walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

"And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee."--Jeremiah, chap. i. 18, 19.

"THE lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate, and thy cities shall be laid waste without an inhabitant.

"For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl; for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

"And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."-Ibid. chap. iv. 7, 8, 9.

"I BEHELD, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

"I beheld, and lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord and by his fierce anger."—Ibid. chap. iv. 25, 26.

"FOR thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees and cast a mount against Jerusalem; this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

"As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

"Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited."-Ibid. chap. vi. 6, 7, 8.

"AND the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away."-Ibid. chap. vii. 33.

Ibid.

"SAY unto the King and to the Queen, humble yourselves, sit down; for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

"Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the North: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

"Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”— Ibid. chap. xiii. 18. 20. 23.

"MOREOVER I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice

of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the candle."-Ibid. chap. xxv.

“EXUVIÆ tibi ludus erant, primusq; solebas Aspera complecti torvum post prælia patrem, Signa triumphato quoties flexisset ab Istro Arcteâ de strage calens, et poscere partem De spoliis, Scythicosve arcus, aut rapta Ge

lonis

Cingula, vel jaculum Daci, vel frena Suevi. Ille1 coruscanti clipeo te sæpe volentem Sustulit arridens, et pectore pressit anhelo Intrepidum ferri, galeæ nec triste timentem Fulgur, et ad summas tendentem brachia cristas."- Ibid. De III. Cons. Honor,

v. 23, &c. "Hos tibi virtutum stimulos, hæc semina laudum, Hæc exempla dabat." Ibid. v. 59.

"ILLI justitiam confirmavere triumphi; Præsentes docuere Deos." 2

Ibid. iv. Cons. Honor. v. 98.

of the enemy beyond the Meander, which slew all those who appeared before them, his ardour abated, and he sought a place where he might pass the stream with less danger. Finding none fordable, he placed himself in his buckler, as in a boat, making use of his sword for a rudder, and holding the bridle of his horse, who swam behind, gained the other side of the river."-Universal History.

[Night in Egypt.]

"La nuit avoit abaisse ses ombres sur la terre; mais ici elles ne sont point épaisses, impénétrables. C'est un voile transparent qui ne couvre les objets qu'à moitié. On apperçoit à travers, l'azur d'un ciel serein et un nombre infini d'étoiles qui brillent au firmament. Elles ont une lumière plus éclatante, et paroissent plus grandes que dans les climats tempérés. La nuit en Egypte a mille charmes que nous éprouvons rarement en Europe. Jamais d'épaisses ténébres ne couvrent son front. Le souffle des tempêtes n'en trouble point la tranquillité. Des déluges d'eau ne la rendent point l'image du chaos. Le vent tombe ordinairement avec le soleil. La nature demeure dans un

calme parfait. C'est alors que l'homme qui trouble a l'étude de son être; c'est alors aime la contemplation, peut se livrer sans que l'astronome qui lit dans les cieux, jouissant de la vue d'un firmament sans nuages, peut suivre le cours des astres à travers l'immensité de l'espace."-SAVARY.

[Sherbet.]

"SORBET vient du mot Arabe chorbé, qui signifie breuvage. C'est le nectar des Orientaux. Il est composé de jus de citron, de sucre et d'eau, dans laquelle on a fait dissoudre des pâtes parfumées, composées avec les excellens fruits de Damas. On y mêle ordinairement quelques gouttes d'eau rose. Cette boisson est tres agréable."