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never do so again. The descendants of these same bees when 

 brought to England, follow the fashions of their native coun- 

 try, and do not provide any supply for winter, so that but for 

 the foresight of their owners they would perish. It is found, 

 too, that when removed from one part of the British islands to 

 another, they begin to work at the period of the year in which 

 they woidd have begun at their former residence, and only 

 adapt themselves gradually to the new season in the course of 

 a few years." 



The conclusion of the paper classed this question with 

 others now settled, as " Have women souls ? " " Have 

 they equality of intellect with man ? " " Are negroes human 

 beings ? '■' and the writer inferred, that in a few years well- 

 informed people would smile at the idea of a doubt having 

 ever been entertained on this subject. He maintained that the 

 view of this subject entertained by naturalists and other intel- 

 ligent people was more honouring both to God and man ; for 

 it assigned to them a superiority over beings more exalted, 

 rather than over beings less exalted. He deprecated, in strong- 

 terms, the practice of appealing to Scripture, on this and cer- 

 tain other questions of a purely philosophical or scientific 

 kind ; for as all the expressions there are of a popular character, 

 they neither make for nor against the subject, and are strictly 

 reconcileable with either view. Several passages were quoted 

 in illustration. The doctrine of the Pythagoreans, respecting 

 a transmigration of souls, was shown to arise from the view 

 of the subject taken in this paper ; for the proofs of the im- 

 mortality of the soid, which were known before "life and 

 immortahty were brought to light," apply to several classes of 

 animals, not to man exclusively. In corroboration of this 

 view, the sentiments of Butler and Burnett were quoted, 

 both of whom stated that revelation simply assigned immor- 

 tabty to man, but did not formally deny it to the inferior 

 animals. 



