16 WANDERINGS IN 



FIRST w hich presides over these wilds will kindly help 



JOURNEY. J 



thee through the rest. She will allow thee to 



slay the fawn, and to cut down the mountain- 

 cabbage for thy support, and to select from every 

 part of her domain whatever may be necessary 

 for the work thou art about ; but having killed 

 a pair of doves in order to enable thee to give 

 mankind a true and proper description of them, 

 thou must not destroy a third through wanton- 

 ness, or to show what a good marksman thou art; 

 that would only blot the picture thou art finish- 

 ing, not colour it. 



Though retired from the haunts of men, and 

 even without a friend with thee, thou wouldst not 

 find it solitary. The crowing of the hannaquoi 

 will sound in thine ears like the daybreak town 

 clock; and the wren and the thrush will join with 

 thee in thy matin hymn to thy Creator, to thank 

 him for thy night's rest. 



At noon the Genius will lead thee to the 

 troely, one leaf of which will defend thee from 

 both sun and rain. And if, in the cool of the 

 evening, thou hast been tempted to stray too far 

 from thy place of abode, and art deprived of light 

 to write down the information thou hast collected, 



The fire- the fire-fly, which thou wilt see in almost every 

 bush around thee, will be thy candle. Hold it 

 over thy pocket-book, in any position which thou 

 knowest will not hurt it, and it will afford thee 

 ample light. And when thou hast done with it, 



