of Roses. The vast plain was literally covered with flowers, and 
 the whole air redolent with their odor. 
 
 Hundreds of Bulgarian boys and girls were gathering the sweet 
 blooms in huge baskets or sacks, while they enlivened the scene 
 with songs and laughter. These sacks of rose petals were taken 
 to the manufactory, to which we betook ourselves ; the rose 
 petals were there put into a still with an equal quantity of water, 
 then distilled, after which the roses are taken out of the boiler, 
 and the product of the first distilling is put in and redistilled ; 
 this second product of the alembic gives the otto of roses, it ris 
 ing and floating upon the water, whence it is separated ; the water 
 remaining is the pure rose-water of commerce. 
 
 After we had seen the above process, Susie turned, and look 
 ing through a window out upon the garden, thus soliloquized, 
 quoting Byron : 
 
 " Know ye the land of the cedar and vine, 
 Where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine; 
 Where the light wings of Zephyr, oppress d with perfume. 
 Wax faint o er the gardens of Gul in her bloom 1 
 
224 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, 
 And the voice of the nightingale never is mute. 
 
 ******* 
 
 Tis the clime of the East, tis the land of the Sun." 
 
 u Luxuries are only sought and enjoyed by people living in a 
 high state of refinement," said Jean. " When the Roman Empire 
 of the West crumbled beneath the attacks of a horde of barbari 
 ans, who invaded its fertile plains, and laid waste its magnificent 
 cities, the arts of civilization, which they were unable to appreci 
 ate, took refuge in the Eastern metropolis, where they had been 
 cultivated since the days of Constantine the Great. Perfumery 
 by them was ranked among the arts, and the Greek emperors and 
 their court showed for aroniatics a fondness at least equal to that 
 which had been displayed by their Western predecessors, for hav 
 ing at their command all the fragrant treasures of the East, they 
 made a lavish use of them in private life, and in all their public 
 festivals perfumes were made to pla} an important part. 
 
 u Nor were they confined to unhallowed purposes, for the Orien 
 tal Church had likewise introduced them into all their religious 
 ceremonies, and their consumption was so great at one time that 
 the priests purchased in Sj ria a piece of ground, ten miles square, 
 and planted it with frankincense trees for their own special re 
 quirements. After several centuries of glory and splendor, the 
 Eastern Empire, torn by^eligious dissentions, was doomed in its 
 turn to fall under the aggressions of its enemies, and although it 
 struggled man} years against the followers of Mahomet, the 
 Crescent succeeded at last in displacing the Cross on the proud 
 domes of Constantinople. In this instance, however, the con 
 querors were nearly as polished as the vanquished. If their re 
 ligion, by forbidding them to delineate the form of man in any 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 225 
 
 way, had checked their progress in art, it offered no impediment 
 to the pursuit of science, and they had already attained considera 
 ble proficiency in many of its important branches. We are in 
 deed indebted to the Arabs for many valuable discoveries in the 
 field of knowledge, and these children of the desert may well be 
 called the connecting link between ancient and modern civiliza 
 tion." 
 
 " Avicenna, an Arabian doctor who flourished in the tenth cen 
 tury, was the first to study and apply the principles of chemistry, 
 which were but imperfectly known to the ancients, was he not, 
 Jean ? " I asked. 
 
 "Yes, sir. He was an extraordinary man. In a wandering 
 life of fifty-eight years, he found time to write nearly one hundred 
 volumes, twenty of which were Encyclopedia of general informa 
 tion. He is said to have invented the art of extracting the aro 
 matic or medicinal principles of plants and flowers b} r means of 
 distillation. Perfumes had for many } T ears been known and used 
 by his countrymen, and long before Mahomet s time, Musa, one 
 of the chief cities of Arabia Felix, was a celebrated emporium for 
 frankincense, nryrrh, and other aromatic gums ; but hitherto the 
 far-famed perfumes of Arab}^ the blest had merely consisted in 
 scented resins and spices. The floral world, so rich and fragrant 
 in these favored climes, had not yet been made to }deld its sweet, 
 but evanescent treasures. 
 
 To Doctor Avicenna belongs the merit of saving their volatile 
 aroma from destruction, and rendering it permanent by means of 
 distillation. The Orientals always exhibited for the rose a par* 
 tiality almost equal to that of the nightingale, which dwells con 
 stantly among its sweet bowers. It was, therefore, on that flower 
 that Doctor Avicenna made his first experiments, selecting the 
 
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226 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 most fragrant of the species, the same that you now see so exten 
 sively cultivated." 
 
 " The Rosa centifolia" said Susie. 
 
 "Or, as the Arabs call it, Gul sad berk" said Jean. "This 
 queen of the garden loses not its diadem in the perfuming world, 
 but the rose-bearing shrubs of our colder climate, cannot compare 
 with these huge rose-trees of the East." 
 
 Jean spoke truly, for the roses in this garden grew not on 
 bushes, but on trees, which were from twelve to twenty feet high, 
 and the wide spreading branches were loaded with thousands of 
 buds and blossoms in all degrees of advancement, while sweet sing 
 ing birds hopped from bough to bough, and uttered their melodi 
 ous notes. We scarce knew which to admire, the fragrance of 
 the thousand flowers, or the merry carols of the daint} 7 , man} T - 
 tinted songsters. 
 
 4 We do not have quite so large rose gardens in Grasse or 
 Nice, if 3 T ou remember," said Jean, "but still they are quite ex 
 tensive. The otto of roses which they manufacture there by dis 
 tillation of the Provence rose, has a very characteristic fragrance, 
 imparted to it, I believe, by the bees, which carry the pollen of the 
 orange blossoms, so numerous there, into the rosebuds. The 
 French otto is richer in stereopten than this Turkish otto ; an 
 ounce and a half will crystallize in a gallon of alcohol, at the 
 same temperature that it requires for three ounces of the best 
 Turkish otto to do the same." 
 
 Our guide informed us that "otto from different districts 
 slightly varies in odor, and that many places furnish an otto 
 which solidifies more readily than others, and therefore it is not 
 a sure test of purity, though many consider it such." 
 
 " If I have any otto of rose that I think is adulterated, 1 place 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 227 
 
 the suspected otto in watch-glasses, under a bell glass, along 
 with a capsule of iodine," said Jean. "The vapors of iodine, 
 after some hours, condense, and form a brown areola upon the 
 otto if it is adulterated, but does not change its color if the otto 
 is pure. On exposure to the air, the iodine volatilizes, but the 
 color in either case remains fixed." 
 
 Our interpreter told us, that "the cultivators of the rose in 
 Turkey, are principally the Christian inhabitants of the low coun 
 ties of the Balkan, between Selimno and Carlo3~a as far as Phil- 
 lippopolis in Bulgaria, about two hundred miles from Constanti 
 nople. If the spring is cool, and the fall of dew plentiful, the 
 crops prosper, and an abundant yield of otto is secured. In good 
 seasons this district yields seventy-five thousand ounces, but in 
 bad seasons only twenty thousand to thirty thousand ounces of 
 otto are obtained. The important thing is to collect the roses at 
 daybreak, before the sun strikes on them ; otherwise they will 
 not yield so much. It is estimated that it requires at least six 
 teen thousand of these large rose blooms to yield one ounce of 
 otto. There are also very extensive rose farms at Broussa and at 
 Uslak, in Turkey in Asia, and also at Ghazepore in India, as I 
 suppose } ou know." 
 
 " Yes," Jean replied, and then said that, "roses were also 
 cultivated to a large extent in England, near Mitcham, for per 
 fumers to use in making rosewater. In the season when succes 
 sive crops can be obtained, which is about the end of June, or the 
 early part of July, they are gathered as soon as the dew is off, 
 and sent to London in sacks. When they arrive, they are im 
 mediately spread out upon a cool floor, otherwise if left in bulk, 
 they would heat to such an extent in two or three hours as to be 
 useless. There is no organic matter which so rapidly absorbs 
 
228 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 oxygen, and becomes heated spontaneously, as a mass of freshly 
 gathered rose leaves. To preserve, the London perfumers immed 
 iately pickle them ; to every bushel of leaves, weighing about six 
 pounds, one pound of common salt is added, and thoroughly 
 rubbed in. The salt absorbs the water existing in the petals, and 
 rapidly becomes brine, reducing the whole to a pasty mass, which 
 is finally packed in casks. In that way they can be kept an} 
 length of time without the fragrance being seriously injured. 
 From these pickled roses, a good rosewater is made by distilla 
 tion, but not like the residue product of the distillation of roses 
 for the otto. This has a richness of aroma which appears to be 
 inimitable with English grown roses." 
 
 fc Of course Doctor Avicenna succeeded in his experiments ? " 
 asked my wife of Jean, "or else we should probably never had 
 any otto of roses." 
 
 " Yes, madam," answered Jean. " He succeeded by his dex 
 terous operations in producing this delicious liquid known as rose- 
 water, the formula for which is to be found in his works, and in 
 those of the succeeding Arabian writers on chemistry. It soon 
 came into general use, and appears to have been manufactured in 
 large quantities, if we are to believe the historians, who tell us 
 that when Saladin entered Jerusalem in 1187, he had the floor 
 and walls of Omar s mosque entirely washed with it." 
 
 " I have heard of another authority stating," said Susie, " that 
 otto of roses was first discovered by Noorjeehan Begum, Light 
 of the World, the favorite wife of Jehan-Geer, who was once 
 walking in her garden, through which ran a canal of rosewater, 
 when she noticed some oily particles floating on the surface. 
 These w r ere collected, and their aroma found to be so delicious, 
 that means were devised to produce the precious essence." 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 229 
 
 " So ancient is the custom of using fragrant waters," I re 
 marked, " that one of the oldest authors repeatedly mentions it. 
 In the Arabian Nights, written prior to the Christian era, in the 
 stoiy of Aboulhassan, the following passage appears : when the 
 prince of Persia visited the queen, and he had partaken of refresh 
 ments, the slaves brought him golden basins filled with odorifer 
 ous water to wash in, and that after the declaration of love by 
 the queen and the prince, they both fainted, but were brought 
 to themselves again by throwing odoriferous waters upon their 
 faces, and by giving them things to smell. " 
 
 " Rosewater is still held in high repute here," said Jean, " and 
 when a stranger enters a house, the most grateful token of wel 
 come which can be offered to him is to sprinkle him over with 
 rosewater, which is done by means of a vessel with a narrow 
 spout, called gulabdan. There is one over there on a bench, also 
 an Arabian censer, let us go and examine them." 
 
 We crossed to the place where they were. The " censer," and 
 " gulabdan, or casting-bottle," as it was called in England two 
 or three centuries back, are made either of glass or earthenware, 
 for use by the medium classes living in ordinary houses ; but 
 among the wealth} both this and censers are made of gold or sil 
 ver, richly chased or ornamented. On the walls of every Temple 
 in Egypt, from Mcroe to Memphis, the censer is depicted smok 
 ing before the presiding deity of the place, on the walls of the 
 tombs glow in bright colors the preparation of spices and per 
 fumes. 
 
 "In the British Museum," remarked Jean, "there is a vase 
 No. 2,505, the body of which is intended to contain a lamp, the 
 sides being perforated to admit the heat from the flame to act 
 upon the projecting tubes, which are viaducts of vases containing 
 
230 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 ottos of flowers ; the heat volatilizes the ottos as fast as it reaches 
 the outer end, and quickly perfumes an apartment. This vase or 
 censer is from an Egyptian catacomb. Niebuhr, in his c Descrip 
 tion of Arabia, makes mention of the habit of throwing rose- 
 water on visitors as a mark of honor, and saj S, It is somewhat 
 amusing to witness the discomfited and even angry looks with 
 which foreigners are wont to receive these unexpected aspersions. 
 The censer is also generally brought in afterwards, and its fra 
 grant smoke directed towards the beards and garments of the 
 visitors, this ceremony being considered as a gentle hint that it 
 is time to bring the visit to an end. " 
 
 The censer as used in " holy places," is made either of brass, 
 German silver, or precious metals, the upper part being perfo 
 rated to allow the escape of the perfume. The word " perfume " 
 is derived from the Latin per fumus, by smoke, because the first 
 perfumes used were composed principally of vegetable matter, and 
 when set on fire, burned with a visible vapor. 
 
 In the outer vessel is placed an inner one of copper, which can 
 be taken out and filled with ignited charcoal. When in use, the 
 ignited carbon is placed in the censer, and is then covered with 
 the incense ; this rapidly volatilizes it in visible fumes, the effect 
 being assisted by the incense-bearer swinging the censer, sus 
 pended from a handle by three long chains. The manner of 
 swinging the censer varies slightly in Rome, in France, and in 
 England, some holding it above the head. At La Madeleine, 
 the method is always to give the censer a full swing at the great 
 est length of the chains with the right hand, and catch it up short 
 with the left hand. 
 
 Censers of various styles and methods of operation have been 
 devised of late years, the Magic Perfumer, or red-hot star 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 231 
 
 apparatus, described in a preceding chapter, which Jean had us 
 construct to frighten the Maoris ; another operates by having a 
 covered dish perforated at the top, in which is placed an equal 
 quantity each of any desired extract and water ; underneath is a 
 small lamp in which alcohol is burned ; the heat of the burning 
 alcohol makes steam of the water, which takes up the perfume 
 and carries it through the perforated top out into the air. This 
 censer gives a soft mellow tone to the perfume ; and there is still 
 another, operated in a similar manner, the steam being driven 
 through an atomizing tube, drawing the extract from a small re 
 ceptacle, and discharging it in the form of spray ; these atomiz 
 ing machines are also made smaller, and are operated bj r hand 
 pressure on a rubber bulb arranged with suitable valves, and are, 
 for all ordinary purposes, the best censers. The latest introduced 
 censer, is one operated by a small bellows run by clock work, 
 and consists of two bowls, one within the other, the inner one 
 holding ground bark, pastilles or incense, which is lighted and 
 the machinery set in motion ; it draws the odoriferous fumes of 
 the perfume, down through a tube and expels it into the outer 
 bowl, and it arises into the air ; this operation keeps the incense 
 ignited, and uses up eveiy atom. 
 
 Jean stated that, " Mahomet, who was a keen observer of hu 
 man nature, founded his religion on the enjoyment of all material 
 pleasures, well knowing that was the best means of securing the 
 adhesion of his sensual countrymen ; he had forbidden the use of 
 wine, but simply because he feared the dangerous excesses to 
 which it ga\ e rise, and knew how many crimes were committed when 
 people were under its influence. The indulgence in perfumes was 
 one, on the contrary, he liked to encourage, for they assisted in 
 producing in his adepts a state of religious ecstasy favorable to 
 
232 A ROMANCE OP PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 his cause. He professed, himself, a great fondness for them, say 
 ing that what his heart enjoyed most in this world, were women, 
 children, and perfumes, and among the many delights promised 
 to the true believers in the Djennet Firdons, or Garden of Para 
 dise, perfumes formed a conspicuous part, as } T OU see from these 
 quotations I remember to have seen, taken from the Koran : 
 When the day of judgment comes, all men will be obliged to 
 cross a bridge called Al Sirat, which is finer than a hair, and 
 sharper than the edge of a Damascus blade. This bridge is laid 
 over the infernal regions, and however dangerous and difficult 
 this transit may appear, the righteous, upheld and guided by the 
 prophet, will easily accomplish it ; but the wicked, deprived of 
 all assistance, will slip and fall into the abyss below, which is 
 gaping to receive them. 
 
 " After having passed this first stage, the right hand men, 
 as the Koran calls them, will refresh themselves by drink 
 ing at the pond of Al Cawthar, the waters of w r hich are whiter 
 than milk or silver, and more odoriferous than musk. They will 
 find there, as many drinking cups as there are stars in the firma 
 ment, and their thirst will be quenched forever. 
 
