482 J\''ovemher in Prospect. 
the language of Gay, whose works will be read and admired, so 
long as any taste for his beautiful style of writing shall exist, 
" When Ceres pours out plenty from her horn, 
And clothes the fields with golden ears of corn, 
Now, now, ye reapers to your task repair, 
Haste! save the product of the bounteous year ; 
To the wide gathering hook long furrows yield, 
And rising sheaves extend through all the field. 
" But if for sylvan sports thy bosom glow, 
Let the fleet greyhound urge his flying foe. 
With what delight the rapid course I viewf 
How does my eye the circling race pursue! 
He snaps deceitful air, with empty jaws; 
The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws, 
bhe flies, he stretches, now with nimble bound 
Eager he presses on, but overshoots his ground ; 
She turns; he winds, and soon regains the way, 
Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey. 
What various sport does rural life afford ! 
What unbought dainties heap the wholesome board!"' 
November is the eleventh month of the year, and though 
proverbially the gloomiest, it is conspiciously rich in many of the 
good things of this world ; it is the season for fish, poultry, game, 
and fowl. Thus, by an admirable provision in the economy of 
nature, at the season when the human appetite is increasing in 
strength, the means of gratifying it are multiplied. 
Notwithstanding that this is what has been proverbially styled 
" the gloomy month of November," the application of the term 
seems to be more directly intended for villages and cities, when 
the fogs, rain and mud, which frequently occur about this period, 
are presumed to have a baneful influence upon the atmosphere, 
than for that portion of the population engaged in agricultural 
affairs — or indeed, for the country at large. The laborer, whose 
general outdoor employment necessarily exposes him to the pelting 
• of the storm, is rarely known to despond; and if he continue to 
enjoy robust health, he cares but little for the inclemency of the 
season; indeed many such persons prefer the winter to the sum- 
mer season, and suffer less personal inconvenience from the win- 
ter cold than; the summer heat. It does not, however, invariably 
happen, in spite of the near approach of what may be termed 
absolute winter, and the indifferent reputation that is commonly 
attached to the present month, that the weather is unfavorable to 
