LETTEK XXI. 



MUSIC — DRAGON-FLIES — THE WATEH-LItY AND THE VALL18NERIA. 



The alders, willows of different sorts, and poplars of three 

 or four kinds, separate us from a little road, which leads to a 

 pool, surrounded by reeds and rushes. There, through the 

 cool, limpid water, we can plainly discern the shining pebbles, 

 the sand, and the fish. 



There is a vast distance between the reed, one of the first 

 musical instruments of the ancients, and the piano, the flute, 

 the bassoon, the harp, and the violin; and yet it is to bo 

 observed that the miracles of music are to be referred to the 



