SEPTEMBER.

There, with its waving blade of green,

The sea-flag streams through the silent water,
And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen

To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter;
There with a light and easy motion

The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea,
And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean

Are bending like corn on the upland lea;
And life in rare and beautiful forms

Is sporting amid those bowers of stone,
And is safe when the wrathful spirit of storms
Has made the top of the waves his own:
And when the ship from his fury flies

Where the myriad voices of ocean roar,
When the wind-god frowns in the murky skies,
And demons are waiting the wreck on shore,
Then far below in the peaceful sea

The purple mullet and gold-fish rove,

Where the waters murmur tranquilly

Through the bending twigs of the coral-grove.

PERCIVAL.

RURAL OCCUPATIONS.

Finishing corn harvest and thatching ricks;

laying in winter fuel, as coals, wood, etc., ploughing and sowing wheat upon the fallows, also after crops of tares, clover, early peas, etc.; gathering in orchard-fruit for sale, and for cider-making, and gathering the hop-harvest are the chief employments of this month.

Much work may be found in the garden in removing decayed plants, digging, gathering seeds, sowing and planting for next year. The gathering of nuts, acorns, blackberries and elderberries finds many of the poor employment and profit, but it is to be regretted that vast quantities of hazel nuts are annually lost in this kingdom through the extreme jealousy of the country gentlemen, who forbid the poor to enter their woods on account of the game.

ANGLING.

Tench is not in season; Bream is at its best, but must be taken early or late in the day, and in gloomy, windy weather, being the shyest of fish; Perch may be caught till the end of the month; and Dace is best caught from this time till the end of the year. Baits as in April, also a Camel Brown Fly.