EM m.s —& N к ЭЖ Ж ож М, 
Атесвт 17, 1861.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND ETHER GAZETTE. 
757 
Iceland than any traveller since Henderson in n 1815; 
and } 
food of the fenes 
ich i is is good for ijs jaun: 
powers of observation, with a knowledge of natural 
hi , well versed in Icelandic eed ie 
ith the па поо 
in their own lan аре, and encountering in a che 
spirit the vari discomfo: to which he was 
subjected. With these ac ents, he ought to 
have — in apii, an interesting book ; 
wi e 
О d incoherent style in which 
it; is € hien, it is. a araea achievemen t to 
case. rop 
posible, h however, that the clim: 
wade 
* It is difficult. to reconcile the etai in X Saga 
of grain-crops raised i in Iceland, with t aee cac 
| rience of later times, In the experiment here tried, а 
barrel of seed-corn e Saed; half a 
o 
canty grain has to b 
mini of seam ice, which 
and the perpetual g 
ten 
Routledge's 55 Natural History for July is 
oceupied by Pig the Dodo, Curasso — e: 
Tu rkeys, Peacocke, - nd Barn- -yard Fowl 
gravings are beau tiful. The cani оғ ge wild 
e у new to many 1 readers :— 
is 
P ее s Ае bird. 
h 
s be come is 
has | P 
hed i in many parts of the country, e 
g but left that ugh 
un кат rl 
We have before us the following new guides to 
tourists :— Blacks e wee T: and m: Guide 
and i 
to his famous handbooks one for aveller. 
Wales: it has а nu loose Аы ng шар, and 
gives a Bob ount of everything worth attention 
in the district, Silla: geological, ecclesiological, 
ical, 0! r topographical There are occasi 
th. 
ЕЯ eing cm ener in India, and the Jav 
nt 
hich several are mixed MEI 
© iden that the author has simply copied 
note-book, without any arrange- 
with large р of onyx an 
quantities, I call at the EE 8, ойша, 
the road. While coffee is preparing, we drink a "bottle 
n the country frem C it derivesits name. Insome 
p s of Ind нч the peacock is extremely common, 
flocking t her in ba näi 30 or 40 in napi 
eir splendid plumage, and 
covering ^ pod with th le 1 
the air with their horridly dissonant voices. 
il his ‘Oriental Field Sports, 
least 1200 or 1500 реасос cocks 
wi ithi n n sight of the spot where he stoo 
“The ey a 
und chiefly in n close-wooded ейнек parti- 
f long for them 
of port to the dregs. 
is very destructive of the tissues, and alcohol is not 
only not injurious, but necessary хо the A ME 
to ran ige e in They are very үа bids, re will only 
remain where tbe ey can have access to wi ater. Rhu ur 
vanese оосу | 
ri scraps 
tul history, but they want extension; as for 
n the case d Snowdon, whose interesting 
flora вена n somethin and 
ite accu: 
uite accurate, list ^ names ; had the localities of ihe 
rare plants on the mountain be een ауар ав they easily 
might be, the inter id. of үш о chapte бересе же triang 
vod have been greatly enhan 
Nev il, Esq. — 
north- ‘western а еф of. the. еж n ne of S 
northern side of the main road erm from Midhurst 
Fortified with these refections, an 
страхе 
he solar rays, and open at the bottom 
x 
rsfield, in Hamp- 
|shire, each of the places jus reple distant 
something more than 5 miles. The 
inter is ature in the surrounding iie idoli 
beautiful cornices iod parapets, together wi th is 
рие Bode, peering high over the trees in which it 
mbosomed. Тһе principal approach is авт 
steep. Starting at right angles from the 
rond immediately in front of the e mansion, it is some- 
1 у fog. At Kolbeinsá ids the mi vele y to Жы a free passage for the air. If there 
= of rm Krutafiord сыш. who чау be trees oed such — е "стент тп ау вееп 
catching sharks. His. daughter, € drum doc. d d mmy into them every evening towards dark to 
honours. uires an rer m oost; and in which they generally continue till the sun 
which Nature has rater тау: tà hand. Seu rises, "when E ty eed, and pass the midday in 
kál) a е pigia the sides of the the heavy со 
turf-covered hous On the re beyond isa piece| “They аге йл  jenlous of all e adi Жолы |+ 
of rock uo 5 fect high, чей Iby the surge. It is | of do, ogs; no doubt from fin NA g the jackal, ai bly 
composed of short basaltic pillars lyin horizo ly. the tiger, to be such nvetera erate enemies. | " en 
+ї h 1+ plain, 
at the таа. uide throu andsome avenue of 
gh a 
some 20 feet in ei 
I arm ed flower, the 
Papaver full bloom. I meet with nad 
mens of it eall АРУУ the north-west [coast, but alwa, 
оп bare sand or shingle. This year's seeds are in 
a dog be loose or hunt near ib ihe bird will rare ly 
remove Кы it бан it will probably show extreme 
ht. 
h fi or the Hampshire. 
side thr rough narrow and intricate lanes, but this it is 
expected will after a time be altered, and then improved 
both from Midhurst. 
igh pea- tid us paid roost in trees, yet imp 
make their nests o and, and ordi narily 
bank , raised above [^ common level, where in (ips 
nearly ы а Inst year Є атаа vessels are still hanging 
f 
a winter's snow, t 
antiseptic power; as old 
atural ет of |t 
o SAT WM hu n 
the only, Жы ы һе found the last EE ъа | 
berries quite fresh and good after 
mersion." 
