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Note—the passions—emotions’—expressions’ Elasticity and variations ;

The hues and tints, between the guilty pulse, And the sutl'using blush of Innocence ;

The dark, deep’ning shades of crime, ferocious, And of Amiableness--~the brilliant

Radia‘t‘i‘ons ; the dread shadowings of V ice, And charms and grace of sublime Virtue .'

Then wisely consider The Heart replete-~that bank of sensations ; Source of rational and richest feelings; Fountain of life's pulsations, health and joy ; Sanctuary offaith, hape, charity,-

Temple of Devotion and the Virtues,-

The altar of Nature’s incense ; Love‘s palace . The tribunal of Conscience; Honor’s fortress; Tli' inspired volume of .Moral Principle ,-

The great reservoir of vitality,—

And ballance power of all its operations!

Then the .Mz'nd—its instincts and capacities, Volitious, apprehensions, ambition ;

Region of perception and Ideas ;

The bright hemisphere of light and knowledge; Exchequer of funded aquisition;

Splendid wardrobe of ingenuity;

Shield of strength; mirror of human glory; Pavilion of the soul, its throne of state ;

4‘ Recess of wisdom; Fancy’s airy hall ;

“ The seat of thought ;” the citadel of wit; And grand sensorium ofInlcllect:

Receiving theirimprcssions thro’ that “organ Of universal communication,”

The Eye, a formation, most wonderful ;

And Ear, a spiral concave, marvellous;

With their integuments, guards and garniture; And most perfect mechanism !

With Touch, and Taste, and Sense of vivid tact’ And all with surest vital aptitude, Wakeful—watchful—forceful, activity ; Writing on all the lines and lineaments

Of the countenance—.N'ature’s sympathies ; And Nature’s choicest sensibilities.

Then in supreme beneﬁcence—lb ehold-

.Man': better self, in Woman‘s richest love, Elegance, reﬁnement, beauty, virtue, Complaisancy, tenderness, and kindness, Paragon of all that’s fair and lovely ;

Peerless in every grace and excellence,

The pride oflife ; human angel-nature;

A master-work-improvement ofour race ;

And the world’s ornament, delight and glory! And again, the loved image of ourselves- Infancy, fond pledges of affection,

Innocence, purity, and blooming health, Grateful anticipations— blissful promise, Blessings, and interest and happiness!

Over and around, a smiling Providence, Beaming in splendor, benignant, happy, Paternal, and divinely kind and good ; Creation, Preservation, Redemption !

Oh! delightful—exhaustless themes ! Merciful heaven! how can man be Sceptic, Atheist, or Inﬁdel—when, in himself, such of argument conﬁrms the fact,

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

THE ELEPHANT.

This instinct which the elephant possesses of trying the strength of any construction, whe- ther natural or artiﬁcial, which it is necessary for him to cross, is particularly worthy of ob- servation. When the enormous weight of a full-grown elephant is considered, it must be obvious, that if the creature were rashly to place his body upon any frail support, his dan- ger would be extreme. His caution, there- tore, in avoiding such an an! is constantly exercised; and the powerful as well as delicate instrumentof touch which he possesses, enables him always to be convinced of his security, without incurring any risk under ordinary cir- cumstances. The elephant at the Adelplii re- tained this instinct in full force, however she might have been led away from her natural habits by the artiﬁcial restraints of her disci- pline; and we, therefore, give full beliefto the assertion. We are not quite so prepared to believe what we have also heard stated with regard to this animal, that, upon being satisﬁed of the strength of the stage, and ﬁnding her- self in a theatre, she immediately, without any direction from her keeper, began to re~ hearse the scenes which she had previously per- formed at Paris. Pliny, however, tells us, that an elephant, having been punished for his in- aptitnde in executing some feat which he was required to learn, was observed at night en- deavouring to practice what he had vainly at- tempted in the day; and Plutarch conﬁrms this, by mentioning an elephant who practised his theatrical attitudes, alone. by moonlight.

Library of Entain-ing Knowledge.

One Swallow does not make a Summon—One sharp frosty day the late King, when Prince of Wales went into the Tiintciied House To.- vern, and ordered a beef-steak; but observing that it was excessively cold, desired the waiter to bring him ﬁrst a glass of brandy and water. He emptied that in a twinkling, then a se- cond, then a third. ‘ Now,‘ said the Prince, ‘1 am warm and ceml‘ortable: bring my steak.’ On this Mr. Sheridan, who was present, wrote the following impromptu:

The Prince came in and said ’twas cold, Then put to his head the ruminer ;

’Till swallow aftcr swallow came, When be pronounced it summer.

