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Title: Catalogue of drawings by Dutch and Flemish artists preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings Hind, Arthur Mayger, 1880-1957 Popham, A. E. (Arthur Ewart), 1889-1970
Subjects: Drawing, Dutch
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a landscape. Plate LVIIL—N. MAES. a. No. 1. Five studies of womens heads. b. „ 2. Milk-seller delivering milk. Plate LIX.—N. MAES (?). a. No. 3. The adoration of tho shepherds. b. „ 4. Mother and child. Plate LX.—C. a RENESSE. a. No. 1. Joseph sold by his brethren. b. ,, 2. Landscape with an archer. Plate LXL—C. a RENESSE. a. No. 3. The temptation of Christ. b. ,, 4. (obv.). Unknown biblical subject. c. ,, 4. (rev.). The prodigal son. List of Plates. Ill LXIL—J. EUISSCHER. a. No. 2. Long view of country, river in distance. b. „ 3. Plat landscape, town, and churches. c. „ 1. View of open country with the Rhine. LXIII.—J. VICTORS. a. No. 1. Old man playing a hurdy-gurdy. J. G. VAN VLIET. b. No. 1. The stoning of St. Stephen. LXIV.—P. DE WITH. a. No. 1. Landscape with a village on banks of canal. b. ,, 2. Landscape with a canal and men fishing. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND GREAT WINDMILL STREET. W. r^ ,rcatalogueofdrawi01brit

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Title: The people of India : a series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Great Britain. India Office Kaye, John William, Sir, 1814-1876 Taylor, Meadows, 1808-1876 Watson, J. Forbes (John Forbes), 1827-1892
Subjects: Ethnology — India India — Social life and customs
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MUZBEE SIKHS.LOW CASTE.LAHORE.<237i SANSEES, OE SANSEEAS. (238) THE Sanseeas are a nomadic tribe, found chiefly in Lahore, the Manjha, andSealkote. They Hve by hunting and thieving; but an attempt has beenmade, with some hope of success, to induce them to settle down to agiiculturalpursuits. They have a j^eculiar language and rehgion, and do not mix, or marry,with any other of the wandering tribes of India. As Dacoits they have had norivals; and, though strangers to the locahties, and unable to speak its dialects, theyhave yet penetrated to the Deccan, and can-ied on their daring exploits there, witha boldness and certainty unknown to other classes of Dacoits in India. They werefully described in No. 195 of VoL IV., to which article the reader is referred forfurther infonnation.

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SANS EES. WANDERING TR IBE. LAHORE. (238) MULLAPIS, OR BOATMEN. (239) THE Mullahs form a special tribe of themselves, and, although Mahomedans,do not intermarry with other Mussulmans, except on rare occasions. Theyare found on all the rivers of the Punjab, and on the Indus do^^^l to the sea; and,though they have been converted, are probably httle changed since the days ofAlexander the Great. They are a laborious, fi-ee-living people, eating fish andmeat ordinarily, and by no means averse to an occasional dram, though they arenot habitual consumers of spirits. They arc Soonnee Mahomedans, necessarilyvery ignorant, but peaceable and well disposed. As their calling gives them onlyordinary subsistence, none of them attain any high social rank; but the ownershipof a boat or two ensures respectable competence. Some of them are employed onthe river steamers, and make good pilots, watching the changes in the sand banksafter every fl.ood. In ascending the rivers, and when the wind is contrary,

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inst him totake the kingdom. He dropped it there to takeup arms, and there it had been since. The topof it was split open. The priest in a neighboringparish had tried, a hundred years before, to quarryit for his parsonage, but like King Harald washalted before he had gone far. What was thematter with the parsons in those days, I cannotimagine. When they opened the graves of KingValdemar and Queen Dagmar, of whom I havetold elsewhere, they found her tomb a jumble ofbroken brick and rubbish. A priest attached tothe church, to make a nice roomy burial-placefor himself, had calmly cut into the resting-placeof Denmarks best-beloved queen, throwing thebones he found there to the scrap-heap. A hun-dred years and over, the skull of the gentle Dag-mar, which some one had picked up, lay about thechurch and was then carried off by a thief. Agold cross the queen had worn was saved, having THE OLD TOWN 159 value in the eyes of the vandals, and in thecourse of time found its way into the possession