 " They at last will penetrate into Paradise, which is situated 
 in the seventh heaven, under the throne of God. The ground of 
 this enchanting place is composed of pure wheaten flour mixed 
 with musk and saffron ; its stones are pearl and Iryacinth-zicon, 
 and its palaces built of gold and silver. In the centre stands the 
 marvellous tree called tula, which is so large that a man mounted 
 on the fleetest horse could not ride round its branches in one hun 
 dred years. This tree not only affords the most grateful shade 
 over the whole extent of Paradise, but its boughs are loaded with 
 delicious fruit of a size and taste unknown to mortals, and bend 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 233 
 
 themselves at the wish of the blessed inhabitants of this happy 
 abode. " 
 
 " As an abundance of water is one of the greatest desiderata 
 in the East, the Koran often speaks of the rivers of Paradise as 
 one of its chief ornaments. All those rivers take their rise from 
 the tree tuba ; some flow with water, some with milk, some with 
 hone} , and others even with wine, this liquor not being forbidden 
 to the blessed. Of all the attractions, however, of these realms 
 of bliss, none will equal their fair inhabitants, the blackej ed 
 houris, who will welcome the brave to their bowers, waving per 
 fumed scarfs before them, and repaying with smiles and bland 
 ishments all their toils and fatigues. These beauteous nymphs 
 will be perfection itself in every sense : they will not be created 
 of our own mortal clay, but of pure musk. " 
 
 I said that I doubted if the prospect of inhabiting a place 
 with a soil of mush, peopled with ladies composed of the same 
 material, would prove a great allurement to Americans or Euro 
 peans. But in the Oriental East, tastes are different ; and it is a 
 singular fact that the warmer a country is, the greater is the 
 taste for strong perfumes, although one would suppose that the 
 heat, developing to the utmost such powerful aromas, would ren 
 der them actuall} unbearable. 
 
 As an instance of the fondness which the Orientals exhibit for 
 musk, Evila Effendi relates that in Kara Amed, the capital of 
 Diarbekr, there is a mosque called Iparie, built by a merchant, 
 and so called because there was mixed with the mortar used in 
 its construction seventy juks of musk, which constantly perfume 
 the temple. The same author describes the mosque of Zobaide, 
 at Tauris, as being constructed in a similar waj r ; and as musk is 
 the most durable of all perfumes, the walls still continue giving 
 
234 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 out the most powerful scent, especially when the rays of the sun 
 strike upon them. Many of Mahomet s prescriptions were of a 
 sanitary nature, and in order to insure their observance by his 
 superstitious followers he gave them, like Moses, the form of re 
 ligious laws. Such were the ablutions and purifications ordained 
 by the Koran. All true believers are strictly enjoined to wash 
 their heads, their hands and arms as far as the elbows, and their 
 feet and legs as far as the knees, before saying their prayers, and 
 when water is not to be procured, fine sand is to be used as a 
 substitute. 
 
 When the Turks settled themselves in the Greek Empire, they 
 did not rest satisfied with these limited ablutions, but soon adop 
 ted the luxurious system of baths, which they found already es 
 tablished in the conquered cities. These Turkish Baths have 
 often been fully described, and have been introduced into all the 
 large cities of America and Europe, and although what we are 
 offered is but a poor imitation of the magnificence of the palaces 
 devoted to the purpose in the East, yet the method of operation is 
 the same. 
 
 As the rose is the favorite flower of the Orientals, the beauty 
 of its aspect, and the sweetness of its perfume, are favorite themes 
 for their poets. The finest poem that ever was written in the 
 Persian language, the " Gulistan," meaning the garden of roses, 
 which Sadi, its author, with the naive conceit of Eastern writers 
 thus explains his motives for giving that name to his work : " On 
 the first day of the month of Urdabihisht (May) , I resolved 
 with a friend to pass the night in my garden. The ground was 
 enamelled with flowers, the sky was lighted with brilliant stars ; 
 the nightingale sang its sweet melodies perched on the highest 
 branches ; the dew-drops hung on the rose like tears on the cheeis 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 235 
 
 of an angry beauty ; the parterre was covered with hyacinths of 
 a thousand hues, among which meandered a limpid stream. 
 "When morning came my friend gathered roses, basilisks, and Iry- 
 acinths, and placed them in the folds of his garments ; but I said 
 to him, 
 
 " Throw these away, for I am going to compose a Gulistan 
 (garden of roses) , which will last for eternity, whilst your flow 
 ers will live but a day. " 
 
 Hafiz, another renowned Persian poet, was also a great admirer 
 of perfumes and flowers, which are constantly occurring in his 
 verses, and furnish him with most charming similes. Addressing 
 his mistress in one of his Gazels, he exclaims : 
 
 " Like the bloom of the rose, when fresh pluck d and full blown, 
 
 Sweetly soft is thy nature and air; 
 Like the beautiful cypress in Paradise grown, 
 Thou art every way charming and fair. 
 
 When my mind dwells on thee, what a lustre assume 
 
 All objects which fancy presents! 
 On my memory, thy locks, leave a grateful perfume, 
 
 Far more fragrant than jasmin s sweet scents." 
 
 The taste for perfumes has in no wise diminished among mod 
 ern Orientals ; it has, on the contrary, been constantly increas 
 ing, and now pervades all classes, w r ho seek to gratify it to their 
 utmost, according to their means. It is principally cultivated 
 among ladies who, caring little or nothing for mental acquire 
 ments, and debarred from society, are driven to resort to such 
 sensual enjoyments as their secluded mode of life will afford. 
 They love to be in an atmosphere redolent with fragrant odors, 
 that keep them in a state of dreanty languor, which is for them 
 
236 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 the nearest approach to happiness. Sounini in his Travels in 
 Egypt, says, 
 
 There is no part of the world where the women pay a more 
 rigid attention to cleanliness, than in Oriental countries. The 
 frequent use of the bath, of perfumes, and of everything tending 
 to soften and beautify the skin, and to preserve all their charms, 
 employs their constant attention. Nothing, in short, is neg 
 lected, and the most minute details succeed each other with 
 scrupulous exactness. So much care is not thrown away ; no 
 where are the women more uniformly beautiful, nowhere do they 
 possess more the talent of assisting nature, nowhere, in a word, 
 are thej^better skilled or more practised in the art of arresting or 
 repairing the ravages of time, an art which has its principles and 
 a great variety of recipes." 
 
 As it may interest some to know the composition of the far- 
 famed Oriental cosmetics, I transcribe here a few recipes which 
 were obtained from an Arabian perfumer, and can be vouched for 
 as authentic. 
 
 The kohl, w T hich has been in use for darkening the e} r elids since 
 the time of the ancient Eg} T ptians, is made as follows : They 
 remove the inside of a lemon, fill the skin with plumbago and 
 burnt copper, and place it over the fire until it becomes carbon 
 ized ; then they pound it in a mortar with coral, sandalwood, 
 pearls, ambergris, the wing of a bat, and a part of the body of a 
 chameleon, the whole having been previously burnt to a cinder 
 and moistened with rosewater while hot. 
 
 A complexion powder, called batikha, which is used in all the 
 harems for whitening the skin, is made in the following manner : 
 They pound in a mortar some cowrie shells, borax, rice, white 
 marble, crystal, tomata, lemons, eggs, and helbas, a bitter 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 237 
 
 seed gathered in Egypt ; mix them with the meal of beans, chick 
 peas and lentils, and place the whole inside a melon, mixing with 
 it its pulp and seeds ; it is then exposed to the sun until its com 
 plete dcssication, after which it is reduced to a fine powder. 
 
 The preparation of a d} T e used for the hair and beard is no less 
 curious. It is composed of gall nuts, fried in oil and rolled in 
 salt, to which are added cloves, burnt copper, minium, aromatic 
 herbs, pomegranate flowers, gum arable, litharge, and henna. 
 The whole of these ingredients are pulverized and diluted in the 
 oil used for frying the nuts. This gives it a jet black color, but 
 those who wish to impart a golden tint to their hair, employ sim- 
 pl} henna for that purpose. 
 
 To conclude the list of Oriental cosmetics I will mention an 
 almond paste, called hemsia, which is used as a substitute for 
 soap ; a tooth powder, named souek, made from the bark of 
 the walnut tree, pastilles of musk and amber paste, kourss, for 
 burning and also for forming chaplets of beads, which the fair 
 odalisques roll for hours in their hands, thus combining a relig 
 ious duty with a pleasant pastime ; a depilatory called termen- 
 tina," which is nothing more than turpentine thickened into a 
 paste ; and last though not least, the celebrated schnouda, a per 
 fectly white cream, composed of jasmin pomade and benzoin, by 
 means of which a very natural, but transient bloom is imparted 
 to the cheeks. The coloring principle of this sympathetic blush 
 is known to chemists under the name of Alloxan, and was dis 
 covered by Liebig. 
 
 The Turks shave their heads, leaving a single tuft of hair on 
 the top, by which they expect Azrael, the angel of death, to seize 
 them when conveying them to their last abode. They preserve 
 their beard with the greatest care, and make it a point of religion 
 
238 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 to let it grow, because Mahomet never cut off his. No greater in 
 sult can be offered to a Mahometan, than to deprive him of this 
 hirsute ornament ; it is a degradation reserved for slaves, or a 
 punishment inflicted on criminals. 
 
 The barber of the King of Persia is no insignificant personage ; 
 he enjoys all the privileges and considerations naturally attached 
 to one 7 ho has in his charge such a venerated object as a ro3*al 
 beard. The dellak, or barber, of the great Schah Abbas amassed 
 such riches that he built a splendid bridge, which still bears his 
 name ; and his modern successor erected, not long since, a mag 
 nificent palace for himself in the vicinity of the Royal Baths at 
 Teheran ; but we are digressing, so let us return to the subject 
 of the rose. 
 
 There are six modifications of rose for the handkerchief, which 
 are the ne plus ultra of the perfumer s art ; though I do not sup 
 pose many would acknowledge the justice of that expression, 
 and may say it sounds too ambitious. Yet the first musician who 
 tried to echo with a pierced reed the songs of the birds of the 
 forests, the first painter who attempted to delineate on a polished 
 surface the gorgeous scenes which he beheld around him, were 
 both artists endeavoring to copy Nature ; and so the perfumer, 
 with a limited number of materials at his command, combines 
 them as the artist does his colors on a palette, and strives tc imi 
 tate the fragrance of all flowers which are rebellious to his skill, 
 and refuse to yield up their aroma. Is he not, then, entitled to 
 claim also the name of artist, if he approaches even faintly to the 
 perfections of his charming models ? 
 
 The roses soon withered that hung o er the wave, 
 
 But some blossoms were gathered while freshly they shone, 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 239 
 
 And a clew was distilled from their flowers that gave 
 All the fragrance of summer when summer was gone." 
 
 Thus the sweet, but evanescent aroma, which would otherwise 
 be scattered to the winds of heaven, assumes a durable and tan 
 gible shape, and consoles us for the loss of flowers, when Nature 
 dons her mourning garb, and the icy blast howls around us. To 
 minister to these wants of a refined mind to revive the joys of 
 ethereal spring by carefully saving its balmy treasures consti 
 tutes the art of the perfumer. 
 
 " At Rome," said Jean, " the odor of the rose was in such re 
 quest that Lucullus expended fabulous sums, in order to be able 
 to have it at all seasons." 
 
 But pure otto of roses from its cktying sweetness has not man}^ 
 admirers ; when diluted, and compounded into the six modifica 
 tions, such as Essence of Roses, Extracts of Twin Roses, Tea 
 Roses, White Roses, Yellow Roses, and Chinese Roses, then 
 there is nothing to equal it in odor, and especially, if the otto is 
 mixed with soap to form rose soap. The soap not allowing the 
 perfume to evaporate too fast, one cannot be surfeited with the 
 smell of the otto. The finest preparation of rose as an odor, is 
 made in the south of France by maceration in pomade or oil, 
 and the extract afterwards taken from the pomade, it furnishes 
 another instance of the wonderful properties of flowers, two almost 
 distinct odors being derived from the same flower, the process 
 only, being different. 
 
 When Nero honored the house of a Roman noble with his impe 
 rial presence at dinner, there was something more than flowers ; 
 the host was put to an enormous expense by having according 
 to royal custom all his fountains flinging up rosewater. While 
 
240 A ROMANCE OP PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 the jets were pouring out fragrant liquid, while rose leaves were 
 on the ground, in the cushions on which the guests lay, hanging in 
 garlands on their brows and in wreaths around their necks, the 
 couleur de rose pervaded the dinner itself, and rose pudding chal 
 lenged the appetites of the guests. To encourage digestion, there 
 was rose-wine, which Heliogabalus not only drank, but was ex 
 travagant enough to bathe in. He went even further, by having 
 the public swimming baths filled with wine of roses and absinthe. 
 
 After breathing, wearing, eating, drinking, tying -on, walking 
 over, and sleeping upon roses, it is not to be wondered at that 
 the unhappy ancient grew sick. His medical man touched his 
 liver, and immediately gave him a rose draught. Whatever he 
 ailed, the rose was made in some fashion or another to enter into 
 the remedy for his recovery. If the patient died, then of him 
 more than any other, it might be truly said that, " he died of a 
 rose, in aromatic pain." 
 
 Various authors say, that the sense of smell is the sense of 
 imagination. There is no doubt that pleasant perfumes exercise 
 a cheering influence on the mind, and easily become associated 
 with our remembrances. Sounds and scents share alike the prop 
 erty of refreshing the memory, and recalling vividly before us 
 scenes of our past life, an effect; which Thomas Moore beauti 
 fully illustrates in his " Lalla Rookh" : 
 
 1 Tiie young Arab, haunted by the smell 
 Of her own mountain flowers as by a spell, 
 The sweet Elcaya, and that courteous tree, 
 Which bows to all who seek its canopy, 
 Sees call d up round her by those magic scents 
 The well, the camels, and her father s tents, 
 Sighs for the home she left with little pain, 
 And wishes e en its sorrows back again." 
 
THE YOUNG ARAB, HAUNTED BY THE SMELL. 
 
 Page 240. 
 
Badger Hair Shaving Brush- Medium size. 
 
 The Badger hair from which these brushes are made is very 
 strong and soft, making the best kind of shaving brush. 
 
 Buffalo Horn Dressing Comb Good size; 
 
 heavy back; highly polished, very strong and durable; in 
 leather case. 
 
 Spool, Needle and Thimble Case- -Scotch 
 
 Wood Case, A good pocket companion, containing a thimble 
 and spools filled with white and black thread. 
 
 Pocket Match BOX- Scotch Wood ; perfectly water 
 tight; matches always ready for use; with igniter on the bot 
 tom of case. 
 
 Six Costume Floral or Rose Water Crack 
 ers. See Section I. 
 
 Farina Cologne Stand- Gilt and bronze ; different 
 designs. 
 
 Pocket Book- Morocco, highly finished; receptacle 
 for stamps, currency &c., &c. 
 
 Shears For doing heavy cutting; made of the finest steel. 
 
 ^@=- N. B. We offer any of the articles in Section V. 
 for sale, including payment of postage by us, for $1.30. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 FOR AN ORDER FOR SEVEN OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for seven ounces, payment $3.50 in advance, 
 we give, besides the seven ounces of perfume, either of the 
 Premiums named in this {Section. Postage paid by us. 
 
 PREMIUMS GIVEN FOR AN ORDER FOR SEVEN OUNCES. 
 
 Silver Spray Perfumer. For perfuming apart 
 ments, clothing, &c., diffusing perfumes or medicines ; also for 
 watering delicate plants ; used to apply medicines to the throat 
 and lungs. 
 
 Two Ounces any Perfume. 2 ounces of cither 
 
 odor mentioned on page 3. 
 
 Badger Hair Shaving Brush. See Section 
 
 IV. and V. for description. 
 
 Smelling Salts Bottle. Cut glass, wicker cov 
 ered; filled with strong salts. 
 
 Finger Nail BeautifierS. To preserve the nails, 
 and to keep them in perfect cleanliness. A persons hands are 
 never clei ,u unless the naiis are while and smooth looking. 
 
 Sandal Wood Fan. Finely wrought in open work, 
 with various unique designs. The fragrance emitted from 
 these Fans will completely fill a room with perfume in a few 
 moments; and every article in a box or drawer m which one 
 is placed is rendered odorous. They are elegant, useful, and 
 very desirable as gifts. 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 241 
 
 Tennyson expresses the same feeling in his " Dream of Fair 
 Women : " 
 
 41 The smells of violets hidden in the green, 
 
 Poured back into my empty soul and frame 
 The times when I remember to have been 
 Joyful and free from blame." 
 
