tionately on Garret's arm, and in a very calm, low him hope against hope. It was also evident that tone, asked him, Did the old man say anything no change had been wrought in old Maurice's deagainst me, Garret-against myself?' He gave termination; so, convinced that matters could not her a look of surprise, almost of reproach, as he long continue in this state, Ellen inwardly deterexclaimed, 'Oh, Mary!' It was enough. A mined to make an effort to bring about some faint smile rested on her lip as her heart told her understanding. And an effort indeed it was for Garret felt such a thought impossible; and, after her. Naturally timid, and rendered still more a moment's pause, she continued, Then, Garret, diffident by her infirmity and secluded life, nothing our first thought must be of him. Go to him at but the power of an affection which was the first once, and gain his pardon for that disrespect, and object of her existence, a love stronger than death, comfort his heart, even as you did mine, by the could have induced her to take the step she now goodness of your sorrow. You will feel nothing meditated. This was to obtain an interview herbut misery till you have his forgiveness; and think self with old Maurice, and with her own lips how he must be grieving now! Then, for the fu- plead the cause so dear to her heart. She knew ture, we are both very young, and may well wait, him, as she had said, by report to be a hard and with trust in God and in each other, for the stern man; but she had also always heard he was changes time may bring. Your father made no a sensible and just one. She had heard, too, of objection to me except for poverty, and as that is his having, in early life, loved his wife to idolatry, no real fault, who knows but he may change his and cherishing her memory with a constancy that mind.' would never allow him to replace her; this, combined with his genuine love for Garret, inspired her with the hope that his feelings might be touched by her appeal; and she resolved on making an attempt to convince him that arithmetic was not the only rule for measuring human hearts.

"Garret shook his head despondingly as he answered, 'Ah, Mary, you little know him; but I'll go at once and ask his forgiveness, for, as you truly say, I cannot have rest or peace until I do so. But as to remaining idle any longer at home, when gold is to be made, and happiness depends on it, it is out of the question, Mary! You must not ask me to do that.'

"But indeed I do, Garret; that is what I ask you. You gave a promise to your old father, and you must not leave him. God always grants his blessing to the dutiful son; and would I be the one to tempt you to disobedience, and so provoke his curse! No, Garret; it surely is not we that wish for money: all we want is your father's consent; and that would be farther off than ever if you were to desert him, and make him look on me as the cause.'

We need not enlarge upon this interview. Enough to say, that, though at first causing some surprise she was received with civility and kindness, which gave her courage and even hope; and though she found it impossible to remove an opinion which had become a fixed idea in old Maurice's mind, still, conquered by her earnestness, he modified it so far as to promise that if, at the end of the year, Mary could bring him half the sum originally demanded-namely, ten guineas, and this fairly earned by their united industry-he would be proud and happy to welcome her as his daughter. In the mean time, he also required a promise from Ellen to keep both this meeting and agreement a secret from every creature except Mary herself. "From Garret!" asked Ellen pleadingly. "Yes, from Garret especially," said the old "Can Mary be depended on to oblige me

"Garret still remonstrated; but Mary's simple faith and sense of duty finally conquered so far as to gain his promise to wait one year; and then he declared impetuously that if his father by that time had not changed his mind, he would no long-man. er yield to his unreasonable whims.

Satisfied with averting the present evil, Mary urged him no farther then; but hurried him away, not to lose a moment in becoming reconciled to his father. Then, worn out with her long effort at composure, my poor girl threw herself into my arms, and wept without restraint her long-repressed and bitter tears. But Mary's heart is like an April day-sunshine ever following the showers; and after a while she raised her head, and with a cheerfulness that took me by surprise, exclaimed, 'Well, Ellen, at any rate we shall not be parted; life will glide along the same as ever; and with hope to gladden, and the sense of doing right to bear us up, I think we ought to be even happier than before we were tried. And now from this time out,' added she, with increasing liveliness, 'I must be very careful, steady, and diligent, and so win a good character for old Maurice, as I have no money to buy one:' then sitting down to work with an air of diligence, she cried, Now, Ellen, you'll have to bear witness in my favor; so here's to begin!'

