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the body has been so long preparing for that change, 

 which, instead of being an object of terror, is to me 

 a source of joy and hope, — not only as the means of 

 escaping from much torture and some anxiety, but 

 as holding out new scenes of beauty, and a more 

 intimate knowledge of the works of the Creator, 

 which, however numerous, are now become fami- 

 liar, and excite less of wonder although more of 

 reverence for their Divine contriver. Is it possible 

 for you, who know so much more of the created 

 evidences of the Deity, to feel satiety here, and a 

 wish to enlarge your scene of observation ? I have 

 no doubt this will happen to all whose active minds 

 lead them to wish for such enlargement ; and then 

 you and I shall meet, and compare our ideas on 

 that and many other subjects : — but I will not be- 

 lieve we shall never meet again somewhere, — till 

 when, God bless you! 



H. Repton. 



From the Rev. R. Walpole. 

 My dear Sir, Aylsham, Feb. 12, 1816. 



You may remember our speaking once together 

 on the subject of (pXniuoQ (the modern name both of 

 Euphorbia Characias and Verbascum sinuatum,) 

 being used for stupifying fish ; and I mentioned to 

 you that Sibthorp says, Mercurialis annua is used 

 now for catching the Scams. On looking at a vo- 

 lume of the Memoirs of the French Institute, con- 

 taining a paper on the fishing of the ancients, I find 

 the following passage : — " Ainsi ils attiroient le 



