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     Note—the passions—emotions’—expressions’ 
     
     Elasticity and variations ; 
     
    

    
     The hues and tints, between the guilty pulse, 
     
     And the sutl'using blush of Innocence ; 
     
    

    
     The dark, deep’ning shades of crime, ferocious, 
     
     And of Amiableness--~the brilliant 
     
    

    
     Radia‘t‘i‘ons ; the dread shadowings of V ice, 
     
     And charms and grace of sublime Virtue .' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Then wisely consider 
     
     The Heart replete-~that bank of sensations ; 
     
     Source of rational and richest feelings; 
     
     Fountain of life's pulsations, health and joy ; 
     
     Sanctuary offaith, hape, charity,- 
     
    

    
     Temple of Devotion and the Virtues,- 
     
    

    
     The altar of Nature’s incense ; Love‘s palace . 
     
     The tribunal of Conscience; Honor’s fortress; 
     
     Tli' inspired volume of .Moral Principle ,- 
     
    

    
     The great reservoir of vitality,— 
     
    

    
     And ballance power of all its operations! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Then the .Mz'nd—its instincts and capacities, 
     
     Volitious, apprehensions, ambition ; 
     
    

    
     Region of perception and Ideas ; 
     
    

    
     The bright hemisphere of light and knowledge; 
     
     Exchequer of funded aquisition; 
     
    

    
     Splendid wardrobe of ingenuity; 
     
    

    
     Shield of strength; mirror of human glory; 
     
     Pavilion of the soul, its throne of state ; 
     
    

    
     4‘ Recess of wisdom; Fancy’s airy hall ; 
     
    

    
     “ The seat of thought ;” the citadel of wit; 
     
     And grand sensorium ofInlcllect: 
     
    

    
     Receiving theirimprcssions thro’ that “organ 
     
     Of universal communication,” 
     
    

    
     The Eye, a formation, most wonderful ; 
     
    

    
     And Ear, a spiral concave, marvellous; 
     
    

    
     With their integuments, guards and garniture; 
     
     And most perfect mechanism ! 
     
    

    
     With Touch, and Taste, and Sense of vivid tact’ 
     
     And all with surest vital aptitude, 
     
     Wakeful—watchful—forceful, activity ; 
     
     Writing on all the lines and lineaments 
     
    

    
     Of the countenance—.N'ature’s sympathies ; 
     
     And Nature’s choicest sensibilities. 
     
    

    
     Then in supreme beneficence—lb ehold- 
     
    

    
     .Man': better self, in Woman‘s richest love, 
     
     Elegance, refinement, beauty, virtue, 
     
     Complaisancy, tenderness, and kindness, 
     
     Paragon of all that’s fair and lovely ; 
     
    

    
     Peerless in every grace and excellence, 
     
    

    
     The pride oflife ; human angel-nature; 
     
    

    
     A master-work-improvement ofour race ; 
     
    

    
     And the world’s ornament, delight and glory! 
     
     And again, the loved image of ourselves- 
     
     Infancy, fond pledges of affection, 
     
    

    
     Innocence, purity, and blooming health, 
     
     Grateful anticipations— blissful promise, 
     
     Blessings, and interest and happiness! 
     
    

    
     Over and around, a smiling Providence, 
     
     Beaming in splendor, benignant, happy, 
     
     Paternal, and divinely kind and good ; 
     
     Creation, Preservation, Redemption ! 
     
    

    
     Oh! delightful—exhaustless themes ! 
     
