... mortar are now in dangerous proximity to where schoolboys. playing the truant, still wander among the brambles in quest of blackberries. The signs are painfully evident that Wimbledon Common will ICsoon lose its picturesque pre-eminence, and that the old ...

... MaacSs' VIII- *(COsCLnDinn APoTICL.) PHEASANTS AND PHEASANT POACHING. A FEW days priorto the advent of October, when the blackberries hang luscious on the brambles, and the brown nuts drop from the clusters, the keeper goees, as is his wont, to the coppice ...

... for cash blackberries in any quantity, if brought to him on the day when gFathered. The matter was hardly. treated 'as a serious for a few days, but it soon became a reality awhen put to the test, and now every day large quantities of blackberries are brought ...

... cheap substitute in the kitchen. If blackberries are much praised now, they have suffered under re- preach full many a time and oft, and been un- justly condemned for shortcomings. Used for jam and for jelly, blackberries have been censured-the first as not ...

... warder entered with the convict's break- fast, which consisted of three poached eggs, a dish of tinned peaches, some tinned blackberries, some bread, and coffee. Birchall watched the layinu of the table with considerable interest, and partook with great appetite ...

... have found a mnan to lead them in this | risis. But I wvould point out that lesder* are nct t0 be found growing- on every blackberry bush I ' (bear, hear). One argumenet that hlas been ad- 1 vanced for the immredia~te sacritice of yourself and your leadership ...

... carving, knitting, netting, bee- I keeping; and for women, mending garments, spin- n Ding, jam making in the bilberry and blackberry season, embroidering, crochet and lace making. It is satisfactory to learn that the Government d are alive to ?? necessity ...

... isalfon thea tan. Choullour four miles over, fences. Cloister- , three uiles aude a half. Come Awfay three'milesJ . with Blackberry and Flying Colurmn. Qruiset a four urilee. lies and Emperor esercised it thor~ paddocke. Jason a mile at half-speed. Phil ...

... half; George Wire, Sunrise, Morgan colt, Lady Milltown filly travelled five furlongs briskly. Mr H Beasley's Greek Girl, Blackberry, Th2 Dream, and Lis'nore travelled two miles at a good pace ; Swivel filly, Freshet, Mount Armstrong flying Column, Hreimhiilda ...

... Owner Stewards Lodged Red EC ve, 4 yrs ?? M51rMJGeary Cork Park JuneS East XV ind, aged Mr J.s Moran Louth Hnt ,, 6 Blackberry, 4 vrs .-Mr lf Beasley Metro Sum ,, 8 Dorothy,. aged Mr ?? Kells ,, 8 The Dutdinnan, 4 yrs . Mr Power .. Tipperary , ...

... stand wvas filled %with a gaily dressed aid irterested crowd of spectators, and all along tire wall were packed thick as blackberries in Sepcruber ge6uacijeri who bhouteld with all nos- sible veheulience their cries of encouragement to tire oarsmen :.s ...

... At our feet, sheltered by the Cornish cliff, and ready for the coming October, but overshadowed just now by dog roses and blackberry blossom, are the huge black-tarred seine boats for the pilchard fishing, which is the glory of a Cornish autuoin That ...