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posited the acorn ; then covering it, he darted 

 up the tree again. In a moment he was down 

 with another, which he buried in the same man- 

 ner. This he continued to do as long as the 

 observer thought proper to watch him. The 

 industry of this little animal is directed to the 

 purpose of securing him against want in the 

 winter; and, as it is probable, that his memory 

 is not sufficiently retentive to enable him to re- 

 member the spots in which he deposits every 

 acorn, the industrious little fellow, no doubt, 

 loses a few every year. These few spring up, 

 and are destined to supply the place of the 

 parent tree. Thus is Britain, in some measure, 

 indebted to the industry and bad memory of a 

 squirrel for her pride, her glory, and her very 

 existence. 



ACONITUM WOLF'S, BANE, OR MONK'S HOOD. 



The common Monk's hood is a native of the 

 mountainous and woody parts of Germany, 

 France, and Switzerland ; but is cultivated in 

 our flower-gardens for the beauty of its co- 

 lour, which is sometimes white, sometimes 

 yellow, and sometimes blue; and like many 