     Merciful heaven! how can man be Sceptic, 
     
     Atheist, or Infidel—when, in himself, 
     
     such  of argument confirms the fact, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE ELEPHANT. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This instinct which the elephant possesses of 
     
     trying the strength of any construction, whe- 
     
     ther natural or artificial, which it is necessary 
     
     for him to cross, is particularly worthy of ob- 
     
     servation. When the enormous weight of a 
     
     full-grown elephant is considered, it must be 
     
     obvious, that if the creature were rashly to 
     
     place his body upon any frail support, his dan- 
     
     ger would be extreme. His caution, there- 
     
     tore, in avoiding such an an! is constantly 
     
     exercised; and the powerful as well as delicate 
     
     instrumentof touch which he possesses, enables 
     
     him always to be convinced of his security, 
     
     without incurring any risk under ordinary cir- 
     
     cumstances. The elephant at the Adelplii re- 
     
     tained this instinct in full force, however she 
     
     might have been led away from her natural 
     
     habits by the artificial restraints of her disci- 
     
     pline; and we, therefore, give full beliefto the 
     
     assertion. We are not quite so prepared to 
     
     believe what we have also heard stated with 
     
     regard to this animal, that, upon being satisfied 
     
     of the strength of the stage, and finding her- 
     
     self in a theatre, she immediately, without 
     
     any direction from her keeper, began to re~ 
     
     hearse the scenes which she had previously per- 
     
     formed at Paris. Pliny, however, tells us, that 
     
     an elephant, having been punished for his in- 
     
     aptitnde in executing some feat which he was 
     
     required to learn, was observed at night en- 
     
     deavouring to practice what he had vainly at- 
     
     tempted in the day; and Plutarch confirms this, 
     
     by mentioning an elephant who practised his 
     
     theatrical attitudes, alone. by moonlight. 
     
    

    
     Library of Entain-ing Knowledge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     One Swallow does not make a Summon—One 
     
     sharp frosty day the late King, when Prince 
     
     of Wales went into the Tiintciied House To.- 
     
     vern, and ordered a beef-steak; but observing 
     
     that it was excessively cold, desired the waiter 
     
     to bring him first a glass of brandy and water. 
     
     He emptied that in a twinkling, then a se- 
     
     cond, then a third. ‘ Now,‘ said the Prince, ‘1 
     
     am warm and ceml‘ortable: bring my steak.’ 
     
     On this Mr. Sheridan, who was present, wrote 
     
     the following impromptu: 
     
    

    
     The Prince came in and said ’twas cold, 
     
     Then put to his head the ruminer ; 
     
    

    
     ’Till swallow aftcr swallow came, 
     
     When be pronounced it summer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A Frenchman, in his recently publfslied 
     
     ‘Tour through England,’ remarks that ‘ punch 
     
     in all shapes is a great favourite with the En- 
     
     glish:—Punch is his favourite liquor, Punch 
     
     his favourite entertainment—and a punch on 
     
     the head his favourite argument.’ 
     
    

    
     ‘ To the question what advantage is there in 
     
     making use of Greek and Latin sentences, 
     
     when addressing those who cannot understand 
     
     them? Ianswer none at all, and nobody does 
     
     it now-a-days that knows any better. It was 
     
     fashionable once, but it would be fantastic 
     
     now.’ 
     
    

    
     Scottish Clericals.—-Wlien the stanzas are 
     
     cramply written, as is frequently the case in 
     
     Scottish version, the effect is somewhat ridicu- 
     
     lous. Inone ofthe psalms (the fifty-second, 
     
     we believe,) we find the following couplet: 
     
    
   
   
    
     “ The Lord shall come. and he shall not 
     
    

    
     Be silent but speak out." 
     
    

    
     This is well enough, but the sense is, in a slight 
     
     degree, marred, when the precenter utters two 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
          
     
        
     
       
     
          
     
        
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
        
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
          
     
         
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     shall come, and he shall no!" and, addressin 
     
     the congregation, “ Be n'luil, but speak at 
     
     Mr.Fraser, of Borlum, late Sheriff oflii vernes... 
     
     shire, wasin thehabit of taking his nap yer 
     
     comfortable during service. The parso n, in. 
     
