parison of the vast human fwarms which at different periods have migrated from the northern bive, as the defcent of the Lemings from the mountains of the fame region; whofe immenfe numbers, wonderful order and unconquerable pertinacity, render their incurfions formidable,' even to human strength and contrivance? In the following curious relation, one of the minuteft tribe of infects appears Iwith an air of grandeur and importance from being collected in numbers beyond the power of computation. 199 2 "DURING my ftay," fays Smith, at Cape Coaft Caftle, a body of thefe ants came to pay us a vifit "in our fortification. It was about day-break' when the advanced guard of this famifhed crew entered the " chapel, chapel, where fome negro, fervants were asleep upon the floor. The "men were quickly alarmed at the "invafion of this unexpected army, "and prepared, as well as they could, "for a defence. While the foremost "battalion of infects had already ta"ken poffeffion of the place, the "rear-guard was more than a quar"ter of a mile diftant. The whole "ground feemed alive, and crawling with unceafing destruction. After "deliberating a few moments upon "what was to be done, it was refol"ved to lay a large train of gunpow der along the path they had taken; by this means millions were blown to pieces; and the rear-guard per"ceiving the deftruction of their leaders, thought proper inftantly to sce return, and make back to theirdő-` «riginal habitation based » 3d toonisegrad 1931 03 2£›› -the car bevery idea of me But almost is furpaffed by that of the the herring leave their shoals, which annually leave great winter rendezvous in the arctic circle, 0907 shotsd 191" and move in a mighty army towards the fouth. Mr. Pennant's de Pennant's defcription of this remarkable phenomenon is equally elegant and lively. dow idgid ?? "THEY begin to appear off the THEY «Shetland Isles in April and May; "these are only forerunners of the there are comes in June, grand fhoal which comes in nd their appearance is appearance is marked by and «< certain figns by the numbers of birds, fuch as1gannets, fromd which follow to prey on them! but "when the main body approaches, "its breadth and its depth is fuch, THODE DEN Right "as to alter the appearance of the "Svery ocean, 1833 HOME TUGA It is divided into dif"tinct columns of five or fix miles gutted as s bsno i " in length, and three or four in 3.6519 VIS VI SE QUE noid also "breadth, and they drive the wa 9 x 1 1 OVDE TRw 86 ter before them with a kind of rip"pling; fometimes they fink for the to fpace of ten or fifteen minutes, then "rife again to the surface, and in bright weather reflect a variety of σε fplendid colors, like a field of the "moft precious gems, pasitor? » THE Efhoals that liberally offer themfelves for the food and maintenance of fo large a fhare of the human fpecies, at our most celebrated fisheries, are only small detachments from this innumerable adw I 4 merable hoft.But to return to beauə ties of a more varied randocharacteristic kind. duis amisupos Jaso 2061 WERE a fecond Thomfon to arife among us, he might derive feveral pleafing additions to the rural fcenery and poetical calendar of this country from the work already so often referred to, Mr. Pennant's British Zoology. Some of the circumftances which I fhall felect from it, are fo exactly fuited to the manner of that admirable poet, that we may be affured he would have made ufe of them, had they occurred to his mind. ! TO Tavo dl & du ako gut bas buAMONG the figns which announce the very dearliest approach of spring, he would have dwelt with delight upon the interesting and picturefque figure garlied of |