SKETCHES FOUND UPON BROWN.

   THEY ARE BROUGHT BEFORE THE GOVERNOR. THAT IS HE SEATED AT THE TABLE, THE SOLDIERS SHOWING HIM THE LIBELLOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CROATS FOUND IN BROWN’S PORTFOLIO. THE LATTER EXPECTS TO BE ORDERED FOR INSTANT EXECUTION; BUT JONES ASSUMES AN AIR OF GREAT DIGNITY, AND SAYS,

    “Civis Romanus sum.”

   THE GOVERNOR, FIELD-MARSHAL LIEUTENANT COUNT BROWN, OF THE IMPERIAL SERVICE, DISCOVERS IN HIS PRISONER A NEAR RELATION OF HIS OWN; AND OUR FRIEND IS INSTANTLY LOCKED IN THE EMBRACE OF THAT DISTINGUISHED WARRIOR. JONES REMARKED “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL;” AND ROBINSON, GREATLY RELIEVED, BROKE OUT WITH:—

    “THUS MAY EACH” NEPHEW “WHOM CHANCE DIRECTS,

    FIND AN” UNCLE “WHEN HE LEAST EXPECTS.”

     VENICE.

   EXAMINATION OF PASSPORTS.

   HOTEL.

   MODERN VENETIAN TROUBADOURS.

   AN EVENING SCENE BEFORE THE CAFÉ

    FLORAIN

   , PIAZZA SAN MARCO.

   BROWN AT THIS PERIOD UNDERTOOK, AT THE URGENT REQUEST OF JONES AND ROBINSON, TO SETTLE THE ACCOUNTS OF THE PARTY, WHICH HAD BECOME COMPLICATED OWING TO THAT PERPLEXING “MEDIUM,” TO THOSE UNUSED TO IT, THE AUSTRIAN PAPER MONEY.

   THIS IS A FAITHFUL PICTURE OF THE UNFORTUNATE MAN AS HE SAT, IN THE SOLITUDE OF HIS CHAMBER, UNTIL A LATE HOUR OF THE NIGHT, DRAWING UP THE “FINANCIAL” STATEMENT.

   ROBINSON (

    solo

   ). —“I STOOD IN VENICE,” ETC.; JONES AND BROWN, HAVING HEARD SOMETHING LIKE IT BEFORE, 

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