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Nonsense! In ¢his matter it is a solemn duty to 
be firm. 
In the heart of the country we see no possible 
objection to their use. Whilst riding or driving, 
with an intensely hot sun perpendicularly shining 
on the head, their adoption is not only allowable 
but commendable. A kind friend residing in 
Hampshire, whilst we were recently chatting 
to her, mysteriously produced one of these 
“shrouds,” and laughingly said, “ Look at this, 
Mr. Editor!” We did look, and were pleased 
to see itin use in that part of the country. Let 
us remark, that the fair wearer emphatically said 
she agreed with us, that such things ought not 
to be worn in cities. ‘They were only for comfort, 
and to protect the countenance from the fervid 
heat of the noon-day sun. 
But we have had our say. We fear that little 
good will result from any attack WE may make 
on that hydra—‘Fashion,” and therefore pursue it 
no further. 
As regards the ‘ Summer Fashions” prevailing 
among men and boys, with their wide-awake 
hats, cool ties, loose attire, monkey-like coats, 
&c. &c.—on these matters we must be silent. It 
is said that this class are only half a remove from 
the race of monkeys. When we see them in 
their ‘‘Summer attire,” fully redolent of Moses 
and pomatum, and wedded to pipes, tobacco, 
gin, and beer, we sometimes think monkeys are, 
of the two, the most rational. It is a compliment, 
to which we consider the genus Simia is fairly 
entitled. 
One thing is certain—wherever these summer 
curiosities are found, our whereabout will be at 
their antipodes. 
THE LOVED-ONE’S DAY. 
AN EPITHALAMIUM. BY GOODWYN BARMBY. 

SWEETLY now she sleepeth! 
and fair— 
Snowy breasts, swell lightly ; breath, enrich the 
air ; 
Morning, gently wake her; winds, your softest 
sigh ; 
Dews and vapors, vanish ; sunshine, fill the sky! 
Dreams, be bright 
‘says now in beauty—flowers, rise round her 
Grass, spring up all grateful ; bless her footsteps 
Golen nom, look on her; clouds, her presence 
Bhiiest Heaven in her eye—sun, your rival see! 
Meekly now she resteth! Day, be still and pray ; 
igual shadows, gather; flickering fancies, 
play. 
Western skies, in purple glowing glory fade ; 
Evening star, beam o’er her—twilight, through 
thy shade. 
Fondly now she sleepeth! Love, be watch and 
__ ward! 
Lilies are her eyelids. Rose, whom no thorns 
guard ; 
God, still sweeter make her; sleep, refresh her 
charms ; 
Holy night, thus keep her,—roLpEp in My arms ! 
THE OCEAN AND ITS VARIOUS COLORS. 
MANY persons have expressed their sur- 
prise, when beholding the various colors 
imparted at certain seasons to the waters of 
the great deep. It is quite true that they 
do exhibit various hues, which depend upon 
a variety of circumstances. 
The ocean absorbs all the prismatic colors 
except that of ultramarine, which is reflected 
in every direction. This is its true color in 
general, when seen apart from atmospheric 
influence, modified by depth; but every 
gleam of sunshine, passing clouds, winds, 
shoals, and sandbanks, affect its tints. Par- 
ticular parts of the ocean show peculiar 
colors. The sea is white in the Gulf of 
Guinea, and black amid the Maldive Islands. 
Variously purple, red, and _ rose-colored 
waters occur in the higher parts of the 
Mediterranean, in the vermillion sea off Cali- 
fornia, the Red Sea, and in tracts along the 
coasts of Chili, Brazil, and Australia. Green 
water appears in the Persian Gulf, off the - 
Arabian Coast, and in connection with the 
deepest blue in the Arctic Ocean. 
‘These appearances are permanent, and so 
distinct, that ships have been seen partly in 
blue and partly in green water at the same 
time. The tints are occasioned by disferently- 
colored animalcules, which swam in countless 
myriads in the tracts in question. 'The same 
species of animalcules (Zrichodesmium 
Erythreum) which color the Red Sea have 
been found in other similarly-tinted districts 
of the ocean. 3 
The green of the Arctic Seas is produced 
also by minute animals, which visit in spring 
the coast of Holland, and have been encoun- 
tered in immense shoals migrating in the 
Atlantic. In the Antarctic regions, Sir 
James Ross remarked repeatedly the change 
of color of the sea, from light oceanic blue to 
a dirty brown, caused by ferruginous 
animalcule. The phosphorescence of the 
ocean, a magnificent and imposing spectacle, 
when the waves scintillate with bright green 
sparks, or exhibit a long line of fire flashing 
in a thousand directions, is mainly caused by 
minute organic beings, which are phospho- 
rescent while alive; a property retained by 
the gelatinous particles with which certain 
tracts of the deep are thickly charged— 
their dead and dismembered relics. At the 
same time, a disturbed electrical condition of 
the atmosphere may be most favorable to 
the phenomenon. 
ACTION. 
No man should be so much taken up in the 
search of truth, as thereby to neglect the more 
necessary duties of active life; for after all is done, 
it is action only that gives a true value and 
commendation to virtue.—CicERo. 

