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WANDERINGS IN 



First to enable thee to give mankind a true and proper de- 



JOURNEY. 



scription of them, thou must not destroy a third through 



wantonness, or to show what a good marksman thou art ; 

 that would only blot the picture thou art finishing, not 

 colour it. 



Though retired from the haunts of men, and even 

 without a friend with thee, thou wouldst not find it soli- 

 tary. Tlie crowing of the hannaquoi will sound in thine 

 ears like the daybreak town clock ; and the wren and 

 the thrush will join with thee in thy matin hymn to thy 

 Creator, to thank him for thy night's rest. 



At noon the Genius will lead thee to the troely, one 

 leaf of which will defend thee from both sun and rain. 

 And if, in the cool of the evening, thou hast been tempted 

 to stray too far from thy place of abode, and art deprived 

 of light to write down the information thou hast collected, 

 The fire-fly. the fire-fly, which thou wilt see in almost every bush 

 around thee, will be thy candle. Hold it over thy pocket- 

 book, in any position which thou knowest will not hurt 

 it, and it will afford thee ample light. And when thou 

 hast done with it, put it kindly back again on the next 

 branch to thee. It will want no other reward for its 

 services. 



When in thy hammock, should the thought of thy 

 little crosses and disappointments, in thy ups and downs 

 through life, break in upon thee, and throw thee into a 

 The owl. pensive mood, the owl will bear thee company. She will 



