66 PAIRING OF SALMON. 



but he that is sick : it is because no " verdure 

 quickens," that we desire to fertilize the soil. If 

 we can suggest such improvements as may make 

 it productive, the fruit will amply repay the labor ; 

 and with the hope of so doing, though certainly 

 in an inferior ratio to that of the desire, we pro- 

 ceed to the next topic. 



