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contains sea lavender, the sea pink, (Armeria maritima,) and flax.”

"Oh, aunt! that is what linen is made from."

"Yes, my dear, it is a most valuable plant, for linen is manufactured from the bark of its stalks, and you know old rags make paper; so that to it you are indebted for the amusement and instruction you derive from books: the seeds, too, when pressed, yield linseed oil, which is much used by painters. In the sixth order, Hexagynia, is the mouse-tail, (Myosurus minimus;) and now I must conclude this very long lesson, begging you ever, my dear girl, to bear in mind the lines you read this morning :-

'What though I trace each herb and flower,
That drinks the morning dew,

Did I not own Jehovah's power,
How vain were all I knew!" "

INGENIOUS PROBLEM.

THE sum of four figures in value shall be Above seven thousand nine hundred and three; But when they are halved, you'll see very plain, The sum shall be nothing-the mystery explain.

THAUMATROPE.

THIS amusing toy is formed on the optical principle of the duration of an impression on the eye, which is supposed to last about a second. It consists of different cards, each suspended by a string on either side. There is part of a figure or object represented on one side of the card, and the remainder on the opposite. For example, if a bird be painted on one side, and a cage on the other, by twirling the strings, and consequently spinning the card, the bird and the cage appear to form one picture. If my young readers have never attempted to make one of these little toys, I recommend them to begin, for they will find it a most amusing occupation for an idle hour; a piece of cardboard, a few paints, a brush, and a bit of bobbin or string, are the only articles required, and they can never be at a loss for subjects to paint. A birch rod may be represented on one side, with some green leaves on the other, which, by the spinning of the card, will convert this dreaded instrument into the likeness of a tree.

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THE PEDLAR AND THE PILGRIM.

On the 6th of February, 1825, an English travelling-carriage drove up to the post-house at Velletri, just as a large concourse of people, coming by the road over the Pontine marshes from Terracina and Naples, were approaching from the opposite side of the town. In the centre of the crowd appeared two gens-d'armes (or soldiers who patrole the road for the safety of travellers) on horseback, accompanied by a third, walking by their side leading his horse, over whose saddle a large military cloak was spread, covering some sack or package thrown across the horse's back. By this soldier walked a man apparently between thirty and forty years of age, dressed like the itinerant musicians from Genoa or its neighbourhood, only instead of an organ, he carried on his back a pedlar's box.

The national taciturnity of our Englishman being over-ruled by curiosity, in reply to his numerous inquiries he heard the following tale

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