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D.-Yes, Madam, they may.

Mrs. N.-With what do you commence?

D. If the young ladies look through any of those glasses, (pointing to the different lenses,) I will present a scene, and you, Madam, will, perhaps, permit them to tell me what it represents. Mrs. N.-I understand you, and highly approve the plan. Now, my dears, let me hear your opinion.

The young ladies having taken their stations agreeably to the direction of the Exhibitor, he enquired whether they could name the subject of the scene?

Amelia, (the elder daughter,) looking very much disappointed, replied,

"Indeed, Sir, I cannot; for I perceive nothing but a very heavy mist."

"Nor can I," added Harriot, "it is all so cloudy," (rubbing the lens with her handkerchief.)

D.-Will you, Madam, do me the favour to take a glance? Perhaps you will be more successful.

Mrs. N. looks into the Camera, as she retired from it, said, "No, Sir, I am not.”

D.-Have the goodness, Madam, to resume your station; now young ladies attend, (touching a spring as he made the request. Amelia instantly said, O, the sun is rising! I can now see trees, shrubs, flowers,-how beautiful! Thank you, Sir,-clearer and

clearer.-what fruits!-I should like

to taste them, (said Harriot;) look at the peaches, Amelia; what a fine pineapple on the right hand!

charming, is it not, Mamma?

This is

Mrs. N.-Very delightful, indeed, my dear; (turning to Mr. Davenport, added,) I admire those transparent globules on the trees, representing, I imagine, the effects of the dissipated mist. What tree is that directly before my view? How beautiful the fruit! The most charming that I have ever beheld,-what is its name, Sir?

D.-That, Madam, I cannot tell; without sufficient authority it has generally been called an apple.

Mrs. N.-Very well, Sir; I sup

pose, I am not the first lady who has been enamoured with it. And the stream flowing beyond the scene, is afterwards, I think, divided into four heads, and then receives four different names, does it not, Sir?

D.-You are correct, Madam.

Mrs. N.-I must acknowledge that the whole scene is extremely well managed; what a parterre does the fore-ground represent! How well delineated the umbrageous shade! Fruits the most inviting, interspersed with flowers of varied tints. How the trees rise above each other in the more distant view! The whole surmounted with stupendous hills, illumined by the rising sun, and Aurora's gold and

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purple mantle encircling the whole with astonishing splendour. Certainly, Amelia, you can now name the

scene.

Amelia.-I think I could, Mamma, if the place were not so solitary; but I can neither see the gardener nor his lady.

D.-I should rather have denominated him King, for here he reigns supreme, and has lately received the homage of his subjects. He is now, with grateful admiration, exploring his new domains; and explaining to his lovely consort the peculiar properties of their attendants, who sportively play around the happy pair in the course of their perambulation.-Now,

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