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Canto, he had defer! bed the iprirg in all 

 her glory, \vhen the Botanic " Queen de- 

 fcended, and the imperfomzed elements 

 received her. 



The nymphs are alfo commanded to 

 affail the fiend of froft; to break his white 

 towers and cryftal mail ; to drive him to 

 Zembla, and chain him to the northern 

 bear. A fimile enfues, in which the gram- 

 pus, and the fcene of the whale fifhery, in 

 all the ftrength of poetic colouring, meets 

 the attention of the reader, 



Suppofed influence of the principle of 

 internal heat in vegetation induces a com- 

 mand to thefe its agents to pour electric 

 torrents from the deep waftes of earth, 

 which may pierce the root, relax the fibres, 

 and thaw the fap of plants, flowers, and 

 trees. The ailerted confequence of their 

 obedience to this command produces a 

 noble fketch of the umbrageous wilds of 



Canada, 



