140 THS Bfi£, OR Jan. 26. 



four quarters of the world; for I do tiot khtfw where I 

 am going." Even the wild animals themfelves, both birds 

 and beads, efpecially the Guinea fowl, know how well it is 

 qualified to proteft them. " In this flicker, the hunter in 

 vain could endeavour tomoleft them, were it not for a hard- 

 haired dog, or terrier of the fmalleft fize, who being defended 

 from the thorns by the roughnefs of his coat, goes into the 

 cover, and brings them and the partridges alive, one by one, 

 to his mafler. 



" The branches of the Kantuffa ftand two and two 

 upon the (lalk ; the leaves are difpofed two and two 

 likewife, without any fmgle one at the point ; whereas the 

 branches bearing the leaves part from the ftalk ; at the 

 immediate jointing of them are two thick thorns placed 

 perpendicular and parallel alternately ; but there are alfo 

 fmgle ones diftributed in all the interftices throughout the 

 branch. 



" the male plant (we here copy Mr Bruce) which 

 I fuppofe this to be, has a one-leaved perianthium, di- 

 ■rided into five fegments ; and this falls off with the 

 flower. The floWer is compofed of five petals, in the 

 Jniddle of which rife ten flamina or filaments, the outer 

 row fliorter than thofe of the middle, with long ftig- 

 lliata, having yellow farina upon them. The flowers 

 grow in a bunch, generally between three and four 

 inches long, in a conical difpofition, that is, broader at 

 the bafe than the point. The infide pf the leaves are a 

 vivid green, in the outfide much lighter. It grows 

 5n the form of a bufli, with a multitude of fmall branches 

 rifing immediately from the ground, and is generally 

 feven or eight feet high. I faw it when in flower only, 

 Jiever when bearing fruit. It has a very ftrong fmelJ, re- 

 sembling that of the fmall fcented flower, called mignionette, 

 fbwn in vafes and boxes in windows or rooms where flowers 

 dre kept." 



Many plants, which in their native ftate are highly 

 detrimental to a favage people, can be converted to ufe- 

 ful purpofes by a civilized nation ; and among this clafs 

 jtiay be ranked the Kantuffa. What a fine fence would 



