the quadruped with plants. Man alone is able 
to enjoy all these things; and he alone can 
break the chain of concord and of love, by 
which the whole universe is bound together. 
His greedy hand bears off an animal from its 
native clime without thinking of its habits and 
its wants; and yet more unfrequently ne¬ 
glects the plant, which is made to forget in its 
new slavery the attractions of its own country. 
Does he import a plant ? He neglects the 
insect which animates it, the bird which adorns 
it, and the quadruped which is nourished by 
its leaves and reposes under its shade. Be¬ 
hold the Virginian jessamine, with its beauti¬ 
ful verdure and purple flowers ; it always re¬ 
mains a stranger amongst us. We always 
prefer our lovely honeysuckle before it; from 
the woodbine the bee gathers honey, the goat 
browses its verdure, and its fruit is the food of 
legions of the feathered tribe. Could we see 
the humming bird of Florida hopping about 
its slender branches (for in the vast forests of 
the new world it prefers-its beautiful foliage 
less regard with greater admiration and plea- 
finds its sustenance in the nectareous vessels 