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in this?"

"You shall see," answered Ellen proudly. Old Manrice smiled; and ratifying the treaty with a warm benediction and shake of the hand, they parted, mutually pleased. Since then, long months had passed away, and yet not so very long, for hope and constant industry had made the time seem short; and if Garret would sometimes, without those aids, wax impatient, a gentle word from Ellen, reminding him of his promise, would induce him to keep it with a good grace. He would good-humoredly say, "You are our pilot, Ellen, and in such hands it would be hard indeed if we refused to answer the helm." While Mary, assenting with beaming eyes, would think to herself, "Ah! if he knew but all."

But now the time was drawing very near. The "Sarah Jane," the vessel in which Garret was to have taken a berth last year, was to sail again in another month; and more than once of late he had mentioned this in a way that plainly showed his mind was dwelling on the voyage. The two girls worked harder, more perseveringly than ever; Ellen then told how, in the evening, Garret re- but they lived in a remote place, and, until Mrs. turned; but though his heart was evidently light- Villars' kindness had provided them with employened by his father's forgiveness, still it was also ment, their tasks had been precarious, and remuplain that he had not recovered his own disappoint-neration small; so that when, on that very morning, ment. His impetuous, active nature found wait-after a painful interview with Garret, the sisters ing and submission a hard trial; and it required a reckoned over their little hoard, they found it double exertion of fortitude on Mary's part to make | scarcely amounting to two thirds of the requisite

sum, and Ellen sadly acknowledged that, from former experience, she was convinced it was useless to expect any further concession from old Maurice.

of love and hope, that Garret started from his chair, and bending over her, inquired in hurried tones, "What then!-dearest Mary, what then!"

She threw back her head merrily as she looked up into his face; and though she tried to compose her features, a thousand smiles and dimples contradicted the demure accent with which she continued, "And then you may come with us when we take it home." Both Ellen and Garret laughed at this anti-climax; Ellen especially, well knowing what was in the glad girl's heart, and amused, besides, at Garret's somewhat puzzled countenance. But that soon brightened again under the happy influence; and, without seeking the reason why, he found himself chattering away with a lighter heart than he had felt for months.

In this desponding mood she was found, as we have related, by Mrs. Villars, who listened to her artless narrative with deep and unaffected sympathy. When all was told, she spoke a few words of comfort and encouragement, expressive of the great use of trial to fortify and exalt the nind; and dwelt upon those lovely traits in Mary's character, which had been just described, and which might have withered away under too bright a sun. Then opening the little parcel she still held, she unfolded a large square of lace, and laying a pattern before Ellen, said, "Do you think, Ellen, you both could work this into a veil, and The moon arose; but as that fair light has busihave it ready by this day month? It is for a ness of its own, our workwomen reserved it for a young friend to wear at her wedding, and you future hour, and sent Garret for the more terrestial shall have five guineas if you do it well." Ellen's assistance of a pair of candles, to put the few heart gave one wild throb; for a moment she concluding stitches to their work. At length betried in vain to speak; then finding utterance, hold it finished! Ellen resigned the last two or poured forth her thanks and hopes with a rapidity three stitches to her sister, that by her hands it almost unintelligible. Five guineas!-oh, dear- should be completed; and, holding it up with an est lady, what would we not attempt for that! | exclamation of triumph, poor Mary gazed joyfully Five guineas!-why, it has taken nearly a long at it for an instant, then flinging her arms round year to put so much more together, and now it Ellen's neck, burst into tears. Garret looked on will seem but a day to earn the rest; and then wonderingly, and made some efforts at consolation you will at last be happy, my own Mary-happier and better for all your trouble. Oh, ma'am, fear not but we will accomplish it; and night and day we will work, until it is done." And night and day they worked, Mary at the plainer part, Ellen at the delicate stitches; while with admiration and renewed hope they contemplated each morning the progress they had made. At first Ellen thought to have given Mary the pleasure of a surprise, and, until it was done, to keep the amount of their reward a secret; but they had been too long accustomed to sharing every thought, to practise any concealment now; and one day remarking an unusually rapid progress, the whole truth burst in gladness from her lips.

