102 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



of Europe, as well as throughout other quar- 

 ters of the globe. Men, who were formerly 

 compelled to ^subsist upon the farinaceous 

 fruit of the chesnut or the oak, are now, 

 by the naturalization of wheat, secure of a 

 salutary aliment, and no longer dread the 

 horrors of famine. The most delicious fruits 

 of our orchards have been transplanted from 

 distant climes. 



The cherry-tree, so common in our gar- 

 dens, was only brought to Rome after the 

 defeat of Mithridates ; and from that 

 time, it has been cultivated in most European 

 countries. 



The peach was, in like manner, originally 

 brought from the valleys of Persia ; and it is. 

 thus that the united industry of man cor- 

 rects the apparent errors of Nature, and. 

 multiplies her benefits. 



If, in considering all that surrounds him, 

 man beholds nothing for which he is not in- 

 debted to society, he must be- struck by the 



numerous 



