, 1870-06-05
From du The Fear Round

nn1tely 0enEnteds ne TOLLS us, VIII tnobe
epeculahons Of nature which are 10 be made
in . count1y-ife.' And, he says further, " as
my raading has very much lain among books
Of natural hlsto1y, cannot forbeAr reconect-
ing upon this occasion the several remarka
which I have met With in suthorp, and compar-
ing them with what falls under my own obsar-
vation.n
Humph! There Is something to think shout
IN that. What sods said in the natu-
nj history booka whose leaves the phi
loeopher fingered? What toere the facts
that bad fallen under his own grave oyes7 He
had not seen Goldsmith's Animated Nature.
The gentle author Of that delicious piece Of
Of the equally gentle Clio had become cold land
rigid, and we're prevented by death from hold
ing even the most cherished volume in their
grasp again But Le hsd read Of the giraffe,
an Asian beast; and Of the hyeua, subtle,
raTenons beast; and OF the sea-devil, a
Of tha sposta, \ creature In America, 30 great
lover Of men that it follows them, and
delights TO gaze upon them. He had read, too,
Of the crane, fowl in America Of . lideona
form, hAr1ng 8 bag under the neck which will
contain two gallons ofvater; and Of the yandeu,
the great ostrich in the island OF Mnraguana.
. fowl that exceeds the stature Of a man; aud
Of haga. kind OF fiery meteor which appears
on men's hair, OF On the names Of horsea: and
Of the tAyazis, = swine in America, which has
its stomach on its backl Everybody resd Of
these things in Addison's time. They were
in all tho dictionaries, Daiiey'a among
them. And AZ for comparing these rare birds
and beasts with what Addison bad himeeH OBJ
served-listen. Oue OF the soberest papers
Of the Spectator tells us that gentlemen birds
's 'sdetcImine their courtship BY the single
grain OF hncture Of 4 feather !" that eAch in
tending bridegroom, as is repeated in verse,
Cautious, with = searching eye, explores
The female tfabf4, hls proper tunte to IND
With kindred coaoE8 marktdi
Just, We suppose. as shopping lsdies match
ailks, and woois. and ribbons, rejecting all
that va1y BY the shsdow OF shade .t3 60
Locke Of tho Human Understsnding),
speaks accsptinGly Of whit is confidently
reported OF mermaide or sea-men." He re-
futes, modestly, to run his rapier through the
vlols notion, and whisk It OF, exploded. He
rather relished It. Perhaps he and Addison
nations, consisting Of merwomen and mer-
men with whom therp must have been, OF
couree, shoals OF tender little water~babiesl,
among whom there would have been employ
ment for the saw-ash they both believed in.
described as sea~iah having q sharp-toothed
bona, iks saw. in his forehead, about three
feet 1onEl This, it is clear, would havo been
the ready implemented carpenter, who coula
have fashioned out marine parades, and have
sliced coral reefs to embellish them, and have
there not have been utilization, also, in these
regions, Of the unicorn-vhale7 4 fish eighteen
feet long having head like horse- and
scales "a big as a crown piece, and having SIX
larGe fms Like tho end Of galley oar, and =
horn issuing out Of the forehead nine feet long,
30 sharp Is to pierce the hardest bodies? Sure
II the Geological Gardens are teasing and
ty7znnous tether to us, without which we could
rcvel in the pleasures OF Imagination, and fear
no mental and rational disturbance! Could
H~@r lid
eruei ae psths 70 guide Us, viz Il si1 Rogers s
fields With the same hope that the Spectator
| had I He-while the gentleman Of the coun-
| try were stealing sight Of him over hedge,
and doing 1t cautiously, because the host whia-
pered It was hateful to him to be stared at
he might hare hoped to have the luck to espy
shreW~mouse, = field-mouse OF tho bignesa
Of rat and color Of weasel, very mischlev-
ouh to cattle, which going over beasts
s5ia, ebGn ~Gud md make II H. as esn,,a i tSs tbe
beast to swell to tho heart and die. He
| might have resolved, II be had coms up with
this ineouvenient little animal to have stepped
forward ~a1iant1y and killed It, lest Sir Roger's
beasts should become chine-1Ame, and his good
friend be thst much The poorer. Alas! We can
have no auch excitement, no such benevolent
intention. Neither, II We were Illuminating
over the trees whose bark Sir Roger lad
carved with his c1pricioua widows name, conld
we expect to have floating by us virgins
| thread, lopy deN WHICH Aes u kna A1t H16
small UNFINISHED rilk Of gohsaneF, thin eobweb-
like exhalations, which fly abroad In hot,
Emmy weather, and arc supposed to rot
sheep. To us, fly ia Obliged to be ! fly F.;
and even sphinx is imperatively sphinx.
