4G NATURE AND WOODCRAFT. 



preach the Gospel in Britain, landed on the 

 then Isle of Avelon, attended by twelve like- 

 minded followers. Finding himself weary and 

 heavy with sleep, Joseph thrust his staff into 

 the ground, and lay down. When he awoke, 

 he found that the stall' had taken root, had 

 branched, and burst forth into a flood of white 

 blossom. This miracle having been wrought 

 in a single night, was interpreted by the holy 

 men to mean that after their wanderings, their 

 stall and support being taken from them, here 

 they must fix their abode, and fulfil their sacred 

 mission. This they did, building a religious 

 house, which, through the piety of. succeed- 

 ing generations, increased to its subsequent 

 magnificence. 



Legend has also been busy with the Apple-tree 

 and the Aspen. The fable of the dragon which 

 guarded the Golden Apples in the garden of 

 the Hesperides has many parallels in our own 

 country — one of which is that our apple is the 

 fruit of the " forbidden tree " mentioned in the 

 Scriptures ; and the shaking or trembling of 

 Aspen leaves is attributed by the Highlanders 

 to the fact that it was from the wood of this 

 tree that the cross of the Saviour was made. 



