74 Aid hi case o/Shijj'urecl: — Hmhandri/. 



prise, which, if they are successful, will not only be very 

 profitable to themselves, but a great national benefit, in laying 

 the foundation for an extensive fur trade, and proving to the 

 effeminate sons who remain at home, that activity is the true 

 source of wealth and greatness. It is their intention to pass 

 over to the Colombia, and from thence to the ocean. Trap- 

 ping and hunting furs is their principal object, which the ex- 

 perience of those who have heretofore engaged in this business 

 on a small scale has proved to be lucrative. — Ainerican Paper. 



AID IN CASE OF SHIPWRECK. 



Several experiments have recently been made before tlie 

 Trinity Boanl, and a Board of General Officers, at Wool- 

 wich, on a new plan for affording speedy and effectual aid in 

 case of shipwreck. It differs from Captain Manhj^'s plan, 

 inasmuch as the line of communication can be made by means 

 of a rocket instead of a mortar. A roller is also added, and 

 so admirably constructed, as to render considerable facility 

 and safety in reaching the shore. The advantage that must 

 be derived in the night time, from the rocket, is obvious, as 

 it is so constructed that it will burn in the water. The pre- 

 cision, by which the line of communication is formed, is also 

 considerably augmented, and the safety of life and property 

 consequent upon having the apparatus ready on board, in case 

 of accident, is paramountly enhanced. The two Boards liave 

 spoken in appropriate terms of the new plan, and have made; 

 their report accordingly. 



HUSBANDRY. 



That variety of Phalaris arundinacea^ which is frequently 

 planted in our gardens, and is called ribbon grass, or striped 

 grass, might be cultivated to very considerable advantage by 

 the farmer. It is a very hardy plant ; it affords excellent food 

 for cattle; it may be cut three or four tunes in the summer: 

 and what is not the leiust of its merits, it will produce an earlier 

 crop than almost any other grass. It thrives very well on dry 

 ground, though it rather prefers moist situations. It has been 

 tried in the South of England with success. A quarter of an 

 acre of land dedicated to experiments on this grass will not be 

 wasted. It is very easily cultivated, as it grows rapidly from 

 bits of the roots being planted in the ground, either by plough- 

 ing them in with a very sliallow furrow, or by setting them in 

 a hole made by a pointed stick. 



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