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plumage variegated, yellowish red, brownish black, 
and white. The food of the Capercailzie is the 
leaves and buds of the pine tree, juniper berries, 
cranberries, &c. 
The following account of its habits is taken from 
Lloyd’s ‘‘ Northern Field Sports :’— 
‘Nilsson, a Norwegian naturalist, with a small 
dog, ‘ Brunette,’ used to hunt the Capercailzie in 
autumn. ‘Brunette’ would flush them from the 
ground, and cause them to perch on the trees. 
‘ Here,’ says he, ‘as “‘ Brunette”’ has the eye of an 
eagle, and the foot of an antelope, she was not 
long in following them. Sometimes, however, 
these birds were in the pines in the first instance ; 
but, as my dog was possessed of an extraordinary 
fine sense of smelling, she would often wind, or, in 
other words, scent them, from a long distance. 
When she found the Capercailzie, she would station 
herself under the tree where they were sitting, 
and, by keeping up an incessant barking, direct 
my steps towards the spot. I now advanced with 
silence and caution ; and, asit frequently happened 
that the attention of the bird was much taken up 
with observing the dog, I was enabled to approach 
until it was within range of my rifle, or even my 
common gun.’ In the forest, the Capercailzie does 
not always present an easy mark; for, dipping 
down from the pines nearly to the ground, as is 
frequently the case, they are often almost out of 
distance before one can properly take aim. 
“Towards the commencement, and during the 
continuance of winter, they are generally in flocks. 
These, usually composed wholly of cocks (the hens 
keeping apart), do not separate until the approach 
of spring. These flocks, which are sometimes said 
to contain fifty or a hundred birds, usually hold to 
the sides of the numerous lakes and morasses with 
which the northern forests abound; and to stalk 
the same in the winter time with a good rifle is no 
ignoble amusement. Among other expedients 
resorted to in the northern forests for the destruc- 
tion of the Capercailzie, is the following :—During 
the autumnal months, after flushing and dispersing 
the brood, people place themselves in ambush, and 
imitate the cry of the old or young birds, as cir- 
cumstances may require. By thus attracting them 
to the spot, they are often able to shoot the whole 
brood in succession. In Smaland and Ostergoth- 
land, the Capercailzie is hunted by torchlight, in 
the following manner :—Towards nightfall, people 
watch the last flight of the Capercailzie before 
they go to roost. The direction they have taken 
into the forest is then carefully marked by means 
of a prostrate tree, or by one which is felled es- 
pecially forthe purpose. After dark, two men start 
in pursuit of the birds: one of them is provided 
with a gun, the other with a long pole, to either 
end of which a flambeau is attached. The man 
with the flambeau now goes in advance, the other 
remaining at the prostrate tree, to keep it and the 
two lights in an exact line with each other. By 
this curious contrivance they cannot well go astray 
in the forest. Thus they proceed, occasionally 
halting, and taking a fresh mark, until they come 
near to the spot where they have reason to sup- 
pose the birds are roosting. They now carefully 
examine the trees; and when they discover the 
objects of their pursuit, which are said stupidly to 
remain gazing at the fire blazing beneath, they 
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several Capercailzie in the same tree, however, 
it is always necessary to shoot those in the lower 
branches in the first instance; for, unless one of 
the birds falls on its companions, it is said the rest 
will never move, and, in consequence, the whole 
of them may be readily killed.” 
We should add, that the other articles in 
this magazine are also of sterling interest and 
value. Its Editor caters well for the reading 
public. 


NEVER SIT IN WET OR DAMP CLOTHES. 

THE season has arrived, when all who value 
their health must indeed be warily cautious. 
Wet clothes must immediately be exchanged for 
dry ones, or the consequences may be very serious. 
It should never be forgotten that evaporation 
always produces cold: because the heat which 
is required to convert water into steam must be 
withdrawn from the surrounding medium. Hence 
wet summers are often succeeded by cold winters; 
the greater evaporation produced from the exces- 
sive moisture having reduced the temperature of 
the earth. That evaporation produces cold, may 
be immediately proved by moistening the palm of 
the hand, and exposing it to the wind. This 
causes evaporation, when cold will be very sensibly 
felt. And the more so, if we use a volatile fluid, 
such as sal volatile or spirit of wine; the greater 
rapidity with which they evaporate, producing 
a greater degree of cold. It is from this reason 
| that remaining in wet clothes is so dangerous. 
The evaporation that takes place during the time 
they are drying, carries away so large a portion of 
heat from the body, as almost certainly to induce 
cold, and all the thousand diseases which follow in 
its train. When a person is obliged to remain in 
wet clothes, the best method to adopt—is to pre- 
vent evaporation. ‘This may be done by covering 
them with a Mackintosh, or any other garment 
which will best keep the moisture in; and if this 
be effectually done, the person will feel little in- 
convenience from his damp clothes. The warmth 
of the body will soon communicate itself to the 
damp garments under the Mackintosh ; and, as the 
steam cannot escape through it, there is nothing 
to produce a greater degree of cold than if the 
garments had been dry. 
THERE’S LOVE FOR ME—AND YOU! 

THERE is a dew for the flow’ret, 
And honey for the bee; 
And bowers for the wild-bird, 
And love for you and me! 
There are tears for the many, 
And pleasure for the few ; 
But let the world pass on, dear, 
There’s love for me and you! 
There is care that will not leave us, 
And pain that will not flee ; 
But on our hearth unaltered 
Sits Love ‘tween you and me! 
Our love it ne’er was reckoned— 
Yet good it is, and true ; 
It’s half the world to me, dear, 
It’s all the world to you! J. H. 
JE ee a eae Nn TON REN Fe NO Tenens Serene TO re a 
gpm ag ng na NN 
