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up, and taking some little globules of earth, 

 rolled them one by one into the burrow, 

 scraping the dust in by intervals, with its 

 fore feet, in the manner of a dog, thus al- 

 ternately rolling in pieces of earth, and 

 scraping in dust, till the hole was full ; 

 sometimes going down (as it seemed to me) 

 to press down the earth ; and once or twice 

 flying to a fir-tree, which grew near, perhaps 

 to get turpentine to glue it down, and make 

 it firm. The hole being filled, and equalled 

 with the superficies of the earth, that its 

 entrance might not be discovered, it took 

 two fir-leaves that were near, and laid them 

 by the mouth, most probably to mark the 

 place." 



Lines to a Wasp. — Bruc£. 



Winged wanderer of the sky I 

 Inhabitant of heav'n high ! 

 Dreadful with thy dragon tail, 

 Hydra head, and coat of mail ! 

 Why dost thou my peace molest ? 

 Why dost thou disturb my rest? 

 When in May the meads are seen, 

 Sweet enamel, white and green ' 



