As "acti fatis" here, so "fato profugus venit," verse 6; "sedes ubi fata quietas ostendunt," verse 209; "data fata secutus," verse 386; "fata deum vestras exquirere terras imperiis _egere_ suis" (_Æn._ VII. 239.); "fatisque vocantia regna" (_Æn._ v. 656.); &c.; through all which expressions runs the one constant idea of the fates _calling_, _forcing_, _driving_ (agentia) the Trojans toward Latium. II. "Sævus ubi Æacidæ telo jacet Hector ubi ingens Sarpedon."--_Virg. Æn._ I. 103.[1] Observe how the poet surmounts the obvious difficulty of uniting Hector, the principal champion of Troy, and Sarpedon, the son of Jove, in one and the same sentence, without implying a preference for either, without exalting one at the expense of the other; viz., by counterbalancing, by an inferior position towards the end of a line, that advantage of priority of mention, which he must necessarily give to one of them; and by compensating the other for the disadvantage of being placed second in order, by the double advantage of first place in a line, and separation from the rest of the line by a sudden pause. III. "Ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis Scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit." _Virg. Æn._ I. 104. "Contendit cum Homero (_Il._ μ. 22. _seq._). Potest sane oratio nimis ornata videri ex Æneæ persona; sed innumeris locis poetæ cum epici, tum tragici, ac lyrici, sibi indulgent in ornatu, etiam ubi alios loquentes inducunt."--HEYNE. [Footnote 1: The numbering of the lines is that of the Delphin edition.] This stricture, very seasonable in a commentary on Statius or Lucan, is wholly inapplicable to Virgil; a poet remarkable, above all others, for his abstinence from gaudy ornament, and singularly careful to adapt the sentiment to the character and circumstances of the speaker. The words in the text, or some similar words, were indispensable to give full expression to the idea of Æneas; very imperfectly understood either by the annotators, or, with the exception of Caro, by the translators: _Happy those who died on the plains of Troy, in the sight of their sires? Oh! that I, too, had perished there by the hand of Tydides, or been swept away along with so many of my friends by the Simois!_ JAMES HENRY. 34. Westland Row, Dublin. FOLK LORE. _Superstitions respecting Bees._--It is a subject for painful reflection, that beings of so great skill and useful industry should be so liable to take affront, as is proved by the anecdotes related of bees by L. L. L. Who would not grieve, that bees--who have been said to partake of the Divine nature, "Esse apibus partem divinæ mentis et haustus Ætherios dixêre"--