LETTER IX. 



AWAKENING OP CREATION— -THE LUPIN — NIGHT — THK SLEEP OP CRE VTION — THE 

 GLOWWORM — THE BEATH'S-HEAD MOTH — RESPIRATION OP PLANTS. 



Tbe sun is not yet above the horkon, but the shadows of 

 night begin to disperse ; 



*' Night folds her robes about her, and departs." 



How many fatiguing and imwholesome pleasures we pur- 

 chase at their weight in gold, when we have it in our power 

 to enjoy the most solemn and magnificent spectacle — the 

 creation of the world! for nothing. 



Night had deprived every object of form and colour; day 

 restores them all. 



In the garden, the yellow and white flowers are the first to 

 receive their colouring. Such as are rose-coloured, red, and 

 blue, are still invisible, and exist not for Ihe eye; the foliage 



