LITERARY NOTICES. 



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castles or churches, abruptly rising above them. The second distance is 

 formed by a succession of graceful hills, whose sloping sides are clad with 

 beautiful verdure, having many breaks and intervals, exhibiting between the 

 luxuriant and peaceful plains of Italy : beyond, from east to west, the Alps 

 form a magnificent amphitheatre, their majestic ridges towering in wild subli- 

 mity, precisely at that distance which softens their too rugged character, and 

 blend their varied outline in the rich mellow tints of the evening sky. 



' The Alps, that mighty chain 



Of mountains, stretching on from east to west, 



So massive yet so shadowy, so ethereal, 



As to belong rather to heaven than earth. '-^-Rogers." 



As a work of art, we repeat that this Panorama is one of the best of the 

 many for which we are indebted to Mr. Burford's genius. 



VARIETIES. 



Servants. A fund has been established in Europe 2d. The Cow. Animals of this 

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at Stockholm for the reward of servants 

 who have distinguished themselves by 

 virtue and fidelity. The King has sub- 

 scribed 1000 crowns, the Prince Royal 

 500, and the Princess Royal 300. Would 

 fin institution of this nature in London be 

 attended by beneficial effects ? If so, the 



species appear to require a considerable 

 quantity of salt as a part of their nourish- 

 ment. When salt is placed where they 

 feed, they return punctually to seek it"; 

 hut, when this duty is neglected by their 

 masters, the flock disperses and becomes 

 wild. There is also a difference in the 



pecuniary balance would be in favour of size of the udder, particularly in Columbia, 



our nobility, even after a handsome sub- 

 scription; while certain titled ladies 

 would be saved the trouble of kicking 

 their domestics out of doors. 



Roman Bachelors. In a committee 

 of unmarried ladies, when the tvays and 

 means are debated, a never-failing pro- 

 position is a "tax on bachelors." One 



where the milk is not reckoned of the 

 same importance as in Europe. 3d. The 

 Ass. The ass suffers hardly any alteration 

 either in his form or habits. In some 

 places, where he is overworked and little 

 cared for, he becomes deformed ; but no- 

 where does he lose his civilization. 4th. 

 The Horse. Not so with this animal : ha 



would hardly have supposed that such finds chestnuts in the woods, and speedily 

 a tax existed among the Romans ; but presents one of the distinctions of wild 

 such is the fact. At the registry of each 

 individual, when the census was taken, he 



animals a sameness of colour, which 

 with him is almost invariably chestnut, 

 was asked if he were married, and, if The amble is the pace most admired by 

 not, he paid a certain sum called ces the Columbians; they accordingly breed 

 iixorium. But the political motive for up their horses to this mode of motion ; 

 this was simply the raising of subjects for and it is no less remarkable than true 

 the state ; as the same authority tells us that with the present race the amble is 

 that, if any had married barren wives, they the natural pace, just as the trot is with 

 were obliged to repudiate" them, and ours. 5th. The Dog suffers no change, 

 marry others, by whom they might have 6th. The Sheep, in temperate climates, 



breeds as freely as in Europe, and never 

 shows any inclination to escape from the 

 dominion of man. In the warmer plains, 

 they are more difficult of preservation. 



offspring. 



Changes which take place in the Do- 

 mestic Animals of Europe, tvhen trans- 

 ported to America. The mammiferous 

 animals transported from the Old to the 



The wool grows slower ; but, if shorn at 



New World are the hog, the sheep, the the proper time, presents nothing remark- 



goat, the ass, the horse, the cow, and the 

 dog. 1st. The Hog-. This animal, in the 

 hot valleys of South America, where he 



able. If, on the other hand, this time is 

 allowed to pass, it is detached by the 

 shears of nature ; and instead of a new- 



wanders whole days in the woods, living crop growing, as in other cases, a short 



chiefly upon wild fruits, loses speedily 

 the marks of domestication, and partakes 

 largely of the nature of the wild boar. 

 The year 1493 was the date of his first in- 

 troduction into the New World; and 

 now he is found established from 25 de- 

 grees north latitude, to 45 degrees south, 



and everywhere breeds as plentifully as to that of the cow. 



smooth, " t shining hair presents itself, re- 

 sembling that of the goat of ^the same 

 climate. 7tb. The Goat, although with 

 us a mountaineer, suits better the low 

 warm valleys of South America than the 

 more elevated parts of the Cordilleras. 

 The only change it undergoes is similar 