so wide of the mark, that Mary's weeping was at once changed into laughter, until her bright eyes overflowed again. Ellen at last, remembering that the best of men may sometimes grow impatient, and unwilling to try Garret too far, laid her hand on his arm, and said, "This is a bridal veil, Garret, and Mary and I have worked hard day and night to have it ready; it is to be worn by a fair and happy bride, while we

Garret required no further explanation of Mary's tears and excitement; and shaking off Ellen's hand with an upbraiding glance, as if he thought her for once in her life unfeeling, he answered warmly," And if she is ever so fair and happy, she cannot be fairer than my own sweet Mary, or more deserving of the happiest lot." Then, before she had time to answer, he seized the veil, and playfully throwing it over Mary's glossy hair, he added, "Now tell me, Ellen, will there ever be a fairer bride than that?"

To describe Mary's delight and astonishment is impossible. More busily she could not work, and for a while her trembling fingers refused to work at all; but day after day the sweet hope strengthened, and at last the appointed morning came, and found their task all but completed. It was, how- But he was answered by a loud cry from Ellen. ever, a day of unusual interruptions; and Ellen In passing, the veil had touched the flame of the had each hour fresh cause to admire the improve- candle, and in an instant the delicate covering was ment in Mary's temper, as, without an impatient in a blaze. Quick as thought, she tore it from word, she would lay aside her work and attend to every demand. But evening still found them at their unfinished task, and Mrs. Villars required it that night at the very latest. Just as they were busily employed, in came Garret with his usual request for an evening walk, and, half-affronted when refused, he said reproachfully, "I believe there is some charm in that cobweb, for you never will put it by. Here I have tried in vain to get you out for an entire month. I will begin to think at last, Mary, that you take no pleasure in my company."

Mary's quick feelings rose at this undeserved reproach, and, with somewhat of her old spirit, she was about to retort; but remembering all their past sorrow, all her present hope, she paused and answered gently, "To prove the contrary, Garret, I condemn you never to leave me till this cobweb, as you call it, is fairly spun; and then-" She stopped short with a gasp, at having so nearly betrayed her secret; but her look was so eloquent

that beloved head; the next moment it lay in scorched and worthless fragments on the floor. To describe their consternation, their revulsion of feeling, is impossible. The present calamity was so overpowering, that for the minute it swallowed up all thought of remoter consequences, and— pale, speechless, and aghast-they gazed in si lence first at one another, then at the fragile object on which their hopes had so lately rested. At last Mary, pale as death, and almost as calm, laid her arm on her sister's neck, and in a low sad tone murmured, "You see, Ellen, 't is not to be!" Those words, uttered so despondingly, and Ellen's piteous tears, revealed to Garret somewhat of the truth; and though he could not guess the full extent of the misfortune, still he became at once aware that, in a moment's heedlessness, he had destroyed some plan essential to the happiness of all, and his self-accusation almost amounted to despair.

her ear.