     turally indignant that his eloquence shOuld 
     
     have such a soporific tendency, determined to 
     
     give hisworship a gentle hint; and, finding 
     
     that a farmer, who sat in an adjoining p3,, 
     
     was also in the arms of Morpheus on one osca: 
     
     sion, he thumped the sacred volume with 
     
     such force as to awaken both sleepers. This 
     
     done, he exclaimed in a tone of reinonstrance 
     
     uJames Mackenzie, James Makenzie, I'm. 
     
     ashamed ofyon! if you snore so loud, ye’u 
     
     wakcn the sherifi‘,” Mr. Frascr never entered 
     
     the w lls ol‘the church again. Mr. Leslie, of 
     
     Dark‘Iand, frequently addressed his parishonen 
     
     by name from the pulpit. John Thomson a very 
     
     respectable collar, greatly annoyed the divine 
     
     by standing up during the sermon. One Sun. 
     
     day the lucklcss wight happened to sport: 
     
     new pair of (tn/ifeminines which seemed to 
     
     render him more restless than usual. llc seem. 
     
     ed to sit upon thorns, and he was ‘up and down,’ 
     
     every minute. Parson Leslie could not slant 
     
     it longer. ilc raised his forefinger, (the usual 
     
     signal for rebuke) and exclaimed “Willyou 
     
     have the goodness to sit down John Thomson? 
     
     Ifyou will show your new breeks, ye may stand 
     
     in the kirk yard, when a" the folks can see then, 
     
     but din/1a interrupt the worship.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pride efi'cclually Rewind—William Penn an 
     
     'l‘honins Story, travelling together in “min 
     
     being caught in a shower of rain, uncerem 
     
     nionsly sheltered themselves in a tobaCco liou . 
     
     the owner of which happening to be in, ti. 
     
     accosted them, “ You have a great deal ofi 
     
     pudence to ti-osspass on my premises. you ente 
     
     without leave. Do on know who 1 am?T 
     
     which was answered “ No.” “ Why, then 
     
     Would have you to know that] am aJustice 
     
     the Peace.” 'l‘homas Story replied, “ My fi‘ie 
     
     makes such things as thou art; he is the 
     
     vernor of Pennsylvania.” The would-beg 
     
     man quickly abated his haughtingsstpc' 
     
     Magazine. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ICELAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At first, Iconfess,I shuddered at the it! 
     
     of spending a winter in Iceland; but what 
     
     mysurprise when] found the temperature 
     
     the atmosphere not only greater than that 
     
     the preceding Winter in Denmark, but eq' 
     
     to that of the mildest I have lived either! 
     
     Denmark or Sweden! 
     
    

    
     ‘ln the month of November, the mere 
     
     in Fahrenheit’s thermometer did not sink lov 
     
     than 20. and it was nearly as often above 
     
     freezing point as below it. On the 6th of L 
     
     with clear weather and a light breeze fromlt 
     
     east-north-east, it sunk to 80 30, after whic 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     such beautiful contradictions as ‘I The Lord 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Thathsvcn’: peculiar “"k, and care, 
     
     6‘ Of .6 i: Lou.” 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     especially towards the end of the year,. . ! 
     
     weatherhecame remarkably mild, and count: re 
     
     ed in this state till near the middle of Jan.; I shoi 
     
     thermometer for the most part between 34 mg 
     
     40. On the 10th and 11th of January it fell ,m 
     
     low as 15 30, but rose again in a short ti de 
     
     and continued much more frequently abovct Ms, 
     
     below the point ot‘congelation till the 7th mbe 
     
     March, when we had a strong wmd from I he 
     
     N. N. W. and the mercury, which hadst. ,0”! 
     
     the preceding day between 30 and 34, sunk nah 
     
     the morning to 9 30, at noon to 8, and at lee 
     
     o’clock in the evening it fell as low as 4 “er 
     
     which was the strongest degree of frost we r, u 
     
     the whole winter. . ma. 
     
     The quantity of snow that fell during spir, 
     
     winter was very considerable, especially m“ 
     
     the northern parts of the island, where I" m,” 
     
     liter