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SEPT. 1 . St. Giles, abbot, 7th cent. 

 St, Lupus, archbishop of Sens, 623. 

 St. Firminus II. bishop of Amiens, 347, 

 SS. twelve brothers, martyrs. 



Obs. St. Giles, called in Latin Aegidius, was by birth an Athe- 

 nian, and was of noble extraction. He became a hermit, and lived 

 in a cell near the mouth of the Rhone, and afterwards dwelt near 

 Gard, and lastly near Nismes. Under the life of St. Giles, in But- 

 ler, we have a curious quotation from Aristotle, who, in allusion to 

 the solitary life, said that he who lives alone must be either a god 

 or a beast ; but, adds Butler, this philosopher was unacquainted with 

 the Christian solitude and religious contemplation, and the peace 

 and repose of mind which it entails on those whose vocation it is to 

 live the celibate and solitary life. St. Giles for some reason has 

 been regarded as the patron of lame persons, a circumstance that 

 explains why the part near to one of St. Giles's churches in London 

 was called Cripplegate, a cognomen which that parish still retains. 



St. Lupus or Leu archbishop of Sens was said to be a saint frorti 

 his cradle, and was particularly distinguished by his benevolence 

 and ready forgiveness of the greatest injuries. 



St. Giles' Orpine Sedum Tclephhim full fl. 



Pale Gentian Gentiana ocliroleuca fl. 



Calathian Violet Gentiana Pneumonanthe full fl» 



Anmrella Gentiana Amarella full fl. 



Fringed Gentian Gentiana ciliuta fl. 



Spotted Passionflower Passijiora maculata defl. 



Many sorts of Passion Flower are still flouiisliing in our hothouses, but 

 there are iew sorts which will bear the climate of these parts of Europe. The 

 common sort, which we shall describe tomorrow, lasts a long time in blow, 

 generally till after Holy UooJ, anil then it goes out of flower. Some of them 

 have beautifully coloured decayed leaves in winter time, and these become a 

 great hybernal ornament. Forty species :ire already described by botanists. 



By a general rule observed in i3ritain, France, and some other countries in a 

 similar latitude, hunting is not permitted till today, when the country begins 

 to ring again with the music of Hounds, and the sound of distant giins in a 

 country of game may be heard all round. 



It was formerly the custom to begin hunting at daybreak, instead of the late 

 hour now adopted. Thus Milton, in I'AlIegro : 



Oft list'ning how the Hounds and Horn 

 Clierely rouse the slumbering morn, 

 From the side of some hoar hill 

 To the wild woods echoing shrill. 



Those who are curious about the breed and qualities of Dogs may consult a 

 carious memoir by M. Cuvier of Paiis, on the varieties of the Dog ; also 

 Bewick's Quadrupeds, Bingley's Animal Biography, Daniel's Hural Sports, 

 and a very interesting little book on the sagacity of Uoss, illustrated by nume- 

 rous aulhenlic stories, published bv T;ivlor, and called "Anecdotes of the 

 Sagacity of the Dog," 



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