The best chapter in the book is the last, wherein 
minute m are pro for the. benefit of any one 
intending to t Iceland. Had the whole volemo 
tho task written as Мук and clearly as this chapter, 
s ied close. I have on several ‹ 
ir nests, but as I refrained from 
they did not offer to 
wore, hongh they cond could not fail to ap 
-|know that they were Mie i on | portico 
hey are wp stell, AT 
about 54-5 — ning E Nocera 
to the f March, when the corn $ AE pe 
remarkably juicy aud tender. bene the dry веаѕо! 
comes on, Ё In ce seeds o! Wada id. Дт 
and their esh beco 
small sticks, &c., and 
Eigenes меп i them іш. 
d fata n ar—very dif- |2 
а 
a |оп | the eastern , and Petersfield on the western side. 
The mansion itself is a beautiful specimen of nS 
nd style of „Greci ian Nos tecture, erected for 
over isa 
нае sup col carried up to the roof. 
he eastern d containing the offices, has 
пу been considerably in a sunken 
rvatory, 
re астееа! bie. Tt is a great ity that Mr. Metoalfo 
should lavo put his book toge oii in such a carele ess 
* Peacock shooting, бех ап exciting sport, is а 
angerous one, the - feeling himself suited by the 
many slight notices scattered through edd T that 
be 
his materials are ample, and only need 
presented in a more readable form. а 
collected many Icelandic nrw and трае 
among m ns. 
recorded many observations on pide and ot! jer animals 
Rhur and. other S са. the peacock 
8 
with a m 
of ed imet эы object о of pursuit. 
, habits „of the 
fr p" of which is a y 
gèomatric flower "езда feet square; beyond 
is a Pinetum eem chr a гаты of noble 
of Сар torulosa, 30 feet in 
mens 
eight. Among the ja Cosa here t rand, examples 
= Cryptomeria. Lobbii, Abies Smithiana, Douglasii, 
Brunoniana, апа Pinus insignis. dc einst н 
10 ecd in а height and covers with. its "cm d 
branch ea of 30 feet in cireumference. 
"os of dw When шө mA s 
close proximity toa tiger, oreven a w wild cat, it r 
h 
finds елы їп ji 
to 
notice :— 
* At the month of Skarfadal we pass another lake, 
divided by a narrow bank of shingle from the sea, 
by those The bird then utters a se 
ot ,Bharp ict d e and gets 'much bighor | ba 
southern dered by an avenue of: dria 
imbricata, and the northern by an American 
into wh lumps is introd an adm 
Ago | wing vi on the líght 
south fron! rE in thi 
Riupnalyng, from its being the chief 
exultant at the trick he 
which is said to abound with fresh-w r^s claws. gi of the ond side, and r 
piscine forefathers were no doubt as ond of salt water siis character, the edi is as variable as other spreading а which of late y s has been opened 
generally, but t| d с ts finding creatures, some individuals being mild and good- -tem- | Up and ded with another dem ver recently 
jew in a lake, which gradually uired, ns which an саноа сити с 
Pies lt, : made a vi irtue of t necessity, and acquiesced in | One of these birds, living in the north of Ireland, was the Тобаш Borloo are сей «Бо 
a curious mixture of uer and fun. He had four | beautiful trees, amongst which Bros Ses ^ at T 
` Botanical notices зә: few, and chiefly consist in the | wives, but he killed t all successively by pecking | giving animati ion to i ж епе. eed nd is 
xs nt the plan Observed in the course of the them to death, for T rue cause nobody could find out. x low hills, the ro: ps 
С howev it children shared the same fate, until its vered ith pice 
Та в ic бы er put the pea-fowl | under a sittir 
folam. tage T seo bunches of Mille- forced her to hatch th. d tend the young 
p es tario de коса Tor res Which the natives S SERE i i E frighten 
p не геу че the blood. 1s wi ; : 
— pasce sprinkled v iM iron troughs in which 
* The muet ы е" р да {ий нр" thi 
covered with the Grass rd resort as their food was poured ї 
or Horbladka niei ya the Toela, iaces Reidin- troughs. No sooner had they all assembled than ie | e 
of which, to prevent the horse and rider y! ide З would erect his train, rattle his qu 
in, y wonderful. 116 | with tha uliar sound that is so 
Cotton (Fifa), beware ; but wher > Bog | teristic of these birds, and march slowl [orae did 
felt of the Menyanthes is to be seer | chickens. r little birds 
boldly. The water beneath may ous 08) абтапсо | away from the trough as the peseodk advanced, not itidem may alo be 
: and the matting may er your weight liking sight of their йу аа [3 E | the dist&nce, а richly бод ма d tigtly cultivated 
г several square feet around; but if tbe horse is | 12818 11 ir Peachie together and | country beyond is s studded with mansions, substantial 
clever, and can step light} { got them all into a corner, crouching together ani g 3 
boni y р üghty—and horses | trembli overshadow them his | homesteads, and comfortable-looking pee TS 
when they like can step v y indeed—its tena- | trai jace the en кта inst ll so {feld with its pleasing lake likewise comes effectively 
с т = proof | Ligen [ыг the ends НТА heartily so | into vade and the whole is backed by an Ee 
Че diro 1 we drying a quantity of оа Qu SEHR and would walk off of bilis e 300 feet in rene the steep sides of 
IN Tm x "s 
ctopetala, called Dryas йыры тта. 
