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continue its lazy hum, and the butterfly its flight, and 

 all the other wonderful creatures which surround us 

 pursue their daily occupations; and let us also visit and 

 admire them, and make them a subject of our interest 

 and study. 



When tired down with labor, flee to nature in all her 

 wild grandeur, and watch her children about their af- 

 fairs; notice their habits, their food, their song, and 

 many other things which were unseen and unknown 

 before will now appear to you very glorious. When 

 once interested in these things, new objects of beauty 

 and attraction will be discovered at every ramble, and 

 things and places which before appeared gloomy will 

 be found to contain abundance of life and joy. Let the 

 blind open their eyes and see, and let the past observer 

 continue his search for new beauties, and his admira- 

 tion for those already found. 



With a strong love and recommendation for these 

 dwellers of the woods, plains and water I close my brief 

 remarks upon them, and proceed to notice other won- 

 drous beauties of the natural world which are devoid 

 of life, such as rainbows, halos, the clouds and sky, 

 stars and planets, caves and glens, and many other 

 things which are worthy of notice. Having treated 

 upon each in a few words, but not undertaking to do 

 justice to any, for that is beyond the power of man, we 

 will also leave them as we did the living wonders. 



Let Niagara continue her mighty thundering over 

 the lofty precipice, from whose depth the troubled wat- 

 ers rise in clouds of vapor; and let the Natural bridge 

 forever stand as a monument of divine architecture 

 and beauty, over whose immense arch the people gaze 

 in awe. 