Oh, for the creduhty to take in u certain bird
that it would pierce IN ox-hide, 90 that two q
them would set upon, kill. and deyour bull I
oh, for the credu1ty to take in the colibua, tho
hummipg-bi1d, which made 3 noise Ike =
vhit1wind, though it WAS no bigger than fly
which fed on dew, had Al admirable beauty OF
feathers, md = scent ss sweet as that OF muak
OF ambergris! Odious knowledge that refuses
to let Ms reve1~ in the canniba1s -1nan
eaters-a people in the West Indies
who feed on human feah; or II
the. the fPs.sgons Pg people sa5a ,dsn to b. tgr r
America What is the uso Of crossing the At
lantic Eow7
10 sal OF Testvard-ho Was something il
the days Of Locke, and Addison, and Rai1ey
was something, too, IN the days Of Charles I
expected that there would be seen fitting
, mlEically, st. Hermes' fire. sort Of meteo
appearing in the night on the Ehrouds OF chips
In the care Of the ship losing her cou1s.
she might be blown far southwsrd, and Sc
to mss M,sel1.aish hsl ststs , tsTo @
I.ssr.ns @ s tleuds A :: sFo mai il cloud @
not far distant from the South Pole
And II unfarorable weather came
is hard to ssy what nise1ses would have to
endured The wretched people might have t,
devonr dog, cat, thoes, and-by lot, an
slo1fy-felow-p and then have
eubelst - on 4 miserable allowance per diel
cut from : pair Of leather bzeeches found
the cabin, reinforced with the gr1ss which gre
plend{ully upon tho deck!" smol]ett relate
this se1ioua1y, and with moving pity, ~ hayiu
| happened n lAte "a 1759; and he adds, hn
! sAa il was that tho master and crew could nj
. = contdve some sort Of t2ckle to catch fab!
. implements Of this kind, he ssT, we're pr
vent al those tragleal events It eea that Al
occaEcned by famine.
Well, Columbia being hailed, the eyes OF ta
j, centuries ago expected to open 70 Eghts
9 which they we're utterly unused. scuttlin
= mighty fear, wis to be found the agout
i little American beast, Ike : rahbi
d Animating the ai1. Was the flying tiger, An il
g sect IN America, spotted like the tiger. Mo-
II In the fastneeses, w1s the ce1lgon, : ~
! sack, In which it carried its 5onng ones; vi
Q likewise the t1tous, an American Wild beAa
l covered With scales Like ar1nori waa the blo'
ing sntke, y Rort Of viper, in Virginia, "his
;, blew and auellsd it's hesd very much befors
ss1e soo1ts M ese aei spssea ped I !Ss e}alsso
h beast called Gier, which made noise u
- the c1ying Of = young child. Truly, Hul
u Ignorance il bliss, md it is tha neIest fol
= 70 be wise! 1t il folly, too, to travel VI
10 gently into Kent, wbers the Kentish men Ion
)! Bailey doeen't believe i) are said to haTe b,
:. tails Sor some generations by way Of punis
ot nent for abusing Austin, the monk, md :
n associ.ses, ty beating the1 md oppsobstoos
OF tying fsh-talls to their backs! Or Amble
Re - NNTna in nryaa}AhieA- INilSN on, Il
of DIETER authenticated ecane Of this l5il
g. wonder; and, when there, eonsider (s 70
of b1sins will make yoa) which asoount Of Y
sn origin Of these "appencants u eof'ee
b seeing Thoraas = Beckett being ont
eJ favor With Hing Henry the Second, riding
ward Canterbury upon poor so115 horse, c
OF the tai Of the sad ea11y hotse, and To
Nhern s,,cb things ought to be, on their .,
Eentish selves Why should Bailey refuse
Tor svaIIoy this little Canterbury tale, when
ed lets slide down gently the unicorn, aud I
I'd nbrni1. md Eunpue. i na1rov sea IN Gree.
ho Wh.t does the Spectator mention ITO ,
turn to tho cherished mouton thar
gsled us at the beginning) with especial co
mendation7 The temple 70 Jupiter Bel
nd zach atory furlons In height, md on the
~ ct which was the Babylonian Obeervstol
b , What does he mention fuzther7 The prod
tous rn1de basin that took in the whole ]
pirates! II know" be says, "t there are ?
OF ut as fabulous; but I cannot fud 4
ground for such suspicion!" Should !
this make us think of cur Own c1eeds, 4
atateruents, md ,ndigoations, with treu
md b4ted bre2th7 And Addison uaa
unreaectiye stay-st-hone, who looked out
Tia Ynofa and chin tex-nata from 4 city room. !