I 

 DR. DARVVIX. 



Genius knows this; he feizes the peculiar 

 circumftance of the fituation ; pours all his 

 ftrength and light tfjSon that, and leaves to. 

 the reader to conceive the whole by that 

 diftincl and luminous part ; but for which, 

 the fcene would pafs unimpreffive over the 

 mind of the examiner, and probably in no 

 hour of recollection return to it again. 



The" Truffle, a well known fungus, 

 which never appears above ground, now 

 meets our attention as a fine lady, married 

 to a Gnome, ftretched on beds of filvery a- 

 beftos, beneath a grand fubterianean palace ; 

 foothed by the mufic of the Eolian ftrings, 

 which make love to tender Echoes in the 

 circumjacent caves; while Cupids hover 

 round and fliake celeftial day from their 

 bright lamps. It mud be confeffed that 

 the Emprefs of this proud palace has not 

 the claim of birthright to her fplendor. 



This perfonification is fucceeded by that 



of Caprifica, Wild Fig, as a Nymph who 



2, B 3 (lumbers 