 Criton, Hippocrates, and other ancient doctors, classed per 
 fumes among medicines, and prescribed them for m&ny diseases, 
 especially those of a nervous kind. Pliny also attributes thera 
 peutic properties to various aromatic substances, and some per 
 fumes are still used in modern medicines. 
 
 Who would think of depriving sick or well of flowers, or for 
 bidding their use ? 
 
 When perfumes are rightly and discriminatingly used, as one 
 should, how do they differ, except in favor of the perfumes. 
 For it is true that particular kinds of flowers, if left in a sleeping 
 apartment all night, will sometimes cause headache and sick 
 ness ; but this proceeds not from the diffusion of their aroma, but 
 from the carbonic acid they evolve during the night. If a per 
 fume extracted from the same kind of flowers were left open 
 under the same circumstances, no evil effect would arise from it. 
 
 Discarding, however, all curative pretensions for perfumes, I 
 think it right at the same time to combat the doctrines of certain 
 medical men, who hold that they are injurious to health ; how 
 ever, " when doctors disagree, let a man of common sense decide." 
 It can be proved that the use of perfumery in moderation, and 
 I never heard or knew of a case where any one was seriously 
 harmed by their use in large quantities, or by continual use, 
 is more beneficial than otherwise ; and in cases of epidemics they 
 
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242 A ROMANCE OP PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 have been known to render important service, both as curatives 
 and preventatives, were it only to the four thieves, who, by means 
 of their famous aromatic vinegar, were enabled to rob half the 
 population of Marseilles at the time of the great plague, without 
 an} fear of infection. 
 
 We have also seen the benefits of the employment of perfumes 
 in our own times, when small-pox, cholera, and contagious dis 
 eases were "prevalent in our land. As for health, we only ask 
 that those who are constantly engaged in handling and manufac 
 turing perfumery be observed, and their physical condition 
 compared with that of any other class of manufacturers or profes 
 sional men. The cultivation of flowers for the manufacture of 
 perfumes also gives out door employment to thousands. 
 
 One great benefit in the use of perfumes, is, that it tends to 
 cleanliness, and "Cleanliness is akin to Godliness," almost 
 compelling one to notice when they are breathing a vitiated air, 
 or associated with filth ; the nose when well educated is a true 
 monitor. To the " unlearned" nose all odors are alike, but when 
 tutored, either for pleasure or profit, no member of the body is 
 more sensitive. 
 
 Perfumers, drug dealers, tea brokers, and general dealers in 
 odoriferous substances, have to go through a regular nasal educa 
 tion. A hop merchant buries his nose in a pocket, takes a sniff, 
 and then sets his price upon the bitter flower. The odors have 
 to be remembered, and it is noteworthy here to remark with what 
 persistency odors fix themselves upon the memory ; and were it 
 not for this remembrance of an odor, the merchants in the trades 
 above indicated would soon be at fault. An experienced per 
 fumer having two hundred odors in his laboratory, can distinguish 
 every one by smell and call it by name. Could a musician witli 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 243 
 
 an instrument of two hundred notes, distinguish and name every 
 note as soon as struck, without his seeing the instrument? 
 
 It can be said that some delicate people may be affected by cer 
 tain odors ; but the same person to whom a musky scent would 
 give a headache, might derive much relief and pleasure from a 
 perfume with a citrine base. It would be like one who had eaten 
 something which disagreed with them and saying: "This food 
 makes me sick ; I will never eat an} T thing." 
 
 Besides imagination has a great deal to do with the supposed 
 noxious effects of perfumes. Doctor Cloquet, who may be deemed 
 an authority on this subject, of which he made a special stud} , 
 says in his able Treatise on Olfaction : "We must not forget 
 that there are many effeminate men and women to be found in the 
 world who imagine that perfumes are injurious to them, but their 
 example cannot be adduced as a proof of the bad effects of odors. 
 Thus, Doctor Capellini relates the story of a lady who fancied she 
 could not bear the smell of the rose, and fainted on receiving the 
 visit of a friend who carried one, and yet the fatal flower was 
 only artificial." 
 
 We noticed manj 1 " acres of green plants growing luxuriantly in 
 the rear of the otto of rose establishment which we saw were 
 Pelargonium odoratissimum, or Rose-leaf Geranium. We are sorry 
 to say it is grown here in Turkey by the rose growers for the ex 
 press purpose of adulterating the otto of roses, as from the leaves 
 of this plant, by distillation, is procured a very agreeable rosy- 
 smelling otto. One hundred weight of leaves will yield about two 
 ounces of otto. 
 
 Used to adulterate otto of roses, it is in its turn adulterated 
 with otto of ginger-grass, and thus was formerty ver} r difficult to 
 obtain genuine. On account of the increased cultivation of the 
 
244 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 plant, it is now, however, easily procured pure. The genuine 
 otto of rose-leaf geranium is worth about four dollars per ounce, 
 whereas imitations of it, one an andropogon otto, sometimes called 
 geranium, is not worth more than that sum per pound. 
 
 We may observe here that the perfuming ottos as well as eveiy 
 article pertaining to the perfumery trade, are best purchased 
 through the perfumers, as from the nature of their business they 
 have a better knowledge and means of obtaining the real article 
 than drug dealers ; drug dealers have such strong, disagreeable 
 smells about them, and cannot therefore distinguish, appreciate or 
 compare the fine, delicate odors of perfumes. 
 
 On account of the pleasing odor of the true otto of rose-leaf 
 geranium, it is a valuable article for perfuming many materials, 
 and appears to give great satisfaction, especially as an essence 
 for the handkerchief. 
 
 We passed, on our return, many of the Liquid ambar orientale, 
 shrubby trees, common to this country, from which true storax, 
 a fragrant balsam, is procured. We had purchased some of this 
 balsam, as well as some otto of roses and rose geranium, of the 
 rose growers at their establishment. 
 
 After we had alighted from the cars, we were proceeding to the 
 ship, when Patsey espied a poster, with large wood-cuts, and glar 
 ing type. It was an announcement of some European Barnum, 
 who was travelling in this country with his show. Patsey s spirit 
 was aroused; old remembrances crowded upon him. He was 
 beside himself to visit the circus, but we concluded we could not 
 spare the time ; however, as we went a little further we heard the fa 
 miliar music of such entertainments, and soon came upon the gypsy- 
 like scene. Patsey s eyes brightened, his chest heaved convul 
 sively, his muscles seemed to leap for joy, throes of excitement 
 
Coat Carriage. Pearl carriage, gilt wheels and 
 shafts ; drawn by a silver goat ; a bottle of nice perfume in the 
 carriage. 
 
 Needle Box and Pin Cushion Made of Scotch 
 
 Wood. 
 
 Pocket and Bill BOOR. Very convenient forbus- 
 mess purposes. 
 
 Portmonaie. Made of real Russia leather, with chain; 
 can be carried in the hand. 
 
 Inlaid Hair Brush. Back and handle made of Buf 
 falo horn inlaid with mother of pearl ; a very handsome and 
 durable brush ; white bi i.stles. 
 
 Pin Cushion. Made of Oxidized Silver, in the shape 
 of a horse shoe. 
 
 Hand Mirror. Best French Plate Glass, with French 
 fire gilt frame ; handsomely ornamented. Sent by express. 
 
 Razor. A. fi ne English Razor, ready for use. 
 
 Shears. For cutting heavy goods, medium size. 
 
 Pomade. A French article, nicely perfumed ; good 
 dressing for the hair ; large cans. 
 
 &*T N. B. We offer any of the articles in Section VI. for 
 sale, including postage paid by us, for $1.00. 
 
 SECTIOX VII. 
 
 FOR AN ORDER FOR NINE OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for Nine Ounces, payment in advance, $4.50, 
 we give, besides the nine ounces of perfume, any of the arti 
 cles under this Section. 
 
 PREMIUMS GIVEN- FOR AN ORDER FOR NINE OUNCES. 
 English Razor. Hollow ground or Concave; war- 
 ranted ; very fine steel. 
 
 Badgor Hair Shaving Brush. Extra large size. 
 
 See previous description. 
 
 Smolling Bottle. Cut glass; richly ornamented; 
 filled with strong salts; with chain; very handsome. Also 
 double ones, long, with bottle at each end; different colors. 
 
 Hair Brush and Comb. -Rose or Satinwood 
 
 back; Buffalo horn comb. 
 
 Weathor House and Thermometer. indi 
 cating changes in the weather and temperature, and are pretty 
 mante. ornaments. The little lady appears in fair and the man 
 in stormy weather, and they never make mistakes. 
 
 Wire Hair Brush. Wire is used in place of bristles; 
 will last forever. Very neatly and substantially made. 
 
 Scotch Wood Puff BOX. -With large puff. See 
 previous description. 
 
 PockGt Book. Russia leather; with or withou chain. 
 
THEY ARE RUBBING NOSES TOGETHER LIKE TWO MAD APES. 
 
 Page 245. 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 245 
 
 shook him, and that fascination for the horse and sawdust, 
 so enthralling, which cannot be appreciated or understood, ex 
 cept by those who have been in the business, possessed him 
 He must see the entertainment. 
 
 To please him we went in and wandered among the cages of 
 the wild animals, and examined the numerous curiosities. There 
 were " bears, lions, tigers, leopards, camels, elephants and a vari 
 ety of other animals ; an American Indian, an Esquimaux, a bushy- 
 headed man and woman, and all the other interesting objects too 
 numerous to mention," which are the " make up" of a first-class 
 itinerant hippodrome. 
 
 But what is John Gagler doing ? Has he parted with his wits ? 
 
 He is roughly elbowing his way through a crowd that surrounds 
 a tall, powerfully built, half-naked savage, a specimen of the 
 natives of some of the South Sea Islands, we should judge. He 
 at last reaches him, and grasps him by the arms. They are rub 
 bing noses together like two mad apes, holding each other off 
 every little while, then rubbing noses, and shaking hands the 
 harder. John Gagler seems delighted. He and the savage are 
 jabbering awa}* in some outlandish tongue, and meanwhile the 
 crowd is looking on with open-mouthed wonder, but none more 
 surprised than ourselves. 
 
 At last John Gagler remembered us, and standing on tiptoe, 
 beckoned to us over the heads of the people, who made way for us 
 to come to him and his savage companion. 
 
 "Messmates, ladies, ore s han hold friend," he said; "ha 
 native of that island hon which I was kept ha slave for two years, 
 by is tribe." 
 
 We looked at the savage, hardl} knowing how to greet him, 
 not caring to use the same salutation employed by John Gagler, 
 
246 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 as he was not only arraj^ed in gaudy dress, but his face was well 
 painted in various colors. 
 
 " E s ad a ard pull," explained John Gagler. " Hall of the 
 natives of is island have gone to Davy Jones s locker ; the ole 
 island was swallowed up by the sea, han e han ha native boy 
 were the honly ones to is knowledge who hescaped. That s the 
 reason I couldn t find the island ; I thought my reckonings han 
 bearings were wrong, but hit seems they weren t. E s told me 
 the course to take to find the island hon which I was wrecked, 
 han says e can give me hexact directions to go to the island hon 
 which the wrecked people were seen some four years afore they 
 captured me." 
 
 Brad, whom we had met at the depot, and who had accom 
 panied us, was deeply agitated during this recital, and the color 
 came and went in his face as his heart pulsated with hopes and 
 fears. 
 
 Oh ! if it should prove to be my father and some of his 
 sailors, my fondest hopes would be realized, and our search may 
 not prove in vain," he exclaimed with emotion. 
 
 John Gagler and the savage were again chattering away, and 
 the savage pointed with his finger to different parts of the com 
 pass, gesticulated with his hand in various directions, and it 
 appeared as if he were recalling to John Gagler s mind the 
 numerous landmarks of the now submerged island. After a 
 while John Gagler turned to us again and said, 
 
 " E s given me complete bearings, so I think I can sail directly 
 to the place ; but you remember, Captain Cole, that the parties, 
 who hever they were, left the island hon which e says they were 
 seen ; left hin a boat, hand from there we shall ave to trace them ; 
 Btill it will be better than aving no port to start from, your 
 
 
Handsome Spangled Fan. in blue or white 
 
 silk; trimmed with feathers; ivory handles. Mourning fan, 
 Japanese fan ; or a blue silk fan, with carved Bandalwood 
 handle. Your choice. 
 
 I Doz. French Honey Soap. Sent by express. 
 
 Hair Brush. Buffalo horn back; beautifully inlaid 
 with pearl. 
 
 Pearl Smelling Bottle. Very rich looking; filled 
 with strong salts. 
 
 Vinaigrette for the Belt. This is furnished with 
 
 a long gilt hook to fasten it to the belt; also a chain. It is 
 considered to be the most stylish article for ladies wear. 
 
 Hand Mirror. Gilt frame; French plate glass. Sent 
 by express. 
 
 Shears. For cutting heavy goods; large size. 
 
 $&" N. B. We offer any of the articles in Section VII. for 
 sale, including payment of postage by us, for $2.10. 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 FOR AN OKDEK FOR ELEVEN OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for eleven ounces, payment in advance of $5.50, 
 we give, besides the eleven ounces of perfume, any of the arti 
 cles under this Section. 
 
 PREMIUMS GIVEN FOR AX ORDER. FOR ELEVEN OUNCES. 
 Handsome Bouquets of Perfumed Wax 
 
 Flowers. 1 Bouquet for each eleven ounces ordered. 
 
 Pure OttO Of ROSe. 1 large bottle Otto of Roses; 
 will last forever. 
 
 Pocket Book. Extra quality; chain, clasp,, &c. 
 
 Hair Brush and Comb. Large size brush; me 
 dium size comb. 
 
 Feather Fans. 1 fan; an opening fan; assorted colors 
 f feathers and handles, your choice, and pure white feathers. 
 
 Egg Shape Pungent. Madeof Oxidized Silver and 
 Gold, with chain ; very rich. Also, "Watch Shape, same met 
 als, or Pearl; tilled with strong salts. Can. be worn on the 
 belt. You have your choice of either style. 
 
 Vinaigrette for the Belt. With chain and hook; 
 
 very stylish. 
 
 Belt Bag. Madeof fine leather; handsomely trimmed ; 
 convenient and fashionable. 
 
 Hand Mirror, Gilt frame, French plate glass; by 
 express. 
 
 Hair BrUSh. Inlaid back, white bristles; handsome. 
 
 Razor. An English razor; best steel; warranted. 
 
 N. B. "We offer any of the articles under Section VIII. 
 for sale, including payment of postage by us, for $2.65. 
 
WE WANDERED THROUGH A TURKISH PERFUME BAZAAR. 
 
 Page 247. 
 
THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS. 247 
 
 honor. What say you, me boy? Shall we slip hour cable to 
 morrow for the southern waters ? " 
 
 " Are you ready, ladies, to accompany me on this as yet fruit 
 less quest, to again brave the dangers of the Southern Seas, now 
 that 3~ou are so near civilization, so near home?" asked Brad. 
 
 u Aye, aye, sir," both my wife and Susie responded. 
 "Always ready to follow our Captain; we shall stick to you 
 through thick and thin ; you cannot get rid of us so easily," said 
 Susie. 
 
 " God bless you, ladies, you make my heart glad," said Brad, 
 feelingly. 
 
 We wandered around for some little time, while John Gagler 
 conversed with his friend, the savage, and made notes of what 
 the savage told him, until Patsey coming out from the acrobatic 
 part of the exhibition, we turned our steps towards the entrance, 
 first, however, shaking hands with the savage, and from whom 
 John Gagler took a farewell hand-shake and nose-rub. 
 
 On our way back we wandered through a Turkish perfume ba 
 zaar. As we passed along between the rows of booths, on the 
 counters of which the Turkish perfumers were sitting cross-legged, 
 their goods arranged in easy reaching distance about them, we 
 saw many curious articles ; among others the odd shaped otto of 
 rose bottles, filled with that precious substance, and richly deco 
 rated with gold and colors ; various styles of censers and casting 
 bottles, amulets, that famous Turkish hair dye, called Rastik-Yuzi, 
 which gives to the hair and beard such a fine black color and 
 which almost every Turk uses ; also a compounded perfume, Jcarsi, 
 used in the seralios. 
 
