42 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



cheek joined to cheek, bofom to bofom, their 

 hands mutually paffed around each other's neck, 

 and alleep in one another's arms. 



When they were able to fpeak, the firfl names 

 which they learnt to pronounce were thofe of bro- 

 ther and fifter. / Infancy, which beftows carefles 

 more tender, knows of no names more fweet./ 

 Their education only ferved to redouble their 

 friendHiip, by direâing it toward their reciprocal 

 wants. Very foon, every thing that concerned do- 

 medic economy, cleanlinefs, the care of preparing 

 a rural repaft, became the province of Firginia, 

 and her labours were always followed by the praifes 

 and carefles of Paul. As for him, ever in motion, 

 he digged in the garden with Domingo^ or with a 

 little hatchet in his hand, followed him into the 

 woods ; and if, in thefe rambles, a beautiful 

 flower, a dehcious fruit, or a ncft of birds, came 

 in his way, though at the top of the higheft tree, 

 he fcaled it, to bring them to his lifter. 



When you chanced to meet the one of them, 

 you might be certain the other was not far off. 

 One day that I was defcending from the fummit of 

 this mountain, I perceived Virginia at the extre- 

 mity of the garden ; Ihe was running toward the 

 houfe, her head covered with her petticoat, which 

 file had raifed behind, to Ihelier her from a deluge 



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