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JOURNAL OF FACTS. 



Catching Quails in Cerigo. The 

 flocks of quail which appear here in 

 spring and autumn are considerably re- 

 duced by various destructive means of 

 the inhabitants; but the most singular is 

 that of finding them by dogs, something 

 similar to a lurcher, and then catching 

 them with hand-nets. Two, or a party 

 of three, go sporting in this way ; each 

 net has a mouth somewhat oval, stiffened 

 by a rim of wood two or three feet long, 

 attached to which is a net of a propor- 

 tionate bulk ; to this border is fastened at 

 one end a pole, ten to fourteen feet long, 

 and with such a weapon a party of three 

 will secure twenty or thirty couples dur- 

 ing the day in the following manner. 

 When the dog makes a poinC the party 

 comes up towards the spot in different 

 directions, holding their nets by the ends 

 of the poles, and if the quails lie so close, 

 as they do in bushes, as to allow the party 

 to touch each other's nets, then the dog- 

 is driven in to put them up. On rising, 

 each man strikes at a bird which his ex- 

 tended oval-mouthed net, twisting it in 

 the air to entangle his game, and, when 

 expert, seldom misses. Jameson'* Edin- 

 burgh Journal. 



Employment of the Population of 

 Great Britain. 'Mr. Marshall, in his 

 highly laboured digest of National Statis- 

 tics, thus analyzes the occupations of the 

 inhabitants of our island : 

 Agricultural occupiers (1831) 1,500,000 



Do. labourers ............ 4,800,000 



Min ers ................... 600,000 



Preparers of food, bakers, 



butchers, &c ............. 900,000 



Builders of all kinds ........ 650,000 



Clothiers of all kinds ........ 1,088,000 



Manufacturers .............. 2,400,000 



Shopkeepers ............... 2,100,000 



Seamen and soldiers ........ 831,000 



Clergy, lawyers, doctors, &c. 450,000 

 Paupers and vagrants ...... 1 10,000 



Independent gentry, &c. (non- 



productive) .............. 1,1 16,400 



Vital Statistics of Northern and Cen- 

 tral Europe: 



Total ---- 16,537,400 

 Pauper Emigration. It appears from 

 the lately published Report of the Poor 

 Law Commissioners, that between June 

 1835 and July 1836, the number of pau- 

 per emigrants was 5141, the expense of 

 whose removal was .28,414. The des- 

 tination of a very large majority of them 

 was Upper or Lower Canada. Many 

 emigrated to the United States; a few 

 only to Australia. 



Population of Ireland. The uo< 



of the Irish population is, strange to say, 

 most rapid in the less improved districts 

 of the country. In Leinster between 

 1821 1831, the increase was only 9 per 

 cent ; while in Munster it was 14, and in 

 Connaught 22 per cent. The density of 

 the population is also very remarkable. 

 The number of acres in Ireland is about 

 20 millions, of which 1,600,000 are bo-- 

 land : the population is8, 500,000, or one 

 individual to 25 acres. Jn England with 

 all its improvements, the population is to 

 its extent in acres as 1 to 2.66; while in 

 Scotland, it is as 1 to 8. 



Increase of the British Merchant- 

 shipping. The following date will show 

 the increase of the Merchant service dur- 

 ing the present century. In the year 

 1800 the registered shipping of the Em- 

 pire amounted to 17,885, with a tonnage 

 of 1,855,879, employing 138,721 men. 

 In the last year, the number of British 

 vessels was 25,511, with a tonnage of 

 2,783,761, employing 171,020 men. 



Live-stock of Great Britain: 

 Horses No. 1,500,000 Val. 22,500,000/ 

 Cattle - 5,300,000 - 24,500,000 

 Sheep - 39,^648,000 - 62,300,000 

 Hogs (?) 19,420,000 18,352,000 J 



Light Houses of the British Islands 



There are altogether 133 light-houses 

 along our coasts; of which 65 belong to 

 England, 29 to Scotland, and 36 to 

 Ireland. Of these, 15 are floating lights, 

 which all give a continuous light. Of 

 the land.lights, 31 are intermittent. The 

 highest lantern measured from the sea- 

 level is Clare-island light in Ireland, 



487 feet. '1 he highest in England is the 

 Needles-light, 469 feet. The loftiest 

 building from its base is the Kinnaird's 

 Head light, 120 feet; but the Leasowe 

 light near the Mersey-mouth is 118 feet 

 high. 



Birmingham Railway. Mr. Stephen- 

 son, the engineer of this great undertak- 

 ing, is of opinion that all the works may be 



