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from the provident Sarracenia. After a long and pleasant 

 walk we sat down on a high bank, commanding an ex- 

 tensive view of the stream. The day was deliciously clear 

 and calm, even the leaf of the mountain ash was motionless, 

 and every object round us appeared to harmonise in deep 

 quiescence with the boon of Sabbatical rest, conferred by 

 its Creator upon a toiling world. Beneath us flowed the 

 now placid river, its low and endless monotony telling of 

 that Almighty energy which first set it in motion, and 

 bade it be 



" in omne volubilis JEvum ; " 



whilst the twitter of the swallow as it shot along the surface 

 of the water, the distant sound of the cow-bells, and the 

 cooing of the wild pigeon amidst the thick foliage of the 

 banks, joined in producing a pleasing and appropriate 

 harmony. 



" Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, 

 ' Or o'er our favourite stream' with fond delay 



Bound an holy calm diffusing, 



Love of peace and lonely musing 

 In hollow murmurs died away." 



But this was no scene for melancholy. Who with a 

 clear conscience could feel otherwise than happy and 

 tranquil where every object round bird, tree, flower, 

 stream, and the stainless azure that o'ercanopied the 



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