1 66 love's meinie. 



We changed our statutes with the moon, 



And oft in January or June, 



At deep midnight, we would prescribe 



Some furry kind, or feathered tribe. 



At morn, we sent the mandate forth ; 



Then rose the hunters of the North : 



And all the trappers of the West 



Bowed at our feminine behest. 



Died every seal that dared to rise 



To his round air-hole in the ice ; 



Died each Siberian fox and hare 



And ermine trapt in snow-built snare. 



For us the English fowler set 



The ambush of his whirling net ; 



And by green Rothers reedy side 



The blue kingfisher flashed and died. 



His life for us the seamew gave 



High upon Orkney's lonely wave ; 



Nor was our queenly power unknown 



In Iceland or by Amazon ; 



For where the brown duck stripped her breast 



For her dear eggs and windy nest, 



Three times her bitter spoil was won 



For woman ; and when all was done, 



She called her snow-white piteous drake, 



Who plucked his bosom for our sake." 



1 26. " See ' Hartwig's Polar World ' for the 

 manner of taking Eiderdown." — Once more, 

 we have thus much of author's note, but 

 edition and page not specified, which, how- 

 ever, I am fortunately able to supply. Mr. 



