Nay, seems it rather in these eyes
An angel; o'er Eternity's dim sea,
Beckoning--'Come thou where all we glad souls be.'

O life! O silent shore
Where we sit patient! O great Sea beyond,
To which we look with solemn hope and fond,
But sorrowful no more!--
Would we were disembodied souls, to soar,
And like white sea-birds wing the Infinite Deep!--
Till then, Thou, Just One, wilt our spirits keep.

THE PALO DE VACA, OR COW-TREE OF BRAZIL.

This is one of the most remarkable trees in the forests of Brazil.
During several months in the year when no rain falls, and its branches
are dead and dried up, if the trunk be tapped, a sweet and nutritious
milk exudes. The flow is most abundant at sunrise. Then, the natives
receive the milk into large vessels, which soon grows yellow and
thickens on the surface. Some drink plentifully of it under the tree,
others take it home to their children. One might imagine he saw a
shepherd distributing the milk of his flock. It is used in tea and
coffee in place of common milk. The cow-tree is one of the largest in
the Brazilian forests, and is used in ship-building.

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_Just Published, Price 6d. Paper Cover,_

CHAMBERS'S POCKET MISCELLANY: forming a LITERARY COMPANION for the
RAILWAY, the FIRESIDE, or the BUSH.

VOLUME III.

To be continued in Monthly Volumes.

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Printed and Published by W. and R. CHAMBERS, High Street, Edinburgh.
Also sold by W.S. ORR, Amen Corner, London; D.N. CHAMBERS, 55 West
Nile Street, Glasgow; and J. M'GLASHAN, 50 Upper Sackville Street,
Dublin.--Advertisements for Monthly Parts are requested to be sent to
MAXWELL & CO., 31 Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street, London, to whom all
applications respecting their insertion must be made.

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