 After leaving this bazaar we went as quickly as possible towards 
 the ship, conversing on our way upon the happy occureuce of the 
 
248 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 day. Patsey exhibiting the greatest demonstrations of joy at 
 thinking that his wilful desire to see the show had produced such 
 propitious results. 
 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 AN ENCHANTED ISLAND. 
 
 IT was now just a month from the day we reached the latitude 
 and longitude of the submerged island. From there we steered 
 for, and soon came- upon the island on which John Gagler had 
 been landed, and where he had spent five years of his life. We 
 went ashore and found his hut, and man} 7 signs left of his occu 
 pancy ; the hut and its protections were overgrown with climbing 
 plants, but completely worthless from decay. 
 
 He escorted us around the island, which he had named " Good 
 Enough ; " showed us the places in which he had passed his time, 
 and took us to his lookouts and signal points. 
 
 We felt encouraged by finding this island so easily. From there 
 we had directed our course a little to the south by west in the 
 direction John Gagler understood the savage to have told him ; 
 it was also the direction in which the wind was blowing at the 
 time of the gale when the " Godolpha" was wrecked, so we were 
 almost sure we should soon find the island on which the ship 
 wrecked people were seen ; but we have been cruising since then, 
 visiting many inhabited and uninhabited islands, and our explora 
 tions have as yet proved unsuccessful. The uninhabited islands 
 we explored thoroughly, in hope of finding some signs of ship- 
 
 249 
 
250 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 wrecked people, ever on the alert to discover some clew of Brad s 
 father. 
 
 We saw hulls of wrecked ships, and broken timbers on man} 
 of the islands, that silently told their tale of disaster and suffering, 
 but no castaway had we observed. When we came to an in 
 habited island we steamed along its shores, and when it was 
 possible, by means of signs and by gifts to the natives, tried to 
 get information if there were any white men among them, or 
 living on the adjacent islands. Nothing of any importance had 
 been gained from them. Their stories were without value, as on 
 the islands we visited at their instigation we found no sign of 
 white occupants. 
 
 We were now out of the course of all sailing craft, in almost 
 unknown waters ; we had not spoken or seen a sail for man}^ days. 
 A strict lookout was kept, and whenever the cry of " Land, O ! " 
 was heard, we were all immediately on deck, anxiously watching 
 to see the slightest sign of a signal from some, perhaps, long im 
 prisoned brother. 
 
 Brad was despondent, and we all felt as if it was beyond 
 human power to determine what we wished. John Gagler, 
 good old John, was firm and never despairing. If we lost hope 
 after exploring an island, he would advance so many reasons for 
 a still more thorough search, that we would at last be as eager as 
 himself to try again. He knew full well, by his own experience, 
 with what longing eyes a castawa} T watches the seas, year in and 
 3 T ear out, for the slightest token of a rescuing hand. Having such 
 experience he would not leave one stone unturned till something 
 definite was known. 
 
 Brad was not the man to give up anything he attempted until 
 he had accomplished it, and I knew, although he felt somewhat dis- 
 
AN ENCHANTED ISLAND. 251 
 
 couraged, that as long as our facilities lasted he would not turn 
 back. 
 
 This beautiful morning, all nature seemed in sweet repose ; 
 the smoke from the smoke-stack sailed off in slow undulating 
 motions ; we listlessly lounged about the deck or on the rail, 
 dreamily watching the placid waters, when we were suddenly 
 aroused by the lookout s cry of 
 
 4 Land, O!" 
 
 Where away ? " 
 
 44 Starboard, two points." 
 
 The ship was headed in the direction indicated. 
 
 Ever}?- one was on deck, and took note of each outline as it 
 became more distinct. 
 
 In about two hours we were sufficiently near the shore, and cast 
 anchor. A beautiful beach extended to the right for about a mile, 
 until checked by a rocky headland ; to the left the beach seemed 
 to continue around a densely wooded peninsula, in front of which 
 were lines of reefs. Tangled woods above the beach covered the 
 shore, presenting an almost impassable barrier to the interior. 
 
 We landed on the beach and made our way to the cliff. This 
 cliff was broad and irregular, and in one of its cavities, a cas 
 cade of pure fresh water came sparkling and gushing down to 
 the foot of the rock. Here we found by its continual dropping 
 and washing it had formed a great basin which was now full of 
 water, cool, deep, and transparent, reflecting in its depths with as 
 much accurac} T as a mirror the passing clouds, and the trees 
 and plants which surrounded its borders. Susie named it 44 Mir 
 ror Lake." 
 
 We sat down beside it instinctively, so impressed were we 
 with its refreshing beauty. 
 
252 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Birds of pure white, others gorgeously colored, flew in and out 
 among the trees, and lit on the edge of this miniature lake to dip 
 for a moment their tin} 7 bills in the refreshing liquid, and a gentle 
 breeze wafted odors sweet and aromatic, yet delicate, from un 
 seen trees. We rested here for an hour, and then sent to the 
 ship for our dinner, which we ate in this charming spot. 
 
 After dinner we strolled around, discovering new beauties at 
 every turn. Then we decided to follow the beach, go around the 
 point, and see what was on the other side of the island. We 
 started, all but Brad, who had gone on board where his official 
 services were required. 
 
 " I will wait han tell im where you are bound," said John 
 Gagler, " han e can follow or hawait your return." 
 
 " Veiy good," I answered. 
 
 On the pink sand man} 1 " shells were strewn, which we gathered, 
 and like children, as often threw away for others which appeared 
 more beautiful. Seeing an opening in the wood, we thought we 
 could cross the point instead of going around. Pushing our way 
 through a mass of tangled undergrowth we came into the woods. 
 It was large and dense ; except a very small portion, the trees 
 were of the palm genus, containing several species, including the 
 coconut tree. 
 
 We came upon some trees covered with small fruit, resembling 
 quinces in every particular of look, taste, and smell, of which we 
 ate, and felt refreshed. 
 
 We continued on till we reached a belt of shrubs that bounded 
 the palm forest. Here our progress was not so easy, and it be 
 coming more and more difficult, we made a detour and soon came 
 out upon open ground. Some distance to the right we saw a 
 cliff, and wondered if we had so quickly made a circuit of the is- 
 
SECTION IX. 
 PREMIUMS GIVEN FOR AN ORDER FOR THIRTEEN OUNCES. 
 
 For an order for thirteen ounces, payment in advance of $9.75, 
 \vegive, besides the thirteen ounces of perfume, any of the arti 
 cles under this Section. 
 
 Vinaigrette for the Belt. Large size, with chain 
 and hook ; all the style. 
 
 One Dozen French Soap. Large cakes, highly 
 perfumed ; assorted kinds if wished ; sent by express. 
 
 Smelling Bottle. Very elaborately decorated; cut 
 glass ; metal or pearl. 
 
 Hair Brush and Comb. Large size brush and 
 comb ; extra quality. 
 
 Four Ounces Perfume. 4 ounces, extra, of any 
 perfume, liquid or powdered. 
 
 Hand Mirror. Best French Plate Glass, with French 
 fire gilt frame ; handsomely ornamented. Sent by express. 
 
 Pocket Book. Russia leather ; medium size; recepta 
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WAS BRAD, BUT HOW CHANGED. 
 
 Page 253. 
 
AN ENCHANTED ISLAND. 253 
 
 .and. We were making our way towards tins cliff, and saw at its 
 foot the sparkle of waters in a basin ; it looked the same, and yet 
 it did not seem to be the same place at which we had rested and 
 dined, but we were approaching it in an opposite direction, and 
 of course it must appear a little different. 
 
 We came still nearer. 
 
 " Look ! Look ! ! " I exclaimed. 
 
 Each one, almost simultaneously, put their hands to their eyes, 
 rubbed them, tried to brush away the illusion, to ascertain if they 
 were awake or asleep, and bent forward with an intense, awe- 
 striken stare. We clung to each other, and turned our eyes in 
 every direction, knowing not what next to fear. 
 
 Were we on an enchanted island? 
 
 Had we been wandering for years, or slept away a lifetime at 
 the Lake? 
 
 Could we have changed like what we were looking upon, or had 
 we eaten of something in this beautiful island which had distorted 
 our imaginations, changed our perceptions and senses? 
 
 For rising from a recumbent position, which we had seen Brad 
 take during our lunch in the morning, or perhaps for all we 
 knew a morning fifty j ears ago, was Brad, but how changed. 
 
 A heavy, white beard adorned the lower part of his face, snow- 
 white hair crowned his head in place of the dark jet locks we had 
 so often admired. He was resting upon a stout cane which he had 
 used to help him to his feet. His eyes were of as an intense 
 black as ever, but had about them a strained, far-off look, almost 
 wierd-like, and they stared at us and mesmerized our own. The 
 face was wrinkled ; the hands long and thin ; the bod} emaciated ; 
 but the form as yet erect, with signs of strength to battle with 
 death for many years. 
 
254 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Could it be Brad? Had he come back to the tiny lake, and 
 looking too long into its crystal depths, been transformed by 
 some fair water nymph, or was it some trick he was perpe 
 trating ? 
 
 " Speak to him, Susie," I said. 
 
 " I cannot, oh, I cannot," she said, " I am so frightened. Why 
 does he stare at us in that wild way ? " 
 
 "Speak to him," urged my wife. "He always thought so 
 much of you ; if it is only a joke he will stop it if you beseech 
 him. Speak ! Do speak, and break this horrid spell." 
 
 Susie shuddered, tried to speak, but no words passed her lips. 
 After a great effort she partially overcame her fears and feebly 
 called, 
 
 " Captain Cole, Captain Cole, what " 
 
 We were surprised at the effect it caused. He dropped tho 
 stick that supported him, fell on his knees, lifted his hands to 
 heaven, and with upturned eyes seemed to be pouring out thanks 
 in praj T er. We could not hear distinctly what he said, but the 
 tones of his voice reached us, yet so feebly we could hardly say 
 we really heard them. It was Brad s voice that spoke, the last 
 sentence we caught, 
 
 " My name, she speaks my name." 
 
 Rising, he was coming towards us, and we turned to flee from 
 him. 
 
 Why did we fear this old man? Some spell had been laid 
 upon him ; we could see the thought in each other s eyes ; we 
 were afraid if he but touched us, we too should awake to find our 
 selves old and wrinkled, and with snow-white hair. 
 
 We heard him feebly and hesitatingly call, as if he knew not 
 how to speak the words, or had forgotten how to place them. 
 
AN ENCHANTED ISLAND. 255 
 
 " Do not afraid be, it are I, Captain Cole." 
 
 This however did not pacify our fears ; the}^ but seemed verified 
 at this statement. 
 
 At this moment we heard a step behind us ; looking in the 
 direction of the sound we saw John Gagler. He was hurrying 
 towards us, and it was with a puzzled look that he saw us hud 
 dled together as if in fear ; but when he reached us, and looked 
 to where we pointed, he too seemed transfixed with terror, but a 
 moment after, he was running as fast as he could towards Brad ; 
 reaching him, he eagerly grasped his hand and said, 
 
 " M} hold friend, JACOB COLE, my hold captain, so long 
 lost, we ave found you hat last. Thank Eaven ! " 
 
 What a change this produced in our actions, you can imagine. 
 We hurried to the old man and greeted him warmly, assuring 
 him of our friendship for him, and explaining our fears. When 
 we were telling him of the striking resemblance which had so de 
 ceived us, he said, 
 
 " My son, my boy, is he here? Praised be God. Where is 
 he? Why not has he come to me? My darling boy, I want take 
 him on my knee and pat his curl} 7 head. Wiry he does not come ? " 
 
 We could not deceive him. He was thinking of Brad as he 
 last saw him. We told him we would take him to him. 
 
 "He sick? "he asked. 
 
 " Oh, no," said Susie. 
 
 " Take me to him," he almost pleaded. 
 
 John Gagler told him where he was. He had left him at the 
 lake. Brad told John Gagler he would wait till we returned, 
 probably feeling a little piqued at our going away and leaving him ; 
 but we had gone by Susie s urging, as she seemed to be very 
 anxious to wander along the beach ; probably they had had some 
 
256 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 tiff, and both were trying to be as hateful and provoking as pos 
 sible to each other. 
 
 Captain Jacob walked between Susie and John Gagler, leaning 
 on John Gagler s arm, and keeping hold of Susie s hand ; he was 
 quite taken with her, and kept gazing into her face with a fond 
 and pleased look. He talked slowly and feebly, and sometimes 
 had to stop and think what to say ; some words he had entirely 
 forgotten, but he looked so happy it was a pleasure to watch 
 him. 
 
 He conducted us a different way from the one we came ; soon 
 we were in sight of the bluff. "We saw the cascade and the basin, 
 but could see nothing of Brad. We sent Patsey along the beach 
 to the ship to see if he was on board, and to bring him on shore, 
 but not to tell him anything concerning our discovery. 
 
 Meanwhile we continued our way to the pool to await Brad s 
 return. We sat down under the trees a short distance from its 
 borders. Captain Jacob was, however, too nervous and anxious to 
 remain sitting. He frequently got up, then came back and sat 
 down again. 
 
 He unconsciously strolled towards the pool at one time, and ap 
 peared attracted \)y its brilliancy. In front of him were some 
 plants growing luxuriantly, and forming a low hedge for a few 
 feet. He stood looking over these into the water. A surprised 
 look came into his e} T es, then changed to one of gladness. 
 
 " Why ! Why ! ! How strange ! ! ! " he said slowly. " Have 
 Have grown I again young? My gray hair is to jet black 
 changed since I looked last into this pool ; my eyes bright, like 
 fifty 3 ears ago ; no wrinkles ; my beard " 
 
 He raised his hand, and commenced slowly to pass it downward 
 over his beard. 
 
AN ENCHANTED ISLAND. 
 
 " Is black, too. Bat but, not short as one I see 
 Friends ! ! What is this ? Why is this so ? " 
 
 He called to us in an alarmed tone of voice. 
 
 At the first moment, when Captain Jacob began to speak, we 
 saw the hedge in front of him move slightly, and changing my posi 
 tion a little to one side I looked around it. 
 
 There was Brad. 
 
 He had been sitting down looking into the water, and had prob 
 ably fallen asleep ; the sound of a voice so near had partially 
 awakened him. 
 
 Jean was about to approach the lake to see what it was that 
 Captain Jacob saw, but John Gagler restrained him, as I motioned 
 him to do so. 
 
 Brad having now become almost fully awake, looked off into 
 the pool ; he saw the reflection of old Captain Jacob, and opened 
 his eyes wider at the sight, but instead of jumping up, he said, 
 
 What what is this ? Have I slept for fifty years that my 
 hair has turned so white, and my beard grown so long?" 
 
 At the sound of Brad s voice Captain Jacob stared in astonish 
 ment, but did not seem to have the power to move. 
 
 " My face wrinkled," continued Brad. " Have my friends left 
 me alone upon this island to sleep so long ? " 
 
 He put his hand to his beard, and seeing how much its short 
 ness contrasted with that of the one reflected in the waters, I saw 
 that he comprehended all. 
 
 His face turned white from suppressed emotion ; his limbs 
 shook as he tried to gain his feet ; his strength failed him for a 
 moment, then, with one bound he sprang over the hedge. 
 
 "Father!" 
 
 "My boy!" 
 
 17 
 
258 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 They were in each other s arms. We left them to their happi 
 ness, and walked in the woods till we heard the cheery voice of 
 Brad calling us to come to them. 
 
 How happy they looked, and how like ! They well represented 
 sprightly youth and hearty old age. 
 
 Seeing them standing together, we could not wonder at John 
 Gagler s fright when first spoken to by Brad of our own at first 
 sight of Captain Jacob, or of their mistakes about their reflec 
 tions. 
 
 Fondly leaning upon Brad, who almost carried him, so eager 
 was he to help his father along, we all proceeded to the beach, 
 and getting into the boat, were soon on board. 
 
 Captain Jacob was received with a burst of hearty cheers, and 
 the pivot gun spoke loudly its welcome to the old captain. He 
 bowed low to the men as he passed, and Brad conducted him to 
 the large saloon, where he ensconced him in the largest easy 
 chair. 
 
 Captain Jacob admired the perfect arrangement of everything, 
 but he could not long keep his eyes from Brad, and Susie must 
 be at his side, or else, he said, he could not be content. 
 
