meeting again, depressed our spirits, casting a gloom over the otherwise gay scene which was here exhibited. When we returned to the ferry, we had another melancholy separation from the little Pyppon, whose attachment to us would not allow of his remaining without us, even among his acquaintance: he therefore accompanied us to the other side. His request, when we asked him what we should send him from England, will add another trait to the sketch we have given of his character. "If you should remember me," said he, "when you arrive in your own country, send me drosera longifolia I am told it is a common plant in England."

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We then shook hands and parted. The boy shedding abundance of tears, set out for Tornea, and we gained the main road -leading to Uleaborg.

Dr. Clarke's Travels in Scandinavia.

EXTRACT FROM THE

MEMOIR OF R. B. M.

ов,

A Tribute of Parental affection to the Memory of a beloved Child.

No particular change took place till two in the afternoon, our dear dying child a short time before had said;

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Though

one jot

heaven and earth pass away, one

or tittle shall in no wise pass from

the law,

till all be fulfilled." She turned toward

the window, and was evidently struggling with natural feelings; when she looked at me again I saw a tear standing in her eye. This was the only one I observed throughout the whole of the closing scene of her life, she added, "I wish to have no will but God's, he has his own particular will, and to that we ought to submit:"She begged to have her brothers and sisters come into the room, when she kissed each of them and blessed them, afterwards she exhorted every one of them separately; being quite exhausted, she requested the children to withdraw-her youngest sister, not quite three years old, said, "do let me

stay and see dear Tachey go to heaven. Her breathing became very distressing, but not the slightest impatience was manifested. Being a little easier, her elder brother who had never left the room, but only withdrawn behind the curtain, came forward again, she perceived his approach, but could not then discern who he was. She was told it was her eldest brother, she seemed at once to have the circumstances and temptations of his future path in life brought to her recollection, and addressed him in this short but emphatic admonition, "Ed, remember your Creator when at College." A younger brother who was