“From hence I made a trip to Crocky’s Island, situated on the opposite side of the Strait.  On landing at Hellgate, within Fools’ Inlet my surprise was much excited by the prodigious flocks of gulls, pigeons, and geese, which were directing their flight towards the Great Fish Lake, whither I, too, was making my way.  I concluded their object was to procure food, of which a profusion was here spread before them, consisting of every thing which such birds most delight to peck at; but no sooner had they settled near the bank, than they were seized upon by a Fisherman, (who was lying in wait for them,) and completely plucked of their feathers, an operation to which they very quietly submitted, and were then suffered to depart.  Upon inquiring his motive for what appeared to me a wanton act of cruelty, he told me his intention was to stuff his bed with the feathers; ‘or,’ added he, ’if you vill, to feather my nest.’  Being myself an admirer of a soft bed, I saw no reason why I should not employ myself in the same way; but owing, perhaps, to my being a novice in the art, and not knowing how to manage the birds properly, they were but little disposed to submit themselves to my hands; and, in the attempt, I found myself so completely covered with feathers, that which of the three descriptions of birds aforesaid I most resembled, it would have been difficult to determine.  The fisherman, seeing my situation, was proceeding to add to the stock of feathers which he had collected in a great bag, by plucking those from my person, when, wishing to save him any further trouble, I hurried back to Hellgate.”

We cannot accompany Sir Heedless any further; but must conclude with a few piquancies from the Vocabulary of the Language of the Great World, which is as necessary to the enjoyment of fashionable life, as is a glossary to an elementary scientific treatise:—­

At Home.—­Making your house as unlike home as possible, by turning every thing topsy-turvy, removing your furniture, and squeezing as many people into your rooms as can be compressed together.

Not at Home.—­Sitting in your own room, engaged in reading a new novel, writing notes, or other important business.

Affection.—­A painful sensation, such as gout, rheumatism, cramp, head-ache, &c.

Mourning.—­An outward covering of black, put on by the relatives of any deceased person of consequence, or by persons succeeding to a large fortune, as an emblem of their grief upon so melancholy an event.

Morning.—­The time corresponding to that between our noon and sun-set.

Evening.—­The time between our sun-set and sun-rise.

Night.—–­The time between our sun-rise and noon.

Domestic.—­An epithet applied to cats, dogs, and other tame animals, keeping at home.

Reflection.—­The person viewed in a looking-glass.

Tenderness.—­A property belonging to meat long kept.