... and comprised the. tag, rag, and bobtail, of such establish- ments. Nut and gingerbread stalls were as plentiful as blackberries hi autumn, and we sl.o ild think were far too numerous to make the thing profitab'e to all. However, John Bull, especially ...

... seem an instrument conve- nient enough when inserted into a saucer or sirup, or ?? to the broken surface of an over-ripe blackberry, but we often see our sipper of sweets quite as busy on a solid lump of sugar, which we shall find, on close in- spection ...

... conceded tojw ; and that if our life had been as short as theirs, ?? have totally defeated us in the competition ?? and ripe blackberries. I can hardly agree to this extravagant statement ; but I think, in a life of twenty years, the efforts of the human mind ...

... by the bine. In the country places, village children prepare for a day in the woods, or in the lanes, to gather nuts or blackberries. Ah ! what glorious days those were of our early nuttings! To wander through the old woods, along paths trod by deer; sometimes ...