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gazelle, introduced with such simple and beautiful 

 pathos by Moore in his Lalla Rookh: 



" I never loved a dear gazelle, 

 To glad me with its dark blue eye, 

 But when it came to know me well, 

 And love me, it was sure to die." 



We have an analogous phenomenon in the case of 

 a peculiar variety of the Bos taurus from Africa, de- 

 scribed in the Magazine of Natural History. * The 

 general aspect of the animal is mild and docile, except 

 when irritated, and this finds its expression in the eye. 

 The iris is naturally of a pale blue colour, but when 

 the creature is excited it varies from a very pale blue 

 or lilac to a deep crimson. 



The views now submitted appear to us to be sus- 

 tained by such forcible testimony that the evidence 

 seems almost irresistible. 



How diversified the interest and beauty which every 

 where pervade the loveliness and grandeur of the 

 creation of GOD! And what sublime pleasures are 

 often sacrificed by the non-observance of the wonders 

 of creative Omnipotence ! 



* Vol. i. p. us. 



