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cious grafting of new life upon them, they may be made to 

 flourish with new glory and produce new blessings for a thou- 

 sand years to come. Learn a lesson from the garden, and let 

 the sweet odour of your grafted roses and varied flowers and 

 blossoms waft to your appreciative soul softened and refined 

 feelings concerning the ugly word " innovation." v. 



Inquisitiveness Punished. 



How actively inquisitive are some people ; and into what 

 strange predicaments does this their strong propensity land 

 them ! They remind us of the crested anolis (Xiphosurus 

 velifer), a species of the lizard tribe. It is a timid yet restlessly 

 inquisitive animal ; for although it hides itself with instinctive 

 caution on hearing -the approach of a footstep, it is of so curious 

 a nature that it must needs poke its head out of its hiding- 

 place, and so betray itself in spite of its timidity. So absorbed, 

 indeed, is the anolis in gratifying its curiosity, that it will allow 

 itself to be captured in a noose, and often falls a victim to the 

 rude and inartificial snares made by children. IL. 



Insensibility Mistaken for Safety. 



The "oyster-catcher" birds, if pursued, hide their heads in 

 the first hole they come to, as if thinking, like the ostrich, that 

 if they cannot see you, you cannot see them. HI. 



The Mightiness of the Insignificant. 



The debris of the infusoriae, which may be called the world- 

 makers, are discovered in prodigious quantities among the 

 remains of the primitive creation. The name " inf usorise " has 

 been given to them because they were first observed in liquids 

 holding in dissolution or in infusion putrescible matter. The 

 accumulated spoil of these infinitely small organisms constitute 

 a notable part of the solid crust of our globe ; and we ourselves 

 are eye-witnesses of the phenomena of continual reproduction 

 and destruction by which they made ready, at the epoch of the 

 ancient geological formations, the habitation of man. According 



