74 CORRESPONDENCE. 
pared to sweetbread, for the rich 
delicacy of their unassisted flavour ; 
Hydna, as good as oysters, which 
they somewnat resemble in taste; 
Agaricus deliciosus, reminding us of 
tender lamb kidney; the beautiful 
yellow Chantarelle, that Kalon Ka- 
gathon of diet, growing by the 
bushel, and no basket but our own 
to pick up a few specimens in our 
way; the sweet nutty Boletus, in 
vain calling himself edulis, where 
there was none to believe him; the 
dainty Orcella, the Agaricus hetero- 
hyllus, which tastes hike the craw- 
fish when grilled ; the red and green 
species of Agaricus to cook in any 
way, and equally good in all.”’—Dr. 
Badham’s “Esculent Funguses of 
Great Britain.” 
Ancir Suapres Motn.—I saw a 
good specimen of this moth (Phlogo- 
phora meticulasa) clinging to the land 
side of a large block of gault on the 
beach on November 30th. Was not 
this very late in the year for it? The 
day was very cold, and a high wind 
was blowing. 
EnToMoLoGicus. 
[It was rather late in the season, 
put they are generally out till the end 
of October.—Eb. ] 
Instinct v. Reason. — A bee, 
which Huber watched while solder- 
ing the angles of a cell with propolis, 
detached a thread of this material, 
with which she entered the cell. 
Instinct would have taught her to 
separate it of the exact length re- 
quired, but after applying it to the 
angle of the cell she found it too long, 
and cut off a portion so as to fit it for 
her purpose. 
Hy. ULLyetr. 
Smartt ExepHant HawkmotH 
(Cherocampa porcellus).——Three 
specimens of this beautiful little 
Hawkmoth were taken during the 
past season at honeysuckle blossoms 
at Bradenham, by Mr. Kennedy. 
“Tp we wish rural walks to do our 
children any good, we must give 
them a love for rural sights, an ob- 
ject in every walk; we must teach 
them to find wonder in every in- 
sect, sublimity in every hedgerow, 
the records of past worlds in every 
pebble, and boundless fertility upon 
the barren shore; and so, by teach- 
ing them to make full use of that 
limited sphere in which they now 
are, make them faithful in a few 
things, that they may be fit hereafter 
to be rulers over much.” 
Rev. C. Kinestey.—* Glaueus.” 
Tur Furure Lire or ANIMALS. 
__“ Will the creature, will even the 
brute creation always remain in this 
deplorable condition ? God forbid 
that we should affirm this, yea, or 
even entertain such a thought! 
While the whole creation groaneth 
together (whether men attend or not) 
their groans are not dispersed in idle 
air, but enter into the ears of Him 
that made them. While His crea- 
tures travail together in pain, He 
knoweth and is bringing them near- 
er and nearer to their birth, which 
shall be accomplished in its season. 
He seeth the earnest eapectation 
wherewith the whole animated crea- 
tion waiteth for that final manifesta- 
tions of the sons of God: in which 
they themselves also shall be delivered 
(not by annihilation : annihilation is 
not deliverance) from the present 
bondage of corruption into a measure 
of the glorious liberty of the children 
of God. Nothing can be more ex- 
press. Away with vulgar prejudices, 
and let the plain word of God take 
place. They shall be delivered from 
the bondage of corruption into glorious 
liberty : evena measure, according as 
they are capable, of the liberty of the 
children of God.” 
Rev. Joun WESLEY. 
Erratum—No, 2., p. 27, first line from the bottom, for “ first’? tead 
last.” 
