FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



assistants coming to get the old grey friar out ; but 

 they will have their trouble in vain, for the old 

 fellow has moved his quarters to the opposite hill, 

 which faces south. 



So much the better. I only wish we could see 

 his quaint, bear-like form, and his waddling trot or 

 shamble oftener than we do. He is a persecuted 

 creature now. The time, however, we trust, is not 

 far distant when our native animals will receive 

 protection — those at least which are, comparatively 

 speaking, harmless. 



His fur is used for various purposes. Artists are 

 indebted to him for their " softeners " ; also artistic 

 decorators for their most valuable softening tools, 

 especially when they are imitating the marks and 

 graining of woods and marbles. 



In the Highlands of Scotland, where his hold has 

 been for ages, and where game-preservers have not 

 improved him off the earth, and he is still to be found 

 in numbers, the country-folks value him highly. The 

 philabegs or pouches worn in front of the kilts are 

 made from the skin of the brock. It may not be 

 generally known that badger-hams are delicious eat- 

 ing, but it is so. Bear-hams I know from experience 



