Ha! he is not half asleep!
See, he slyly takes a peep!
Monkey, though your eyes were shut,
You could see this little nut.

You shall have it, pigmy brother!
What! another?-and another?
Nay, your cheeks are like a sack-
Sit down, and begin to crack.

There, the little ancient man
Cracks as fast as crack he can!
Now good bye, you merry fellow,
Nature's primest punchinello!

THE NAUTILUS.

THE Nautilus, or more properly the Paper Nautilus, (for so this Nautilus is called on account of the delicacy of its shell), is an inhabitant of the Mediterranean and Atlantic seas, where, in calm and bright weather, its thin beautiful shell may be seen floating on the surface of the water with its tiny sails spread to catch the breeze.

As the animal is not fastened to the shell like the oyster, and other shell-fish, it can quit or enter its shell at pleasure. From this circumstance, and its great resemblance to a cuttle fish, many people have thought that it was not the true inhabitant

of the shell, but a wandering cuttle fish, which had taken possession of the empty shell of some other animal. This, however, is not the case.

The Nautilus separated from the shell differs from the common cuttle fish, principally in having two of its arms furnished with a large thin piece of skin, like the web of the feet of ducks and geese. By these means the Nautilus can sail along the surface of the sea when calm, and by drawing the arms suddenly into the shell, sink below the wave if alarmed. The shell, which sometimes measures eight or ten inches in length, is white, extremely thin, and partly transparent.

On account of the extreme timidity of the Nautilus, it is difficult to procure it alive, but it has been obtained not only alive, but with clusters of eggs on each side of the body. When these eggs were examined with a microscope, each was found to be covered with a minute shell, just like the larger Nautilus, so that no one can doubt that the animal is the true inmate of this beautiful shell.

In the British Museum is a specimen of the Nautilus with a model of its inhabitant, made in wax, seated in the shell, with its thin web-like sails expanded. A specimen of the animal dried is also preserved there.

JOSHUA'S EXHORTATION TO THE PEOPLE.

AND Joshua called together all Israel, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: and ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations in your behalf: for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you. Be ye, therefore, very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand nor to the left. Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations from Jordan unto the great sea westward, to be an inheritance for your tribes, and for the people of these nations that remain among you; make no mention of the name of their gods, nor swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves before them; but cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done this day, and take good heed unto yourselves that ye love him. Behold, I am now going the way of all the earth; and ye know in your hearts that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he hath destroyed you from off this good land which he hath given you: if ye transgress the covenant of your God which he commanded you, his anger

snall be kindled against you, and ye shall quickly perish. Now, therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; but if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods of the nations, or the God of your fathers: as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. And the people said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up, and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and shewed great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: therefore we will serve the Lord, for he is our God. And Joshua said unte the people, ye cannot serve the Lord too faithfully: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God: and if ye forsake him, and serve strange gods, then will he forsake you, though he hath hitherto protected you. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord faithfully. And he said unto the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance,

SUMMER AND WINTER.

When summer's sweet flowers appear,
We wish that they always would last:
But winter must shortly be here,

To sweep them away with his blast;
Spring, summer, and autumn, will hasten away,
The roses must fade, and the blossoms decay.

Like winter, old age will be found;
All stripped of our blossoms and fruit,
We still may remain in the ground,
Though nothing be left but the root:
And wither'd and bare, we must ever remain,
For spring will not cover our branches again.

Then let us, since time's on the wing,
And death and eternity near,
Endeavour, while yet in our spring,

To prepare for the end of the year;

That we may not look back with remorse and

dismay,

To think how this season was wasted away.

And then, when the summer is gone,

Our youth and maturity past,

Old age, will come presently on,

And bring us to glory at last;

Nor shall we reflect, with a sigh or a tear,

On any gay season of happiness here.