1810.] 
6 Never mind ;” ©*I care not.” Such 
procrastinators are perhaps incorrigible, 
and must be given over to their volun- 
tary malady. 
The sanguine and the listless, make 
a false estimation of time. They are not 
absolutely averse to discharge their du- 
ties, but, they defer them from minutes 
to hours, from hours to days, from days 
to weeks, from weeks to months, from 
snonths to seasons, and from seasons to 
years, consoling themselves by repeat- 
ing, “Tis time enough yet:” til! all their 
allotted portion of time has expired, and 
left their duties, not only unfinished, but 
unattempted, 
«Tis time enough yet,” is a sluggard’s 
motto, not Jess absurd than untrue, 
Considering wisely, there was never yet 
time enough for any thing. Time, the 
greatest gift of Heaven and nature, is 
heid by a tenure so precarious and eva- 
nescent, that no one knows how large or 
small his share is decreed to be, He is 
therefore a spendthrift, who but wastes 
a moment, 
A man who possessed only an uncer- 
tain and decreasing income, is deemed 
a magman if he squander it away on toys 
and unsubstautial trifles, instead of turn- 
ing it to interest and accumulation. 
The consequences of procrastination, 
embrace all the intermediate stages of 
human ill, included*between slight in- 
convenience, and total  deStruction. 
Through it, children have been chastised, 
and people of all ages have incurred losses 
and privations. By procrastination, 
merchants have lost bargains; mechanics 
have lost employment; and the laborer 
has lost subsistence. By it statesmen 
have Jost places; competitors have lost 
rewards; fathers have lost sons; and 
mothers have ruined daughters. Pro- 
crastination has lost the lover his mistress, 
and has involved thousands in the dis- 
grace of violated promises and broken 
vows. In shart, by procrastination, ge- 
nerals have failed of victory; and kings 
have lost thrones ! | 
Finally, the remedy is to be declared. 
Let the person who is addicted to this 
shameful propensity, solemnly resolve, 
at all times to perform his duties before 
he gratifies his love of present ease; and 
Jet him not only resolve, but act, by dis- 
charging instantly what he may have to 
60. ‘ 
Effectual aid for the eradication of 
this defect of character, will be obtained 
from reflecting on the uncertain duration 
of human existence ; and by well weigh. 
Principal Exporis from Egypt to Europe. 
1Si 
ing the infallible consequences of pros 
crastination. Let us all revolve in our 
miads, the desire we fee! that others. 
should perform their duties to us, fron 
which we will learn how essential the 
prompt discharge of ours is to them, By 
acting on these principles, the wise and 
virtuous will be saved from the dangers 
and disuonour of a vicious procrasti- 
nation. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
OBSERVATIONS and SPECULATIONS, by @ 
FRENCHMAN, On the ADVANTAGEOUS 
SITUATION Of EGYPT, 4$ @ STAPLE Or 
CENTLE for the TRAQE Of all Nas 
TIONS; with @ BRIEF ENUMERATION | 
of the PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES that 
pass through ucypt on their Way to 
EUROPE. 
(Concluded from vol. 29, p. 549.) 
SENNA. The leaves procured from 
a tree of the genus of cassia (case 
sia lanceolata), growing in the neigh- 
bouring countries of Upper Egypt, Senna, 
and Nubia, on uncoltivated and dry hills, 
or ground into which the water of the 
Nile does not penetrate. There are 
two species of this tree, one with 
sharp pointed leaves, and another 
with leaves more roundedi and shaped 
at the top somewhat like a lancet; in 
other respects they are much the same, - 
and their purgative powers seem to be 
nearly equal. The shells, supposed 
to be as efficacious as the leaves, and 
by some even preferred on account of 
their greater mildness, are the hulls or 
capsules of the seeds of both sorts of. 
senna; they generally contain grains of 
this seed, though commonly such as have 
not attained to full maturity. We are 
informed by Mr. Delile of an aprignum, 
indigenous in the same places as the 
seana, with the leaves of which it is very 
frequently mixed; luckily however that 
substitution is immaterial, as the leaves 
of the aprignum are likewise of a laxative 
nature. The quantity of senna carried 
from Upper Egypt to Bulac and Cairo, 
and from theuce exported to every part of 
Europe, is immense ; while Persia, and the 
Asiatic provinces of the Ottoman empire, 
have likewise ashare. The yearly expor- 
tation to Europe is valued at 30,000/, and 
on the whole, this article constitutes a 
very profitable branch of Egyptian wade. 
Lamarinds, The caravans trom Nubia . 
carry the fruit of the tamarind trees in 
round cakes: this tree, the flowers of 
which resemble those others bearing pods, 
grows Spontaneously without requiring 
any 
