80 APRIL. 



feathers, resembling the marks of the hundred 

 eyes of Argus. Among the boughs of the 

 twisted olive, the small birds framed the artful 

 nest, or along the thick hedges, or rejoiced 

 with their merry mates in the tall oaks. In the 

 secret nook, or in the clear windows of glass, the 

 spider full busily wove her sly net to ensnare 

 the gnat or fly. Under the boughs that screen 

 the valley, or within the pale-enclosed park, the 

 nimble deer trooped in ranks, the harts wan- 

 dered through the thick wood shaws, and the 

 young lawns followed the dappled does. Kids 

 slipped through the briars after the roes, and in 

 the pastures and leas the lambs bleated to their 

 dams. The ringdove coos in the tall copse, the 

 starling whistles her varied descant ; the spar- 

 row chirps in the clefted wall ; the goldfinch 

 and linnet fill the skies ; the cuckoo cries, the 

 quail twitters ; while rivers, shaws, and every 

 dale resound ; and the tender branches tremble 

 on the trees, at the song of the birds and the 

 buzzing of the bees." 



Leafing of Tkees. In Sweden the budding 

 and leafing of the birch tree is considered as 

 a directory for sowing barley; and as there is 

 something extremely sublime and harmonious in 

 that idea, I flatter myself an account of it will 

 be acceptable. 



Mr. Harold Barck, in his ingenious disserta- 



