The country up here is beautiful; everything green and pleasant; and if you saw it now, you would not believe that in two months' time it could have such a parched and barren appearance as it will then assume.

It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very little is yet known of them; and every observation, if carefully made, will some day help to show what they are.

These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

This country is undergoing great changes for the better.

I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England.

I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.

Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.

At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.

They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.