Ethiopian,) and that he would eat him up bodily, rathe King Richard's mouth should again approach him. Neville, who entered with other officers, added his r strances. 66 Nay, nay, make not a needless halloo about a hart the hounds have lost, or a danger when it is over," sa King" the wound will be a trifle, for the blood is drawn —an angry cat had dealt a deeper scratch-and f I have but to take a drachm of orvietan by way of P tion, though it is needless." Thus spoke Richard, a little ashamed, perhaps, of hi condescension, though sanctioned both by humanity gratitude. But when Neville continued to make remonst on the peril to his royal person, the King imposed sile him. "Peace, I prithee-make no more of it-I did it 1 show these ignorant prejudiced knaves how they migh each other when these cowardly caitiffs come against u sarbacanes and poisoned shafts. THE SPILT PEARLS. HIS courtiers of the Caliph crave,- "For he is ugly as the Night; The Caliph, then :-"No features fair, Love is the beauty he doth wear, And Love his glory is. "When once a camel of my train "One only at my side remained- He, moveless as the steed he reined, -Sc "What will thy gain, good fellow, be, "True servant's title he may wear For his Lord's gifts, how rich soc'or, So thou alone dost walk before For if thou not to Him aspire, Not Love, but covetous desire, Has brought thee to His throne. While such thy prayer, it climbs above Of God's rich treasure-house of love, CORAL REEF. -TRENCH. THE examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceedingly hard and ragged; but no sooner does the tide rise again, and the waves begin to wash over it, than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo Choo (an island in the Pacific east of China), was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of food. Others were so sluggish, that they were often mistaken for pieces of the rock; these were generally of a dark color, and from four to five inches long and two or three round. When the rock was broken from a spot near the level of high water, it was found to be a hard solid stone; but if any part of it were detached at a level to which the tide reached every day, it was discovered to be full of worms, all of different lengths and colors, some being as fine as thread and several feet long, generally of a very bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue color; while others resembled snails, and some were not unlike ters and prawns in shape, but soft, and not above two inches The growth of coral ceases when the worm which crea is no longer exposed to the washing of the tide. Thus rises in the form of a gigantic cauliflower, till its top has the level of the highest tides, above which the worm power to carry its operations, and the reef, consequent longer extends itself upward. The surrounding parts, ho advance in succession till they reach the surface, wher also must stop. Thus, as the level of the highest tide eventual limit to every part of the reef, a horizontal field to be formed coincident with that plane, and perpendicu all sides. The reef, however, continually increases, and prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally directions; and this growth being probably as rapida upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face reef is preserved; and it is this circumstance which re this species of rock so dangerous to navigation. In th place, they are seldom seen above the water; and in the their sides are so abrupt that a ship's bows may strike a the rock before any change of soundings indicates the app of danger. For a long time it was supposed that the coral form were raised from the floor of the fathomless ocean by t aided efforts of these little creatures, but more accurate vations have proved that the animals cease to live at a g depth than twenty or thirty fathoms. As some of islands are elevated 200 and 300 feet above the sea leve evident that they must have been raised by submarine in short that the volcano and the earthquake must hav employed in rearing them to their present elevation Darwin has traced those regions throughout the Pac which upheaval and depression alternately prevail. band of atolls, and encircled islands, including the Dan and Society archipelagoes, constitutes an area of subs more than 4,000 miles long and 600 broad. To the wes the chain of fringing-reefs, embracing the islands of th Hebrides, Solomon, and New Ireland, form an area of el coral. Farther westward, another area of subsidence 172 BEAVER TRAPPING. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, "Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he; He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes. It was for the Lord of Paradise It is now day. The upper edge of the sun has just risen, red and frosty looking, in the cast, and countless myriads of icy particles glitter on every tree and bush in its red rays; while the white tops of the snow drifts, which dot the surface of the small lake at which we have just arrived, are tipped with the same rosy hue. The lake is of considerable breadth, and the woods on its opposite shore are barely visible. An unbroken toat of pure white snow covers its entire surface, while here And there a small islet, covered with luxuriant evergreens, A attracts the eye, and breaks the sameness of the scene. extreme left of the lake, where the points of a few bulr and sedgy plants appear above the snow, are seen a numb small earthy mounds, in the immediate vicinity, of whic trees and bushes are cut and barked in many places, while of them are nearly cut down. This is a colony of beave the warm months of summer and autumn, this spot is a stirring place, as the beavers are then employed nibbling trees and bushes for the purpose of repairing their dams supplying their store-houses with food. The bark of w is their chief food, and all the bushes in the vicinity are or less cut through by these persevering little animals. dams, however, (which are made for the purpose of securi themselves a constant sufficiency of water) are made with trees; and stumps will be found, if you choose to look for as thick as a man's leg, which the beavers have entirely ni through, and dragged by their united efforts many yards where they grew. Now, however, no sign of animal life is to be seen, beaver keeps within doors all winter: yet I venture to that there are many now asleep under the snow before us is not, reader, merely for the purpose of showing you th side of a beaver lodge that I have brought you such a dis from human habitations. Be patient and you shall soo more. Do you observe that small black speck moving ov white surface of the lake, far away on the horizon? It like a crow, but the forward motion is much too stead constant for that. As it approaches it assumes the form man, and at last the figure of an Indian, dragging his e sleigh behind him, becomes clearly distinguishable throug dreamy haze of the cold wintry morning. He arrives a beaver-lodges, and, I warrant, will soon create some among the inmates. His first proceeding is to cut down several stakes, whi points at the ends. These are driven, after he has cut a good deal of ice from around the beaver-lodge, into the g between it and the shore. The reason of this is to prever beaver from running along the passage which they always from their lodges to the shore, where their store-house is |