"Who is that walking up and down the drawingroom, Evans?"

Captain Ellice was also celebrated for his garden, which was a remarkably fine one; for his flagstaff, which was a remarkably tall and magnificent one; and for his telescope, which constantly protruded from his drawingroom window, and pointed in the direction of the sea.

[Illustration: THE DRAWINGROOM.]

Sit down in the drawingroom and rest yourself, while I hurry forth with the welcome news.

From the beauty of their plumage, the great docility of their manners, and the singular faculty they possess of imitating the human voice, they are general favourites, both in the drawingroom of the wealthy and the cottage of humble life.