Pupil: Do you not remember papa telling us the sport he and Uncle William had one day when they went shooting? I remember they brought home a great number of pheasants.

Governess: How thankful ought man to be to think that every living creature was formed for his use!

Pupil: I think King David felt that man had more from the hand of God than he deserved, when he exclaimed-"What is man that thou shouldst take care of him!" And when he said—" How manifold are thy works, in wisdom, hast thou made them all!"

Governess: I think the great poet Milton thought so in the composition of the following

lines :

66 'Thyself invisible,

Or dimly seen, in these thy lowest works;

Yet these declare thy goodness beyond thought
And power divine.'

Again, the following extract from the works of Daines Barrington, shows that the author was impressed with the mercy of the Creator, in providing for his creatures, in whatever clime or region they may be t

"Where'er creation's God the mind explores,
From Lybia's sands to Zembla's frozen shores,
The creatures of his hand are seen to share
His wondrous care, his boundless blessing there;
Their forms adapted to the climes they choose,
Their skill t'acquire the various food they use,
Their wide migrations, prove the high control
Of Him who sends their tribes from pole to pole;
A Father's eye beholds his creature's need,
And power and love the countless myriads feed.
Let the whole earth its grateful accents raise,
And every clime behold, adore, and praise!
To every shore that sacred light be given,
That lifts the heart, and turns the eye to heav'n!"

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Pupil I find Milton's works difficult to understand.

Governess: Yes; they require more serious reading than those of almost any other poet. I think we had better discontinue; and you, Agnes and Flora, had better practice your piece of music from Norma, as you are almost sure to be called upon this evening. I hope dear Flora will be clear in her harp accompaniment.

DIALOGUE VII.

Governess: Good morning, my dear, I was quite delighted to hear you last evening. I think you sang "Mamma is so very particular" very well.

Pupil: I am glad to hear we pleased you. Perhaps you will now tell me what kind of insect the musquito is: I have heard my cousin say, when he travelled in Mexico and the United States, he was severely attacked by them.

Governess: They are of the gnat kind, and are very numerous in all tropical regions.

Pupil: By tropical regions, do you not mean those which are situated between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?

Governess: Yes, my dear; and these insects at times visit the inhabitants in such numbers, that if they were not to place their candles in lanterns, they would be extinguished by the musquitos flying into the flame,

Pupil I am very glad we are not troubled with them, particularly when papa is amusing little Percy and his party with the magic lantern.

Governess; The next species is the horse fly: it is a great tormentor to horses and cattle; its skin is almost proof against any pressure, enabling the fly to endure it without any apparent injury.

Pupil: Like the spider, perhaps, to deceive its destroyer, it remains inactive to make its enemy suppose it dead.

Governess: Our next objects of observation will be those insects which are included in the seventh order, Aptera ; they have no wings -namely, spiders, centipedes, &c,

Pupil: Though spiders have no wings, they can very quickly disappear when their pitiless foe, a broom (as the poet says) makes its appearance,

Governess: I shall first notice the termes, as they deserve our particular attentionwhether we refer to their domestic discipline, or the manner in which they build their habitations.

Pupil: If they observe order in their families, I think they serve as examples to many, both among the rich and poor. I dislike to go into Dame Watson's cottage, for it always appears in such disorder, and her children are so rude and generally so very dirty; whereas, if we go any time of the day to Mrs. Kepple's, her children have clean faces, and her room looks the picture of cleanliness and order.

Governess: There is certainly a great difference between the appearance of the two families; but we must make allowances for poor dame Watson: her health is very bad, and she has a very worthless man for her husband. As for Mrs. Kepple, she is blessed with an industrious and pious husband, and he makes his children remember that "he and his house shall serve the Lord."

Pupil Are not termites considered as ants?

Governess: They have been familiarly called ants, though they are of a different order. Pupil: If I remember, you said there were eighteen species of ants.