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as you

Is this

It was morning once more; the sun shone out | Mary, I had to blame myself. It was shown me 135 as brightly as if it had only to awaken light and then that I had been too positive and unbending; happy hearts, and the sisters had arisen betimes, and Ellen's words, and all her loving arguments, and again were busy with their daily work. With came back fresher to my mind than the day I the poor, there can be no useless indulgence of heard them. regret, and the labor of one hour often conquers thought me that day, Ellen," added he, turning to I was not so hardened the sorrow of the preceding: but we cannot won-her; "but I thought a little trial would do the der at the languor that now hung over Mary's young people no harm; for I knew their hearts usually active movements, or blame the large tear were in the right place, only they wanted ballast. that would escape from her long, dark eye-lashes, But it is not good for short-sighted mortals to take as a gentle sigh from Ellen now and then caught the province of the Most High. When He afflicts, Otherwise, they were quite silent; they He sees and knows all things. We may often do had exhausted the language of sorrow; and it mischief, though intending good, when inflicting was not at once the foundations of hope could be needless trial on the hearts that love us; and so laid again. Still, they both were occupied with Mary, achree, even before Garret came in, I had their different employments when a footstep ap- resolved on my future course, and was waiting to proached, and looking round, Mary saw old Mau- tell him so before I slept that night; but when he rice Mahony standing in the door-way. Starting did come, and all was told-all the mischief he at sight of such an unusual visitor, her first had done, and the sweet, patient way you bore it thought was of Garret-that some harm had be--I thought the night too long till I could come fallen him, and trembling violently, she found her- and relieve my own heart and yours. self unable to ask; but Ellen, with more selfpossession, wished him good morning and as he were you able to fulfil your promise? for that you "And now Ellen," continued he, "how far answered, "Good-morrow,' busy, I see," the tones of his voice at once reäs-the sun is shining on us now. ," kindly," Always both did your best, I have no more doubt than that sured, poor Mary, and awakened, she scarely you hard at work when you little thought I was knew why, some indefinite feeling of hope. I have often noticed He had not addressed her, but he now held out that ever names you. And there was a promise passing, let alone the good report from every one his hand, and drew her to a chair, beside which he too, Ellen, that you made for another,' seated himself. Ellen laid by her work, and there old man with a smile; " and Mary, asthore, you was a momentary pause of stillness and expecta- kept it well, as I saw by Garret last night; and ," added the tion. Maurice was a remarkable looking man. though he 'll hardly thank me for teaching you to His hair, almost snow-white, combed back into keep a secret from him, he 'll feel it makes you smooth, old-fashioned curls, and his clothes, cut ac- the worthier of his trust in time to come. cording to the fashion of a former generation, would the money?" asked he, as he took the little box conhave given him the appearance of great age, had it taining their united earnings from Ellen's hand, not been contradicted by his fresh complexion and and poured out the precious hoard upon the table still elastic step. His tall figure, scarcely stooped -half-crowns, shillings, sixpences, even halfuntil his recent illness, and his firm, well-shaped pence-all as they had been received and deposited mouth, and sagacious eyes and forehead, betokened there, and a tear glistened in the old man's eyes as an intellect still retaining all the vigor of its prime. he reckoned over those tokens of affection and perHe sat, as we have said, for a moment in silence, severing industry. The sum amounted in all to looking at the two anxious girls. At last he spoke; little more than seven pounds; and when the total and, still retaining Mary's hand, related how Gar- was announced, Ellen shook her head as she reret had returned home last night in a state little marked, "It would have been too little after all." short of distraction; his heart so entirely full of" It is enough," answered Maurice quietly; and one subject, that though it had never been renewed selecting from amongst the coins a crooked sixbetween them since the first painful day-under pence, which, pierced with a little hole, had once the influence of strong excitement, the interval probably been a true-love token, he added, seemed as nothing-the long smothered feeling shall keep this for a luck-penny while I live; after burst forth, and he told him all that had occurred. that, Mary, it shall be yours in memory of this "I "It was very late," continued the old man, day. "but I could not go to rest till he came in, for I had felt all the evening more lonely than usual. The fire burnt low as I sat before it in thought; and fancy brought back again her I had laid long years ago in her narrow grave, and the children that had followed her; and I could see them all again smiling and chattering round the hearth, as they used to in those old hours. At last, from being very sorrowful these memories grew pleasant, and a dawning of the future seemed to gain upon the again pursue their way to the residence of Mrs. With what different feelings did the little group shadows of the past. I began to think; for the Villars. Forgetful of her own disappointment, she heart," added the old man solemnly, prepared within itself for the way it ought to act; their sorrowful communication the night before, "is often had listened with kind and womanly sympathy to I began to ask myself why there were not smiling and now they hastened to tell her of their joy, and faces and sweet young voices round my hearth to ask her whether the time could possibly allow again, and why my best and only one was at that them to repair the accident by working another. moment under the roof of a stranger-his thoughts" All for love, dear lady, this time; you must not full of bitterness against the old father that loved him all the time better than the veins of his heart -" "Oh no, no," interrupted Mary softly. Old Maurice sighed as he continued-"If it was so,

