The Love of God. 125

fibly have dropt the carving knife and fork, in
fheer aftonifhment at the unaccountablenefs of the
queftion, but as it was, fhe had heard fo many
other odd ones before, that fhe did not by outward
fign demonftrate the amufement fhe felt at this,
but fimply faid,—‘* Perhaps he could’?—for the
knew that it was out of her power to {peak pofi-
tively as to whether a Giant could fee a carraway
feed or not.

Now dear little readers, what do you think about
this very important affair? Do you think a Giant
could fee a carraway feed or not ?—‘“ Oh yes,”
you all cry,—¢ of courfe he could!”

Nay, my dears, there is no “ of courfe” at all
in the matter! Can any of you, for example, fee
the creatures that float about and fight in a drop
of water from the Serpentine River? No, cer-
tainly not! except through a microfcope. Well,
but why not?—you do not know. That I can
eafily believe! But then you muft never again
fay that °¢ of courfe’’ a Giant could fee a carraway
feed.

It is entirely a queftion of relative proportion :
fo now you feel quite fmall, and admit your total
ignorance, I hope. Yes! it all depends upon
whether the giant is as much bigger than the car-
raway feed, as you are bigger than the curious
little infe&ts that float about and fight in the drop
of water from the Serpentine river—for if he is,
we may conclude from analogy that a giant could
not {ee a carraway feed except through a micro-