322 
tion I may 
ripens 
may mention that the 
ts fruit, a Gat a 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
Musa is common, and 
bserved an me to an 
“Aedes tiie Bry growing upon many of the 
The Scam trigynum is quite the _Primrose age e5 
[May 10, 1856. 
where the old lion had fallen two ni nights bef before. She 
', with perfect teeth,” 
any seconds, n he a deep growl, „and 
JONY danse "his ook limped i pantie the cover, where 
he halted, roarin z mo urnfu ully, as if dyin, ng. I had n 
Sport like this is something different from deer. eer-stalk. 
would 
of the hat 
with it ita protiy yellow bl rich soil it “an rms a 
‘tall bus! on waste ‘ees, an as hi i sides, where the 
en closely eaten by jaisa ‘he flower 
‘stalks rise „out of the ground like Prim- 
f the | y of f this Hee ve nitek 
rose, 
‘I met with it 
here, and I cannot help thin king 
I did not look for him till 
in 
Sim ilar stories fill above 370 pages, and he must ust be 
and if h 
morning, 1 ‘kne very Nate the hyænas and jackals 
ca 
without breathless attention, Had their hero ‘lived in in 
would feast upon hy car 
ma Her- 
cules. Everybody w who has five shillings to Spare will 
atves. 
„at home. In company with this, and flowering at the 
same 
ds 
peeotines out 
tions by the 
time, is a 
of pretty tiny Regis rn blos: 
of 
ies of Gentian, with 
ossoms, growing 
and be other 
ard as to form 
speci 
of the | the rocks, 
own swa 
flow 
nery we ro froh daybreak until 
ugl de 
4 P.M., and visited and Aperas two small Tea plantu- 
y Pe 
oe 
Dg hia D pe 
und. The union at first sight seemed 
th no doubt the old stem of the Mang: go was h 
Sri 
an la Man 
sand ete, 
ollow, and 
Thad leet hi ai him roar, when I ha 
the immense ‘station * ‘ch olding the magnificent 
old’ lion stretche ed 0 t be ‘for 
ae isi- 
the truth of which 
tion of this extraordinary narrative, 
is now unquestion 
nual of Quotations from the Ancient, Modern, and 
raged al Languages, zenhuilionp Law Phrases, Mazina, 
Proverbs, and Family sete By E. H. 
Ph. D. 
Michelsen, 
12r mo. Crockfo 
Pp. 308. 
Ta a AiG. 
flank, and traversed rrine hs and ank iai the Rody 
crippling him in the o opp posite shou scription 
eould of th 
i 
could yield to a spor 
om the ri shot with a 
bins Ain 
fron mother earth. 
ý am afraid I jm not be able 
r in India to con- 
ton the old Roman theo 
__ The Govern 
ment ‘Tea ‘plantation of Holta, of which 
f ing 
tira and other prcrtoe often in Py Prost 
ma me 
atel 
rize 
ng 
sand the Ae aay de z bore the lion to 
ú In w. 
t principle has 
Michelsen in this edition Pr e 
heats Eas ons. The hn oe of suc! 
explain’ 
of the 
learned, or of showing the rn See Y leye rbial and 
expressions, the point of krae the 
ordinary understa; ndin ng. Sucha oe a is ee 
nd u seful p Bu tw e fail to discover — it has 
ch l 
had been written to order, the objec 
n, Hidalgo, & 
y. 5 hs e afternoon of Ais 4th I d 
and b Akie three black rerio 
oalah i in a troop which came to drink. 