for your sake only I wish it had been more-but,
That is our share. The rest, dear Ellen-
such as it is, keep it till you meet with some old
man as unreasonable as myself."
strated; but in vain. Old Maurice made it a con-
dition; and as Mary took his side, two to one car-
Ellen remon-
ried the day; then, in compassion to Garret's im-
patience, he left them, as he said, to have his place
better filled.

think of offering us any money now!" But Mrs.
Villars had already taken measures to supply the
loss, and, as her best apology for the delay, had
transmitted to her young friend the burnt fragments

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of the veil as an evidence of the beauty of the work, | tobacco monopoly to enable the monopolist to acand of the accident which destroyed it. In relat- quire a monopoly over sugar or tea; the profits of ing the circumstances, she added the hope that, these united, to establish a monopoly of corn; and as in Ireland a conflagration was considered an then we should have Mr. D'Israeli's ideas of " the auspicious omen to a bride, good fortune might at- Coming Man" realized with a vengeance-the alitend those relics in a tenfold proportion to the sor-ment of the human race depending on the will and row they had caused; and the young English girl, pleasure of an individual, and he a member of the as she smiled at the augury, sent a thought across house of Israel! Such may not practically result, the waters from her own happy home, and deter-but it is theoretically possible; and, on a simply mined not to enjoy the prosperous influence alone. philosophical consideration, nothing could be more She laid the open parcel on the table, and told its curious. The profligate monopolies granted to story in a way that went home to the hearts of her courtiers, in the seventeenth century, for base and auditors. Had she been covetous, she might have selfish reasons, here recur under totally different made Mary Roche the richest of her name; but, circumstances. Here reappears a power of units guided by judginent as well as feeling, she con- over multitudes, such as existed in similar force tented herself with accepting a trifling gift from only in the earliest state of society.—Chambers. each, and so realized a sum which, though moderate in her eyes, far more than compensated for the labor they had lost. It was forwarded to Mrs. Villars, who divided it equally between the surprised and grateful girls; and it would have been more than human nature, had they not felt some little pleasure in the consciousness that Mary was not a portionless bride after all.

She and Garret never forgot their separate lessons of perseverance and patience acquired in that year of probation. They had truly learned them by heart, and such experience is seldom obliterated; and Ellen, happiest in the happiness of others -the dearest object of her heart attained-still felt that she had a sacred duty to perform. She devoted herself more entirely to her father, and, in studying his wishes, endeavored gradually to improve them; and she was rewarded. Drawn to each other by the absence of their mutual companion, he seemed each day more conscious of her excellence. Stimulated by the example of her cheerfulness and industry, he began to feel ashamed of his own listless indolence; and by degrees shaking off the influence of habit, he became an altered man.

full.

The Work-girl's" cup of joy was

A TOBACCO SPECULATOR.-A French newspaper makes the following statement: "We learn that M. de Rothschild has arranged an affair which will insure him the monopoly of tobacco not only in France, but throughout the continent of Europe. He has for some time had agents in America to buy, by anticipation, the growth of all the plantations for a great many years to come. Thirty millions of francs have been appropriated to this vast speculation. The news has spread alarm among the capitalists who have entered into contracts with the royal tobacco manufactory, as it will soon be impossible for them to supply their tobacco at the stipulated prices." What an unheard-of proceeding! One man, by wealth, to acquire a power of money-squeezing or taxing over every one of his fellow-creatures who is addicted to a by no means rare habit! The Dutchman and German, who live in an atmosphere of tobacco smoke; the Parisian gentleman, who could not want his cigar; the operative, to whom the short pipe is equally indispensable; the old woman, who would perish without her tabatière; all to become liable to a suffering in purse for the benefit of M. de Rothschild, because M. de Rothschild happens already to possess overgrown wealth. Is there not something alarming in this announcement, as if we were now to find the results of industry converted into the most serious of tyrannies? Why, at this rate, it would only require the profits of the

From Lamartine's "Harmonies Poètiques."

