far from shewing any ill-will towards him, it with the utmost gentleness suffered him to scratch its head; and from that very day, became to him as tame as a lamb, suffering him to play all kinds of tricks with it, which no person about the farm durst venture to attempt; and seeming even to take pleasure in being noticed by him.

A more striking instance of gratitude amongst brutes than this has scarcely ever been known, certainly none in which the hatred was so markedly succeeded by affection, and in which the cause of the sudden change was so distinctly obvious. It is the more worthy of notice because we are not accustomed to regard bulls as very sagacious animals. They are doubtless much less so than the dog, horse, or elephant; yet this fact proves that they are at least equally susceptible of gratitude for favours, and have the faculty of memory in as strong a degree.

THE HONEY GUIDE BIRD.

While travelling in the interior of Africa, Mr. Parke had frequent opportunities of observing the conduct of that remarkable bird, called the Honey Guide, mentioned by Dr. Sparman, and other naturalists who have travelled into Africa. It is a curious species of the Wokow, and derives its name from its singular quality of discovering wild honey to travellers. Honey is the favourite food of this bird; and morning and evening being the time feeding, it is then heard calling in a shrill tone, cherr, cherr, which the honey-hunters carefully attend to as the summons to the chase. At last the bird is observed to hover for a few minutes over a certain spot, and then silently retiring to a neighbouring bush, or other resting-place, the hunters are sure of finding the bees' nest in that identical spot, whether it be in a tree, or in the crevice of a rock. The bee-hunters never fail to leave a small portion for their conductor, but commonly take care not to leave so much as would satisfy his hunger. The bird's appetite being only whetted by this parsimony, it is obliged to commit a second treason, by discovering another bees' nest, in hopes of a better salary. It is further observed, that the nearer the bird approaches to the hidden hive, the more frequently it repeats its call, and seems the more impatient.

TO THE EAGLE

Caged in a ruined Turret of Dunolby. BY HORACE GUILFORD. Tameless sky wanderer, sunward aspiring, Where was the eyrie that gave thee thy birth? Who was the sire, undaunted, untiring, Made thee tempt Heaven in scorning the earth? This is thy punishment-man, whose dominions One whirl of thy plumes could have proudly o'erflown, Whose Babels sublime, thy imperial pinions Forsook as they soar'd to a world of their own: Man hath enthrall'd thee, oh! lord of the mountain, That scorn'd in thy sun-flight Ben Cruachan's crest: And slaked but thy beak in the mist-mantled fountain, That ne'er had a humbler than thee by his breast.

Ha! chaf'st thou, great bird, in thy turretted dwelling
Untamed, though entrammell'd, indignantly grand:
1 blush to survey thee, huge feather king, swelling
The triumphs of man, 'mid the wrecks of his hand.

Yet be contented! Dunolly enfolds thee,
The halls of the baron, the lovely one's bowers,
And while with compassion the stranger beholds thee,
Thou'rt heir of M'Dougal, and chief of his towers.

Thy golden eye glaring cau challenge the skies!
This still is left thee-a prince in thy prison,
While the lords for whose palace these towers have
arisen,

Each nameless and cold in his sepulchre lies.

SPORTING IN INDIA.

We

Shortly after my arrival at Calcutta, I was invited to a day's sporting by Major We started before day-break, in a style more resembling the march of a corps d'armée, or a triumphal procession in honor of the goddess of the chase, than the preparations for a day's hunting. No Scotch laird, Yorkshire squire, nor our Melton Mowbray sportsmen, can conceive any thing equal to it (observes the editor of the Metropolitan); our strength and numbers, our arms and appointments, our slaves and attendants, were astounding to behold. A tiger-hunt was the object in view, and a grand and memorable day we had. The major, a fine portly man, was mounted on an elephant, from the elevation of which, placed in a castle, he scoured the circumjacent country with eagle eye, preceded by sharpshooters, tirailleurs, scouts, spies and savages, followed and surrounded by divers brother sportsmen, comrades, and domestics. were not long before we found a tiger, which afforded considerable sport, and was killed by a brother officer's rifle. From the dingle in which we found the last ferocious animal, we proceeded on with nobler game in viewthe monarch of all beasts of prey and, after some excursive riding, a magnificent lion made its appearance. The sight was most grand! but I confess that, at this moment, no small degree of fear mingled with my ambition to have to record a lion-hunt amongst the adventures of my life. The attack seemed more like actual war than any thing else, so great and grand was the enemy to which we were opposed. The bold major, and a dashing young cavalry subaltern, discharged their rifles simultaneously at the lion, and each of them wounded him; infuriated with pain, the fierce animal attacked the elephant, whilst the major seized another rifle, and took deliberate aim at him; but, being anxious that this shot might tell, he leaned so far forward that he overbalanced himself, and fell from his castle into the lion's arms (or rather paws). Here was an awful moment! but, wonderful to tell, the major got off with a broken arm only, a rush having been made towards the lion, whereby he was despatched, covered with wounds, and torrents of blood streaming around. Nothing could be so brave, so desperate, or so marvellous.

