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Mr. EDITon-l was surprised and
shockcsty the tenor of an article in YOUR
last which Strikes n blow at the time hon.


ored and praiscworthy custom of greeting
ones friends with cordial shake Of the
hands. | have no desire 10 discover the
writer; he signs himself "No Shakes"
and the signature is well chosen for a
man who can.thes wantonIy attack one of
the bulwar.s of SYSbrcodng, and abuse
his best frsniS Or the very cordiality of
their greeting, is certainly "No Great
Shakes" The GROSS attack would be be-
meath notice, did not its appearance in
the genilemanIy Polynesian" cntille it
to a consideration to which it could not
lay claim by its own merits ] look upon
the custom of shaking hands as one of our
dearest privileges, and one of those hab-
its which distinguish us from the brute
creation. Man is, cmphaticaly, "hnnd
shaking animal, and tie only one. 1t
may be adduced with some show of pau-
sibiity it is true, that he is the only ami
NAL tina, has I'aIsl ;o sIa ke or to be sha-
ken, but Still. 1T isa cb3r;ycrisic of our
race, and as such. tha cusi~n should be