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Daqmabs DesfoiIiED Tomb. of the government and into the museum ofantiquities, where it now is, its most preciousrelic. Holme week was the great time of the yearfor us all. It came late in July, when the haywas all in and we got our fishing-tackle out; forthe hay was the great crop thereabouts, and untilit had been cut it was not a good thing to be caughtby the farmer wading through his meadows. 160 THE OLD TOWN Out toward the sea the river made a great bend,and in it, near its mouth, lay a stretch of marsh-land where the grass grew exceeding rich andsweet. This was the Holme, which in thethirteenth century had been given to the town bythe King in return for its building a wall aroundRibe the better to defend it. The wall was neverbuilt, though they got so far as digging a ditch,but they kept the land, and after the Reformationdivided it up among themselves, to their great gain.When now the last of the hay had been cut andstacked, the Old Town went a-picnicing, bagand baggage. Those wh

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Image from page 508 of “American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture” (1888) – The Great Fish River Museum

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Title: American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
Publisher: New York, Standard book company
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h, or Silver Salmon, Oncorhynclius kisuich, writes Jordan, isalmost everywhere known by the name of Silver Salmon. It has alsoa series of local names. In Kamtchatka it is still known by the nameKisutch, in use in Pennants time, a hundred years ago. The name Bielaya Ryba, or A\hite-fish, is also ascribed to it. On FrazerRiver it is known by the INIusquaw name of Coho; at Seattle, by theNisciually name of Skowitz ; about Cape Flattery by the Makah nameof Hoopid ; on the Columbia it is called Silver Salmon or ^^hiteSalmon, and southward the same names prevail. It reaches a weight oftwenty pounds, the usual range being from seven to ten. The SilverSalmon enters all the rivers from Sacramento to Behring Island and Kamt-chatka. In the fall it is abundant in probably all the rivers. Few ornone, however, are seen in the spring. They are often taken with seinesin Puget Sound at all seasons. Like the other fall-running Salmon, theyseldom ascend the rivers to any great distance. ypsn^fi^^-^^^Sf.

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Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896
Subjects: Fishes — North America
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ght to add that I tasted the dish again whencold next morning at breakfast, and that it had lost nothing of its relish,and I do not think that many who sat down before it without prejudicewould come to any other than such a favorable conclusion. Perhaps\inegar instead of lemon might cheapen the dish, but as the recipe isgiven, it may be classed as economical. The common Brook Sucker, Catostonius Coiiuiicrsoiii. or the • AVhiteSucker, is the most familiar and generally abundant of the group. It CARP, DACE AND MINNOW. 435 inhabits all bodies of water, large and small, from New England to Colo-rado. In the great lakes it reaches a length of two feet or more. In smallbrooks it is mature at eight or ten inches. It varies much in size, colorand form in the different streams. It bites freely, ami is one of the fisheswith which the unambitious brook angler is well contented. When takenout of clear water, ])roperly cared for and well washed, it is an excellentpan-fish, like most of its kind.

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THE BROOK SUCKER—CATOSTOMlS COMMERSOXI. All the lakes and rivers of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific slope,says Jordan, are inhabited by species of this genus, or of the alliedgenera Chasmistes and Pantostcus. In Utah Lake, said to be the greatestSucker-pond in the world, are found Caiostoimis fcciiinitis and ardcns,Chasmistes liorus and PantostcusplatyrliyncJius, all in abundance. In LakeTahoe Catostoinus tahoensis; in the Sacramento C. occidcntalis; in theColumbia C. macrochilus; in Klamath Lake Chasmistes luxatus and CJi.hrevirostiis, abound, while in the great lakes and all waters thence toAlaska and Arctic Ocean C. loiigirostris is an important food-fish. The Stone-roller, Hog Sucker, Stone Toter or Hammer-head Sucker, Catostomus nigricans, abounds in most waters from the greatlakes southward. The Stone-roller is extremely abundant in every run-ning stream in the North and West, where its singular, almost comical formis familiar to every school-boy. It delights in rapids and

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
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THE COMMON, OR FRESH-WATER CRAW-FISH. Craw-fish are found in many rivers, edged in holes whic^» theyform in tlie clayey banks; and their presence is generally esteemed anevidence of the goodness of the water. They are frequently caught bysticks split at the end, with a bait inserted in the cleft, and stuck in the 558 THE GREAT CENTIPEDE. mud at the distance of a few feet from eacli other. These sticks, afterremaining some time, are taken up, and generally with an animaladhering to each. They are gently drawn out, and a basket is putunder to receive the animals, which drop off when brought to the surface.

