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a garden bed that has not lately been moved, or any 

 otiier piece cf ground wher^ the grafs is not thick, as 

 otherwil'e the elTeft will not be fo well feen, and begin 

 with a gentle agitation, gradually increafing the force 

 applied. At firft the neighbouring worms will rile, 

 and endeavour to efcape with furpriling agility ; and 

 as the agitation is increaied, not only the bright 

 red worms, but every worm large and fmall, will be 

 in immediate motion upwards, as far as its influence 

 extends, and require a very quick hand to take them. 

 Bv this I think I have folved the difficulty of a young 

 obferver ; and though I have communicated to you a 

 fa6l, which I hertotore thought of no confequence ; 

 yet, if you think the communication of it in any ibape 

 will add one particle of honey to your combs, it will 

 be extremely fatisfadlory to 



D. L. M. 



Ohfervations on the Poem intitled Flowers of the Forejl, 



I HAVE felt peculiar emotions on hearing the fong fung 

 or played. The pleafure may in part anfe from the pa- 

 thos of the air itfelf : but it is heightened by an aflbci- 

 ation with thofe afiecVing circumftances which occur in 

 the poem. Indeed, muiic has molt efteft, when hap- 

 pily combined with poetry. 



There is a fatisfaftion in dwelling on paft fcenes, to 

 ■which few refledling minds are itrangers. When ad- 

 vanced to manhood, with what pleafure do we think of 

 the occurrences of early life ? Many are lb much affefl- 

 ed with this rctrofpect, that they would wilh, it pol- 

 lible, to recall thofe happy days ; and for tlie time con- 

 fider the enjoyment of manhood as not to be compared 

 with thofe of infancy. There is here a fallacy in our 



reafoning : We view only the beauties of the pifture ; 



its defeds are unnoticed. The plcaiurablc Icene^ of ear- 

 ly life are remembered with deliglit : Its troubles are 



