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THE NATURALISTS WISH. SYSTEMA NATURJE. 



Eurynome aspera. — Was found in a stomach from the same place; this 

 crab is very rare. 



Inachus leptocliiriis. — January 17th. brought to light a specimen of this 

 "extremely rare" crab. It was found in a cod's stomach, hooked in 

 thirty fathoms of water on muddy bottom. 



Hyas araneus. — March 9th. a specimen, carrying spawn, was found 

 dead on the beach near Macduff. 



Macduff, March 12th., 1857. 



THE NATURALIST'S WISH. 



They tell me of those fairy isles, 



That far away from here, 

 Rise in the Southern Ocean, 



From the waters bright and clear; 

 Where birds of gaudy plumage 



Flit from tree to tree, 

 On branches never leafless, 



Bending o'er the sea; 

 Where the dark and swarthy savage, 



In Nature's garb arrayed, 

 Reclines in easy posture 



Beneath the cocoa's shade; 

 Where the sun is daily coursing 



Through the blue and lofty sky; 

 Where no sorrow or repining 



Brings forth the solemn sigh; 

 Where all is joy and gladness, 



And money is not known, 

 To tempt the heart to evil — 



To visit Satan's throne. 



Worth Wales, July, 1857. 



Oh! let me live in such a land, 



In some retired spot, 

 The world by me forgotten, 



My name ty the world forgot; 

 And there I'll study Nature's works. 



Made by a hand sublime, 

 So wonderful and lovely, 



In that far-distant clime; 

 And every bird and every beast 



Shall share my happy lot, 

 And never will molested be 



Around my pretty cot; 

 And night and morn my lips shall move 



In heartfelt adoration, 

 To bless that God who gave me sense 



To study His creation; 

 And when the hour of death draws nigh, 



My only wish shall be 

 To be buried beneath the cooling shade 



Of "some wide-spreading tree. 



John ap John. 



SYSTEMA NATURE. 



BY THE REV. P. 0. MORRIS. 

 {Continued from page 206.) 



Felis domestica hispanica, Schinz. 

 Felis catus angorensis, Schinz. 

 Felis domestica chinensis, Schinz. 

 Felis brevicaudata, Schinz. 

 Felis Manul, Pall. Reich. Schinz. 

 Felis catus ferus, Schreb. Buff. Pall. 



Temm. Desm. Schinz. 

 Felis Lynx, Linn. Schreb. Tern. Schinz. 



F. Lyncula, Nils. 



Felis pardina, Temm. Cuv. Fisch. Wag. 



Schinz. 

 Felis cervaria, Temm. Nils. Cuv. Wag. 



Schinz. F. Lynx, Pall. 

 Felis virgata, Nils. Schinz. 

 Felis borealis, Temm. Cuv. Schinz. F. 



canadensis, Desm. Griff, Rich. Har. 

 Felis rufa, Guld. Schreb. Tern. Desm. 



Fr. Cuv. Schinz. F. maculata, Horsf. 



