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magnificent crowns and coronets ; light and graceful 

 plumes of feathers, tufts, and crests ; needles, hooks, 

 buttons, and threads ; such fine, silvery thread, as 

 only fairies could work with. And there are fairy 

 birds to be discovered, concealed amidst the flowers, 

 and bird's feet, as red as those of the beautiful white 

 Dove ! All these things, and many more, equally 

 wonderful and curious, we shall discover, by the aid of 

 our Lens, as we travel up the " Hill of Botany." 

 And so numerous, and widely scattered are these 

 wonders, that should we make daily excursions 

 through a long period of years, something new would 

 yet arise, to call forth our admiration, and to encou- 

 rage farther research. 



u "Where'er we search, the scene presents, 

 Wonders to charm th' admiring sense, 



And elevate the mind : 

 Nor even blooms a single spray, 

 That quivers in departing day, 

 Or turns to meet the morning ray, 



But speaks a Power Divine." S. H. 



