And now I will take up Mr.North's parable about the horses, and apply it justly.

Let hay and grass be exceedingly scarce, and I had rather take my chance with an owner and be a horse, in a stable, and at work, than a horse roaming in search of food, chased away everywhere.

The comparison is between horse and horse, and man and man." "You make me think," said Mrs.North, "of an interesting passage in a late magazine, written by a lady.

She was on a voyage to Cuba.

She arrived at Nassau.