242 NATURAL APPEARANCES 



affection of the male be forgotten, who sings to his 

 mate, and often relieves her fatigues by supplying 

 her place : and nothing can exceed the paternal ten- 

 derness of both, when the young are brought to 

 light. 



Towards the end of May the bee hives send forth 

 their earlier swarms. Nature directs them to march 

 in a body in quest of a new settlement, which, if left 

 to their choice, would generally be some hollow 

 trunk of a tree ; but man, who converts the labours 

 and instincts of so many animals to his own use, pro- 

 vides them with a more secure dwelling, and repays 

 himself with their honey 



The glow-worm shines at this period ; the females 

 of which are without wings, and luminous; the 

 males vice versa They extinguish their lamps, or 

 cease to glow, between eleven and twelve at night. 



The cattle are now turned out to the pastures ; 

 milk becomes more copious ; and the process of 

 cheese making goes on in Cheshire, Wiltshire, Glou- 

 cester &c. 



This is not a busy month to the farmer. He now 

 weeds his crop, and looks forward to the reward of 

 his industry and toil, in the approaching season. 



" 3e gracious, heaven ! for now laborious man 

 Has done his part." 



Chick m the Egg. 



The hen has scarce sat on the egg twelve hours, 

 when we begin already to discover in it some linea- 



