A BUTTERFLY, proudly perched on the gaudy leaves of a Rose, was boasting the vast extent and variety of his travels. "I have ranged," said he, "over graceful and majestic scenes; I have wandered through regions of eglantine and honeysuckle; I have revelled in kisses on beds of violets and cowslips, and have enjoyed the delicious fragrance of roses and carnations. In short, my fancy unbounded, and my flight unrestrained, I have visited with perfect freedom all the flowers of the field or garden, and must be allowed to know the world in a superlative degree." A Snail, who lay attentive to his wonders, on the grass, was struck with admiration; and concluded him, from all his experience, to be the wisest of animal creatures. It happened, that a Bee pursued

her occupation on a neighbouring bed of marjorum ; and, having heard our ostentatious vagrant, reprimanded him in this manner: "Vain, empty flutterer," said she, "whom instruction cannot improve, nor experience itself enlighten thou hast rambled over the world; wherein does thy knowledge of it consist? Thou hast seen variety of objects; what conclusions hast thou drawn from them? Thou hast tasted of every amusement; hast thou extracted any thing for use? I too am a traveller: go and look into my hive; and let my treasures intimate to thee, that the end of travelling is to collect materials either for the use and emolument of private life, or for the advantage of the community."

REFLECTION.

Fops may boast of their extensive travels, but it is only a few discerning persons that make a proper use of them.

A ROSE Tree grew beside an Oak; and being not a little elevated by the first warm days in spring, began to shoot forth his leaves apace, and to despise the naked Oak for insensibility and want of spirit. The Oak, conscious of his superior nature, made this philosophical reply: "Be not, my friend, so much delighted with the first precarious address of every fickle zephyr: consider, the frosts may yet return; and if thou covetest an equal share with me in all the glories of the rising year, do not afford them an opportunity to nip thy beauties in their bud. As for myself, I only wait to see this genial warmth a little confirmed: and, whenever that is the case, I shall perhaps display a majesty that will not easily be shaken. But the tree which appears too forward to exult in the

first favourable glance of spring, will ever be the readiest to droop beneath the frowns of winter."

REFLECTION.

He who is puffed up with the least gale of prosperity, will as suddenly sink beneath the blasts of misfortune.

Gout

DEATH, the king of terrors, was determined to choose a prime minister; and his pale courtiers, the ghastly train of diseases, were all summoned to attend; when each preferred his claim to the honour of this illustrious office. Fever urged the numbers he destroyed; cold Palsy set forth his pretensions, by shaking all his limbs ; and Dropsy, by his swelled unwieldly carcase. hobbled up, and alleged his great power in racking every joint; and Asthma's inability to speak, was a strong, though silent argument in favour of his claim. Stone and Cholic pleaded their violence; Plague, his rapid progress in destruction; and Consumption, though slow, insisted that he was sure. In the midst of this contention, the Court was disturbed with the noise of music, dancing, feasting, and revelry; when immediately entered