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the same line of conduct. Even accidentally, 

 and as opportunity offers, he is made to fee), 

 by some striking example, the melancholy and 

 deplorable effects of indulging criminal passions; 

 and, by assiduous and long- continued care, the 

 result, after years of perseverance, is, that he 

 becomes a man of courage and coolness, who 

 is not to be diverted from a useful enterprise by 

 feelings of too great sensibility, but who, ac- 

 tuated by those principles of virtue which have 

 gradually become his constant guide, will refrain 

 from indulging in any act of cruelty. 



Such is the happy influence which Phrenology 

 will exercise over the development of childhood ; 

 but is not education also useful at all ages and at 

 every stage of life? Youth and mature age are 

 not necessarily incorrigible. The attempt is 

 then, without doubt, more difficult, but still 

 success is not impossible. Let us suppose a man 

 to be of a passionate temperament: Phrenology 

 informs him that there exists within him a dis- 

 position, the result of organisation, hurrying him 

 blindly on to all the violence of passion. If, 

 besides, he be endowed with reason, that is to 

 say, if he be not deficient in the intellectual 

 organs, will he not keep himself on his guard 

 against the causes which inflame his passion? 

 Knowing that the chief cause exists in his own 

 constitution, will he not strive to yield less and 

 less to the influence of causes which are external ? 

 And will he not, consequently, succeed at last in 

 weakening his own tendency to paroxysms? 



It would require much more than our present 

 limits to enter fully here into the services which 

 Phrenology will be the means of rendering to 

 human society, as soon as it shall be universally 

 known and appreciated as it ought; all that we 

 aim at, is, to call attention to the nature and 

 importance of its assistance, in order that all 

 those who are actuated by a desire of doing good, 

 and w ho consider it a duty to contribute to the 

 amelioration of our social condition, and of the 

 human race in general, may concentrate their 

 exertions in maintaining, spreading, and bringing 

 it to perfection. 



{To be Continued.) 

 THE BLUE TITMOUSE. 



Where is he? that giddy sprite, 



Bluecap, with Ms col rs bright— 



Who was b es r as bird could be, 



Feeding in th" apple ttee; 



Made such wanton poil and rout — • 



Turning blossoms insu e out. — Wordsworth. 



Although, Mr. Editor, you are a special 

 favorite of mine, and I may say, I love 

 you for your devotion to the feathered tribe — 

 I am yet half angry with you for having 

 given admission to some remarks of a cor- 

 respondent, bearing hard and very unfairly 

 upon the poor little blue titmouse {Parus 

 cceruleus.) It was all very well, and very 

 proper for you to defend your pet the sky- 

 lark ; but whilst shielding him, you should 

 have been careful not to have injured others 

 innocent of the offence charged upon them. 

 Well is it for you, that the remarks were not 



your own, — else would a woman's wrath, 

 have fallen more heavily upon you ! Let 

 this be a warning to you. 



It is, not wisely, affirmed that the blue 

 titmouse destroys the blossoms of trees. 

 My observation has proved the direct con- 

 trary. Pleased with the lively manners and 

 beautiful plumage of these little rogues, I 

 once secured a nest of young ones, with a 

 view to rear them. I contrived to keep them 

 between four and five years ; during which 

 time, I fathomed every one of their thoughts 

 and feelings, nor did I spare aught that could 

 tend to their happiness or enjoyment. 



It would be an easy task for me — but not 

 so easy to get you to publish it, to write an 

 entire Journal in praise of the sagacity, 

 affection, and good qualities of my proteges. 

 I will therefore now only contend for their 

 being " useful " rather than detrimental to 

 the trees in orchards. When the apple trees 

 were in flower, I almost daily cut off a branch, 

 and carried it to my pets. At sight of it, 

 they would immediately come out of their 

 cage, uttering a " chirp " expressive of de- 

 light ; and they would commence their 

 work forthwith. With what diverting ac- 

 tivity would they run from end to end of 

 the branch ; and how easily might a careless 

 observer imagine they were making wanton 

 spoil and rout ! But I remarked that they 

 did not attack the blossoms indiscriminately. 

 They would look inquisitively into each, 

 separately ; and those only with a grub in the 

 centre were touched by them. The bonne 

 bouche attained, another flower was examined* 

 with the same scrutiny ; and so on, till all 

 the grubs were devoured. 



In order to be perfectly satisfied on this 

 point, I have repeatedly placed a branch, 

 which they had previously ransacked, in 

 water ; and so preserved it in a state of 

 freshness till the following day —when 

 I was, as usual, greeted Avith a chirp 

 of joy the instant I made my appear- 

 ance, branch in hand. But on withdrawing 

 it from their cage, a cry of disappointment 

 was invariably uttered. My little favorites 

 would then pry most diligently into each 

 flower, still keeping up the same plaintive 

 cry ; but not one sound blossom would they 

 touch, even under those circumstances ; for 

 on my bringing them a fresh branch, the 

 usual feast w r ould immediately take place. 

 The same may be said of the nut leaves, 

 on the underside of which feeds a caterpillar 

 of which they are particularly fond. I have 

 gathered large quantities for them, but they 

 always rejected any I offered in sport, that 

 had no caterpillar on them. It is positively 

 true, that they could always detect the cheat, 

 try how I would to deceive them ! 



In addition to the above, I have, for the 

 two last years noticed, that two rose trees, 