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rth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley ofShittim. Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolatewildernes, for the violence against the children of ludah, becausethey have shed innocent blood in their land. But ludah shalldwell for ever, and lerusalem from generation to genera-tion. For I wil cleanse their blood, that I have notcleansed, for the Lord dwelleth in Zion. AMOS Amos sliewethGods iudge-ment upouSyria, CHAPTER I HE wordes of Amos, who was among the heard- men of Tekoa, which hee sawe concerning Israel, in the dales of Uzziah King of ludah, and in the dayes of leroboam the sonne of loash king of Israel, two yere before the earthquake. And he said. The Lord will roare from Zion, and utter his voice from lerusalem : and the habitations of the shepheards shall mourne, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for foure I wil not turne away the punishment thereof, because they have threshed 306

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AMOS Gilead, with threshing instruments of yron. But I will send a fire CHAPTERinto the house of Hazael, which shall devoure the palaces of I Benhadad. I wil breake also the barre of Damascus, and cut offthe inhabitant from the plaine of Aven : and him that holdeth thescepter from the house of Eden, and the people of Syria shall goeinto captivitie, unto Kir, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Gaza, and for upon thefoure I will not turne away the punishment thereof: because they PWlistines,caried away captive the whole captivitie, to deliver them up toEdom. But I wil send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shalldevoure the palaces thereof. And I wil cut off the inhabitant fromAshdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and Iwil turne mine hand against Ekron ; and the remnant of the Philis-tines shall perish, saith the Lord God. Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for upon Tyrus,foure I wil not turne away the punishment th

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he Pusher Engineer by Edgar White

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ILLY GOAT BOB, theboys called him, carelessthat the name piercedworse than a swordpoint. For seven yearshe had handled thethrottle of the bigmachine that nosedthe long freight trainsup the two-mile hill into Divide City,where the grade was level. The crestreached, the pusher engine would swingloose and drift back into the valley, thereto wait in the desolation for the nextheavy train needing a lift. Bob Manning had been a youngster oftwenty when they changed him from theleft to the right hand side of the pusher.He supposed that in the fullness of timetheyd give him a run on the road and lethim be a real engineer. But once havingfixed him on the hill job they seemed tohave forgotten all about it. It was thepenalty of modesty. Had he gone intoheadquarters and demanded promotion,in all likelihood they would have remem-bered him and given him somethingbetter. But Bob was a shy sort of chap,and he was afraid if he suggested thechange he might be told they had asuperintendent to look after

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e in the surrounding woods, andthe fishing, being strictly preserved, these birdsdwell here in comparative security; and as thewaters furnish them with an abundant supply oftheir natural food, they have no inducement towander beyond the precincts of the park. Great,then, is the general consternation, when the duck-hawk*—as the old keeper calls him—makes hisappearance. Taking up his position on a tall firtree commanding a view of the pond, he selectsa victim from the terrified flock as they fly hur-riedly along, dashes after it with incredible swift-ness, sweeps it almost from the surface of thewater, and disappears with it among the neigh-bouring reed-beds, while its companions, suddenlyveering round, return again, as if unwilling toquit the spot which has so long afforded them asafe asylum; but after a day or two they becomethoroughly scared, and may be found among thebrooks in the open country; indeed, the first in- * The name by which the peregrine is also known inAmerica. CO I

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SHOOTING A FRIEND FOR A FOE. Ill timation I have frequently received of the pre-sence of the peregrine at Burton, has been thesudden appearance of several wisps of snipe/even in open weather, among the low meadows ata considerable distance; and little parties of tealand wild ducks congregating at every turn ofthe river, where the high banks afforded thema chance of concealment, and where, though com-paratively exposed to greater danger, they mightbe found until the death or expulsion of the ene-my from their old quarters. Specimens of this falcon have been shot nearLewes, Newhaven, Seaford, Pevensey, and Rye,in the eastern, and in the neighbourhood of Chi-chester, Petworth, and Arundel, in the westerndivision of the county. It has also occurred oc-casionally, though rarely, in the wooded portionof the weald. A friend of mine has one in hispossession which was shot in that part of thecountry by a farmer, who mistook it for a wood-pigeon, immense flocks of which abound thereduring the a

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ff colour marbledwith dark brown. The male is of a light greeny-brown, without marb-lings. It is very common in North Shensi and even in the Ordos Desert.During the dry season it burrows deep into the loess or sand, and sopreserves itself from dessication. It spawns in the small rivers, moun-ifin streams and lakes, but otherwise keeps away from water. The common toad, though found nearly all over the world, is farless common in North China than the foregoing species. It is of a dullearth-brown colour, and would be an ugly creature indeed were it not FROGS, TOADS AND SO^IE FRESH-WATER FISH. 171 for the wonderful gem-like eye. It is Shakespeare who has said, the toad, ugly and venomous. Wears yet a precious jewel in fiis head.referring doubtless to the creatures wonderful eye. To which, if either, of these species a very large toad that I havefrequently come across belongs I do not know. This variety isremarkable both for its size and the great number and size of theworts upon its skin.

