... unpainted, the garden dilapidated and full weeds, the fences tottering and zig-zag, with rails missing everyi svhere, and long blackberry vines and elder bushes choking every panel ; that the palings were all aslant; that the old dog was surly and snappish, ...

... peculiar privileges of promotion, the young men who now walk over the heads of grey-headed veterans are as plentiful as blackberries. In military circles, or at least amongst tho vast » the men who are without the means to climb the ladder by the aid of ...

... for trespassing in wood belonging to the Misses Starkey, of Hattou-lmll, and taking therefrom, on the 4th of October, blackberries (wild brambles) of the value of fid., or thereabouts. The gamekeeper stated he had cautioned the defendant more than once ...