THEY WERE IN EACH OTHERS ARMS. 
 
 Page 258. 
 
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 There are many articles which we have, that are not men 
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 liable to breakage, and would cost too much to send by ex 
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 We shall issue supplements every little while, as we are 
 continually receiving new goods and novelties from Europe, 
 which we will forward as soon as printed. 
 
 In closing this circular, we return thanks for the many fav 
 ors received, and hope for a continuance of them in the future. 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 CLIFFORD & CO., Perfumers, 
 
 23 School Street, 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
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CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 CAPTAIN JACOB COLE*S STOR1. 
 
 rPHE next day was a busy one for all of us, each was trying to 
 J- outdo the other in bringing Captain Jacob Cole s mind back 
 to civilization ; it was difficult at first, but ere nightfall we had ac 
 complished our herculean task, as he gave positive evidence by 
 the rational manner in which he conversed. 
 
 The following morning we again went ashore. Brad had re 
 lated the incidents of his search to his father, and told him of 
 the many obstacles that had to be overcome. As we were being 
 rowed ashore, Brad said, 
 
 "Father, why did you not have some signals flying, to notify 
 any passing vessel that you were an exile here ? " 
 
 "My dear Bradford," he answered, "it is thirty and three 
 years since I first landed on this island. The first year we were 
 on the beach every day, and the first months ten and a dozen 
 times a day we would go to our lookouts and watch with longing 
 eyes the vast expanse of waters for some rescuing sail. After 
 five long j^ears, only two besides myself were left, and we made it 
 a duty for each one to see to the lookouts alternately ; then when 
 I was left alone, every day I would spend hours at the signal- 
 stations, and every night lighted fires on the bluffs. At last I 
 
 259 
 
260 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 gave up all hope. I felt doomed, felt I should soon have to 
 follow my comrades, and after awhile became resigned to my 
 fate. 
 
 " My signals wore away, were blown down by the winds, and 
 feeling as I did, I cared not to repair them. 
 
 " Of course friend John has told you all about the storm in 
 which the Godolpha was wrecked. Well, after he and his 
 comrade, whose name I have forgotten, it was so long ago, 
 were washed overboard, " 
 
 " I never knew who hit was," interrupted John Gagler. 
 
 "Well," continued Capt. Jacob, "after they were washed 
 overboard, we drove on until we were stranded on the rocks of 
 the island you visited, where five besides nryself succeeded in 
 reaching the shore, constructed a boat fron the broken timbers of 
 the ship and left the island. 
 
 " There was Joe Broomer, the ship s carpenter, Matt Tolboth, the 
 steward, Jim Maguire, Tom Carter, and Tom Dracut, mariners. 
 Steering westerly from the island we kept on for two weeks, but 
 ran across no sail, and passed only two islands, of volcanic for 
 mation, barren and desolate. 
 
 Our boat becoming unseaworthy , one of us was obliged to keep 
 bailing day and night. One day, thinking we saw land to the 
 northwest of us, we headed our boat towards it, but even with 
 the sails and oars we did not make headway enough to reach it 
 before nightfall, and lay to to wait till morning to effect a landing. 
 Unfortunately during the night we drove on a reef, and the boat 
 being poorly built, soon parted, and we had to cling to the reef. 
 At break of day we worked our way to the shore, helping each 
 other as best we could, but only five of us reached it. Tom Car 
 ter was missing. 
 
CAPTAIN JACOB COLE S STORY. 261 
 
 "We were pretty well tired out. Kitty Bright Eyes and her 
 mate Jack clung to my back all night, and sent up piteous howls 
 every little while." 
 
 " Who were they, Captain? " asked Susie. 
 
 " Two pretty kittens, my dear, who jumped into the sea and 
 were washed ashore when the Godolpha was wrecked, and who 
 followed us aboard the boat when we left the island. They and 
 their children have been my time-pieces during my exile here." 
 
 " Your what? " asked my wife, inquiringly. 
 
 " My clocks, ma am ! " he replied. " I tell time b} their eyes, 
 which dilate regularly from morning till night." 
 
 "How curious," she answered. 
 
 "After resting we searched for food and water, built us the 
 best protection from the weather we could, haA 7 ing no tools, and 
 then explored the island and set up our signals around it," Cap 
 tain Jacob continued : Joe Broomer and Matt Tolboth died fif 
 teen years ago, by eating some game we had killed, which had 
 probably fed on some of the poisonous berries on the island ; 
 they were strangers to the island and not acquainted with the 
 character of its productions. 
 
 " We all came near following them, but finally recovered. Jim 
 Maguire went next, about eight years ago, was drowned while try 
 ing a boat we had built to circumnavigate the island ; the wind 
 caught her aback, and she went down stern foremost like a piece of 
 slate. Tom Dracut I buried two years after. 
 
 " Poor Tom ! He gave out from sheer despondency, lost all 
 hope of ever being rescued. Our parting was sad. I was left 
 alone, and oh ! friends, it was truly alone. You can imagine 
 what I suffered in the parting. But, thank Heaven, I am among 
 those with whom I have so long wished to be, those whom I 
 
262 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 should have sought, if I had been rescued or escaped before you 
 found me." 
 
 He bowed his head and tears of thankfulness coursed over his 
 wrinkled cheeks. 
 
 4 c But see ! There is my hut ! " 
 
 We were at a place half way between the two bluffs, and just 
 emerging from the palm forest, through which we had come by a 
 well worn path. We came out upon a grassy down, a huge lawn, 
 which stretched before us to the edge of a beautiful^ enclosed 
 bay, the waters of which sparkled in the morning sun. The hut 
 stood upon a knoll to the left of us, a short distance from a river, 
 or rather rivulet, which, keeping its course for some distance along 
 the edge of the forest, made a wide curve into the extensive lawn, 
 then returned in a zigzag manner to the first line of its course, 
 and crossing the wide smooth beach at the foot of the down, emp 
 tied itself into the sea. 
 
 Proceeding to the hut, which was surrounded with high pali 
 sades, outside of which, neatry arranged, were groups of banana, 
 yam, and pineapple plants, hanging with fruit ready to drop with 
 ripeness, we saw the strong smelling, but delicious durian, the 
 fragrant and luscious mango, and the more delicious mangosteen ; 
 while golden paroquets and beautiful green pigeons flew in and 
 out among the foliage, making a picture long to be remembered. 
 
 Coming to a gate in the palisades, Captain Jacob was greeted 
 from within by a parrot. 
 
 "Where have you been, me hearty. Come in, come in. See 
 Pretty Poll, Pretty Polly." 
 
 A pair of monkeys scrambled up the door post to the roof and 
 chattered at us. As Captain Jacob passed in at the door, one of 
 them jumped down upon his shoulder, and grabbing Patsey s cap 
 
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CAPTAIN JACOB COLE S STORY. 263 
 
 from his hea.d, began to try it on, and stretch it as large as possi 
 ble. Patsey did not like that, so he tried to get it away from 
 him, and the monkey leaped down and ran up the door post and 
 was on the roof in a jiffy. Patsey gave chase ; at it they went, 
 helter-skelter, from the roof to the ground, from the ground to the 
 roof, from one side to the other, from ridge-pole to eaves, from 
 one end of the hut to the other, dodging this wa} 7 and that wa} T , 
 the monkey just within Patsey s grasp, when it would give a 
 frightened scream and elude him, grimacing at him, in his pecu 
 liar, comical wa}~, seemingly almost tickled to death at every fail 
 ure of Patsey s attempts to regain his cap. We could not help 
 laughing at their capers. At last Patsey got it, then the little 
 monkey tried to make friends with him, so as to get the cap 
 again, but Patsey thought too much of his cap, and the monkey 
 was obliged to amuse himself by worrying one of Captain Jacob s 
 cats. 
 
 In the hut we found plenty of chairs, stools and other furniture ; 
 although roughly hewn, they were neat and strong. Mats, cur 
 tains, twine, and many other useful and necessary articles Cap 
 tain Jacob showed us, all made by himself and his companions, 
 from products obtained from the coconut tree. The hut and fur 
 niture were made with only the help of an axe, a small hatchet, 
 and two cutlasses, worked down to a suitable shape, which they 
 fished up from the reef where their boat was dashed. 
 
 Half a dozen kittens, and three staid old cats, besides the 
 watchful mother of the little ones, came around their master for 
 recognition, and the parrot called loudly and lovingly when he 
 caught sight of him, but seeing so many strangers was somewhat 
 afraid to fly to him. 
 
 After having made a thorough examination of the many inter- 
 
264 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 esting things in arid around the hut, we sat down and conversed 
 until dinner was announced, which had been prepared by Captain 
 Jacob and Brad, with the help of Patsey, who always acted as our 
 steward when w r e were away from the ship. The table had been 
 set outside of the palisades, where we could enjoy the enchanting 
 view as well as refresh ourselves inwardly. 
 
 Captain Jacob would not allow of anything being furnished by 
 the ship, but insisted on our dining from the productions of his 
 farm, as he called it, and well satisfied we were. Breadfruit, 
 yams, and bananas, prepared in various ways, and milk from 
 coconuts, besides cold spring water, and the fruits of the various 
 plants we had seen growing in his garden, served as a rich dessert. 
 After dining, Captain Jacob fed his pets, and then gathered up 
 a few relics of his island home, sa3 ing he would leave almost 
 every thing for the use of some other unfortunate who might be 
 cast upon the island. Then closing the door of his hut, after tak 
 ing the cats and kittens out, he bid adieu to the place that had 
 so long protected him, and we proceeded to the ship, Brad intend 
 ing to leave the island and head for England, taking his father to 
 London and settle there. 
 
 
 
CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 
 
 "nOAL S out, sir." 
 
 \J " All gone?" 
 
 " All gone, sir." 
 
 Such was the conversation that occurred between Brad and his 
 engineer about a week ago. 
 
 From that time we had been relying wholly on our sails. 
 
 The weather had been good since we had left Captain Jacob s 
 island, until after we left Cape Town at the Cape of Good 
 Hope, at which place we had stopped a few days. But after leav 
 ing there, when about a day out, we experienced bad weather, 
 encountered head winds, and had made but little headway, so 
 that a great deal of fuel had been consumed. 
 
 We were coasting along the northwestern shores of Africa, and 
 for the last two days had been sailing well in shore. The barom 
 eter indicated a change for the better, and at sundown there was 
 scarcely a ripple on the water. During the night a few puffs of 
 wind were caught, but it only served to keep our head on, as only 
 a few knots were made. 
 
 The next day the calm continued,- and all hands were feeling 
 lazy and blue, for the} T were not used to being at rest, as we could 
 
 265 
 
266 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 always keep moving when steam was up.. We were all wishing 
 for a favorable wind. 
 
 We expressed a desire to go ashore if possible, but Brad 
 thought it too far to row, so we gave up the idea. In the morn 
 ing we went on deck, and found the shore only a short distance 
 off, and that we had come to anchor. 
 
 " Any breeze last night. Brad?" I asked. 
 
 " No, but I had the engineer use up all the wood he could get, 
 and we got up steam enough to bring us near the shore, so you 
 can take a run on terra firma this morning if you wish," he an 
 swered. 
 
 " Thank you, we shall be glad to. I thought I heard the en 
 gines working last night," I remarked, " but I sleep so soundty I 
 was not sure." 
 
 After a short time the boats were ordered, and we all being 
 seated, the men pulled leisurely towards the shore. Brad, Jean, 
 Patse} T , and I, carried our rifles in hopes of a chance shot, or to 
 protect ourselves if we met any hostile natives ; several axes 
 were in the boats, as also a tent in a boat that followed us. 
 
 Brad had concluded to let his men gather all the dry wood they 
 could, and take it on board to use in place of coal, till we came 
 to a coaling station. This they could do while we were exam- 
 ing the country. 
 
 The shore we were approaching was only accessible in a few 
 places, owing to the tangled growth of vines and plants. Susie 
 looked with delight upon the profuseness of the vegetable pro 
 ductions of the shores, and remarked the number and variety of 
 insects, many of which she wished to add to her collection, and 
 for which she had come prepared, pins, ether, and all the rest 
 of her paraphernalia. 
 
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 267 
 
 After landing, the men erected the tent, in which were placed 
 eatables for a noon repast. Then, after making things as com 
 fortable as possible, Brad, Jean, and I, set out for a short tramp 
 along the shores, leaving Patsej^ to look after the ladies, and the 
 men engaged in collecting wood and transporting it to the ship , 
 
 Susie had already commenced examining the flowers and plants, 
 and as we passed out of sight she was chasing a brilliant-hued 
 insect, eager to capture and examine it. 
 
 We wandered for some time and made one or two shots, but 
 met with no large game, then wishing to get back to the camp, 
 before the heat of the day became intense, we retraced our steps, 
 and at ten o clock, or a few minutes after, came in sight of the 
 tent. My wife was sitting in the door reading, and Patsey was 
 at work with the men. 
 
 " Where is Susie?" asked Brad. 
 
 " She is near b} T ," answered my wife. 
 
 " Shall 1 call her?" said Jean. 
 
 " She will come back in a few minutes," answered my wife. 
 " She said she was going over there" and nry wife pointed as 
 she spoke to a small clump of undergrowth back of us, to the 
 right, "to get some new species of grass she thought she ob 
 served. You had better lay down in the shade of the tent and 
 rest yourself till dinner-time." 
 
 We stretched ourselves on the ground, and watched the men 
 at their work, and the ship resting so calmly on the water. The 
 drowsy droning of the insects and the heat and quietness, com 
 bined with the fatigue of our walk, overcame us, and one and all 
 must have dropped to sleep. I was aroused by my wife touching 
 me on the arm. 
 
 I opened my eyes with a start. 
 
268 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "You had better get up and see where Susie is," she said, 
 speaking concernedly. 
 
 " Has she not returned?" I asked. 
 
 " No, and I am anxious, for I fear she may have wandered and 
 lost her way." 
 
 I noticed the side of the tent had been raised, and .extended out 
 over us to protect us from the sun, and looking at my watch 
 I saw we had really been asleep, for it was- half-past two 
 o clock. 
 
 Brad and Jean awaking, Jean asked me where I was going. 
 
 " We had better have dinner now," I said, so as not to arouse 
 any fears in his mind about Susie. 
 
 So they arose, and calling Patsey he soon had a lunch spread 
 for us. 
 
 We had hardly commenced eating when Brad again inquired, 
 
 " Where is Susie?" 
 
 " She will probably be here in a minute. Patsey, please call 
 her," said my wife. 
 
 "Yes, ma am." 
 
 Patsey called but she did not come, and Brad asked Patsey if 
 he had seen her. 
 
 " Faith I hevn t, sir, not for some hours, as I hev been a work 
 ing wid the min." 
 
 Still she did not come, and Brad, hastily taking a few mouth- 
 fuls, arose and said, 
 
 " I am going out to look for her." 
 
 " I will go too," I said. 
 
 " And I," said my wife. 
 
 " And I," chimed in Jean. 
 
 44 I m wid yees," said Patsey. 
 
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 269 
 
 Picking up our guns, we went towards the place where my wife 
 said she last saw Susie. 
 
 Brad sent word to the men to await our return, and if Susie 
 came back to discharge three guns successively, as a signal. 
 
 We found where she had broken off flowers and grasses, gath 
 ering them for future study. 
 
 " We must follow these tracks," said Brad, "and hurry too, 
 for we have not much time, as it will soon be dark. If we do 
 not find her before then, she will be exposed to all the dangers 
 and horrors of a night in an African forest, perhaps death from 
 some wild beast." 
 
 We shuddered at the thought and hurriedly pushed along, 
 though it was warm work, for the traces led us over a most cir 
 cuitous and meandering route, as Susie seemed to have straj ed 
 about in the most eccentric manner, attracted probably by some 
 new growth in the flora, or some curious insect. 
 
 Our hearts beating between hope and fear, our heads almost 
 splitting with the heat, we struggled on through dust and vines, 
 and tangle wood. If anything had happened to her how could we 
 excuse our carelessness ? Wiry had she wandered so far ? 
 
 At last we came to a large tree, under which were some broken 
 and clipped flower stems, appearing that she had rested here 
 probably for a few minutes, arranging what she had collected, 
 and had then resumed her rambling. 
 
