Fannyisquitedoneup；shecouldnotsleeplastnight，somethingitseemedlikeasthma-Itrustnot。IsupposeLloydwillbeabout，soyoucangivehimthebenefitofthislongscrawl。NeversaythatICAN’Twritealetter，saythatIdon’t-Yoursever，mydearestfellow，R。L。S。
Theguidwifehadbreadtobake，andshebakeditinapan，O！Butbetweenwhilesshewasdownwithmeweedingsensitiveinthepaddock。Themenhavebutnowpassedoverit；Iwasroundinthatveryplacetoseetheweedingwasdonethoroughly，andalreadythereptilespringsbehindourheels。
Tuituiisatrulystrangebeast，andgivesfoodforthought。
Iamnearlysure-Icannotyetbequite，Imeantoexperiment，whenIamlessonthehotchaseofthebeast-
that，evenattheinstantheshrivelsuphisleaves，hestrikeshispricklesdownwardsoastocatchtheuprootingfinger；instinctive，saythegabies；butsoisman’simpulsetostrikeout。Onethingthattakesandholdsmeistoseethestrangevariationinthepropagationofalarmamongtheserootedbeasts；attimesitspreadstoaradiusIspeakbytheguessoftheeyeoffiveorsixinches；attimesonlyoneindividualplantappearsfrightenedatatime。Wetriedhowlongittookonetorecover；’tisasanguinecreature；itisallabroadagainbeforeIguessagaintwominutes。Itisoddhowdifficultinthisworlditistobearmed。Thedoublearmourofthisplantbetraysit。Inathicktuft，wheretheleavesdisappear，Ithrustinmyhand，andthebiteofthethornsbetraysthetopmoststem。Intheopenagain，andwhenIhesitateifitbeclover，atouchontheleaves，anditsfinesenseandretractileactionbetraysitsidentityatonce。Yetithasonegiftincomparable。Romehadvirtueandknowledge；Romeperished。Thesensitiveplanthasindigestibleseeds-sotheysay-anditwillflourishforever。Igivemyadvicethustoayoungplant-haveastrongroot，aweakstem，andanindigestibleseed；soyouwilloutlasttheeternalcity，andyourprogenywillclothemountains，andtheirascibleplanterwillblasphemeinvain。