p„ob 24 ECONOMY OF Cayro LL(u

' : 3 520--' DAR! So, when with briftling plumes the Bird of Jovr Tin? v aua

Vindictive leaves the argent fields above, hjqu mw

Borne on broad wings the guilty world he awes, fm 5 E>:. Wt And graſps the lightning in his ſhining claws. m m V. 1.“ NYMPUH4S8! YovR ſoft ſmiles uncultur d wel

man ſfübdue

And charm d the Savage from his native wood; ache Yov, while amazed his hurrying Hordes retire| Es 3 vem

From the fell havoc of devouring FIRE 212 n ( ſequt

Eur) fes; perhaps the ſize of the neceflary apparatus would haye Buh been inconvenient to land animals,| Deo dd oel In his ſhining claws. 1. 208. Alluding to an antique gem in MO

the collection of the Grand Duke of Florence. Spence.

Of devouring fire. 212. Ihe firſt and moſt important diſ-

covery of 3)| ſeems to have been that of fire. For many ages it 18 probable- re was eſtecmed a dangerous enemy, known ful des

] only by its dread

*: fies, Kid

vaſtations; and that many lives muſt have Ee

been loit, and many dangerous burns and wounds muſt have af- Mi

flicted thoſe who ürſt dared to ſubject it to the uſes of life. It is 079 ſaid that the tall monkies of Borneo and Sumatra lie down with»

pleaſure round anyaccidental fire in their woods; and are arriv- nN

ed to that degree of 1548 that knowledge of caufation, thatthey, fal thruſt intothe remaining fire the half-burnt ends of the branches gehn to prevent its going out. One of the nobles of the cultivated"4

pcople of Otaheite, when Captain Cook treated them with tea lin, JE |