 We found where she had stopped again and started off once 
 more, and her foot-marks showed she was uncertain which way to 
 go, but probably thought she was retracing her steps back to 
 the tent, for she had not stopped to pick any flowers or to gather 
 grasses. 
 
 We went for some distance, when an exclamation from Jean, 
 
270 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 who was ahead, attracted our attention, and we hastened to him. 
 He pointed out to us, further on, a spot where the grass was pressed 
 down, and flowers were scattered over the ground as if there had 
 been a struggle. Then our worst fears were aroused. Susie had 
 been attacked by some wild beast, perhaps carried off or killed. 
 
 We rushed to the spot. 
 
 No signs of blood, and only a few shreds of her dress, which 
 had caught on the neighboring bushes, showed of any damage 
 done. Patsey discovered prints of feet with long claws, which 
 ran far into the ground. 
 
 All hope w r as now lost, for the imprint of the foot, its size 
 and the length of the claws, convinced us that it was an African 
 lion by whom she had been attacked. We expected as we went 
 further on to witness a heart-rending sight. 
 
 M.y wife was almost inconsolable at the loss of her sister, and 
 implored us to hasten to her rescue. Brad called our attention to 
 a spot where it appeared as if something heav} r had been dragged 
 along, and we followed this trail for some time. 
 
 Jean said the lion was probably dragging her to his lair, and 
 perhaps she had not been hurt as yet, but had fainted, and as 
 long as she made no resistance the lion would not kill her. 
 
 This revived a last hope, and we pushed on with renewed vigor, 
 but ever on the watch for fear we should come suddenly upon the 
 brute. 
 
 " His lair is probably in some cave in the high land we can just 
 discern ahead," said Brad, " so we must approach carefully." 
 
 We all now moved along slowly and cautiously, each one instinc 
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 that every step would bring us face to face to all that remained 
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THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 271 
 
 had run ahead, came to a coppice, and was pushing through when 
 he suddenly came to a halt, and stood motionless ; then he turned 
 and beckoned for us to come, at the same time putting his finger 
 to his lips as a sign for us to do so cautiously. 
 
 We did so, and when we were at his side, he carefully pulled 
 aside the boughs as if they were a curtain. 
 
 What a sight was revealed to our gaze ! 
 
 Had the millennium come ? 
 
 Was this Paradise ? 
 
 Ten feet be} r ond was an open spot covered with thick moss, a 
 kind of grotto formed by an overhanging rock projecting from the 
 hill-side. 
 
 There lay Susie, her left hand at her side, her right hand on her 
 bosom, still grasping a few of the flowers and grasses she had 
 gathered. Her face was upturned, her eyes closed, and her hair 
 having become loosened made a fitting drapery for so beautiful 
 a picture. 
 
 She looked pale, breathed easily and naturally, and we could 
 not discover that she was harmed in the least. 
 
 Beside her, separated from her only by a few inches of ground, 
 lay a monster lion, with heav} T mane and huge head, a fierce and 
 powerful looking beast ; he was as motionless as though carved in 
 stone ; one huge paw was stretched at full length, upon which 
 rested his great head, and the other was drawn up under him ; he 
 took no notice of her or us. 
 
 This King of Beasts looked as peaceful and protecting as a 
 great Newfoundland dog. 
 
 What could it mean ? 
 
 " They are dead ! " cried Jean excitedly. 
 
 " They are not dead, but sleeping," said Brad calmly. 
 
272 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 He stepped boldly forward. 
 
 We called to him to come back, but he did not heed us. 
 
 He carried his rifle in his left hand, and in his right a huge 
 bowie knife, ready at a moment s notice to strike if the lion 
 moved ; but it did riot stir. He reached Susie, and lifted her in 
 his arms, yet the lion showed no signs of life. 
 
 What was the reason ? 
 
 Ah ! the mystery is solved. 
 
 When Brad raised Susie an indescribable odor rilled the air. 
 
 " Ether," said Jean. 
 
 " Yes," said I, " that is the cause of their sleepiness ; in drag 
 ging Susie along, the bottle of ether which she carries with hei 
 for smothering insects, probabl} 7 struck against that stone you see 
 there just at the hind feet of the lion, which broke it or cracked 
 it, saturating her garments with its contents, the fumes over 
 powering both of them, and we find them sweetly sleeping, The 
 Beauty and the Beast." 
 
CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 YOURS IN GRATITUDE. 
 
 AS Brad started to bring Susie to us, she opened her eyes with 
 a half-frightened, askant look, like a child awakened from 
 a horrid dream, peopled with monsters and demons. 
 
 Turning her head, she saw the lion, and it flashed across her 
 mind, in what real peril she had been, and seeing who her de 
 liverer was, looked thankfully up into his face, put her arms 
 around his neck, and nestled her head trustfully on his shoulder ; 
 then she either fainted or fell asleep from the effects of the 
 ether. 
 
 Brad strained her to him, while his broad chest rose and fell 
 under the strength of his emotions, and his eyes filled with grate 
 ful tears. Imprinting an adoring and loving kiss on her fore 
 head, he carefully brought her to us bej^ond the coppice, we not 
 having dared to approach too near this King of Beasts. Brad 
 laid Susie down, and we did all we could to restore her to con 
 sciousness. 
 
 My wife took the bottle of ether from Susie s pocket and found 
 it still half full. Patsey asked for it. 
 
 " Och plaze ma am give it to me. I wants it to make th ould 
 fellow drame of his grantmuthers, an while he s convarsing wid 
 
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274 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 her, I ll pull out his tathes an toe nails, and train him up for a 
 circus." 
 
 He went cautiously towards the lion, held it under his nose. 
 
 The huge brute gave half a dozen kicks, clawed the air, and 
 soon showed by his looks that he might be draining moighty 
 hard," and soon succumbed. Patsey saying that "he would bet 
 considerable that the ould feller died in the belief that a flash from 
 Miss Susie s bright eyes killed him ; " but we would not oblige 
 him, as we thought it would be hard to decide who won. 
 
 We soon succeeded in reviving Susie. She was very thankful 
 for her miraculous escape. 
 
 While we were restoring Susie, Patsey had taken the skin from 
 off the lion, with the neatness and dispatch of an experienced 
 hunter ; it was a beautiful one. 
 
 It was as we supposed. Susie had kept wandering, drawn on 
 by new beauties, until getting turned around she lost her way ; 
 directing her steps towards a point which she thought would at 
 last lead her to the camp, she at one time stooped to pick some 
 flowers, when she espied underneath some small shrubs a lion 
 watching her. She screamed and turned to run, when he sprang 
 upon her, knocking her down ; then he took her up in his jaws 
 and dragged her along towards his den. 
 
 She kept perfectly still, knowing it would only cause more vio 
 lence, and be useless if she resisted. Oh ! how earnestly she 
 prayed for help. After some distance had been passed over, she 
 felt herself overcome by drowsiness, and fell asleep, wondering 
 all the time what was the cause, and knew nothing more till Brad 
 awoke her. 
 
 Brad picked up the flowers which Susie had kept in her hand 
 through it all, and preserved them with the greatest care. 
 
YOURS IN GRATITUDE. 275 
 
 Reaching the camp we proceeded immediately on board, very 
 much exhausted by the hunt and the excitement. 
 
 As we went up the outside gangway steps, to go on board, Brad 
 ahead, assisting Susie, my wife and I heard him say to her, 
 
 ""Darling, how did you come to let me know you loved me? 
 It makes me feel conceited to think you do, for I supposed Jean 
 was the favored one." 
 
 " Oh ! don t ask me, Bradford," replied Susie shyly, looking up 
 into his face, with a half bashful, half pleased expression. 
 Probably I was so thankful that someone came to rescue me ; 
 perhaps if it had been any one else, Jean for example, I might 
 have acted the same. I don t see how you did dare to think it was 
 \ou in particular I was so glad to see," and from the corners of 
 those snapping blue eyes of hers, a mischievous expression dar 
 ted to watch the effect on Brad. 
 
 " I hope I was not mistaken, but if I was I shall be most un 
 happy to give place to anyone else," replied Brad, a tinge of dis 
 appointment in his voice. The honest fellow, he could not bear 
 deception in anything. " But I thought actions spoke louder then 
 words." 
 
 Oh, no ! of course I could not allow you to withdraw now. 
 What would they think?" and she turned away her head, acting 
 as if she were making a great sacrifice. 
 
 That mischievousness, so innate in woman could not help show 
 ing itself ; that wish to test their best friends in the most trying 
 situations, which has caused so many quarrels by being misun 
 derstood, and when so received the perpetrator feels too piqued 
 to explain, and lets it go on till time widens the breach, un 
 less moved by a generous impulse to acknowledge their fault ; 
 then when all is made clear, they look back and see how much 
 
276 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 unnecessary pain they have caused, and how much valuable time 
 they have wasted, or like Susie, their second and better thoughts 
 show them at once the folly of their remarks. 
 
 " But there, Bradford ! " she exclaimed, " I won t try to plague 
 }~ou," now she spoke like her own true self, " in my half con 
 sciousness, either moved by a feeling of gratitude for my miracu 
 lous escape, and having the one of all others come to save me, or 
 having it brought so forcibh T to my mind that life was full of dan 
 gers, and too short for deceptions, and seeing happiness within 
 my reach, I should be foolish not to possess i$. I am glad, more 
 than glad, that I let you see I loved you, for I really and trul} do 
 love you, Bradford." 
 
 The mischievous expression had left her e} r es, and they were 
 filled with a soft, loving look, that is so expressive, beautiful and 
 womanly ; then the noise made by the sailors coming on board, 
 the rattling and creaking of the sheaves in the davits drowned 
 their further conversation, but we saw they were happy, and we 
 too were glad. 
 
 At the foot of the companion stairs, Captain Jacob and John 
 Gagler were awaiting us, to whom we related our day s adven 
 tures, and the dangerous situation Susie had been placed in ; in 
 fact, it formed the subject of conversation until we retired. 
 
 The next forenoon, with steam up, we were fast lessening the 
 distance between us and Europe. We were all on deck, and we 
 were a happy party, although Susie was somewhat unstrung and 
 weak from the shock to her nerves, and looked slightly paler than 
 usual, yet she said she felt nicely, and the happy light in her eyes 
 showed us she was contented. 
 
 Old Captain Cole, who as well as John Gagler had been in 
 formed as to how matters stood between Susie and Brad ; as they 
 
YOURS IN GRATITUDE. 277 
 
 sat together talking about old times, they would every little while 
 look up to watch Susie and Brad as they strolled fore and aft the 
 deck, arm in arm, as lovingly as a pair of turtle doves ; perhaps 
 it was because Susie was so weak yet, that she leaned so heavily 
 on Brad s arm, but who can tell? 
 
 Wife and I were sitting near the rail, she at work upon some 
 kind of delicate embroideiy, and I reading or watching the dis 
 tant shores of receding Africa. Wife too would cast a loving 
 look at Susie, full of joy to see her happj . 
 
 Jean was reading a letter, in which he was deeply absorbed ; 
 he did not seem to be as much affected by the preference shown 
 by Susie for Brad as we expected, but perhaps he found consola 
 tion in his letters, which he seemed to find awaiting him at almost 
 every port we entered, and which we supposed came from his 
 father, until one day a gust of wind blew a couple of pages from 
 his hand ; one of them fell at my feet, and as I stooped to pick it 
 up I could not help seeing the signature, which was in a small, 
 clear hand, yours in gratitude, Millie. 
 
 Susie and Brad stopped as they were walking towards us, and 
 Brad asked, 
 
 " How would you like to visit Paris?" 
 
 " Oh ! ever so much ! " answered my wife. 
 
 " I should be delighted, Brad," said I. 
 
 "Will you stop at Paris, Captain?" questioned Jean. "I 
 wanted to ask you to so much, but I hardly dared." 
 
 " I see you are all anxious to go, and I am pleased to hear it. 
 What do you sa} T , father?" said Brad. 
 
 " Anywhere, Bradford. John and I only care to be with you, 
 so heave ahead, nry lad, we will follow in your wake," answered 
 the old gentleman. 
 
278 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 "Thank you, father," said Brad. "This little girl will not 
 promise to be my wife until we arrive in Boston, but as Paris is 
 the headquarters for bridal outfits, I have persuaded her to go 
 there and select all that is requisite, and as 3*011 are all in favor 
 of it, we will drop anchor in Havre instead of London. There is 
 the dinner-gong, let s go below. Come father, friend John, 
 jean, " 
 
 Brad took his father s arm on one side, and Susie on the other, 
 and the rest of us followed them. It was a pretty picture. Brad 
 guided his father s steps as if he were an infant, although old 
 Captain Jacob was as strong and heart3 T as many a man twenty 
 years 3 T ounger, but Brad s solicitude could not help showing it 
 self. Susie had hold of Captain Jacob s left arm, and her left 
 hand was clasped in his, she would look admiringly up into his face 
 and glance lovingly across to Brad, while old Captain Jacob s face 
 gleamed with jo3 T , as he looked from one to the other, and thanked 
 Heaven that in his old age he had found two such good children 
 had found a true son and a kind daughter. 
 
 During the dinner we talked over our prospective visit to Paris, 
 and congratulated Brad upon the happiness in store for him. 
 
 Having wood enough to last us until reaching a coaling station, 
 we were relieved from all anxiety concerning our speed, which 
 continued at a good rate. 
 
 I am afraid Brad did not care to go leisurely, and I had not 
 much doubt, but what our engineer had standing orders to keep 
 up steam and make the best possible time ; for night and day we 
 bowled along at a livety rate. 
 
CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 SELECTING A TROUSSEAU. 
 
 HAVING stopped at the Cape de Verde Islands to put in a 
 supply of coal and other necessaries we soon arrived at 
 Havre, and from thence here to Paris, putting up at the Hotel 
 Menrice. 
 
 With what wondering eyes Captain Jacob regarded all the 
 bustle, growth, and advance of the civilized world, no one could 
 imagine who did not see him, or who has not been placed in a like 
 position. 
 
 To visit the sights of the city was our first object. Brad 
 seemed a little impatient, and was continually urging Susie .and 
 my wife to purchase, and have made as quickly as possible the 
 trousseau. It was not a great while before the large parlor in 
 the suite was filled with bundles and packages. 
 
 Every day and evening we were asked to admire some new 
 addition to the collection. The ladies were in their glory, but 
 remonstrated with Brad, and at last positively refused to receive 
 any more articles, and said they would return them to the deal 
 ers, and tell them he was cr&zy if he persisted in buying. The 
 great want was the wedding dress, which was not permitted to be 
 seen, 
 
 279 
 
280 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 " Until the grand occasion," said Susie, laughingty, and blush 
 ing a little withal. 
 
 We were conducted by Jean about the city, with which he had 
 once been so familiar. I was not much surprised, after we had 
 seen almost everything of note, at his asking permission to ab 
 sent himself from us for a short time to visit his father. 
 
 On our arriving here he had immediately repaired to the Post 
 Office, and returned with radiant face, so I supposed he had re 
 ceived good news. 
 
 Meanwhile Brad and Susie, with the help of my wife, still kept 
 purchasing little nick-nacks for the coming occasion. Jean re 
 turned, but we could not get him to confess to airvthing. He 
 answered to our inquiries that, "father is in good health, and 
 Millie is still with him, the joy of his old age, and the life of the 
 house, " as his father called her, he said. They wanted me to stay 
 with them, but I had thought of a better plan, and that was the 
 reason I wanted to see father personalty, that is, that he should 
 dispose of his estates and come to America and live with me. 
 
 " Did he agree?" we asked. 
 
 " Offer him, for me, a passage in the Cynthia, that is if he is 
 willing to stop at London on the way," said Brad, " and Millie, 
 too ; don t forget Millie," and Brad looked at Jean somewhat 
 quizzingly. 
 
 "Oh, thank you, Captain! you. are too kind. He would be 
 delighted, and so would I," said Jean. 
 
 "Write to him immediately, Jean," said I, "and have them 
 join us here." 
 