A SPORTSMAN'S EXCUSE TO HIS FRIEND; OR, IT "WON'T FIT!"

DICK. Lend me a horse, my friend Bob, for to-morrow, Pray which of them all will you lend?

It's cursed unpleasant you well know to borrow,
But I'm easy with you, my good friend.
BOB. 'Pon honor, with pleasure I would but-indeed-
Which would you prefer then ?—
-The Grey-

DICK.
BOB. Poor devil, he's badly, and quite off his feed-
We'd a d-mn-ble run the last day-

Do not imagine that (observes Mr. Jesse, in his Natural History) because a fish does not instantly dart off on first seeing you, he is the less aware of your presence; he almost always, on such occasions, ceases to feed, and pays you the compliment of devoting his whole attention to you, whilst he is preparing for a start whenever the apprehended danger becomes sufficiently imminent.

If you pass your fly neatly and well three times over a trout, and he refuses it, do not wait any longer for him; you may be sure that he has seen the line of invitation which you have sent over the water to him, and does not intend to come.

Remember that, in whipping with the artificial fly, it must have time, when you have drawn it out of the water, to make the whole circuit, and to be at one time straight behind you, before it can be driven out straight before you. If you give it the forward impulse too soon, you will hear a crack: take this as a hint that your fly has gone to grass.

It appears to me that, in whipping with an artificial fly, there are only two cases in which a fish taking the fly will infallibly hook himself without your assistance, viz.: 1. When your fly first touches the water at the end of a straight line. 2. When you are drawing out your fly for a new throw. In all other cases it is necessary that, in order to hook him when he has taken the fly, you should do something with your wrist which is not easy to describe.

If your line should fall loose and wavy into the water, it will either frighten away the fish, or he will take the fly into his mouth without fastening himself; and when he finds that it does not answer his purpose, he will spit it out again before it has answered yours.

Never mind what they of the old school say about "playing him till he is tired." Much valuable time, and many a good fish may be lost by this antiquated proceeding. Put him into your basket as soon as you can.

Every thing depends on the manner in which you commence your acquaintance with him. If you can at first prevail on him to walk a little way down the stream with you, you will have no difficulty afterwards in persuading him to let you have the pleasure of seeing him at dinner.

Do not leave off fishing early in the evening because your friends are tired. After a bright day, the largest fish are to be caught by whip. ping between sunset and dark. Even, however, in these precious moments you will not have good sport, if you continue throwing after you have whipped your fly off. Pay attention to this: and if you have any doubt after dusk, you may easily ascertain the point, by drawing the end of the line quickly through your hand, particularly if you do not wear gloves.

When you have got hold of a good fish, which is not very tractable, if you are married, gentle reader, think of your wife, who, like the fish, is united to you by very tender ties, which can only end with her death, or her going into weeds. If you are single, the loss of the fish, when you thought the prize your own, may remind you of some more seri ous disappointment.

SINGULAR SPORTING FEAT.

On the Stretford Road, near Manchester, a short time ago, Townsend, the celebrated pe destrian, was backed for £10 aside, against a person of the name of John Wyatt, a baker, who gained some celebrity in the vicinity of the me tropolis, at the same game, which would pick up, in the least time, with his mouth, 200 stones, placed one yard apart from each other. The stones were arranged in double columns, with the basket placed in the centre, into which the men were to deposit their cargo. On starting, each of them picked up a few near home, and then pegged away to the extent, Townsend clearing the two columns as he went on, whilst the baker only made play at one of the rows; thus they went on for an hour, without any advantage to either; but doughey seemed to have had too much barm in him he was all puff. It was evident now that the baker's batch would soon be baked: however, he kept kneading away, until he had picked up about 160, and run himself nearly blind, when he resigned. Townsend completed the task in one hour and forty-three minutes. The distance is nearly 11 miles. It was from the idea that the baker would puff a stone into the basket three yards from it, and thus save so much, that he was backed at odds; but we could not see that it made any material difference, for he had to make a dead stop, then a puff-and, in some instances, missed his aim, when he had to follow up the stone, and place it in the basket. After the above match, a gentleman offered to back Townsend for £10, to stand on one leg for two hours, and commence instanter.