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z . Kail tj^ >- – ~ fin® Mi view on the kern river.—[a. bierstadt.] as, for example, bits from the Forest of Fontainebleau. One of his mostremarkable New England landscapes represents the avalanche in the Notchof the White Mountains, which was attended with such disastrous resultsto the dwellers in the valley. Bnt Mr. Hill will be identified in futurewith California, where he has become a resident, and has devoted his ener-gies to painting some of the magnificent scenery of that marvellous region,where the roar of the whirlwind and the roll of the thunder reverberatelike the tread of the countless millions who evermore march to the west-ward. As he sat on the edge of the precipice, the forerunner of coming 100 ART IN AMERICA. ages, and painted the sublime, solitary depths of the Yosemite, did theartist realize that with every stroke of the brush he was aiding the ad-vance guard of civilization, and driving away the desolation which gaveadditional grandeur to one of the most extr

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comotive.If the party is large enough for a picnic, so muchthe better, as often flat cars are added, neatlytrimmed with evergreen l)Oughs. The railroad,after leaving the station tin-ns directly towardthe mountain range, and giadually ascends forthe first six miles, a steady grade of 2(10 feet tothe mile, until just before the mouth of the can-on it reaches 296 feet. Xothing can describe theapparent desolation of sage brush and dry sterileappearance of the soil, but here and there where-ever the little mountain brook can be divertedfrom its course, and its water used to irrigate theland, the richest of fruit trees, grass and grainspring up and give abundant crops. The littlestream, with its rajnd fall, follows us up theentire length of the canon. The upward ascentof the grade seems hardly noticeable, of so uni-form a slope is tlie surface of the country, and itis not till the base of the mountains is reached,and the tourist looks back, he realizes his height, 144 Wmm ^si€IFW WQWMiBW.

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A o < i O 05 3 S w and sees in the distance the clear surface of UtahLake consideiably below him. Gathering nowon the flat cars—where the scenery can be bestobserved—the little train slowly enters the canon.Scarcely oUU feet are passed over before therebursts upon the eye views of rock scenes of themost rugged character. The little valley isscarcely 100 feet broad, and in its widest partnot over 200 feet, but from the very track and littlesti-eam, the rocks loom up into heights of start-ling distinctness and almost perpendicular ele-vation. The color of the rocks is uniformly of verydark red and brown granite, apparently havingonce been heated in a terrible furnace, and thenin melting had arranged themselves into ruggedand fantastic shape more than mortal coidd con-ceive. At the beginning of the canon, the rocks aver-age about 800 feet in height, then, as the routeascends, the sides become more and more boldand erect,—the height greater, and the summitssticking up in jagged p

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strious neighbor, and as soonas the Canvas-Back rises with the favorite root on which they bothgreedily feed, the Bald-Pate snatches the morsel and makes off withhis booty. They are always very alert and lively, feeding and swimming out into the ponds and rivers at all hours of the day, but areBxtremely watchful, sheltering in coves and behind the land, and onthe slightest attempt to steal upon them, immediately row out intothe stream beyond gun-shot, and then only take to wing when mucbdisturbed. THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUCK. This most beautiful of Ducks seems to be dressed in a studied attiie, to which the addition of a flowing cresladds a finish of peculiar elegance; andhence Linnseus has dignified the specieswith the title of sponsa or the brideThis splendid bird, according to Nut-tall, is peculiar to America but extendsits residence from the cold regions ofHudsons Bay in the 54th parallel to•uMxn DUCK. Mexico and the Antilles. Throughout ?54 a great part of this vast space, or at

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372 THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUUK. least as far soutli as Florida and the Mississippi territory, the SammerDuck is known to breed. In the interior they are also found in theState of Missouri, and along the woody borders and still streamawhich flow into most of the great north-western lakes of the St. Law-rence. The Summer Duck, so called from its constant residence inthe United States, has indeed but little predilection for the sea coast^its favorite haunts being the solitary, deep, and still waters, ponds,woody lakes, and the mill dams in the interior, making its nest oftenin decayed and hollow trees impending over the water.