 While here in Paris, Jean and I improved the opportunity and 
 visited the most extensive and popular perfumery establishments, 
 Lubin s, Coudray s, Rimmel s, Violet s, Fiver s and others. The 
 
SELECTING A TROUSSEAJJ. 281 
 
 wonderful variety and immense quantity of perfumes, put up in 
 every conceivable manner, and the beautiful and exquisite toilet 
 articles, which we examined, showed what a centre of luxury, 
 beauty and fashion, is Paris, and what an immense trade this city 
 enjoys from the refined nations of the world. 
 
 Millie Stanley and Mons. Souplesse arrived a few days after 
 Jean wrote to them. Millie was charming, and more womanly 
 than when we first saw her, a regal brunette, all beauty. 
 
 Mons. Souplesse was as nervous and excitable as ever, over 
 flowing with congratulations and good wishes, and delighted with 
 the prospect of a trip to the United States with us. 
 
 We were but awaiting their arrival to end our visit, so the day 
 after, we took the cars for Havre, and reaching in safety the Cyn 
 thia, started for London. 
 
 Brad had apprised his aunt and uncle of the success of his 
 search, and of the time he expected to meet them ; we were not 
 surprised, therefore, when we put in at the wharf to have Brad 
 point them out to us, also two of his cousins, their son and 
 daughter. 
 
 We received a cordial welcome, and old Captain Jacob was 
 overwhelmed with congratulations and looked upon with almost 
 awe as one raised from the dead. Brad and his father entered 
 his uncle s carriage, and the rest of us followed them in a carryall, 
 and after an hour s ride arrived at their residence. 
 
 After dining, to the numerous questions asked Brad, he gave 
 an account of his journeyings since he left them. 
 
 Late in the afternoon he and his father visited his mother s 
 grave, and sought out all the frionds of his father whom 
 they knew were living, which were but few. They came back 
 looking sad and thoughtful, but quickly livened up after a short 
 
282 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 conversation, with Brad s aunt and uncle, who were a ver} r cheer 
 ful couple. 
 
 Mr. Danforth had given up the sea, and settled down to enjoy 
 the rest of his life in cultivating his land and studying upon in 
 ventions, to make the life of poor Jack more enjoyable and safe 
 less like that of a slave. 
 
 Brad would probably have made quite a stay here, but when a 
 man is going to be married he becomes impatient, and time hangs 
 heavily, so we were shortly apprised of the fact that he was ready 
 to start. We were perhaps as anxious to see home and friends 
 once more, as he was to get to America ; with our long voyage 
 and many adventures we were quite fatigued, and quietness and 
 rest we felt would be pleasurable, for a short time at least. 
 
 Having leisure we visited the Lavender Farms at Mitcham, in 
 Surre} T , and at Hitchin, in Herts, where lavender is grown to an 
 enormous extent ; in fact, the above mentioned towns are the 
 principal places of its production, in a commercial point of view. 
 
 The climate of England appears to be better adapted to the per 
 fect development of this fine old perfume, than any other on the 
 globe. 
 
 "The ancients," said Jean, "employed the flowers and the 
 leaves to aromatize their baths, and to give a sweet scent to the 
 water in which they washed." 
 
 "Hence the generic name of the plant, Lavandula" observed 
 Susie, " from lavare, to wash." 
 
 "Very large quantities are also grown in France," said Jean, 
 " producing a very fair quality of otto." 
 
 "Yes," I remarked, "what is called Alpine lavender is very 
 good ; but the fine odor of the British produce, realizes in the 
 market four times the price of that of continental growth." 
 
SELECTING A TROUSSEAU. 283 
 
 u Lavandula vera is a native of Persia, the Canaries, Barbary, 
 and the south of Europe," said Susie. 
 
 "It is said to have been first been brought here to England 
 from the south of Europe," said Jean, " where, finding a conge 
 nial soil and being carefully cultivated, it was found to yield a 
 much superior otto to that produced from it in its original places 
 of growth." 
 
 4 The peculiar qualities of most plants are susceptible of 
 change," said Susie, "and in many instances of improvement, 
 by cultivation, but none, perhaps, more so than this. It is not 
 even in all parts of this country that it can be grown with 
 success." 
 
 " Inferior ottos of lavender are distilled from the stalks, leaves 
 and flowers of the plant," I said, "but the finest is produced 
 from the flowers alone, and is used in making lavender water of 
 the most refreshing fragrance." 
 
CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 
 
 A BOUT a week after being out from London, Brad had gone be- 
 *- low, and Jean and I were walking to and fro on deck, when 
 
 Jean said, 
 
 
 
 " How would you like to accompany me in a search for treas 
 ures, Mr. Montague?" 
 
 " Treasures, Jean ! " I exclaimed, " surely 3 r ou are not serious." 
 
 "Never more so, sir," he answered. " I do not mean gold 
 and silver, though this that I expect to find can be easily turned 
 into gold." 
 
 Have you been studying alchemy lately, going to search for 
 the philosopher s stone ? " I asked. 
 
 "No, sir," he replied, laughing. "But will you agree to go 
 with me ? I have obtained a promise from Captain Cole to steam 
 around to the place, as it is not far out of our course, and assist 
 me in my operations. I think it will be interesting to you also." 
 
 " Certainly, I will help you," I said. "When shall we reach 
 the place?" 
 
 "To-morrow afternoon, sir," he answered. 
 
 I wondered what could have got into Jean s head ; then forgot all 
 about the subject until Jean at dinner reminded me of it. 
 
 284 
 
JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 285 
 
 " Where are we heading, Brad?" I asked. 
 
 " Galway Bay," he answered. 
 
 Coming on deck during the forenoon of the day we anchored 
 off the Arran Islands, I was surprised to see a man standing at 
 the bow, clad in full diving armor. He also had a Rumkorff 
 apparatus to furnish light by electricity while under water, and 
 attached to his helmet was a new kind of conversational tube, so 
 as to be able to talk with those above water, making it less lone 
 some and safer for the diver. He also had a small pickaxe. 
 Going up to the man, he took off his helmet. 
 
 It was Jean. 
 
 " How do 3 ou like my new uniform? " he asked. " I am ready 
 for my search for treasures," and he laughed gleefully. 
 
 The boat was being lowered, and soon was reported ready. 
 We went over the ship s side, and the boat was headed in the di 
 rection indicated by Jean. 
 
 There were two men detailed to assist Jean, and I took the 
 speaking tube and stationed nr^self so as to converse with Jean 
 while he was on the bottom of the sea. Brad was in the cox 
 swain s seat and guided the boat. 
 
 Coming to the spot designated, Jean prepared to descend, and 
 soon disappeared beneath the waves. Shortly after he reached 
 bottom, his voice came through the tube, telling me, 
 
 "Order the boat a little to the north, more in shore. I see 
 what appears to be a long, low hill ; I should like to examine it." 
 
 The boat was moved slowly towards the shore, when an excla 
 mation and signal from Jean caused the men to suddenly cease. 
 
 " It is a large sperm whale," came his voice from below ; " back 
 slowly, he has not seen me as yet ; he is an ugl} T looking fellow, 
 the largest I ever saw, " 
 
286 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 We anxiously watched the signal-line. 
 
 Suddenly came a quick signal to pull up. 
 
 "Be quick! he has seen my light, and is heading for me. I 
 am afraid he is going to attack me." 
 
 The men exerted all their strength ; the rope spun through the 
 water. 
 
 Should we be in time? It was a moment of suspense. 
 
 Just as Jean s head rose above the water, a commotion ensued 
 only a few feet away, and in a second almost before we could 
 pull Jean over the gunwale a monster spermaceti whale broke 
 water, and with, open mouth charged upon us. 
 
 " Pull, my lads ! " cried Brad. " Hearty now ! " 
 
 The boat almost leaped from the water and away we went, but 
 the huge cetacean did not follow far. He blew forth a small 
 water-spout as a vent for his rage, then plunged beneath his ele 
 ment ; we saw him rise again, but a long distance away. 
 
 We were resting on our oars watching this one, when we were 
 surprised by a disturbance behind us ; turning we saw another 
 monster whale heading for us, we barely had time to pull out of 
 the reach of his huge jaws. 
 
 He also soon disappeared in the distance. 
 
 "Guardians to the treasures I seek," said Jean, coolly. "I 
 shall try another descent. The presence of the monsters is one 
 of the best indications I could have." 
 
 This time we went in still nearer the shore. 
 
 Once more the water closed over Jean s head. 
 
 " How does it appear now?" I asked through the tube. 
 
 " All right," answered Jean ; " lower the pickaxe and the bag." 
 
 We did so. 
 
 Had Jean discovered his treasures so quickly? 
 
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JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 287 
 
 For some minutes Jean did not speak, but we felt slight vibra 
 tions of the ropes, as if he was digging. Then came a faint, 
 " Hurrah!" 
 
 " Pull up j our treasures," came the call from below." 
 
 If we felt any excitement at the word treasures " we did not 
 show it, but pulled till the bag appeared above the surface. 
 
 "Examine the contents," said Jean from the deep, like some 
 King of the Sea. 
 
 We took the lump from the bag. It was not heavy, compara 
 tively to its size, and by that I knew it was not gold or sil 
 ver. I could not understand it, and Brad looked at me inquir 
 ingly. 
 
 Why did Jean call it " treasure" I wondered. 
 
 The substance was of a deep graj r externally, and light gray on 
 the edges, darker near the top layers. I broke a small piece off; 
 it seemed to have a waxy fracture with yellow, and a few black 
 streaks within. 
 
 " Could it be?" I asked myself. 
 
 This lump which I held in my hand, whose weight was not less 
 than ten pounds could it be? 
 I smelt of it. Yes, there was no doubt. 
 
 u It is Ambergris, Brad," I exclaimed, excitedly. 
 
 "You may well call it treasure, Jean," I called back to him 
 through the tube. " This piece you have sent up is worth more 
 than three thousand dollars, as the best ambergris 3-011 know is 
 never worth less than twenty dollars per ounce, and you have sent 
 up a lump containing more than one hundred and sixty ounces. 
 You had better come up now." 
 
 1 Not yet," came back the answer. Send down the bag 
 
288 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 " Is there any more left?" I asked in astonishment. 
 
 " Lower and I will convince 3-011, sir," he replied. 
 
 We did so, and soon pulled it up fall to the brim. In a few 
 minutes Jean rose to the surface, and was pulled into the boat to 
 receive our congratulations. 
 
 " For the ship," said Jean, " and I will explain to you as soon 
 as I become rested." 
 
 We had taken off his helmet as soon as he got into the boat ; 
 after awhile he said, 
 
 " You know, sir, for a long time it has puzzed savans to account 
 for the origin of ambergris, and that there have been many vol 
 umes written to explain it, but the question respecting it is still 
 at issue. It is discovered in the stomachs of the most voracious 
 iishes, these animals swallowing at particular times, everything 
 they happen to meet. It has been particularly found in the intes 
 tines of the spermaceti whale, Physeter Macro ceplialus. As we 
 have just seen, there is not a more appalling spectacle than to 
 look down into the capacious maws of these ferocious cetaceans. 
 They are almost all mouth and teeth, and are sometimes seventj -five 
 feet long, their enormous heads occupying one-third of their entire 
 bod} T . Their jaws are supplied with twenty-five large tusks, each 
 weighing as much as two pounds, and are eight inches in length. 
 
 "It is found most commonly in sickly fish, whence it is sup 
 posed to be the cause or effect of disease. It is probably the 
 cause and not the effect. 
 
 " Some suppose it to be a vegetable production of the same 
 nature as 3 T ellow amber, whence it derives its name, grey amber, 
 ambre-gris. 
 
 " It would, however, take a week to tell you all the theories I 
 have read about its production, which could probably be satisfac- 
 
JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 289 
 
 torily explained if our modern appliances were brought to bear 
 upon the subject. The field is open to any scientific enthusiast ; 
 all recent authors who mention it, merely quote facts known a 
 century ago, nay more, for in the sixth voyage of Sinbad the 
 Sailor, he says : 
 
 " Instead of taking niy way to the Persian Gulf, I travelled 
 once more through several provinces of Persia and the Indies, and 
 arrived at a seaport, where I embarked on board a ship, the cap 
 tain of which was resolved on a long vo3 T age. 
 
 " Shortly after they were wrecked, and then describing the place, 
 Sinbad says : 
 
 " Here is also a fountain of pitch and bitumen that runs into 
 the sea, which the fishes swallow, and then vomit it up again, turned 
 into ambergris. " 
 
 "No doubt," remarked Brad, "the writer was wrecked some 
 where on the coast of Pegu, near Rangoon, where there are natu 
 ral petroleum springs to this day." 
 
 "Yes, and it is something to say of science," I said to him, 
 " that in our day beautiful white, wax-like, or true paraffine can 
 dles are made from this Rangoon tar, but which in Sinbad s time, 
 4 was swallowed by fishes, and turned into ambergris. " 
 
 " What is ambergris used for?" asked Brad. 
 
 "As an extract," answered Jean ; " it is used to give perma- 
 nenc} to ver} fleeting scents, as it undergoes slow decomposition 
 and possesses ver} T little volatility ; both musk and ambergris 
 contain a substance which clings pertinaciously to woven fabrics, 
 and not being soluble in weak alkaline lyes, is still found upon 
 the material after passing through the lavatory ordeal. 
 
 " When ambergris is powdered, it is used in the manufacture of 
 cassolettes, little ivory boxes, perforated, which are made to COB- 
 
 19 
 
290 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 tain a paste of odoriferous substances, to carry in the pocket or 
 reticule, also in the making of peau d Espagne, or Spanish skin, 
 used for perfuming writing paper and envelopes." 
 
 "Queen Elizabeth," I said, "had a cloak of this Spanish 
 leather, the value of which may be estimated by stating that 
 pieces of "Peau d Espagne" are sold by Boston Perfumers at 
 sevent3 -five cents the square inch ; even her shoes were per 
 fumed." 
 
 " I can t say that I admire its odor," said Brad, smelling of a 
 piece of the ambergris. 
 
 " Its odor now is of course too powerful," said Jean, " as are most 
 all crude substances, but when prepared correctly it gives entire 
 satisfaction. Its odor then is agreeable, peculiar, diffusive, and 
 ethereal. Its chief constituent is ambreine, which cr3"stallizes on 
 cooling from a saturated solution of ambergris in boiling al 
 cohol." 
 
 k< But how came you to think of diving to the bottom of the 
 ocean to find it?" asked Brad. 
 
 "Well, Captain, I will tell 3*011," said Jean. "Reading and 
 thinking over the many observations on ambergris, I came to the 
 conclusion that it is nothing more nor less than the faeces of the 
 spermaceti whale under certain conditions and food, probably 
 stoppage ; in this conclusion I am upheld 03" maiw others, as 
 Captain Buckland, Homberg, and G. W. Septimus Piesse. 
 
 "It is known that the ambergris whale feeds on cuttle-fish. 
 This creature is armed with a sharp, pointed, curved, black horn, 
 exceedingly hard, tough, and indestructible. On breaking up 
 good specimens of ambergris, I alwa3*s find perfect specimens of 
 this beak, and I remember one large ball of ambergris that Mr. 
 Montague bought of a sea captain, who had taken it out of a 
 
JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 291 
 
 whale, which was completely studded on the outside with cuttle 
 fish beaks. 
 
 "You will notice them in that piece, Captain, if you look 
 closely," and Jean handed Brad a small piece from the bag. 
 "These beaks appear to escape, or to be incapable of digestion, 
 and are thus excreted with the biliary matter. On these facta 
 and suppositions I determined at the first opportunity to visit one 
 of the places noted for its finds of ambergris, and explore. 
 
 " I knew it was found floating on the sea near the coasts of 
 Japan, China, India, and the western coast of Ireland, near the 
 counties of Sligo and Kerry, besides at this place. The other 
 places I did not think so favorable as this. 
 
 " The largest piece I ever heard of, was one weighing one 
 hundred and eighty-two pounds which the East India Company 
 bought of the King of Thydore, and there is also an account of a 
 piece found on the beach near here in the year 1691, which 
 weighed fifty-two ounces, and was bought on the spot for one 
 hundred dollars, but which afterwards was sold in London for 
 more than five hundred dollars. 
 
 "My experiment has proved my conclusion, as well as others, 
 to be true, for that small lot in the bag bears the same relation 
 to the size of the whole deposit as a cask of guano bears to the 
 deposits on the Islands of Chili, and like them has been ac 
 cumulating for centuries. 
 
