COLLOQUY XIII. 

 Windermere. 



AMICUS. 



KEJOICE that the unkindly, cold 

 and parching east and north-east 

 winds have given place to the mild 

 and genial south and south-west, 

 and the drought to a moist air and refreshing 

 showers. What a change has taken place in 

 the face of the country within the last two or 

 three days 1 the outburst of foliage, the flower- 

 ing of shrubs, the growth of grass in the pas- 

 tures, altogether, is more like what is witnessed 

 in regions approaching the arctic in their cli- 

 mate than what is usual in our average tempe- 

 rate one. See, the oak is coming into leaf and 

 flower, and the other late trees, even the ash, the 

 latest of all, is bursting its black buds and open- 



