ny a prize did he find in these sylvan 
retreats, and often did he return home 
laden with treasures, and as happy in 
the discoveries he had made, as though 
they had been of far greater value. 
Many of the wild plants, thus introdu¬ 
ced to a richly-cultivated soil, spread 
and multiplied, and added so much to 
the labour of the gardener, that his 
father was obliged, at length, to set 
some bounds to the practice. But, not 
content with the stores of the vegeta¬ 
ble kingdom, the adventurous youth be¬ 
gan to seize on the insect tribe ; and 
baying succeeded in taking prisoners 
some wasps and wild bees, he brought 
them home to colonize his garden. 
The new inmates found themselves in 
a land flowing with milk and honey, 
and soon made desperate attacks on 
the hives of the domesticated bees ; 
and, like the Goths and Yandals inva- 
