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110 , TRAVELStN EUROPE.lSlilll)otVer, '8;cowering foae1, ànd dies by it.POOl bird 1 EtHe à\vare ofhis dan~er, and apparentJyfaireno'tigh froll~any being, as mtlch beyondthe l'each of net'or gun us' of the 'do~tor'spill, to appearance,be issllî'~ltte:n uH ut once by a glance of ah eye, and falls prey to fasei-As if plunet"struck, or rather drawn by an Irresistible attractioniMo a vortex, it advances to meet its fate, or flutters against theoverpowering Impulse, ·u.ntil, at lengtb, the tragedy isconcluded by its.1lescendihg intd'willthetnouth of the persevering quadtuped" \vhose exertio~~~onfin(il:sitself, a good exemplification of the power inflexibilityéan give tofeebJeness, to keeping his eyeinvariably directed to his object.herêto, thecatching of this pOOl' bird by mirrors is butan imitation of theprocess of Nature, who, we see here, as elsewhere, hasprovided the animaIs the most wretched that she has sent~ntothe world,,vith the means of taking care of themselves, if duly exerted, while init. Acat possessês a somewhatsimilar power over the birdspecies, asprobabJy also does tne snake. And a likè procedure lS observed totake place wflb the spider and his preythe fiy.severity of a Segovian wintèr is not to he judged of by any hardshipthat can he exr~~ienced in the nort11 of Europe. But tlltw iscolder than frost. Bereoccurs Frost enough to charge the air with éold,but not énollgh to put that cold ih action.The winter here is a continuaIstruggle between these two contending principles; frost bringingit no dryness, its antagonist thaw bringing no warrnth.sufficient to say that winter reignshere.It i8 DotHe reigns in Russia, hutberehe never rests. His sceptre is wielded as a'~~ivelyas absolutely, andcertainly he has rnqft loyal and acquiescing subjects.He is master ofw~~hin d~.ors as weIl as withollt. The architecture of the d·~~trict, atleast~!'i~S~ôhforn1ablewith sncb a principle. The windows arenotco{~structedeitner to ·âdmit liglltor exclude\\\eather; two qualifications