Like some rich men Mr not un frequently travels in shabby looking gar ments. Arrayed in such he on one occa sion bought 500 head of cvttle. As the purchaser looked somewhat seedy and needy, the vendor refused to take any thing but gold. The squatter jumped on his horse and rode to Brisbane, and had the gold sent up by dray, securely locked in an iron safe.
“ Now, I will have my revenge for the trouble you have put ms too," said Mr and ordered the drayman to take back the safe to Brisbane. “I will tell every one down the road that you have get so much gold, and have no safe and no secure place in which to keep it." We are now within sight of the island of spices, palm trees, and balmy breezes, and in another hour our steamer will be riding at anchor in the open harbour of Colombo. We had over two days to spend at this tropical port, and we re

solved to see something of Ceylon, its inhabitants, customs, forests, and tea plantations.
FOUNTAINS IN PLAY.
