alive,-when, before we have had time to give one object the slightest attention, another comes in to claim the preference, we feel disposed to throw ourselves under the shade, suspend our inquiry, and devote the whole of our time to admiration. And the summer is so transcendently rich in being and action, that if it were to come upon us all at once, it would be almost too much for the mind. It comes, as we have said, more rapidly in those regions where the winter holds its dominion for the greater part of the year; and those who have noted the conduct of the people there, have seen that the breasts of men are thawed and warmed as well as the fields and the flowers: that the peasantry of Lapland sing in chorus with the birds; and that when the Esquemaux quit their habitations of ice, and their messes of seal's fat, and betake themselves to the cranberry swamps, and pine forests, there they feel a blithness and hold a jubilee. And amid all the arts, the elegances, the information, of the most polished and happy artificial life, there is a feeling of restraint when the summer comes, a wish to leave those inanimate fabrications of man, which, however curious or costly they may be, the same energies that are giving life and growth to the whole rural world, are mouldering and consuming. That which is a fact with the rest of living nature, may always be in some manner found as a feeling with man; he wishes to hybernate in the cold months, but to have" free range" when they are gone; but fashion stifles the voice of nature, and rules that the first day for partridge shooting should also be the first of the summer.—British Naturalist. During no portion of the day can the general opera tions of nature be more satisfactorily observed than in the early morning. Rosy June-the very thought of an early summer's morning in the country, like enchantment, gives action to the current of our blood, and seems to breathe through our veins a stream of health and enjoyment! All things appear fresh and unsoiled; the little birds, animated and gratulous, are frisking about the sprays; others proceeding to their morning's meal, or occupied in the callings of their nature, give utterance by every variety of voice to the pleasures that they feel; the world has not yet called us, and with faculties unworn, we unite with them, partake of this general hilarity and joy, feel disposed to be happy, and enjoy the blessings around us: the very air itself, as yet uninhaled by any, circulates about us replete with vitality, conveying more than its usual portion of sustenance and health," and man goeth forth unto his labour." Nightfeeding creatures, feeling the freshness of light, and the coming day, are all upon the move, retiring from danger and observation; and we can note them now unhidden in their lairs, unconcealed beneath the foliage in the hedge the very vegetation, bathing in dew and moisture, full fed, partakes of this early morning joy and health, and every creeping thing is refreshed and satisfied. As day advances, it changes all; and of these happy beings of the early hour, part are away, and we must seek them; others are oppressed, silent, listless; the vegetable, no no longer lucid with dew, and despoiled of all the little gems that glittered from every serrature of its leaf, seems pensive at the loss. When blessed with health, having peace, innocence, and content, as inmates of the mind, perhaps the most enjoyable hours of life may be 4. und in an early summer's mom) b. -turalist. The gardens are now ries w ifal of lowers, the rieties. Add to these Canterbury hells, the written they swet-pea, the the pasta fam. The Day harvest now for the union of both law of trupul then the greater bustio of a 3 fowers before the grass 1.74. of the road afterwards, the de, as mede hay, and the cheerfulness Bork, gives it an inexpressibl ero", often a person of eat anxi is wet. Occasional stoTP. but often spoil the hey at moned Silect, and trembling, T A sndger flash the woe i cash is heard; |