A description of the picture from which the annexed engraving is taken, has been given in the following terms: The dress of the man, in the latter of those pictures, "consists of a white frock, open at the bosom, and reach"ing almost down to his knees, and is confined round "his waist by a girdle made of rushes, in which is hung "a knife. He has trowsers the same colour as his frock, "the bottom of which are fastened round his ancles by "the straps of his sandals: he is standing, supported by "a stick in his right hand, and his knees rather bent: " in his left hand is a bundle of Indian corn, which he "is presenting to his wife. What hair he has, and his "beard, is a light grey; his eyes are quick, clear, and "penetrating: in his whole deportment there is rather "the appearance of a general decline of nature, but by "no means those traces of old age which so strongly "mark his wife. He is near an old ruin, and in the "back-ground is a small fire kindled with dried sticks. "His wife is sitting on a fragment of the ruin; on her "head is a kind of coloured cap; and her gown or "mantle, which reaches down to her feet, is coloured "likewise. She stoops very much; her right elbow rests "on ber knee, and her hand is rather extended, to receive "the corn from her husband, on which, however, she is "by no means intent, as the attention of them both ap"pear to be occupied by some other object: her left hand crosses her right arm near the elbow, both of which "are uncovered, as are also her feet, which, with her "face, are very much wrinkled; and her neck, and bo"som particularly, discover the ruinous effects of time: "in short, in her whole figure, there is the appearance "of the extremity of old age. Near her feet, is a very "handsome tortoise-shell cat sitting on the ground, who "also appears very old. She is on the left, and her hus"band on the right-hand side of the picture.", 8. PETRATSCH ZORTAN, or CZARTAN, aged 185. In a Dutch Dictionary, entitled "Het algemeen Histo"rich Woonderbok," &c. there is an account given of this ancient personage, of which the following is a translation: "Czartan, (Petratsch), was born in 1537, at Kofrock, a village four miles from Temeswaer, in Hungary, << where he had lived 180 years. When the Turks took "Temeswaer from the Christians, he kept his father's "cattle. A few days before his death, he walked, with "the assistance of a stick, to the post-house of Kofrock, "to ask charity of the travellers. He had but little sight, and his hair and beard were of a greenish white colour, "like mouldy bread; and few of his teeth remained. "His son, 97 years of age, was born of his father's third "wife. Being a Greek by religion, the old man was a "strict observer of fasts, and never used any food but "milk and cakes, called by the Hungarians kollatschen, "together with a good glass of brandy. He had de "scendants in the fifth generation, with whom he some "times sported, carrying them in his arms. He died in 1724. Count Wallis had a portrait taken of this old 66 man, when he fell in with him previous to his death. The Dutch Envoy then at Vienna, transmitted this "account to the States-General." Translation of the Inscription on the Picture of Peter Zortan, or Czartan, an Engraving of which is annexed. "Petratsch Zortan, a peasant at a village called Keve"retch, in the Banet of Temeswaer, in the 185th year "of his age: he died the 5th day of January, 1723-4. "His youngest son is alive, in the 97th of his age.' The following description will give the reader some idea of the picture of Peter Zortan: "He is dressed in a white frock, reaching down to his "knees, and a pair of white trowsers tucked up at the "ancles round his waist is a girdle made of rushes: he "has two front teeth remaining in his under jaw; he is "sitting on part of a ruin, in a very dark shade; he rests "his right hand on his seat, and with his left holds the "end of his frock, as if something was contained in his "lap: his stick leans against his right knee: his left foot "(the sole of which is rather turned up) crosses his right; "and this part particularly, with his fingers, and the folding of his frock at the bosom, is executed with "exquisite taste and judgment; his hair, of which he "has very little, with his beard, is grey. He is boiling "a pot resembling an urn, by a small fire near his feet; "but he appears as if necessity obliged, rather than if |