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KITCHEN VEGETABLES.

Wildman, so famous for his management of bees, about 176G,that they followed him wherever he went, and clothed everypart of his body as in a swarm; his cap being particularlycovered, and thousands flying round about him.

Persons also destitute of hands and arms, have performedwonders, at various times, with their feet.

Figures, puppets, and other automata, the produce ofmachinery, have also much amused the world. Thereare many instances in ancient as well as comparatively mo-dern times, of this ; but to mention only Week's Tarantalaspider, and Milliardet's various figures in our days, mayserve to confirm belief. The Greeks called such figuresmarionettes. In antiquity, Daedalus was famous, as anartist, in making those.

There has not been a more eminent mechanist amongmoderns than Vaucamon, the Frenchman, who constructeda figure that played on a flute, performed twelve tunes,stopping the holes with its fingers. An eagle is said tohave been constructed by one Muller, which flew about, andwhen the Emperor Maximilian entered Nuremberg , perchedon the town-gate, and inclined its head and shoulders intoken of submission.

We, ourselves, have actually seen so timid an animal asa hare, in the streets of London, beat a drum with its forepaws, and fire a pistol.

V r e apologize for the length of this article; but really,to mention every circumstance worth notice, we possess,would extend it to three times the length we have alreadytrespassed. Also, hoping its importance may plead ourexcuse, on which our opinion is already given.

KITCHEN VEGETABLES.

Under this appellation corn which grows in our fieldsis not included, but by it is meant to be comprehended allthose esculent herbs and roots cultivated in gardens, in-cluding also certain species of fruits likewise chiellv theproduce of gardens. These productions are partly indigenous,and in part foreign. Among the former, asparagus, severalsalad herbs, water cresses, swine cress, sorrel, endive,dandelion, garlic, and other herbs of various species,adapted for this purpose; mushrooms, champignons, andothers of that nature; hops, plums, cherries, sloes, hips,bramble lrerries, crabs, and other fruits. These all growwild, but me occasionally cultivated, and have been for a