WRESTLING, the oldest sport upon record, has recently become a complete "Fancy article" in the Sporting World; and also quite an established species of amusement during the last five years in various parts of the Metropolis. For several years past the above sport was followed in the fields near White Conduit House, on Good Friday, by a few young men

who had left their native towns, and who feeling anxious to have a bit of the old amusement formed themselves into a club, denominated the Cumberland and Westmoreland youths. The above club gave a handsome belt to the successful Wrestler in the Ring on that day: but scarcely any thing was ever heard of the above sport during the remainder of the year,

except in a private match or two, until the next Good Friday afforded them another leisure day, for the WRESTLERS again to exhibit their skill and strength.

However, about five years since, a society of Devonshire men frequently assembled together at a public-house in Essex-street, in the Strand, and laid a kind of foundation for the above sport in London; but, for some time after its introduction, the few Cornish Wrestlers in the Metropolis were incompetent to uphold the honor of their county, as Abraham Cann, and others of the best men of Devon, were always introduced to carry off the prizes, when their amount was of any value. Indeed, it is said, that the men of Devonshire "look" upon themselves as the crack Wrestlers in the Kingdom; and Abraham Cann, in the eyes of his countrymen, is not only put forth as their champion, but viewed as almost invulnerable.

It is likewise asserted that the Men of Cornwall are not a jot behind the Devonians in the above respect; and Polkinhorne has, by his countrymen, also been elevated to the Championship, and who, likewise, defeated Cann in their celebrated contest.*

Olver,

Rooke, Jordan, &c., have distinguished themselves as Wrestlers of the "first class" in the London ring; and, according to the old axiom :

When Greek meets Greek taen comes the tug of war!

The Patlanders, the gay boys of the Emerald Isle, nothing wanting to have a finger in the "pie" of public approbation, have always been ready to sport a toe-give a kick-or obtain a back fall, with either Devonshire or Cornish men, when any match has been offered to them. Gaffney, Finney, &c. have proved themselves on several occasions very troublesome customers, and who have withstood many a severe kick of the shins, when the claret has been seen trickling down their legs, reminding us very strongly of the Philosopher's assertion, that pain is only an imaginary feeling; in truth, the above Wrestlers have kept their ground like bricks and mortar. But we hate all invidious distinctions-country or colour are the same to us-and we only, in our reports of these contests, look to the talent and strength exhibited in the various matches. All the men are alike to us in the above respect and ability of any kind never was, nor ever will be, confined to any particular spot: but, in the London Ring, a man is sure to meet with his match; and be he whoever he may that gets at the top of the tree in the Metropolis, he must prove himself-SOMEBODY.

It is true that the above contest ended in a dispute between the umpires: and although a variety of letters in the shape of challenges have appeared in all the Sporting Newspapers, on both sides of the question, and places appointed for meetings to make another match, the parties have not come to any conclusion on the subject: and it is more than likely, after nearly six years have been suffered to elapse, that the disputed subject is entirely done with.

Notwithstanding the appearance of wear and tear' attached to Wrestling* (it is insisted upon by William Litt, a great Wrestler for many years), in contradiction to the foolish,

We speak from our own knowledge (observes Mr. LITT, in his WRESTLIANA), and from such corresponding information as insures the correctness of every thing we shall state as matter of fact. During the many years we were attached to this hardy and athletic exercise,

"The men who threw us, and the men we threw,” could not fail to perfect us in the practice of the ring; and the number of veteran wrestlers, and veteran amateurs we conversed with, who

"Our memory stor'd with feats of valor done, And, youth recalling, told how belts were won," gave us an equal claim to understand the theory of the business; and consequently we scruple not to say, we believe ourselves as well acquainted with the va rious interesting particulars comprised in such a Review, as any one person whatever.

