Hymn of praise, from the 148th Psalm. Whate'er a blooming world contains, Ye dragons, sound his awful name Let ev'ry element rejoice: Ye thunders, burst with awful voice His praise in softer notes declare, To him, ye graceful cedars, bow; Tell when affrighted Nature shook, And trembled at his frown, Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, Wake, all ye mounting tribes, and sing; Harmonious anthems raise To him who shap'd your finer mould, Let man, by nobler passions sway'd, Hymn of praise, from the 148th Psalm. Ye whom the charms of grandeur please, Praise him, ye kings, who makes your pow'r Ye fair, by Nature form'd to move, The reader will not be displeased to find that I have adopted the animated strains of Ogilvie, instead of giving a literal translation of the author's paraphrase. T. INDEX. AFRICA, brief description of it, 171. Aphis, the, its fecundity and singular mode of generation, 223. Asia, general facts relative to it, 171. Aurora Borealis, described, 272. Banks, Sir Joseph, observations on mildew, 94; note. Beccaria, M. description of an ignis faturs, 228; note. 177. Bitch, remarkable instance of the affection of one for her Bitumens, a class of minerals, 233. Blood, supposed showers of, accounted for, 150. Body, human, of the manner in which it is nourished, 138; VOL. III.NO. 21. 2 C Bomare, M. Valmont de, observation on the culture of the Butterflies, their beauty and variety, 195; their remarka- Carnation, observations on that flower, 20. Caterpillars, on their metamorphoses, 4; moral reflections Chako, or travelling ant of Peru, 130. Cicero, observation by him respecting the existence of pro- Cinnamon, account of the tree which produces it, 238. Cloves, manner of their production, 237. Coffee, description of it, 237. Colors, of their diversity, 132. Corn, its progressive growth, 104. Corn-field, moral reflections on one, 183. Cotton, mode of its production, 238. Countenance, human, its conformation, 81; it expresses the Crocodile, the, an amphibious animal, 274. Dawn of morning, explanation of its cause, 51. Death's head, a species of moth, 123. Death-watch, superstitious notion, respecting it, 124. Digestion, process of, described, 139. Dionæa muscipula, description of it, 153. Dog-days, observations on them, 107; correction of a vul- Earth, the, observations on its primitive constitution, 36; Ephemeron-fly, natural history of that insect, 57. Europe, one of the principal divisions of the globe, 170. Eye-lids, their uses, 83. Fire, variety of its effects, 89. Fishes, reflections on their nature and multitude, 219; Flesh-fly, her wonderful instinct in chusing a place for de- |