vg nl the fo pets evening we had cleared away the 
f two of right 
d my hol 
“and ane tae 
y troduced, appears 
prehensible, Take for riran b Je suis prêt,” « 
et suaviter,’ or a pme eme from Boileau, at p. 70, 
which involves no pec: liarit, yor idio omati c dif- 
pen è whatever. With il y quantity 
part o 
Bene which we had passed, and is about 4000 fect | in the v way of the game approaching the w » how- ‘pages smay be filled. Then as to the mottoes of our 
above the level of the sea. It is just at the foot of the | ever, obliged their leaving 0 third rhinoceros almo: aacr ad eee bial 
high mountain range. ithin a short distance of the | oppos ite to veg hiding-place, in the hope o attracting a a Psa = ores what concerns prover expressions 
snow. Pinus longifolia is abundant on the spurs, and | lion, an after the twilight had died away, w the selection is to aed M of rench, 
also apparently a long way up the sides of the moun- down with k Kleinboy a andi o natives. apes ae eid i ian and Ge tia va j= re and 
tains. At hort disi ap I a Lat Wolf an d Boxer ready to slip, in there, but z the Spanish, the ee pithy of al ra 
Pinus Webbiana, Here, too, the Rhodod bo- | the event of ' our sinib one appea We must also be permitted 
begins to be met with, en 4 O i d towards the car- Lo *Seapham scapham = is not to calla 
1 ricum, Fa rhinoceros, x “ts my astonishment, | è “ Divis maria () 
of Rubus, Tose, and po Nes ts as Boet -best | behel oh anys near it alive with large animals, sserum. Nevertheless the book has its use,and we 
The Rin Poni is now in which. Atte oy remarked were zebras. T answere d, doubt not will te acceptable to those who are 
full bloom, ; and presents a most gorgeous appearance. A |‘ Yes t an that zebras would no t be capering fastidious ee be pees Sipai an article is 
FEH 
5 true neverthe 
ie a3 own Sand 
“soe ier will = nk it a “ traveller’s story 7? but 
R. F. 
z I tell your readers ein these Gat 
niye Eea: that Dr. Jameson is 
using the wosd to make ten 
it 
me 
les 
my blankets pillow, and guns in the hol e, and then fay |o 
— = feas t my eyes on the por iarige sight before 
clear as I need wish, | ® 
ward hey see six large lions, about 12, or 15 hyænas, 
and from 20 to 30 jac ckals, Kan and surrounding 
he ee tiles The 
Hotirs of Books, 
Turray 
Mr. 
oen A 
has published a new and cheap edition of 
the: anlar are rendered ge Such foa book, 
thorugh well done, would be both instruetive and 
ang. 
A second number ‘of Dr. Hooker’s Flora of Tas- 
mania (Lovell Reeve), has an peed The text 
rae feasted peacefully, bar the hyzenas and jackals 
> a over every mouthful, ana a ae anote round 
und, growling, Ja ughin ing 
ai pra lin; ing wi without 
interm a al tne hye 
id of the lions, although they always gave | 
s plants, and ter- 
sa Regnery to 
that the 
g pro ing sec akm- e publi- 
cation of such a work, pn Mr. Gunn et havin hes long 
and invaluable labours so brilliant] yil 
mino 
minates in the mi idst of Untllifers 
h; only to 
The Mi anual of School Goniening (National Society) is 
f 53 12m o pages, inte tended to ied 
likely 
h 
0 possess may The 
t a sensible, and mete are wanted. With thefollow- 
ll agree:— 
directions are plain 
nator 
° woodeu! sports as Mr. wa before them ; ; for I observe d hai oe y follow ed 
Comming i is og tly Such a Fe, lot gate ing w: : ad 
> j ts and lions | ing, on 
mAai the destruction of a rhinoceros | their pec th to examine pieces of jow 
is as simple an affair as running down a fox; and as for which they were were dragging a tig i ar! watching this 
, qua lopes, and such ll deer,” | bi bon n the hope tha 
Mr. Cumming talks of them as if he hai hooting | when the lions had eaten enough they pom come and ing sentence all wi 
hares. Not but what the work was sharp enough on drink. During this time yee black and two by ow 
ons. Take the following as a s 
the life of such 
pecim 
a wild hunte: ter as our gens Ms who had 
arance, but, scared b; 
smel ve Sa retired, 
midni 
cow came ee up and. drank i in fr 
ngth the lions, apparently satisfied, walked | 
t 
he gardening will 
s leisure 
of course avail ree of the ine help of his 
boys; and a peri proce return he will make to 
them for their services, if, while he is su 
he 
mmense herd iets 
f them, turning his 
ter, 
facet towards 2 me, came forward ; he was immediatel 
fol 
pe’. Sey ma py aa and 
ont ot me 
remaining “four, 
aromi comrades thundered 
up a position on the opposite 
T ‘tour ar barely, ant 
en I React 
as if felling him to 
a mi n only one shot in | 
ne, kept with br eath- 
ateh in front 
nu Ih 
hasty loadi 
strictes! 
