L6 ‘LITTLE PYPPON.”

hibiting them in his shop window as of his own
collecting! These facts interested Dr Clarke and
his companions so much in behalf of the poor little
Pyppon (for that was his name), that they showed
him much kindness, procuring him some hours of
relaxation from his toils, and giving him some
English needles for his insects, and a few similar
trifles, which appeared to him an invaluable trea-
sure, Not unfrequently during their short stay
they had recourse to him for what they required ;
and on one occasion, having told him that a rather
rare plant was said to grow in that neighbourhood,
but that they had failed to discover it, scarcely were
the words uttered when he ran off, fast as his legs
could carry him, and soon returned, bringing in his
hand two or three specimens of the plant.

Before they left the place, the kind-hearted
travellers resolved to give him a pleasure at part-
ing, and prevailed on the apothecary to allow him
to accompany them to the fair at Kiemi. The poor
child had never, during six years, been farther
from his master’s door than an occasional summer
scamper after his favourite studies ; and his delight
was unbounded, especially when he was shown the
well-selected herbarium of the clergyman at Kiemi.
But the hour of separation from his kind stranger
friends came all too soon, and “little Pyppon,”
shedding abundance of tears, bade them farewell,