... population, 10,008, badge, eagle’s feathers ; MacDougalls, badge cypress, elsewhere, Craobh-chosgair ; Mac Leans, badge, ‘blackberry heath; Robertsons, fourth surname, ‘population, 31,836, badge, fern or bracken ; Stewarts, !-inh surname, population, 31 ...

... over one or other of the fromtiers without |n¥lng duty. « Straschniks,” or custom soldiers, are, of course, as common as blackberries in this golden land, but they cannot do more than mitigate the evil, and, indeed, some sceptical persons declare thut the ...

... especially, which grows not only with remarkable profusion, but with splendid results from a limited amount of care. The Blackberry, or Black Currant, seems to be well suited for oar West Highland climate, and to grow individually like little plums. The ...

... n under the name of the New Rochelle, or Lawton, Blackberry ;: but it 1s unpalatable when unripe, and requires to be plucked at the proper time. “ When the children say, with a shout, ‘The blackberries are ripe!” I know they are black only, and I can ...

... the Christmas log with their kith and kin, and to glance at the anus-carpeted country lanes where they were wont to get blackberries and scratches together, and at the green churchyard under whose wind-rocked trees their ancestors await the resurrection ...

... for it. T here is no child is climbing in quest of the wild flowers not one woman in a thousand that would have and ripe blackberries and hazel-nuts that abound; exhibited the patience, the love, end the courage and no tourist from toiling town is sharing ...

... *‘whereabouts” of some men a ‘puzzle, but also their whyabouts and whatabouts. PrOPLE say that blackberries are good for the complexion ; but who wants a blackberry complexion? “ I¥ money matters,” said a miserable old lellov; “‘treat strangers as though they ...

... dansante. In | “Spring every lady was attired as flower ;in o Summer as roses; in ** Autumn” hop-pickers, gleaners, blackberry gatherers, grape gatherers ; in “Winter,” white, with robins and holly. Prout’s band attended. and the floor was excellent ...

... viewing a few other spote of ground that were dear to my wewory, as being places where I in my {nmth and innocence pu'd tfie blackberries and chased the butterflies. We then bade Mr Black good-bye, thankin%l:im for his kindness and useful information. e next ...

... first-class steamer will be put in opposition to the Staffa and Tona boat this season. Steamers are now almost as plentiful as blackberries in autumn. The Clydesdale has been lving in the bay for several days past, since, indeed, the Pioncer took her usual run ...

... morals fro, the Ong& in America for political supremacy is the easiest task in the world. Morals in the are as thick as blackberries; but, like lissidierries, they are so anaterous is to balms despised. The public is no lours capable of _disgusted to find ...

... Brock, A.R.A. THE jewel room at the Tower of London, closed g;rhrlenpnin. will not be opened until Monday, the 'th inst. BLACKBERRIES are very abundant this year, both in England. where they are appreciated, and in Ireland, where they are not. SIR John ...