the shrouds nimbly by the other, totally unembarrassed by the weight of its burden. One look was sufficient for the terrified mother, and that look had well-nigh been her last; and, had it not been for the assistance of those around her, she would have fallen prostrate on the deck, where she was soon afterwards stretched, apparently lifeless. 4. The sailors could climb almost as well as the monkey; but the latter watched their motions narrowly; and as it ascended higher up the mast the moment they attempted to put a foot on the shrouds, the captain became afraid that it would drop the child, and endeavor to escape by leaping from one mast to another. 5. In the mean time the infant was heard to cry; and though many thought it was suffering pain, their fears on this point were speedily dissipated, when they observed the monkey imitating exactly the motions of a nurse, by dandling, soothing and caressing, its charge, and even endeavoring to hush it to sleep. 6. From the deck the lady was conveyed to the cabin, and gradually restored to her senses. In the mean time, the captain, having ordered every man to conceal himself below, quietly took his own station on the cabin-stairs, where he could see all that passed without being seen. 7. This plan happily succeeded: the monkey, on perceiving that the coast was clear, cautiously descended from his lofty perch, and replaced the infant on the sofa, cold, fretful, and perhaps frightened, but in every other respect as free from harm as when he took it up. The humane captain had now a most grateful task to perform: the babe was restored to its mother's arms, amidst tears, and thanks, and blessings. XXIX. SELECT SENTENCES. Anon. 1. Ir is a terrible thought to remember that nothing can be forgotten. I have somewhere read that not an oath is uttered that does not vibrate through all time, in the wide-spreading current of sounds—not a prayer lisped that its record is not also to be found stamped on the laws of nature, by the indelible seal of the Almighty's will, 2. The fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek hap. piness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. 3. A man's reputation has been very aptly compared to a sheet of white paper, which if it be once blotted can hardly ever be made to look as spotless as before. Apologists of youth. ful immoralities should think of this. 4. If a man would keep bōth his integrity and independence free from temptation, let him keep out of debt. Dr. Franklin says, "It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright." 5. An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole; which the cat observing, asked why he should hoard up those round shining things, that he could make no use of. "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chest full, and makes no more use of them than I." 6. He that never changed any of his opinions never correeted any of his mistakes; and he who was never wise enough to find out any mistakes in himself will not be charitable nough to excuse what he reckons mistakes in others. 46 7. The expansion of mind which rises in us at the sight of the starry sky, the cloud-capt mountain, the boundless ocean, seems intended to direct our thoughts, by an impressive though indefinite feeling, to the Infinite Author of all. 8. Good sense and Christian principle must be in a very languid state, when a disrelish or weariness of life is the predomi nant feeling. 9. A profligate young fellow seeing an aged hermit go barefoo by him, "Father " says he, "you are in a very miserable condition, if there is not another world." - True, son," said the hermit, "but what is thy condition if there be?" ΕΙ 66 10. Idle and indecent applications of sentences taken from he Scriptures, is a mode of merriment which a good man dreads for its profaneness, and a witty man disdains for its easi ness and vulgarity. 11. "Supineness and ffeminacy," says Dr. Rush, "have ruined more constitutions than were ever destroyed by excessive lapors. Moderate exercise and toil, so far from prejudicing, strengthens and consolidates the body." 12. Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children; and like Priam, survives them all. It starves its keeper, to surfeit50 those who wish him dead; and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it. 13. The conclusion at which I have arrived is, that without temperance there is no health; without virtue, no order; with out religion, no happiness; and that the sum of our duties is to live wisely, soberly and righteously. XXX. THE TWO RETURNED TOURISTS. The following little poem, translated from the German of Grun, by Mr. C T. Brooks, affords an opportunity for an exhibition of the contrast betweeL a tame, inanimate mode of delivery and a spirited and expressive one. The last two of the lines between quotation-marks in the third stanza should be read in an apathetic, unimpassioned tone, as if the reader cared nothing for the objects he was mentioning. The same lines in the fourth stanza hould be read with animation and enthusiasm, as if the reader were transported with admiration and love of the beauties of nature. 1. Two travellers through the gateway went 2. And when the two came home again, Their kin all clustered round the men: "T was a buzz of questions on every side. 3. The one with yawning made reply: "What have we seen? Not much have I! Trees, meadows, mountains, groves and streams, 1. The other, smiling, said the same; But, with face transfigured and eye of flame: "Trees, meadows, mountains, groves and streams XXXI. BOUNTIFUL DESIGN OF CREATION. 1. Ir is a happy world, after all. The air, the earth, the water teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon or summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. "The insect youth are on the wing." Swarms of new-born flies are trying their pinions in the air. Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity, their continual change of place without use or purpose, testify their joy, and the exultation which they feel in their lately-discovered faculties. 2. A bee amongst the flowers in spring is one of the most cheerful objects that can be looked upon. Its life appears to be all enjoyment, so busy and so pleased; yet it is only a specimen of insect life, with which, by reason of the animal being halfdomesticated, we happen to be better acquainted than we are with that of others. 3. The whole winged inscct tribe, it is probable, are equally intent upon their proper enjoyments; and under every variety of constitution gratified, and perhaps equally gratified, by the offices which the Author of their nature has assigned to them 4. Suppose, then, what I have no doubt of, each individual of the vast number to be in a state of positive enjoyment; what a sum, collectively, of gratification and pleasure, have we here before our view! Paley. ΕΙ 1. In the days of knight-errantry and paganism, one of the old British princes set up a statue to the Goddess of Victory, in a point where four roads met together. In her right hand she held a spear, and her left hand rested upon a shield; the outside of this shield was of gold, and the inside of silver. On the form or was inscribed, in the old British language, "To the god. dess ever favorable; " and on the other, "For four victories obtained successively over the Picts, and other inhabitants of the northern islands." 2. It happened, one day, that two knights, completely armed, one in black armor, the other in white, arrived from opposite parts of the country at this statue, just about the same time; and, as neither of them had seen it before, they stopped to read the inscription, and observe the excellence of its workmanship. 3. After contem'plating it for some time, "This golden` shield," says the black knight "Golden shield!" cried the white knight, who was as strictly observing the opposite side, "why, if I have my eyes, it is silver." I know nothing of your eyes," replied the black knight; "but, if ever I saw a golden shield in my life, this is one." 4. "Yes," returned the white knight, smiling, "it is very probable, indeed, that they should expose a shield of gold in so public a place as this! For my part, I wonder even a silver one is not too strong a temptation for the devotion of some people who pass this way; and it appears, by the date, that this has beer here above three years." 5. The black knight could not bear the smile with which this was delivered, and grew so warm in the dispute, that it soon ended in a challenge; they both, therefore, turned their horses and rode back so far as to have sufficient space for their career; then, fixing their spears in their rests, they flew at each other with the greatest fury and impetuosity. Their shock was so rude, and the blow on each side so effectual, that they both fell to the ground much wounded and bruised, and lay there for some time, as in a trance.29 EI 6. A good Druid, who was travelling that way, found them in this condition. The Druids were the physicians of those times, as well as the priests. He had a sovereign balsam about him, which he had composed himself; for he was very skilful in all the plants that grew in the fields or in the forests: he stanched their blood, applied his balsam to their wounds, and brought them, as it were, from death to life again. 7 As soon as they were sufficiently recovered, he began to |