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loss no longer, and determined to institute a strict search on the 

 instant. 



But before the search began, in came the pretty little roly-poly 

 Sydneys and Murrays, brats from seven downwards, with their 

 whole train of nurses, and nursery-maids, and nursery-governesses, 

 by invitation, to eat strawberries ; and the strawberries were lock- 

 ed up in a cupboard, the key of which was in the unopenable 

 drawer ! And good farmer Brookes, he too called, sent by his 

 honour for a bottle of Hollands the right Schiedam ; and the 

 Schiedam was in the cellar ; and the key of the cellar was in the 

 Bramah-locked drawer. And the worthy farmer, who behaved 

 charmingly fora man deprived of his gin, was fain to be content 

 with excuses, like a voter after an election ; and the poor children 

 were compelled to put up with promises, like a voter before one ; 

 to be sure, they had a few pinks and roses to sweeten their disap- 

 pointment ; but the strawberries were as uncomeatable as the 

 Schiedam. 



To be concluded in our next. 



QUERIES IN CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY. 



MR. EDITOR, 



I read the article entitled 



" Remarks on the value of Chemistry," which appear- 

 ed in your last number, with mingled feelings, for while 

 I experienced sorrow that so young and ardent an enquir- 

 er into the philosophy of nature should be, in an instant, 

 shut out for ever from the contemplation of her 

 most beautiful designs I also felt a counterbalancing 

 pleasure to think that he bore so incalculable a loss 

 with resignation and equanimity. 



As I am not a Chemist, it will not excite surprise in 

 you if I say that I was somewhat astonished at the 

 passages in his paper which state that sawdust is con- 

 vertible into bread, and linen rags into sugar now I 

 am sure that many of your readers, besides myself would 

 be much pleased to know in what manner a mutation, 

 apparently so singular, -is affected, I hope therefore that 

 the writer of the paper alluded to or some other of your 

 correspondents who understands the subject will give 

 a familiar account of the process, you, Mr. Editor, 



