H 



Juliana) Berners, Bernes, or Barnes ; 

 prioress of the nunnery of Sopwell, near 

 St. Albans ; a lady of noble family and 

 celebrated by Leland, Bale, Pitts and 

 Tanner, for her learning and accomplish- 

 ments." I must confess that I am puzzled 

 a little to account for the lady's knowl- 

 edge of so practical a sport ; and yet, on 

 the Beaverkill, not far from the Wille- 

 wemoc Club House, in Sullivan County, 

 N. Y., I have seen a lady fill her creel 

 with the best ; so might the old dame and 

 her nuns have done in England just prior 

 to the time when this continent was dis- 

 covered, and long before the Willewemoc 

 had been heard of. The present Wille- 

 wemoc Club is not composed of Indians ; 

 nor is its club-house an Abbey, but a house 

 of hemlock boards, with comfortable rooms; 

 floors uncarpeted, except by the bedside; 



