down the Kantuffa in the four quarters of the world; for I do not know where I am going." Even the wild animals themselves, both birds and beafts, especially the Guinea fowl, know how well it is qualified to protect them. "In this fhelter, the hunter in vain could endeavour to moleft them, were it not for a hard haired dog, or terrier of the smallest fize, who being defended from the thorns by the roughness of his coat, goes into the cover, and brings them and the partridges alive, one by one, to his master. "The branches of the Kantuffa ftand two and two upon the ftalk; the leaves are difpofed two and two likewife, without any fingle one at the point; whereas the branches bearing the leaves part from the ftalk; at the immediate joining of them are two thick thorns placed perpendicular and parallel alternately; but there are alfo fingle ones diftributed in all the interstices throughout the branch. "The male plant (we here copy Mr. Bruce) which I fuppofe this to be, has a one leaved perianthium, divided into five fegments; and this falls off with the flower. The flower is compofed of five petals, in the middle of which rise ten stamina or filaments, the outer row fhorter than thofe of the middle, with long ftigmata, having yellow farina upon them. The flowers grow in a bunch, generally between three and four inches long, in a conical difpofition, that is, broader at the base than the point. The infide of the leaves are a vivid green, in the outfide much lighter. It grows in the form of a bush, with a multitude of fmall branches rifing immediately from the ground, and is generally feven or eight feet high. I faw it when in flower only, never when bearing fruit. It has a very ftrong smell, resembling that of the fmall fcented flower, called mignionette, fown in vafes and boxes in windows or rooms, where flowers are kept." Many plants, which in their native ftate are highly detrimental to a favage people, can be converted to use 141 ful purposes by a civilized nation; and among this clafs may be ranked the Kantuffa. What a fine fence would this make in a climate favourable to its growth!. What a delightful odour would it exhale, and how agreeable to the eye it would appear! Queries. WHAT good reafon can our modern critics affign for only allowing 24 hours to be occupied, from the commencement to the completion of a tragic plot, rather than 24 years?-Cannot that fertile genius that can imagine he fees, in the fcenery, the azure canopy, and kings and heroes risen from their graves, after an interval of fome hundred years, to flirt an hour upon the ftage, with equal facility, and much more propriety, suppose a rational time admitted for the fulfilment of the fates of confpicuous perfonages, and the revolutions of mighty empires?-Why accufe a Shakespear for carrying his scene, in pursuit of his game, beyond feas? Muft the fact fubmit to the critic, or the critic to the fact? Is it more difficult to fuppofe that you are now in France and now in Britain, than you are altogether in France; or that the whole theatrical exhibition is not a mock? T. A familiarity contracted by the ftrictest and longest continued friendfhip, does not difpenfe from politeness; and the freedom permitted among friends ought always to be accompanied with it, especially in the prefence of others. As there can be no fincere friendship without efteem, at least to a certain degree, and in certain refpects, two friends owe to each other marks of esteem as well as marks of friendship. Friendships are often broke, or at leaft interrupted, because that under the pretexts of acting freely and without referve, they come infenfibly to behave without politeness. Abfence-An Ode. Of joys departed Never to return, how painful the remembrance ! Ye dark rugged rocks that recline o'er the deep, Here shelter me under your cliffs, while I weep, And wide is the mercilefs ocean, that roars BLAIR. How bleft were the times when together we stray'd (While Phoebe thone filent above) Beneath the lone beeches' mild checquering fhade, Save Cartha's hoarfe brawling, convey'd on the breeze, If haply, fome youth had his paffion express'd, For where is the eye that could view her alone, Nor with the adorable Nymph for his own, Thou Moon that now brightens thofe regions above, While breathing my tender expreffions of love, Ah! then, how I joy'd, while I gaz'd on her charms! But now from the dear, from the tenderest maid, 'Midst strangers, who wonder to see me so sad, And oft while drear Midnight affembles her fhades, In vain to the town I retreat for relief; Belles, Coxcombs and uproar, can ne'er foothe my grief, Still abfent from her whom my bofom loves beft, I languish in mis'ry and care; Her prefence could banish each woe from my breast, But her abfence, alas! is defpair. Paisley, Jan. 9. 1791. Cupid Stung.-Anacreon. A flumb'ring bee, by love unfeen, Had in a bed of roses been; 66 The god was ftung, the wound was fore, A. W—n. 99 are wounds of love* !" A Subfcriber. Is this an original? We think we have seen it before. Ode to Memory, 1748. O MEMORY! celeftial maid! Who glean'ft the flow'rets cropt by Time; And, fuff'ring not a leaf to fade, Preferv'ft the bloffoms of our prime ; Bring, bring those moments to my mind, When life was new, and LESBIA kind : And bring that garland to my fight, With which my favour'd crook she bound And sketch with care the Mufe's bower, That fhines on CHERWELL'S verdant fide The fong it 'vails not to recite But fure, to foothe our youthful dreams, Thofe banks and ftreams appear'd more bright Than other banks, than other streams: Or, by thy foftening pencil fhewn, And paint that sweetly vacant scene, I breath'd in verfe one cordial vow |