We shall, therefore, for the better information of those spectators not conversant either in the practice or theory of wrestling, as well as of those who wish to become so, devote a few pages to the explanation of those terms usually applied to the methods which are used in the art; or, to speak more intelligibly to our less knowing readers, the different methods of striking or assailing an opponent, so as to effect the desired object of bringing him down, generally termed throwing him by the spectators, but by some hardy and unrefined practisers of the exercise, broadly, and we must own, rather brutally, called felling him, These methods are much more various and complicated in close-hold wrestling than in any other mode; which diversity we conceive to be a strong proof of the superiority of this exercise to any other, which indeed is evinced by the great interest it never has failed to excite;-a diversity which must be regarded as characteristic of something noble and manly, as it can be occasioned only by a contest of men. The most general and usual methods are those which follow :-

Throwing men by lifting them from off the ground, and rapidly placing one of the knees between their thighs, is now become very common all over Cumberland and Westmoreland. It was, however, very little known between the rivers Derwent and Duddon till within these last thirty years. It is generally called hipeing, we conceive from the supposed great use of the hip in the execution of it. There is, however, too essential a difference in the modes of practising it for any general agreement in the propriety of the term. An explanation of one or two of these modes may serve to elucidate the point,-give the reader some idea as to the propriety of the term,-and enable him to ascertain the accuracy of our definition of it.

When, immediately on lifting, the knee and thigh are thrown in and forced upwards, so that, quickly wheeling the whole frame to the contrary side, the assailant is enabled, when turning his man with his arms and delivering him from his breast, to pitch him with his hip, (which will then be close against the lower part of his opponent's belly) in such a manner that, not being able to catch the ground with either foot, he is thrown upon his back-an operation which requires a close hold, and great rapidity in the execution of it-we conceive it may, with propriety, be provincially called hipeing. Thomas Richardson of Hesket, commonly called the dyer, is allowed to be one, if not the very best hiper among the present list of Cumbrian wrestlers.

But when, on lifting, the superior length of the assailant enables him to throw his leg so high that his opponent is turned by the action of the knee against the inside of his thigh, and the simultaneous effort of the arms and breast, as was generally practised by the celebrated William Wilson, of Ambleside, we coceive the proper appellation to be, iuside striking. That this is quite a different mode from what we have termed hing, is still more evident by some wrest lers lifting sheir man, and waiting some time for a

but commonly received opinion, that Wrestling is so injurious to the frame that it destroys the constitution in a very few years, and brings on so many aches and rheumatic pains, that

opportunity; when this is the case, the fall is usually occasioned by the knee, aided by the dexterous management of the arms only, and does not require the men being so close to each other as hipeing. This method is now become very common, and if the term striking can be as properly, as it is commonly applied to wrestling, we think it can admit of no definition but an inside stroke.

It is an invariable maxim, that when a man is determined to make play, the sooner he does it, and the quicker he is in doing it, the greater will be his chance of succeeding. To guard against an inside stroke, or hipe, the defendant should if possible keep himself on the ground. To do this, he must either lift against his opponent, or, slackening his own hold, endeavour by wrenching his body from his opponent's grasp to plant himself, as it were, to the ground, striving at the same time to keep his opponent off with his breast, and if possible to shrink it underneath his assailant's. If he succeed in this latter mode, he should be on the alert to secure such a hold, when his opponent attacks him, (which he cannot do without in some measure giving his body within the compass of his grasp) as will ensure him of victory. It is true a skilful wrestler will be very careful when he hazards an attack to keep his right arm well up, to prevent his opponent getting a low hold of him; but still, if he does not succeed, oue equally skilful will inevitably gain some advantage by it, such as catching his heel, mending his hold, or attacking him in turn before he can recover his balance. If the defendant cannot prevent his opponent from lifting him, he must endeavour, by shrinking his body, to give him the greatest weight upon his breast he possibly can, and instantaneously try to fix his knees and feet so as to prevent the assailant from getting his knee between his thighs, and, at the same time, so as fully to inform himself of every meditated movement the moment it is attempted. If he thus succeeds in checking the first assault, and be equal, or nearly so, to the assailant, he ought to win the fall. As these observations will, with some trifling deviations, apply to lifting in general, we shall not have occasion to dwell much in future upon that particular subject.

