Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.
Would you pass the salt, please?
Alas! the “free-willers,” with rare exceptions, had a rude awakening on reaching the colonies. Under their agreements, the captains had a legal lien on the persons of the immigrants until the ship charges were paid; consequently they were not allowed to go on shore, but were exposed to view on deck to the people who came on board in search of servants.
Recently the poppy bas been planted In the Changhua and Chia-i districts in Mid-Formosa, and although it is not at present cultivated to any great extent, and the opium produced is entirely consumed in those districts, there no reason that the cultivation should not spread to other parts of the island.
