... she was sent thither in charge of an officer. Wild Fowl.— lt is remarkable that greater number of slrunge wild fowl, some aquatic and some land birds, have visited this neighbourhood than has been known for great number of years past. The osprey and f ...

... Thursday and Friday first, a number of prizes will also be pulled for by ships’ long boats, gigs, &c., besides the usual aquatic facetiae such punt races, ...

... Briton and Scotia steamers from Ayrthe hitter on a pleasure excursion on Wednesday—conveying thither not a few the lovers of aquatic sports. All the matches came oil’ with groat spirit: the fine frc.-U breeze being eminently favourable for the sailing coinpoitors ...

... excited respecting the songstress, that, “after church we were obliged to issue an * extra, which sold beyond precedent.” As Aquatic Adventure. —There chanced to be an overgrown lime-boat, or lighter, lying in the Sylhet river. A certain Captain Taylor, evidently ...

... to his residence, where, understand, he remains in a very precarious state. Friday last Regatta, with boat races and other aquatic and land sports, caused quite stir in the usually quiet beautiful watering-place Gourock. Under the influence of most brilliant ...

... altogether. Can brazen hardihood of assertion go beyond such a theory ? For some dozen of years back regattas and other aquatic sports have fallen into disrepute in the Western Highlands, where those of Inverary and Oban used once to attract such numbers ...

... with them in their catamarans, there is none to be found in the isUnds, which are covered with sand rocks, and the dung of aquatic birds; the Utter sufficient to load thousands of ships, having been accuinuUting for untold ages. • u* . guannar* by the Spaniards ...

... ships may ride in perfect safety ; but hitherto useless, or visited only sealers tor its seals, or whalers fur the eggs of aquatic birds. nation has ever hoisted its flag upon it. and it remains unappropriated, the common property of all mankind. If the ...

... the peace by —i. worthy of the labour enforcing it.” fighting with each other, while in stale of intoxication first of the aquatic sports Cur the season, under in the Vennel, on Sunday morning, with the aggravation aUB C es of the Citv of Glasgow Regatta ...

... yachts of all rigs, from 40 to 100 tons), ana the large addition of fine new clippers to the club's list of yachts, that the aquatic sports in our firth this season will prove the finest on record. Vie trust that the inhabitants of these watering places will ...

... patient was speedily able to take himself off little the. worse for hit ducking. We recommend such our readers as are fond of aquatic plants to visit the pond of the Cemetery, where there are some of these in flower, the most conspicuous being the Nymphaea ...

... little interest. After the ter- T ** 1 . n r u«nt!fni corations appropriate and picturesque. M. Jullien himmination of the aquatic sports there were a variety of ra arine\m»M give* promise of self presided in the orchestra, and received a hearty running ...