The methods of assailing a man on either side are various. They may, however, be reduced to the four principal ones, namely: striking with the knee,-the leg, the foot,-and the leg and foot alternately. The first is done by striking with great pith and force with either of the knees, though generally the left, against the outside of an opponent's knee or thigh; and by the force of the stroke, and the correspondent movement of the arms, first force him from, and then turn him upon the ground. Slee, of Dacre, who won the prize at Penrith races in the year 1813, was, in our judgment, the best at this stroke of any man we ever saw practise it. Sometimes it is made use of after lifting, by throwing the knee outside an opponent's thigh; a method we have in propria persona often practised with great success. The second is generally termed in and out, owing to striking out with the leg, so that the knee of the assailant is outside his opponent's, and the foot inside his ancle, or small of the leg,-thus placing a kind of lock upon the knee and leg. This is a very common mode with many first-rate, as well as inferior, wrestlers. The third mode is usually called a chip, and is effected by try. ing to swing an opponent round, and strike the wrist of the foot against the outside of his leg or ancle, or, as in the preceding mode, by doing so, and turning him with the assistance of the arms; a method which Thomas Golightly (now no more) excelled in, and in which we have seen Nicholson himself evince much dexterity. It in general requires more dexterity than any of the preceding modes. The fourth is ef fected by striking an antagonist from the ground with the leg, either outside, or in and out, with the assistance of the arms; and instantly planting that foot upon the ground, strike with the other across his farther

many believe a Wrestler when advanced in years must necessarily be a cripple: so far are we from coinciding in this opinion, that, as far as we are able to judge, we have reason

shin before he reaches the ground. This stroke requires great quickness and activity, and is, when well executed, one of the surest and neatest methods of wrestling practised. The best and cleanest practiser of this mode we ever knew, or heard of, was William Ponsonby, of Endside, near Egremont, who retired from the ring nearly twenty years ago. He displayed such uncommon dexterity in this stroke, that his feet might frequently have been heard at a considerable distance, succeeding each other against his opponent's legs like two distinct claps of the hand :-it is at the present time by no means unusual.

Although we have classed outside striking under four principal heads, yet it is to be observed that the occasions on which they are resorted to are extremely various; being often used as sufficient of themselves, sometimes as precursors to other meditated attacks, and, not unfrequently, subsequent to other movements. As a clear explanation of their nature, and the different modes of using them, are a sufficient means of information to enable any practiser of wrestling to judge what are the surest methods of guarding against them, it is unnecessary to detain our readers any longer on this particular subject.

When one party gets a leg behind an opponent's, it is called haming, or catching his heel, according to the manner in which it is done. If the legs are intertwined with each other, or if the heel of the assailant is above the small of the defendant's leg, it is usually termed haming: for no other reason that we can divine, except from the strength required in the ham, either for accelerating, or defending the attack. Sometimes a ham is practised at the moment of taking hold, or when taken off the ground, by rapidly striking the heel behind the knee; as the sinews of the person lifting are then at full stretch; if the party lifted do it forcibly, and can throw the full weight of his body along with it, it is often effective. Haming, as well as catching the heel, is indiscriminately practised, either as attacks of themselves, or as auxiliaries to other attacks. To guard against a ham, the defendant shoul 1 feel his feet firm upon the ground, slack his hold, and bear forward with his breast against the assailant's. If he succeed in this, he should endeavour, if the ham be persevered in, to turn or twist his opponent over by wheeling him off his breast to the opposite side, as he will have only one leg on the ground; but, should he quit the ham, no time should be lost in closing the hands lower down upon his back, and becoming the assailant in turn.

Catching the heel is often quite a different operation; its object generally is to force the foot forward by rapidly striking the heel against the heel or an. cle of the defendant. Should it not prove immediately effective, yet if the defendant staggers, and ultimately falls by not being able to extricate himself from it, it is usually called hankering the heel. Catching the heel may be practised either on the outside, or inside; and, if done with force and quickness, it is a very difficult manœuvre to guard against, and a wrestler known to be expert in catching, or hankering, is generally as little fancied for an opponent, as one skilled in any other mode whatever. Thomas Nicholson, of Threlkeld, who won at Carlisle for three suc cessive years, was a forcible illustrator of this mode. He was certainly uncommonly good at it, and though by no means wanting in many other modes, yet he was more indebted to this method for victory than all the rest put together. There is another mode some what similar to these last mentioned, by which falls, particularly among new beginners, or novices, are often decided. This may be termed twining over the knee, as it is effected by getting the knee outside and twining an opponent over it.

It is not our intention to dwell much upon what is often indiscriminately termed hanching, henching, hipping, buttocking, or crossbuttocking, as they are all effected in nearly the same manner; and in fact, whatere.