From these taken by the injures the peculiar muscular action of the stomach, which has the effect of turning the food round and round, and mixing it up with the chemical agents which nature intended to dissolve and digest it. various causes the digestion of the food smoker is imperfectly performed, and his food in consequence lacks nourishment, or, as the phrase is, "his food seems to do him no good." Hence lads and young men who smoke, from the certain operation of the above law of nature, impede their growth, become pallid, and stunted in their figure, and their brain, like ́their body, wants the vigour and elasticity which are the peculiar charm and high privilege of youth; and your just grown-up lad sinks into that peculiarly offensive individual, a prematurely old and blasé 10 young man. Tobacco smoking, too, in young men, leads to drinking. A young man who has made himself half sick by smoking, and incapable, in consequence of properly fulfilling any duty he has to perform, will resort to drams of raw spirit, if he can get them, to put himself "right" and make himself feel comfortable again; or to a draught of beer for the same purpose. These habits grow upon him. Thus the young man, whom nature intended for a fine, manly, brisk, and clever young fellow, becomes, from the pernicious 11 vice of smoking, an undersized, pallid, sodden-looking, stupid, and feeble-minded youth, of whom his relatives and friends have every reason to feel ashamed. Wishing every success to the efforts of your Association I remain, dear Sir, Yours faithfully, CAMPBELL FOSTER, Q.C. 1 Emulation, rivalry; a desire to 2 Dyspepsia, indigestion; a state of 4 Mechanical refers to the action of 5 Chemical refers to the action of one thing upon another, whereby its nature is changed. 6 Saliva, watery fluid of the mouth. 8 Glands, soft, fleshy organs of the use. 9 Paralyses the nerves, destroys their action. 10 Blasé, a French word meaning wornout, "used-up." 11 Pernicious, very injurious. (Lat. per, through; neco, I kill.) THI CAPTURING THE WILD HORSE. HISrequires a large party of horsemen, well mounted. They extend themselves in every direction, at certain distances apart, and gradually form a ring of two or three miles in circumference, so as to surround the game; the ring being formed, two or three ride toward the horses, which start off in the opposite direction. Whenever they approach the bounds of the ring, however, a huntsman presents himself, and turns them from their course. In this way they are checked and driven back at every point, and kept galloping round and round this magic circle, until, being completely tired down, it is easy for hunters to ride up beside them and throw the lasso 1 over their heads. Preparations were now made for a hunt of this kind. The pack-horses were taken into the woods, and firmly tied to trees, lest, in a rush of wild horses, they should break away. Twenty-five men were then sent, under the command of a lieutenant, to steal along the edge of the valley, within the strip of wood that skirted the hills. They were to station themselves about fifty yards apart, within the edge of the woods, and not to advance or show themselves until the horses dashed in that direction. Twenty-five men were also sent across the valley to steal in like manner along the river bank that bordered the opposite side, and to station themselves among the trees. 2 A third party, of about the same number, was to form a line stretching across the lower part of the valley, so as to connect the two wings. Beattie and our other halfbreed, Antoine, together with the ever-officious Tonish, were to make a circuit through the woods, so as to get to the upper part of the valley, in the rear of the horses, and to drive them forward into the kind of sack that we had formed, while the two wings should join behind them, and make a complete circle. The flanking parties were quietly extending themselves out of sight, on each side of the valley, and the residue were stretching themselves like the links of a chain across it, when the wild horses gave signs that they scented an enemy-snuffing the air, snorting, and looking about. At length they pranced off slowly toward the river, and disappeared behind a green bank. Here, had the regulations of the chase been observed, they would have been quietly checked and turned back by the advance of a hunter from among the trees; unluckly, however, we had our wild-fire little Frenchman to deal with. Instead of keeping quietly up the right side of the valley, to get above the horses, the moment he saw them move toward the river he broke out of the covert of woods, and dashed furiously across the plain in pursuit of them. This put an end to all system, The half-breeds and half a score of rangers joined in the chase. Away they all went over the green bank. In a moment or two the wild horses reappeared, and came thundering down the valley, with Frenchman, halfbreeds, and rangers galloping and bellowing behind them. It was in vain that the line drawn across the valley attempted to check and turn back the fugitives; they were hotly pressed by their pursuers: in their panic they dashed through the line, and clattered down the plain. The whole troop joined in the headlong chase, some of the rangers without hats or caps, their hair flying about their ears, and others with handkerchiefs tied round their heads. The buffaloes which had been calmly ruminating among the herbage, heaved up their huge forms, and gazed for a moment at the tempest that came scouring down the meadow, then turned and took to a heavy, rolling flight. They were soon overtaken. The promiscuous masses were pressed together by the contracting sides of the valley, and away they went, pell-mell, hurry-skurry, wild buffalo, wild horse, wild huntsman, with clang and clatter, and whoop and halloo, that made the forests ring. At length the buffaloes turned into a green brake on the river bank, while the horses dashed up a narrow defile of the hills, with their pursuers close at their heels. Beattie passed several of them, having fixed his eye upon a fine Pawnee horse that had his ears slit, and saddle-marks upon his back. He pressed him gallantly, but lost him in the woods. Among the wild horses was a fine black mare, which, in scrambling up the defile, tripped and fell. A young ranger sprang from his horse and seized her by the mane and muzzle. Another ranger dismounted, and came to his assistance. The mare struggled fiercely, kicking and biting, and striking with her fore-feet; but |