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he spirit andvigor displayed by it whenhooked afford fine sport. Itis peculiarly apt at breakingthe line, a feat sometimesaccomplished by a violentblow of the tail, and some-times by contriving to twisttlie line round a root or post, and giving a sudden jerk. It feeds principally on larvae and molluscs, inhabiting the banks, andobtains them by rooting in the sand with its snout. The Barbels, orbeards, hanging from the upper jaw doubtless assist in these investiga-tions. It frequently grows to a very great size, weighing from fifteentO eighteen pounds, and measuring upwards of three feet in length,^any are captured by nets during the summer, at which season theyfrequent the weedy parts of the river in shoals; but in winter theyft-tire to the shelter afforded by banks and old woodwork. Severalg-Dod swimmers have been known to dive after the Barbel, as they laypressed against the banks, and to bring up one each time, not unfre-quently appearing with two, one in each hand. THE DEVIL FISH.

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rac DETiL vitu. The Sea Devil, or Fishing Frog,is an inhabitant of the British^ieas. It grows to a large size,some being between four and fivefeet long. The fishermen on thatcoast have a great regard for thisfish, from a supposition that it is agreat enemy to the Dog-fish; andwhenever they take it with theirlines, set it at liberty. It is a fishof very great deformity; the headis much bigger than the wholebody; is round at the circumfer-ence, and flat above, the mouthof a prodigious wideness. THE BLENNIES- -FATHER LASHER, ETC. 469 THE BLENNliS. The species of this genusare small, live in shoals, butnot in great numbers: theyare very active and tenaciousof life, and frequent rockycoasts, where they may oftenbe found in the pools ofwater left by the tide, hidingthemselves among the weeds,and in the crevices of therocks.

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lbatross ; of which three are foundprincipally in the seas of hot climates, and the fourth is confined totliose within the Antarctic Circle. Their bill is straight: the ujipermanolible hooked at the point; and the lower truncated, or appearingas if cut off. The nostrils are oval, wide, prominent, and lateral; thetongue is very small ; and the feet have each three toes, all placed ward. THE WAXDKRIXG ALBATROSS, OB MANOF-WAR BIRD. In size these birds are sometimes as large as a Swan. Their genera.color is white, the upper parts are marked with black lines. The quill 390 THE WANDERING ALBATROSS. feathers are black; and tlie tail is ronndecl, and of a lead color. Thebill is of a pale yellow, and the legs are flesh-colored. These birds are found in most seas, but chiefly in those within theTropics: they are, however, often seen about the Cape of Good Hope;and, towards the end of July, they collect in great numbers in Kamt-schatka, and the seas which separate that part of Asia from America.

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Its powers of fllfjht are exceeding^ great; h ts a?moet constantly on>the wing, and is equilly at ease during the stillest calm, or iying withmeteor-like swiftness before the most fnrions gale. They are exceedingly vonicioips, and feed an variows species of fishaad raolluscse. The shoals of flying-fishy whei> ])ersecnted by theirenemies of the deep, make their a]^|K>alancc for a sf)ort flight in theair^ and suffer greatly from the voi-acity of these birds. They alsooften pursue the shmils of salmon iiitt> tine unsMitlis- of large rivers^ and THE PEUCAN TRIBE IN GENERAL. 391 po ffort^e themselves as, notwithstanding their otherwise extraordinarypoweis of flight, to be prevented by their weight and consequentetupidity even from rising. In the West Indies the appearance of these birds is sa,id to foretellthe arrival of ships; this indeed is sometimes true, and arises from avery natural cause. They always fiah in fine weather; so that whenthe wind is boisterous out at se;a, th

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sh being caught near the island of Sardinia in great abundance, andbeing exported from that island, in barrels, to various parts of theworld, they have obtained, in several countries, the name of /SardineSprats are likewise found in the North Sea and the Baltic. They usually frequent the deep parts of the sea; but in the autumnthey approach the smooth and sandy shores, for the purpose of de-piEditing there thei spawn. THE SHAD. SJcads appear in the river Ehine in the month of March; in the Severn and Thames, and Dela-ware, in April, May, and ^une;and in the Nile in Decemberand January. As soon aathey arrive, they deposit theirspawn in pl*^^es where thecurrent is most rapid; and,some months afterwards, returnto the sea. They ascend the Rhine as far as BmW, where they are caught in nets,and osier baskets or traps. In order to attract them into the latter, thefishermen use a bait of peas, prepared in a certain way with myrrh:this bait is put into a small bag, and suspended in the inside.

