34 ''MOLLY'S'' CHRISTMAS CARD.

pudding on that day to be one of the religious ceremonies of the British nation, to which he was exceedingly anxious to conform. He was a perfect specimen of the genus heathen, trained on the lines of Exeter Hall. He had brought with him, all the way from Edinburgh, a magnificent Christmas card, a veritable cJief-d' ceuvre of De la Rue's. Intent on presenting my brother with this work of art, he entered his tent about midnight on Christmas night, waking him out of a sound sleep.

I fear his kind intention was not appreciated ; as, being only half awake, my brother was not able to take in what it all meant, and greeted him with language that would be any thing but approved of by Exeter Hall. Poor Mahoom retired very much crestfallen ; but, the amende honorable being made the next day, he was happy again. Mahoom was very much given to collecting wild-flowers ; and wearing a huge straw hat minus part of the brim, and clad in what we imagined to be a complete suit of his late mistress's underclothing, which he wore with a cord round his waist, he presented a well-dressed and decidedly original appearance, as he wandered about intent on his botanical pursuits. In consequence of the eccentricity of his attire, he received the soubriquet of ''Molly."