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gorge and frowning precipices are in view as we write. But if any 

 of our readers will feel cause of gratitude to the mole on the hint 

 above given, as they bend over a moss rose or dahlia which has 

 grown in soil so procured, why, we shall be glad for all our sakes. 

 For our reader's, in that he or she has been gratified in such a 

 delightful and holy taste as flower culture ; for our own, that the 

 secret was ours to divulge ; and for the mole's sake, poor persecuted 

 fellow, for he sadly needs a friend. 



