WANDERINGS IN 



FOURTH JOURNEY. 



" Nunc hue, mine illuc et utrinque sine ordine curro." 



FOURTH COURTEOUS reader, when I bade thee last fare- 



JOURNEY. . 



-well, 1 thought these wanderings were brought 

 to a final close ; afterwards I often roved in 

 imagination through distant countries famous for 

 natural history, but felt no strong inclination to 

 go thither, as the last adventure had terminated 

 in such unexpected vexation. The departure of 

 the cuckoo and swallow, and summer birds of 

 passage, for warmer regions, once so interesting 

 to me, now scarcely caused me to turn my face 

 to the south; and I continued in this cold and 

 dreary climate for three years. During this 

 period, I seldom or ever mounted my hobby- 

 horse ; indeed, it may be said, with the old song 



" The saddle and bridle were laid on the shelf," 



and only taken down once, on the night that I 

 was induced to give a lecture in the philosophical 