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SHAD. 450 TDE ANCUOVY.

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n thoroughlywet they flew one after another to a mud-bank, shookthe water from their plumage in a shower of drops, andarranged every feather in place, standing in a rowfacino; the rising- sun. Ducks whistled close over our heads, arriving insmall flocks and settling upon the water with a slitherwhich raised a multitude of ripples. And now a louder «4 77 ?$ » ::::::::»v TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO 3fe:: wing-beat drew our eyes upward and a dozen cormo-rants — the Mexican species doubtless — shot past.Herons began to arrive — Great Bhies, which sailedgracefully to the open water and alighted, becomingstiff and narrow, shapeless things until, assured thatall was safe, they picked their way slowly about. LittleGreen Herons came close to us, creeping like shadowsamong the reeds, and snatching at the big flies whichbuzzed about. Seven beautiful American Egrets trailed one afterthe other to the willows on the island and alighted, butthey did not descend to the water during our visit.

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AMERICAN EGRET, CAPTIVE WILD BIRD ::::::::3e OASIS AND DESERT as;::;:::: They called up a host of pleasant memories; for welast saw these rare birds a year ago when the sun wassetting across the waters of the Indian River in Florida.It was difficult to realize that even here, far south ofthe Tropic of Cancer, we were yet at only the verynorthern part of the egrets range. Their white formsare found from here to the lao-oons of Pataoonia.They ask nothing from man, save leave to feed uponthe fish and snails of the swamps, and they offer theirbeauty of form and feather to make a beautiful landstill more beautiful. Hitherto mans love of 2old andwomans vanity have overbalanced all humane andaesthetic sentiments. May some good fortune protectthe egrets in the wild fastnesses of the southern con-tinent, so that our country may, little by little, berestocked with these beautiful creatures ! The smaller sandpipers were legion in number, run-ning back and forth along the edge of the water. Thegr

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r ihe perturbed waves.Loud-crashins, terrible, a sound that madeEither shore tremble, as if of a windImpetuous, from con!lictin.rr vapor- sprung.That gainst some forest drivinic all hi> MuchtPlucks oti the brandies, beats them do«n andAfar; then, onward passing, proudly sweepsHis whirlwind rai;.-.—Dante. vancfd.a dozen ranie E\ENTY-THKEE lives and a million dollarsin propcrtx had been sacririct.d to the devoiir-insf Moloch. Far trom appeasing him. thiscosth orteriuL; merely whetted his ravenousappetite. The caiminatincr hnrror was tocome at Johnstown and it^ suburbs. Thehand takers, the e\-e dims and the heart throbspainfully over tlie t;rievous desolation. FromEast Conemauuh and Franklin, renewing; itsenerg\- at e\erv >itp. the tlood swooped upon;? .. Woodvale. The valley narrowed and the water reared its trowniiiL; cre-t lii-:her asitad- inL, the earth bare in its viutlictive passion. .An iron bridt^e am! dwellint;s. which dared dijpute its ri^ht ot \va\-, were contempt-s

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84 THE STORY OF JOIJXSTOllX. uoiisly brushed aside. Nothing was ton small to escape its notice or too largefor it to attack. Locomotives turned sdincrsaults, and liouses played leap-frog in the bosom ot the merciless current, \vhicli churned them into batterediron and splintered wood to stre-.s its trail with wreckage. IIa\oc ruled thelioiir and chaos was monarcli of the daw Three lunuhcd jileasant houK-. sheltered the eleven hundred residents ofWood^•alc, bordering Franklin on the south and spreading o\-er the tlats fromConemaugh Creek to a commanding liill on the northwest. ^faple avenue, tlieprincipal thoroughfare, was lined ^vith pretty Imnies and Lra\ersed bystreetcars. An iron briilge on the northern end communicated with East Cone-maugh. On this bridge Burgess bloward C. E\ans, 1 )r. l)uncan ami a half-dozen neighbors were discussing the hiL;h ^\ater. which had led to the closingof the local factories at noon. The roar of the tlnod tearing tlow n the creekarrested their attCU

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