vern are pleased with his singing the praises of the Man of Ross, who did so much honour by his good conduct to these rivers, near which he lived and he says they echo and resound applause.

"Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow?

From the dry rock who bade the waters flow""

Who planted the neighbouring hills with groves which afford shades in the heats of summer?-Here the mountain is spoken of as if it were a person, whose brow and forehead was made sultry by the heat of the Sun, and shaded by a wreath or garland of leaves.

Bidding the waters flow from the dry rock-means, that the Man of Ross had opened a spring in a rock,

So that

and had made a channel to conduct it to the town of Ross. bade here, does not mean, that the waters flowed at his command, but that by his means they were made to flow. When Moses was in the Wilderness with the Israelites, who were in the greatest distress from thirst, he struck a rock with his rod, and bade the waters flow; and instantly by the power of God, a copious (plentiful) spring burst from the rock-but this was a miracle.

"Not to the skies in useless columns tost, Or in proud falls magnificently lost,

But clear and artless pouring through the plain, Health to the sick, and solace to the swain."

This alludes to a method of ornamenting gardens and public squares in cities, which is not at present com

mon. In ancient gardens, waterworks or jets d'eaux may be seen from which water spouts into the air, to a considerable height-this is performed by making the water fall from a great height through a pipe that is concealed by some mound of earth, or by some building, the weight and pressure of this water descending, forces the stream to rise upwards through the bottom of the pipe-as it falls it spreads in drops, and is received in a bason of stone, giving an idea of coolness, as well as in reality making the air near the fountain somewhat cooler than elsewhere,

Proud falls are cascades-where the water falls down steps or down a sloping plane, or gushes at once, over rough stones, to a considerable depth. These also give a feeling,

or rather a notion, of coolness, and the noise of the rushing water, is found to be an agreeable and soothing sound.

Proud-because they gratified the pride of their owners.

Artless-not forced by art to rise up into the air, but permitted to flow in a common channel.

Health-The water thus conducted by the good and generous Man of Ross was said to bring health to the sick.

Swain-means a countryman or peasant. Sometimes in pastoral poetry, that is poetry about shepherds, swain means a young man, and sometimes a lover.

Solace comfort.

"Whose causeway parts the vale in shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose?

Who taught that heav'n directed spire to rise? "The Man of Ross,' each lisping babe replies."

This cause

Causeway, (or causey, from chaussée, French) a road raised in road raised in marshy. places higher than usual. way, it appears, was ornamented with rows of trees on each side, that seemed to part or divide the valley. The poet asks, who made this causeway? and who made those seats to rest the traveller ?-Who built the Church, with a spire directed or pointed towards the sky ?-Every child that you meet will tell you, that it was the Man of Ross.

Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread; He feeds yon alms-house, neat but void of state, Where age and want sit smiling at the gate."

The market-place of the town of