190 PASQUE-FLOWER. 



cuticle not unlike a sliip's hatch. Like the 

 shoes of the fabled hero of fairy -land, they 

 are those of speed and silence, passing over 

 the surface of the billows, and journeying 

 on by day and night, amidst storms and 

 waves, where no human foot would dare to 

 follow them. The fruit of the great gourd 

 is contained in capsules resembHng bottles ; 

 that of the cocoa and hazel in small casks 

 which are capable of floating with the cur- 

 rents from one hemisphere to another. The 

 berries of the royal pimento, common to the 

 shores of Lousiana, are encrusted with wax, 

 and are thus enabled to resist the effect of 

 salt water. 



" No star have they to guide their course 

 Or Tyrian cynosure," 



or pilot to guide them over the boundless 

 ocean. Yet still they journey on, aided by 



