"scrubby" are "gum-wood" trees, from which an intoxicating liquor
(called by the natives "Toddy,") is extracted. The garden has lately
been much improved, as several gentlemen of the island have taken up
their residence at the New House. In the vicinity of Longwood are many
beautiful and romantic scenes. About a mile from thence is Halley's
Mount, from which that great astronomer observed the transit of Venus.
It is but too true that Napoleon's parlour is now occupied by a
threshing machine. H.M.B.

[4] See Supplementary Number of the _Mirror_, No. 549.

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SCRIPTURAL HERALDRY.

(_To the Editor._)


At Sturminster Newton, in Dorsetshire, there is an Infant and Sunday
School, founded by the Rev. T.L. Fox. A handsome bronzed gateway forms
the entrance, which is surmounted by an escutcheon, containing what may
be termed the Christian's armorial bearings, (see Ephesians vi. 14, &c.)
The shield itself denotes "the _shield_ of faith;" on the four divisions
are emblazoned "the _girdle_ of truth;" "the _breast-plate_ of
righteousness;" "_feet_, shod with the gospel of peace," and "the
_sword_ of the spirit;" the crest is "the _helmet_ of salvation," over
which is a crown of glory; the motto "THE FOUNDATION OF GOD STANDETH
SURE." The benevolence of the reverend founder of this establishment
should not pass unnoticed. Pope has described his character to a tittle,