 " The pieces found floating on the water, or cast up on the 
 beach, are merely lighter portions detached from the masses in 
 different parts of the sea, by some disturbance, either natural or 
 artificial. At the spot I visited there is a perfect mine of it, and 
 wiH furnish the perfumers of the world, and those who admire its 
 odor, with this costly perfume substance for ages to come." 
 
292 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 B} T this time we had reached the ship, and we climbed on 
 board. Jean had obtained enough ambergris to last some time, 
 and taking bearings of the exact spot, he told Brad he had fin 
 ished his explorations. 
 
 After we got aboard, Brad gave orders to bout ship, and heave 
 ahead ; we started for Ban try Bay to stop at Bantry for Patsey, 
 whom we had let off to visit his parents. 
 
 We were not long in the offing before we saw a boat coming 
 towards us, and Patsey in the stern standing up and waving his 
 hat. 
 
 We welcomed him back, for he was not certain that he should 
 return, but would remain in Ireland with his friends. 
 
 " Did you find your folks, Patsey?" I asked, after he had fin 
 ished receiving the congratulations, for he was a great favorite. 
 
 "Faith an I did sir, all but the dead ones; me poor ould 
 muther died a year ago, and me taythur was that glad to see me 
 he couldn t stand at all. Two brothers of mine started for Amer- 
 iky some six months ago, and a sisther who was but a wee bit of 
 a colleen whin I left home, takes care of me ould daddj T ." 
 
 "Have you enjo}~ed yourself, while away, Patsey?" inquired 
 Susie. 
 
 " Oh ! bless yer eyes ma am, I did iver so much," he replied. 
 I wint to a fair a regular tearing Irish fair at Donnybrook, 
 an carried off siveral prizes, an thereby won the admiring glan 
 ces of all the bright oiyed lasses, an the hate of all the fellers ; 
 an I wint around visiting me frinds, an attinded two wakes ; 
 such fun ; och ! my \ how drunk they all were ! " 
 
 " But I hope you did not drink, Patsey?" my wife asked anx 
 iously. " I never saw you the worse for liqu >r, or use tobacco, 
 and I truly hope you did not." 
 
JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 293 
 
 "Do yees think me lower than the bastes, ma am?" he re 
 plied. 
 
 ; Oh, no ! " she answered. " I supposed 3-011 had more sense 
 than they, for it is well known that all animals possess enough 
 not to touch either." . 
 
 " Faith, ma am, an do ye think I could have a stidy oiye, an a 
 clear head, if I used them nasty things?" he replied. 
 
 For once we saw Patsey serious. 
 
 " Whin I mate anyone who uses naythur, I know I have a com- 
 pititor of whom to be afeered ; but when I know he has ayther of 
 those bad habits, I troubles meself but little ; he may go on safely 
 and surely fur a long while but at the rale time for action his 
 brains and ivery thing fails him. Let them idjuts who wish to 
 endulge do so, sure an then for those who do not there is a better 
 chance, th drunkards are soon left bahind. 
 
 " While I live I manes to live, and give all me faculties ivery 
 od vantage. To be sure, I hev not lied the binefits of edycation, 
 but I hev bed the upportunity of cultiveting me body, an I hev 
 brought that almost to parfection ; ivery muscle obeys me will, 
 an is thrue to me, an ivery narve is stead}- an niver fails me ; 
 me health is parfect in any clime, be it hot or could. 
 
 " Do yees think I m crazy anough to un ermine all thase, and 
 live a loife of narvousness, sickness, and misery, to gratife a vile 
 appetate for rum an baccy ? No ! " 
 
 How much better, I thought, would be the condition and hap 
 piness of many others, far better educated, and priding them 
 selves upon having more brains, if they but followed the teachings 
 of this uneducated, but smart and sensible Irish boy. 
 
 Leaving Ban try Bay, we steamed on, night and day, nothing 
 out of the common course of events happening. At every night s 
 
294 A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 close we were glad we were one day s journey less from the old 
 Hub, and home. 
 
 At last we made Cape Cod Light, from which we first took our 
 bearings ; we felt now as if we were really within the influences 
 of home ; familiar landmarks continued to appear until we were 
 surrounded with them, then that feeling of safety and surety of 
 rest and peace came over us, and we felt more than content. It 
 seemed perfectly natural to break forth in song, and the words of 
 that well beloved one, "Home, Sweet Home," were truly sweet 
 to hear, as carolled by such voices as Susie, Millie, and Jean 
 possessed, and under such circumstances ; as by one accord, 
 sailors and all joined in the chorus as if in praise and gladness. 
 As the ship rubbed against the wharf, was secured, and the gang 
 plank laid, we cguld hardly realize we had but to make a step, 
 and we should be in our native city. 
 
 The word " Home " had a new meaning to us, and we felt trulv 
 thankful that we had been protected in our wanderings, and had 
 been so successful in our undertakings. 
 
 Since our arrival, the friend of my boyhood, our Captain, and his 
 bride, together with old Captain Cole and John Gagler, have 
 sailed for old England ; and we are soon expecting another couple 
 will be joined together, our faithful Jean and Millie, for 
 which occasion grand preparations are being made. 
 
 Jean s father is with us, and likes America exceedingly, espe 
 cially as Jean is now as wealthy, and perhaps more so, than any 
 of us, from his Ambergris mine. 
 
 B} the pecuniary aid of Brad, Jean, and nrvself, Patse} r is the 
 owner and manager of one of the largest circuses and menageries 
 in the United States, and is in his element and contented as can 
 be imagined. 
 
JEAN S HIDDEN TREASURES. 
 
 295 
 
 As for my wife and self, we are as settled and sedate as be- 
 come a couple of our age, and happy as we can wish to be, and 
 hope that all the readers of the past pages, may never have cause 
 to feel less joyful than do those who sailed upon the Cynthia, in 
 search of CAPTAIN JACOB COLE. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Absorption, 215 
 
 Acacia, 148 
 
 " Pomade 182 
 Adulterations in ottos, To 
 
 detect 105 
 
 " of otto of roses, To detect 226 
 
 " Musk 174 
 
 Alloxan, 237 
 
 Ambergris, 287 
 
 " Extract of 289 
 
 " Mine, The 294 
 
 Ambreine, 290 
 
 Ambrette Seeds, 63 
 
 Ammonia, 5, 86, 124 
 
 Areca Nut, -154 
 
 Aromatic Vinegar, 242 
 
 Assafcetida, 99 
 
 Avicenna, 225 
 
 Baldness, 49 
 
 Balsam Coast, 78 
 
 " of Mecca, 180 
 
 " " Peru, 77 
 
 " " " Soap, 77 
 
 " " Styrax, 180 
 
 "Tolu, 76 
 
 Banana, 38 
 
 Barber to the King of Persia 238 
 
 Bay Rum, 62 
 
 Beauty, 
 Bears Grease, 
 Behen Tree, 
 Benzoin Gum, 
 Benzoic Acid, 
 Benne Oil, 
 Bergamot, 
 Blush, Sympathetic 
 
 Page. 
 
 60 
 
 49 
 
 63 
 
 181 
 
 98, 58, 55 
 48, 53 
 205 
 237 
 
 Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, 180 
 
 Camalata, 160 
 
 Camellias, 108 
 Camphor, 66, 99, 106 
 
 Cannes, 29 
 
 Cardamon Seeds, 162 
 
 Carmine, 60 
 
 Cassia, 148, 153 
 
 Cassia Buds, 154 
 
 Cassie, 148 
 
 " Pomade, 182 
 
 Cassolettes, 289 
 
 Castor Oil, 53, 48 
 
 " To detect, 105 
 
 Cedar, 32 
 
 Cedarwood, 31 
 
 Cedria, 31 
 
 Censers, 229 
 
 Charcoal in Pastilles, 98 
 
 Chinese Barber, 101 
 
A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Chinese Funerals, 99, 102, 104 
 " Perfumer, 102 
 
 " Perfumery, 99, 102 
 
 Cinnamon, 66, 110, 153 
 
 Citronella, 152 
 
 Civet, 156 
 
 Cloves, 66, 110, 112, 184 
 
 Cochineal, 59 
 
 Coconut Oil, 182 
 
 Colognes, 143 
 
 Composition of odors, To find 86 
 Corsets, 60 
 
 Cotton Seed Oil, 48, 53 
 
 Distillation, 21, 103 
 
 Dressing the Hair, 100, 101 
 
 Duality of odor, 143 
 
 Dye for the Hair, 247 
 
 Egyptian Festival, The 192 
 
 Enfleurage, 215 
 
 Espagne, peau d 290 
 Essential Oils, see otto, 
 
 Eucalypti, 147 
 
 Expression, 146 
 
 Face Powder, 60 
 
 Filtration, 52 
 
 Flower Boats, 97 
 
 Flower Farms of the World, 205 
 Floral Oils, 217 
 
 " Pomades, 216 
 
 Frangipanni, 114 
 
 Frankincense, 69 176, 177, 224 
 
 Garden of Paradise, 232 
 
 Gloves, Perfumed 73, 115 
 
 Golden Rose and the Pope, 72 
 Grasse, 207 
 
 Gulabdan, 229 
 
 Page. 
 
 Gum Benzoin, 77, 181 
 
 11 Olibannm, 162, 176 
 
 " Storax, 180 
 
 Hair, Dressing the 100, 101 
 
 Hair Dye, 236, 247 
 
 " Falling off of the, 48 
 
 Hay, New Mown 42, 77 
 
 Hindoo Barber, The 161 
 
 " Perfumer, 161 
 
 " Toilet Articles, 178 
 
 Hoqua Gardens, 106 
 
 Imponderability of Fragrance 219 
 Incense, 66, 69, 70, 99, 163 
 
 Japanese Perfumery, 99 
 
 Jasmin, 219, 107 
 
 " Chas. Dickens on the 219 
 Jockey Club, 77 
 
 Joss Sticks, 98 
 
 Kama, The God of Love, 160 
 Kus Kus, 161 
 
 Laboratory, 13 
 
 Lavander Farms, 282 
 
 Legend of Beautiful Tonka, 43 
 
 Lemon, 204 
 
 " To purify otto of 205 
 
 Lemongrass, 152 
 
 Linaloe, 148 
 
 Mace, 112 
 
 Maceration, 182 
 Magic Perfumer, 129, 200, 230 
 
 Magnolia, 35 
 
 Mecca, Balsam of 180 
 
 Michelia Champaca, 160 
 
 Mignonette, 206 
 
 Mills, Oil 52 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 M. Millons Invention, 218 
 
 Mirbane, 65 
 
 Moth, mould and decay prevent 
 ed by perfumes, 32 
 Mouth Washes. 32 
 Musk, 99, 102, 161, 163, 233 
 " Adulterations of 174 
 44 Deer The, 169, 164 
 44 Deer Hunting, 171 
 " Snaring, 166 
 44 Empress Josephine, 176 
 Grub, The 168 
 44 Seed and Tree 65, 63 
 
 New Mown Hay, 42, 77 
 
 Neroli, petale 143 
 
 " bigarde, 143 
 
 ,, origin of the term 143 
 
 Nice, 205 
 
 Night Blooming Cereus, 39 
 
 Nutmegs, 66, 109, 112 
 
 Oiling the Hair, 48 
 Oils, essential, see ottos 
 
 Ointment, Precious 71 
 Olfactory Nerve, Tutoring . 242 
 
 Olibanum, 176, 224 
 
 Olive Oil, 207 
 
 Opium, 182 
 
 Orange Blossoms, 144 
 
 Orano-e Flower Water, 145 
 
 Orangery, The 142 
 
 Origin of Perfumer} , 66 
 
 Oriental Cosmetics, 236 
 
 Otto, of Almonds, 55 
 
 Bay, 62, 64 
 
 44 Bergamot, 205 
 
 44 Cassia, 153 
 
 Page. 
 
 Otto of Cedar, 33 
 
 " Cinnamon, 153 
 
 " Citronella, 152 
 
 " Cloves, 66,110,112,184 
 44 Eucalyptus, 147 
 
 44 Geranium, 156, 243 
 44 Jasmine, 220 
 
 44 Kus Kus, 161 
 
 44 Lavander, 283 
 
 204 
 152 
 
 44 Linaloe, 148 
 
 44 Mace, 112 
 
 44 Mirbane, 65 
 
 Neroli, 143 
 
 113 
 162 
 20 
 145 
 
 44 Portugal, 146 
 
 44 Rhodium, 156 
 
 Rose, 55, 223, 226 
 44 Rosewood, 155 
 
 44 Sandal,99, 103, 160,163 
 44 Sassafras, 48 
 
 44 Verbena, 152 
 
 44 Vetiver, 161 
 
 44 Violets, 206 
 
 44 YlangYlang, 102 
 Otto is the odorous principle, 
 
 and not an Oil. 
 
 Ozone, 200 
 
 Pastilles, 98, 237 
 
 Patchouly, 162, 177 
 
 44 Origin of its use. 162 
 Peanut Oil, 48 
 
 Peau cT Espagne, 290 
 
 Peppermint, 20 
 
 Lemon, 
 44 Lemongrass, 
 
 Nutmeg, 
 44 Patchouly, 
 
 Peppermint, 
 44 Pettigrain, 
 
A ROMANCE OF PERFUME LANDS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Perfumatory, The 182 
 
 Perfumes, prophylactic and 
 
 antiseptic 32 
 
 Perfumer vEstablishments280 , 2 1 5 
 Perfumery, Histoy of 66, 159,224 
 Pettigrain, 144 
 
 Pneumatic Apparatus, 218 
 
 Percolation, 185 
 
 Perfumer s Art, The 238 
 
 Per fumus, 230 
 
 Perfumes, 295 
 
 Peru, Balsam of 77 
 
 Pomades 183, 215 
 
 " Purifying 215 
 
 Powders, Sachet 31, 46, 65 
 
 Powders, Tooth 42, 155, 180 
 Precious Ointment, The 71 
 
 Queen of Flowers, The 
 
 222 
 
 Reseda, 207 
 
 Rhodium, 156 
 
 Rondeletia, 103 
 
 Rose, The 226, 238 
 
 Rose Geranium, 104, 156, 243 
 
 Rose Gardens, The 223 
 
 Roses, 223, 226, 238, 239, 247 
 
 44 Tea, 239 
 
 " Tube, 207 
 
 " White, 239 
 
 44 Yellow, 239 
 
 44 Water, 223, 227, 229, 239 
 
 44 Wine, 240 
 
 Rosewood, 155 
 
 Rouge, 60 
 
 Sachet Powders, 31, 46, 65 
 
 Sandalwood, 99,103,105,160,163 
 
 Sassafras, 48 
 Sensitiveness of the 
 
 olfactories, 242 
 
 Sepulchral Vases, 193 
 
 Schnouda, 237 
 
 Spice Islands, 109 
 
 Sponges, 40 
 
 Stills, 21, 103 
 
 Tight Lacing, 60 
 
 Tonka Beans, 42 
 
 44 Legend of Beautiful 43 
 
 Toilet Vinegar, 242 
 
 Tolu, Balsam of 76 
 
 Tooth Powders, 42, 154, 180 
 
 Tuberose, 207 
 
 Turkish Baths, 234 
 
 44 Hair Dye, 236,247 
 
 44 Perfume Bazaar, 247 
 
 Tutoring the Olfactory Nerve, 242 
 
 United States a grand field 
 for the production of flowers, 
 and perfumery products, 146 
 
 Vanilla, 57 
 
 Verbena, 152 
 
 Vernal Grass, 42 
 
 Vetiver, 161 
 
 Vinegar, Toilet 242 
 
 Violets, 148, 206, 241 
 
 Volatility of Perfumes, 175 
 
 White Rose, 239 
 
 Yasnryn, 
 Ylang Ylang, 
 
 220 
 102, 105, 108 
 
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 Cambridge, and has been pronounced to be superior to any other prepa 
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 ALSO, BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER, 
 
 AN EMOLLIENT FOR SOFTENING THE HAIR, 
 
 Which may be used to great advantage in connection with 
 FLEMING S TONIC. 
 
 PRICE PER BOX, 25 CENTS. 
 
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