e | placed myself and gun in 
15 yards of m 
ide > 
reasons 
re all coming to drink, within see their pie 
their 
terest and secur 
What 
they would ‘eink, I pa, nir ft 
position. The six 
Jot me wh on hep the stony ridge, until within 60 yards 
me, a 
do 
J I} 
hei they came forward, 
ba arden Memoranda. 
SHRUBLAND PARK, pasi SurFoLk, the seat of 
n ` the; ey h halt ed for a minute to reconnoitre ; p ~ William Middleton, Bart.—The flower gardens at 
place have of late ren preoa ex celebrity, 
y down. 
f - th ing | 
ee ders 
ey the 
of tham Toa on their s and were wari the 
Soon after 
ly, when Kleinbny pat up his =y sconce ; I 
with a SA prea notice of men for which we 
have the permission of Sir William Middleton, The 
le hi 
turned | mine slowly t o reb 
the lio If di 
pme across the 
1 
e fountain, 
gond ai of ‘Hake peering him, 
co be Fes th 
e An at | lioness, „who seemed to be the leader, had 
oth from situation and design, that our sketch of the 
poe would be imperfect tq: we not pph a few 
and all was s 
——? cies? 
-on 
aware Ra my proximity, | ae lowering. his head, at once 
seized the wild 
the hill. a the 
then 
©T had listened E with intense anxiety fo 
PJ 
for about 15 
nas and jackals give way 
m the 
eard the hyæ 
viiei me 
e carcase, 
fall 
a litle vies hye cultivate bd a ! This un- 
unfortunate proceedin g put 
most prudent to 
ot thers had n 
A 
coming slowly round the corner of 
each affords evi 
of great taste in design (and execution also); and wi 
should not be doing justice to the liberal p roprietor. of 
info! poeg 
p: top | 
contemplation : I though 
thed. l p A 3 
ght, i zee was 
Per her, ab a k none of the 
oticed m _ 2 a 
pana, 
accordingly cover ed her; 
ebeest and d 
side. 
I fired ; the ball entered ¢ one shoulder and pa: — 
E” 
d the other. She bounde N Kica with r 
er down aiy raters A res 
ee a period in Italy appears to- have 1 
both Sir Willia am and Lady M 
e imbued 
' „fen halted to take breath, but , and was followed b. [ening 
expose h roadside, and in a quarter of a min all ksr ped in a cloud of das, d va did they rom which they so well knew how to combine. they 
again laid | eld of the” Rg and dragged it pre = they r ed the cover behind me, except one | have thus been enabled to carr ry out at Shrubland the 
12 yard yards a" urther, he once more raised his peec an, ake looked back i i, apronda Pp designs of the Italian scl ogh as titted int 
“p nator z M tened anxious! siy for some sou the | palaces and villas near Rom age 
not tant to lose ; he stood with his right approaching end o f the lioness ; nor BB in vain, ay our climate and Ae ae to gdy of th e gee 
side ex nate position, yas i f dyi ying. Euro ; but, notwithstanding, Sir Will m. has. beep 
i pal the ball took effect, a I then slipped W. z to | full 
the lion sank to the shot, AN was still as death for | the cover, aie gg Soia pae within 20 yards of i a very perfect copy of Italian a ; and, taking 