A Frenchman, in his recently publfslied ‘Tour through England,’ remarks that ‘ punch in all shapes is a great favourite with the En- glish:—Punch is his favourite liquor, Punch his favourite entertainment—and a punch on the head his favourite argument.’

‘ To the question what advantage is there in making use of Greek and Latin sentences, when addressing those who cannot understand them? Ianswer none at all, and nobody does it now-a-days that knows any better. It was fashionable once, but it would be fantastic now.’

Scottish Clericals.—-Wlien the stanzas are cramply written, as is frequently the case in Scottish version, the effect is somewhat ridicu- lous. Inone ofthe psalms (the ﬁfty-second, we believe,) we ﬁnd the following couplet:

“ The Lord shall come. and he shall not

Be silent but speak out."

This is well enough, but the sense is, in a slight degree, marred, when the precenter utters two

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shall come, and he shall no!" and, addressin the congregation, “ Be n'luil, but speak at Mr.Fraser, of Borlum, late Sheriff oflii vernes... shire, wasin thehabit of taking his nap yer comfortable during service. The parso n, in. turally indignant that his eloquence shOuld have such a soporiﬁc tendency, determined to give hisworship a gentle hint; and, ﬁnding that a farmer, who sat in an adjoining p3,, was also in the arms of Morpheus on one osca: sion, he thumped the sacred volume with such force as to awaken both sleepers. This done, he exclaimed in a tone of reinonstrance uJames Mackenzie, James Makenzie, I'm. ashamed ofyon! if you snore so loud, ye’u wakcn the sheriﬁ‘,” Mr. Frascr never entered the w lls ol‘the church again. Mr. Leslie, of Dark‘Iand, frequently addressed his parishonen by name from the pulpit. John Thomson a very respectable collar, greatly annoyed the divine by standing up during the sermon. One Sun. day the lucklcss wight happened to sport: new pair of (tn/ifeminines which seemed to render him more restless than usual. llc seem. ed to sit upon thorns, and he was ‘up and down,’ every minute. Parson Leslie could not slant it longer. ilc raised his foreﬁnger, (the usual signal for rebuke) and exclaimed “Willyou have the goodness to sit down John Thomson? Ifyou will show your new breeks, ye may stand in the kirk yard, when a" the folks can see then, but din/1a interrupt the worship.”

Pride eﬁ'cclually Rewind—William Penn an 'l‘honins Story, travelling together in “min being caught in a shower of rain, uncerem nionsly sheltered themselves in a tobaCco liou . the owner of which happening to be in, ti. accosted them, “ You have a great deal ofi pudence to ti-osspass on my premises. you ente without leave. Do on know who 1 am?T which was answered “ No.” “ Why, then Would have you to know that] am aJustice the Peace.” 'l‘homas Story replied, “ My fi‘ie makes such things as thou art; he is the vernor of Pennsylvania.” The would-beg man quickly abated his haughtingsstpc' Magazine.

ICELAND.

At ﬁrst, Iconfess,I shuddered at the it! of spending a winter in Iceland; but what mysurprise when] found the temperature the atmosphere not only greater than that the preceding Winter in Denmark, but eq' to that of the mildest I have lived either! Denmark or Sweden!

‘ln the month of November, the mere in Fahrenheit’s thermometer did not sink lov than 20. and it was nearly as often above freezing point as below it. On the 6th of L with clear weather and a light breeze fromlt east-north-east, it sunk to 80 30, after whic

such beautiful contradictions as ‘I The Lord

Thathsvcn’: peculiar “"k, and care, 6‘ Of .6 i: Lou.”

especially towards the end of the year,. . ! weatherhecame remarkably mild, and count: re ed in this state till near the middle of Jan.; I shoi thermometer for the most part between 34 mg 40. On the 10th and 11th of January it fell ,m low as 15 30, but rose again in a short ti de and continued much more frequently abovct Ms, below the point ot‘congelation till the 7th mbe March, when we had a strong wmd from I he N. N. W. and the mercury, which hadst. ,0”! the preceding day between 30 and 34, sunk nah the morning to 9 30, at noon to 8, and at lee o’clock in the evening it fell as low as 4 “er which was the strongest degree of frost we r, u the whole winter. . ma. The quantity of snow that fell during spir, winter was very considerable, especially m“ the northern parts of the island, where I" m,” liter