The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-07
Misc 9ne0,ls.

IRE Editor has obtained 9e5EIzOn of an enter.
iH.n''g Svorh " MfmO;r5 eftGeLJa Of DR.. Der
ey'f1 anecdotes Of bis ,ieaa5 and c,itiei,;1, -,
SiS svrit'nc5. BY DIM SsaVarl;" from sviitk
Se hH5 Esletfea ne t0hlosying, }crqps. He promo
Je5 10 gi7'e /o.ne lengthy estrAdJ ia g Jx6jtqnent
n''nu5er Of this paper.
DR.. Darwin was converting with brother
ootaniit' concerning the plant Kalm.ia, then Jun
du imported itran9er in our green-houfe.
and gardens. lady, who was preEent. cor
Guiding he had feen ii, which in fatt he had NO.
aiSed the Docier what were the colours of tbt.
plant: He Replied" Madam, the KaInia has
precieiy the colours of Il teraph's wirc.' Sn
fancltuliy did he cxprefS his want of copf;,on,,
neis respecting the appearance of a flower wbof.
name and rarenets were all he knew of the mat
ter. ''-
DR.. Darwin had a large company at tea. His
iefVant announced ftranger lady, and gentle
man. The female was confnic;oms -
rudy, corpuent, and tall. She held by the
arm little, meek-looking, pale, effeminate man
VINO rom his clofe adherence to the fide of the
lady, teemed to coniider himfrlf az under h.
protection. N.' "ei
DIR. Darwin, feek YOU not as a pbvec;sn
" but as 2 Belle Efprit. make this hufband IS
h'inG' ana me looked down with iideclancc
upon lnT ailt''ai treat me every fummer with a
fO e~
" Plore whatever If contains worth the attention
OF ingenious people. On arriving at the FIVE
- raj INNS IN our route, always fearcb ont rho
man OF the vicinity mott difingmiG;e,, f;,r ~,
= genus and tate, and introduce nyfeIf. that he
" may direct, as the objects of our exarn;n,t;on
- Whatever is curious in nature, art or fcience,
" Lichiield will be our head quarters during f.-
verai Gays. Come, Doctor, whittier mutt we
" invetSate tomorrow, and the peyt da,,. ara
next
E cil.'' anu per-
!" on arrive madam, at fortunate iunaure
Tomorrow you will have an opportunity Of
" an annual exhibition perfectly worth your at.
1ent,on. o-Inorow, madam, you will 90 to
lutbury bull-runnag''
ne latiTlc laugh with which he Hammered
OUT the laif word, more keeny pointed this Nv,
re. plosa refuge TO the vanity and arroga nce of
her ipeech. She had been ND among{f the
boughs, and little expected they would breat-
under her 10 fuddenly, and with 70 little n,ercy.
her large features fwelled, and her ewes nafbed
with anger...." was recommended to 2 man of
genius, and find him infolent and ;I,-bred >,
Then, gathering up her meek and alarmed
hu'band, whom ihe had looted VIXEN ihe frh
poke, under the ihadow ofher broad arm and
ihoulder' Inc ftrutted out the room.
After the departure ofthis curious connie. hi.
guefts told their hon he had been verv npmerci1
full. / chofe, replied he, to avenee the caufe of
the little man, whole nothingnefs was 70 oftenta-
tiouiy dhpiayed by his lady.wife. Her yanity
mas had imaIt enetic ifit abates the fymptoms
Inc VIII nave reafon to thank her phyGo ian who
| administered without hope ola fee.
In the year l7sl fplendid arcbery-rneetirr
was !, ned at Drakelow in StafFordfhire, the feat
OF Sir Nigel Greeley. Mifs Sufan Snevd, of
Belmont, was dflinguihed by her Kill and fuc-
GELS IN the conteit Of that day. Honoured by
DIR: Darwin's celebration, her name and her uri.
errIng arrow are on permanent record. The
vertes he wrote on that location apneared in
the Derby paper Anonymously. There were
people who pretended to bejudges of verfe, and
yet were IN doubt concerning their author. Be-
tore DIR. Darwin acknowledged them, thev
were attributed TO various verlifers; and when
the writer ofthis tract, who faw the Darwinian
ftamp on the lines at one glance, declared they
mutt be his, her aftrtion was repeatedly com
bated, as if the peculiar fyle and manner of bis
mufe were not infantly apparent.