A HYMN.

THERE is an unknown language spoken
By the loud winds that sweep the sky;
By the dark storm-clouds, thunder-broken,
And waves on rocks that dash and die;
By the lone star, whose beams wax pale,
The moonlight sleeping on the vale,

The mariner's sweet distant hymn,
The horizon that before us flies,
The crystal firmament that lies

In the smooth sea reflected dim.

"T is breathed by the cool streams at morning,
The sunset on the mountain's shades,
The snow that daybreak is adorning,

And eve that on the turret fades;
The city's sounds that rise and sink,
The fair swan on the river's brink,

The quivering cypress' murmured sighs,
The ancient temple on the hill,
The solemn silence, deep and still,
Within the forest's mysteries.

Of Thee, oh God! this voice is telling,
Thou who art truth, life, hope, and love;
On whom night calls from her dark dwelling,
To whom bright morning looks above;
Of Thee-proclaimed by every sound,
Whom nature's all-mysterious round

Declares, yet not defines. Thy light;
Of Thee-the abyss and source, whence all
Our souls proceed, in which they fall,

Who hast but one name-INFINITE.
All men on earth may hear and treasure
This voice, resounding from all time;
Each one, according to his measure,

Interpreting its scenes sublime.

But ah! the more our spirits weak
Within its holy depths would seek,

The more this vain world's pleasures cloy;
A weight too great for earthly mind,
O'erwhelms its powers, until we find
In solitude our only joy.

So when the feeble eye-ball fixes

Its sight upon the glorious sun,
Whose gold-emblazoned chariot mixes

With rosy clouds that towards it run;
The dazzled gaze all powerless sinks,
Blind with the radiance which it drinks,

And sees but gloomy specks float by;
And darkness indistinct o'ershade
Wood, meadow, hill, and pleasant glade,
And the clear bosom of the sky.

D. M. M.

From Chambers' Journal.

ANIMAL LANGUAGE.

neath his nose. This at length rouses his friend of Skye, and away they trot as slyly to the hill as any couple of poachers. Now our pepper-andmustard hero is beating the whin-bushes, while his comrade stands outside the cover, ready to pounce upon the first rabbit that makes its appearance. Not a whine, not a yelp is heard-the whole is conducted by signs as significant and as well understood as the most ingenious system of marine signalizing.

friend awoke him from his reverie, and pricking up his ears, gambolled significantly around him. Next he scampered onwards for a dozen of yards LANGUAGE-as far as the communication of ideas or so, looked anxiously back, again scampered by certain modes of contact, by gesture, or by forward, looked back, whined, and returned. sounds, can be called by that name-seems to be Then he set out, scenting the ground as if he had possessed in common by all living creatures. The made some important discovery, stopped suddenly, first or simplest form in which this faculty is man-made a short detour, tracking some imaginary ifested among animals, is that of contact-a species scent as eagerly as if a treasure of venison lay beof intercommunication beautifully illustrated by the habits of such insects as the ant. "If you scatter," say the authors of the Introduction to Entomology, "the ruins of an ant's nest in your apartment, you will be furnished with a proof of their language. The ants will take a thousand different paths, each going by itself, to increase the chance of discovery; they will meet and cross each other in all directions, and perhaps will wander long before they can find a spot convenient for their reunion. No sooner does any one discover a little chink in the floor, through which it can pass below, than it returns to its companions, and, by means of certain motions of its antennæ, makes some of them comprehend what route they are to pursue to find it, sometimes even accompanying them to the spot; these, in their turn, become the guides of others, till all know which way to direct their steps.' The mode of communication employed by bees, beetles, and other insects, is much of the same nature, being almost entirely confined to contact, and rarely or ever partaking of gesticulation, which may be considered as the next form of language in the ascending scale.

