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lowed lo be eaten ? From the text, which says that those "which have 

 legs above their feet to leap withal," and from tl>e express mention of 

 the locust. All these insects which have what entomologists call crura 

 saltatoria, (leaping legs,) might be eaten, and those which have them not, 

 were forbidden. But you will reply, "that in the 22d verse, the beetle 

 is mentioned as allowed for food, and that has no leaping legs." I re- 

 ply that our translators use the same word incorrectly. The Hebrew 

 word is Charge], which Gesenius defines to be "eine Heiischreckenart 

 essbar und gefliigelt," and I see that Rosenmiiller in his notes to Boch- 

 art, considers it probable to be the Gnjilus Onos, or 2)a2ms of Linne, 

 and you know that the genus Gryllus does not belong to the order of 

 beetles or coleoptera. 



The result of the wliole is that the Israelites were forbidden to eat 

 all insects, excepting of the locust, that is, tlie grasshopper family, 

 which we well know constituted a common article of food in the East. 



In the 22d verse, Moses specifies the kinds of grasshoppers which 

 were allowed. The Eaglish translation conveys no very distinct mean- 

 ing, and Luther aware of the diiFicully of determining the species, has 

 retained the Hebrew words in his German version, thereby showing his 

 usual good sense. Various writers have tried their ingenuity and dis- 

 played their learning, in endeavoring to make out the specific kinds of 

 grasshoppers indicated by the Hebrew words of Moses, but their re- 

 searches are not satisfactory. One thing is certain, that insects, ex- 

 cepting those belonging to the grasshopper family, ( Orthoptcra) in its 

 various stages, were not allowed as food to the Israelitish nation. 



It would be interesting to discuss the reasons of the distinction be- 

 tween food in the Mosaic system. Many curious facts are connected 

 with it, whilst it displays the most profound views of political economy 

 and religious propriety ; but I have neither room nor time for such dis- 

 cussion at present. Yours, &.c. 



DRUIDISM. 



When the first cliristian Missionaries landed u[)on the shores of Eng- 

 land, they met with a wonderful people, and a wonderful religion. The 

 condict commenced— the new against the old-the pure spirit against shad- 

 owy superstition — the simple word against corrupted tradition — light 

 against twilight — truth against fable. The one, clothed in the whole armor 

 of God, fought for his word and everlasting reward. The other, in the 

 might of bold confidence, and shielded by the awe and mystery that age 

 and fable had thrown around their religion, fouirht for the faith of their 



