MEMOIRS OP 



rifmg in power and force, till the dire 

 filiacide clofes the epifode. 



Thofe eleclrical properties of the Die- 

 tamnus, Fraxinella, aflerted by Dr. Darwin 

 as having witnefled them in the ftill fum- 

 mer nights after long draught, induces him 

 to transform her alfo into an enchantrefs, 

 and the hour and feafon in which me cele- 

 brates her magical rites, is thus fweetly 

 fpecified : 



What time the Eve her gauze pellucid fprcads 

 O'er the dim flowers, and veils the mifty meads, 

 Slow o'er the twilight fands and leafy walks, 

 In gloomy dignity, Di&amna ftalks. 



The deleterious tree, the Mancinelia : 

 the Urtica, Englim nettle, and the Lobelia 

 longiflora, a deadly plant of the Weft In- 

 dies, form a continuation of Enchant reflcs. 

 and their metamorphofe is attended by ftill 

 darker traits of demonifm. As the firft and 

 laft of thefe three vegetables have life-de- 

 ftroying properties, and the Englim nettle 

 only inflicts a ilight and tranfient pain, ih<: 



ought 



