16 "LITTLE PYPPON." 



hibiting them in his shop window as of his own 

 collecting ! These facts interested Dr Clarke and 

 his companions so much in behalf of the poor little 

 Pyppon (for that was his name), that they showed 

 him much kindness, procuring him some hours of 

 relaxation from his toils, and giving him some 

 English needles for bis insects, and a few similar 

 trifles, which 'appeared to him an invaluable trea- 

 sure. Not unfrequently during their short stay 

 they had recourse to him for what they required ; 

 and on one occasion, having told him that a rather 

 rare plant was said to grow in that neighbourhood, 

 but that they had failed to discover it, scarcely were 

 the words uttered when he ran off, fast as his legs 

 could carry him, and soon returned, bringing in his 

 hand two or three specimens of the plant. 



Before they left the place, the kind-hearted 

 travellers resolved to give him a pleasure at part- 

 ing, and prevailed on the apothecary to allow him 

 to accompany them to the fair at Kiemi. The poor 

 child had never, during six years, been farther 

 from his master's door than an occasional summer 

 scamper after his favourite studies ; and his delight 

 was unbounded, especially when he was shown the 

 well-selected herbarium of the clergyman at Kiemi. 

 But the hour of separation from his kind stranger 

 friends came all too soon, and "little Pyppon," 

 shedding abundance of tears, bade them farewell, 