Independent of the humble kind of expression which gesticulation implies, many of the higher animals are possessed of vocal language, by which they can give the most intelligible utterance to their feelings of delight, pain, fear, alarm, recognition, affection, and the like. Nor does this language differ in aught but degree from that which we ourselves enjoy. Our organs may be capable of a greater variety of tones and modulations; and yet in some cases this is more than questionable : all that can be said is, that the human organization is capable of more perfect articulation, and this articulation is a thing of art, imitation, and experience, depending upon the higher degree of intelligence with which the Creator has endowed us. The brute creation express their feelings and passions by certain sounds, which are intelligible not only to those of their own species, but in a great de

In expressing their wants, feelings, and passions, almost all the higher animals make use of gesticulation. The dog speaks with his eye and ear as significantly as he does by his voice; the wagging of his tail is quite as expressive as the shake of agree to all other animals. Man, in his natural state, human hand; and no pantomime could better illus- does little or nothing more. It is civilization-the trate conscious error, shame, or disgrace, than his memory of many experiences, aided by his higher hanging ears, downcast look, and tail depressed, mental qualities-which gives him his spoken lanas he slinks away under rebuke. The dog, indeed, guage; each new object receiving a name founded is an admirable physiognomist, whether actively on association with previously-known objects, and or passively considered. If you can read craving, each conception receiving expression by association fear, or anger in his countenance, so he will kind-with ideas formerly entertained. Nothing of this ness or surliness in yours, just as readily as he can kind takes place among animals; their limited eninterpret the physiognomy of one of his own spe- dowments do not permit of it, as the range of their cies. Observe that huge mastiff gnawing a bone existence does not require it. Their language may on the other side of the street, and see how the be considered as stationary in a natural state, though Newfoundland that is coming up on this side de- capable of some curious modifications under human ports himself. First, he stands stock-still; not a training, or even under certain peculiar changes muscle of his frame is moved; the mastiff takes no of natural condition. It is to this range of animal notice of him. Next, he advances a few steps, expression that we would now direct attention. looks intently, wags his tail once or twice; still not a glance from the mastiff, which is evidently striving not to observe him. On the Newfoundland goes, with an indifferent amble, keeping as closely to this side as he can, and thinks no more of the mastiff. Had the latter, however, lifted his head from the bone, rad he exchanged one glance of recognition, had he brushed his tail even once along the pavement, the Newfoundland would have gone gambolling up to him, even though the two might have had a tussle about the bone in the long-run. Here, then, is an example of strict physiognomy or pantomime, quite as well understood between animals as the most ardently-expressed sounds. Again, mark that couple of terriers, bound on a secret rabbiting excursion to yonder hill-side. Two minutes ago, that shaggy native of Skye was dozing on his haunches, as little dreaming of a rabbit-hunt as of a journey to the antipodes. But his little pepper-and-mustard 9

CXIV.

LIVING AGE.

VOL. X.

Take that barn-yard cock, for example, which five minutes ago was crowing defiance from the top of the paling to his rival over the way, and hear him now crowing a very different note of de light and affection to his assembled dames. In a few minutes you may hear his peculiar "cluck cluck," over some tid-bit he has discovered, and to which he wishes to direct their attention; his long-suppressed guttural cry of alarm, if the mastiff happens to be prowling in the neighborhood; or his soft blurr of courtship, when wooing the affections of some particular female. All of these notes, even to the minutest modulation, are known to the tenants of the barn-yard, which invariably interpret them in the sense they were intended. Or take the barn-yard hen, and observe the language by which she communicates with her young. By one note she collects and entices them under her wings, by another calls them to partake of some insect or grain she has discovered, by a third warns