... never entered my thoughts ; yet when returning I came quite suddenly on a ♦ery large black bear, which was busy devouring blackberries, and also beetles ; for I saw him turning over stones and detached pieces of rock in search of them,and eagerly scratching ...

... Stir with a silver spoon untill it in quite thick, then pour on to buttered paper and when nearly cold out into squares. Blackberry jam only keepa well if the fruit is perfectly dry and fresh. After picking from the stalks weigh the fruit, and allow three ...

... its bulk of boiling water, it makes a useful and stimulating beverage at the beginning of colds or chills. Squeeze the blackberries through a straining bag, and to each pint of juice allow 11b. donne sugar. Boil for about twenty minutes or until it forms ...

... satisfied that there is much more horn done by them than good; and there are nests about, I might say, almost as thick as blackberries. I am everrun with birds when the cherries are ripeit is nothing unusual for twenty birds to be killed before breakfast ...

... Wyclifle's Bible, by S. N Sedgwick, M.A., is a story reminding us as it does of the time when bibles were as scarce as blackberries in July, and making us all the more thankful that the British and Foreign Bible Society is this year celebrating its centenary ...

... been recorded by an observer among the imported starlings of .Victoria. Australia. These birds are, like the rabbits and blackberries, increasing in the Colonies with such tremendous rapidity that they ore likely to become an unmitigated nuisance to small ...

... gelatine. Wet a mould, pour in, sad put in a cool plum until set, turn out and serve, if liked, with cream of boiled custard. Blackberries, apricots, plums, and many other fruits may he used in the same way. A PAIATkULK SUB,TITI:TR FOR CASTOR 014 - TAXe ;14 ...

... the water dries, a charming frost-like pattern will be seen on the glass. The latter !should be well cleaned beforehand. Blackberry Cordial.—Put the berries in • stone jar, set in a pan of boiling water. Simmer until soft, then strain. Measure the juice ...

... recover tin, much•peeked ball. FOOD FOR GAME. This autumn there is at. immense quantity of natural food, in the shape of blackberries. acorns, beech-nuts, bows, and other wild-fruits. Country Life points out that pheasants thrive greatly on the variety ...

... blue-flak should be ales white-fish and green-fish is not perhaps more wonderful than the paradox of our childhood, that blackberries when they are green are usually red or white; but it barb; represent• the °oaf umien in current language which has made ...

... Geoffrey would unsparingly have meted out. 'Not a hit '•' she answered airily; I should rather enjoy being pulled through a blackberry bush backwards: . But this had quite overshot •the mark, and Geoffrey began banging her with his fists until in self.defi ...

... Here is • brief summary: Laxatives: Oranges. hl a. tamarinds, prunes, mulberries, dates, nectarines, and plums. TOrliCS: blackberries, dewberries. raspberries, barberries. quinces, peers, and wild cherries. Most of these operate as astringents, and are ...