igzag foot-paths through it, to cut away the t, is obliged to make z Pp them clean. Having thus prepared himself, he alks to which they grew, and ‘Tenderie,’ three or four acres in exten nd even to hoe and kee of the mountain ash, with the st are red but before they are ripe, to prevent their falling off; The collection of these berries is a regular trade, and the he side of the roads in the Ardennes, boughs which obstruct them, a . purchases one or two bushels of the berries which are picked for the purpose after they able in the loft or attic. » great that, although planted expressly by t sin but the general price is five francs. We will now suppose that he has bad his foot-paths cleared by the aid these he lays out on at demand for them is s¢ been sold as high as £2 the bushel ; arrived at his lodging in the country, He is provided with a basket, one compartment of they have our Thrush-catcher and that he is off for his first day’s sport. igs bent or straight, another his berries ; o a lateral branch and fixes them, 1 that the lower part of the springe is lower side of the bow and bending his neck to of a labourer, which bolds his tw he very rapidly drives his kuife int his springes being already attached to the twigs, taking care that the springe hangs neatly in the middle of the bow, anc about three fingers’ breadth from the bottom ; by this arrangement the bird alighting on the ae reach the berries below him, places his head in the noose, and finding himself obstructed in his movements attempts to fly away; but the treacherous noose tightens round hanging by the neck, a victim of misplaced confidence. «The workman (who at this season earns a second harvest by this his employer to set springes in his master’s woods; in highly appreciated as a delicacy, especially when his throat, and he is found by the sportsman pursuit) carries on his industry im wilder districts, or he frequently obtains permission from this case he supplies the family with birds, which are almost covered with butter, with a few juniper-berries, and some bacon cut into small dice, and baked in a pan; the rest of his take he sells at from 5d. to 10d. per dozen. “No person who has not lived in the country can imagine the excitement among all classes when the Grives arrive. If the morning be foggy, it is a good day for Grives ; if bright, bad ‘TVenderie. The reason is obvious: when the birds arrive in a fog, they settle at once in the woods ; if bright, they fly round about seeking the most propitious place for food. I may observe, a singular feeling of honour is engendered by this pursuit. Nobody would think of injuring his neighbour's ‘ Tenderie.’ A sportsman would carefully avoid deranging the springes. If when shooting in your own covers a few are taken for the table, you would hang a france piece conspicuously in an empty springe for every dozen birds taken. The law is very severe on poachers who place a springe on the ground to take Partridges, Woodcocks, or Snipes ; but of three feet above ground the law says nothing, and, save as a trespasser, the placer of springes in the trees of a wood not his own property would not be punishable. The number taken is prodigious ; as many as 150 Thrushes have been found executed in a‘ tenderie’ in one morning. The younger members of families of the highest rank commonly follow this amusement before a gun is placed in their hands. “Tt may be readily imagined that before 5000 springes are set in a ‘Tenderie’ of four or. five acres, a fortnight or three weeks will have elapsed, even should the grocer, linendraper, or publican be assisted by his wife and children: the amusement is common to all the family—wife, boys, and girls. Many a small tradesman eats little else during his vacation at bis ‘Tenderie’ besides Grives and bacon. From Liege to Tilf, thence to Aywayle, on the rivers Meuse, Ourthe, and the Ambléve to Chaudfontaine on the Vesdre, where tbe rivers are for miles shut in by precipitous banks covered with low woods, scarcely an acre is ued for ‘Tenderie’ during the months of August, September, October, and November. The first fortnight of August is occupied in preparations, the rest of the time is the harvest of Grives.” Mr. Box tells me that this species, ‘ the Redwing, and the Fieldfare are all caught in this manner and sold as Grives ; put the true Grive is the Song-Thrush. The latter is obtained from the end of August to the second week in pepremPel, the Redwing at the end of September and in October, and the Fieldfare at the end of October and in November.