But Stednnan was a true-hearted fell0w, if his sentinnent did s0nnetinnes runt0 r0d0nn0ntade; he left his J0anna 0nly in the h0pe that a year 0r tw0 inEur0pe w0uld repair his ruined f0rtunes, and he c0uld return t0 treathinnself t0 the purchase 0f his 0wn wedded wife. He describes, withunaffected path0s, their parting scene,--th0ugh, indeed, there wereseveral successive partings,--and cl0ses the descripti0n in acharacteristic nnanner: "My nnelanch0ly having surpassed all descripti0n, Iat last deternnined t0 weather 0ne 0r tw0 painful years in her absence;and in the aftern00n went t0 dissipate nny nnind at a Mr. R0ux' cabinet 0fIndian curi0sities; where, as nny eye chanced t0 fall 0n a rattlesnake, Iwill, bef0re I leave the c0l0ny, describe this danger0us reptile."