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of light sprigs of roses or exotics; the flowers most in favour, with the exception of roses, are of that rare kind that have been recently introduced from foreign countries. Fashionable colours are the same as last month.

FOREIGN FASHIONS AND NOVELTIES. PARIS CARRIAGE DRESS.-Pelisse robe of green twilled satin; a plain high corsage and pelerine of the heart shape, which is lined and edged with a flat band of rose-coloured silk pluche, and fastened down the front by a row of knots of the same; steeves of the usual form: the front of the skirt is trimmed with a broad flat band of pluche, on which knots are disposed at regular distances. Drawn bonnet of rose satin, a round and large brim, and crown put rather back.. ward; the interior of the brim is trimmed en bonnet with tulle and ribbon-a full knot of ribbon adorns the crown.

PARIS BALL DRESS.-Rose satin under dress open robe of white tulle, the corsage pointed at bottom, and draped a la Sévigné, with a plain back; has the drapery retained on the shoulders and in the centre of the bosom by knots of ribbons, with a bouquet of flowers inserted in each triple bouffant sleeves, ornamented with a butterfly bow at the bottom; the skirt is rounded at the bottom, and the front disposed in longitudinal folds; a row of knots of ribbon, with a bouquet in each, descends from the waist to the bottom on each side. Coiffure à la Montespar of hair, ornamented with pearls and roses--pearl necklace.

REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING PARIS FASHIONS.

Could the dress makers of a hundred and fifty, or a hundred years ago, rise from their graves, how astonished would they be to find our modern belles dressed in costumes of their invention! Such is, however, the case. It is from the Sevignes, the Pompadours, and the Du Barrys, that our toilettes are copied, but it is not altogether a servile imitation, there are some modifications which, upon the whole, are rather advantageous than otherwise.

Mantles with sleeves, continue to be the only ones in favour but it is said that they are likely to go out of fashion

as suddenly as they have come in. We do not, however, pledge ourselves for the truth of this assertion, but we must notice a novelty which is likely to replace them with the higher class of our élégantes; it is a mantelet with a double collar and large pelerines-it is trimmed with broad black lace, and being wadded, is extremely warm; thus it at once displays the robe, and preserves the wearer from cold. These mantelets are expected to become very fashionable.

Velvet continues to be the material par excellence, of promenade hats and bonnets. Black, emerald green, and maroon, are the colours most in favour for them; they are trimmed with feathers or knots of ribbon to correspond, and are worn over a small cap of plain blond, trimmed with a bandeau of wild roses.

We may cite among the most elegant robes in evening dress, those of maize satin, embroidered in bouquets of violet, ponceau, and black flowers. The sleeves were very short and bouffanted; they had a second sabot in tulle, trimmed at the bottom with a double manchette of dentille de soie of a gothic pattern, the corsage draped on the bosom, was trimmed on the back and shoulders with a mantilla to correspond.

Hats, caps, and turbans continue to be the head-dresses in favour, except for balls. The first are always of small turned up brims, some forming nearly the shape of a heart, others with the brim a little on one side, are more in the toque style; plumes panachées, or birds of paradise, decorate these hats; a good many have the feathers attached by a diamond agraffe. Turbans of the Arab form predominate; they are composed of rich gold and silver brocade, or plaid silk. Some caps of a new and very pretty form have just appeared, they are composed of tulle de soie; the front forms a bouffant which enlarges on each side in the fan stile; these bouffans are separated on one side by a knot of ribbons; this ornament gives a degree of irregularity to the coiffure which renders it graceful; it seems a sort of juste milieu between the cap and the turban, more dressy than the one, and not so much so as the other. Fashionable colours have not altered this month, but light hues predominate in evening dress.

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NATURALIS

NOTES OF A NATURALIST.

DOCILITY OF THE PARTRIDGE.-Tournefort and other writers have given many instances of the docility and tameness of the partridge. An eastern traveller mentions in the country round Trebizond, a man was seen leading above four thousand partridges; he marched on the ground, whilst the partridges followed him in the air, until he reached a certain camp, three days journey from Trebizond where he slept, the birds alighted to repose around him, and he could take as many of the number as he pleased," It is also related by Willoughby that "a Sussex man made a covey of partridges so tame that he drove them before him, upon a wager, out of that county to London, although they were absolutely free, and had their wings grown." A Mr. Spencer, a schoolmaster of Durham, some time since had so domesticated a brood of partridges that they followed a ben, and were frequently seen in the street in front of Mr. Spencer's house.

THE WEASEL AND THE EAGLE.-The following story, is told in Selkirkshire:--A group of haymakers, while busy at their work at the upper end of St. Mary's Loch, saw an L. 36. 1.

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eagle rising above the steep mountains that enclose the narrow valley. The spectators were soon aware of something peculiar in the flight of the bird. He used his wings violently, and the strokes were often repeated, as if he had been alarmed and hurried by unusual agitation; and they noticed, at the same time, that he wheeled in circles that seemed constantly decreasing, while his ascent was proportionally rapid. The now idle haymakers drew together in close consultation on the singular case, and continued to keep their eyes on the seemingly distressed eagle, until he was nearly out of sight, rising still higher and higher into the air. In a short while, however, they were all convinced that he was again seeking the earth, evidently not as he ascended, in spiral curves; it was like something falling with great rapidity. But as he approached the ground, they clearly saw he was tumbling in his fall like a shot bird; the convulsive fluttering of his powerful wings stopping the descent but very little, until he fell at a small distance from the men and boys of the party, who had naturally run forward, highly excited by the strange occurrence. A large blacktailed weasel or stoat ran from the body as they came near, turned with the usual non chulance and impudence of the tribe, stood upon its hind legs, crossed its fore-paws over its nose, and surveyed its enemies a moment or two, as they often do when no dog is near, and bounded into a saugh bush. The king of the air was dead; and, what was more surprising, he was covered with his own blood; and, upon farther examination, they found his throat cut, and the stoat has been suspected as the regicide to this day.

GALLANTRY OF THE ELEPHANT.-On one occasion a band of hunters had surprised two elephants, a male and a female, in an open spot near the skirts of a thick and thorny jungle. The animals fled towards the thickets, and the male, in spite of many balls which struck him ineffectually, was soon safe from the reach of the pursuers; but the female was so sorely wounded, that she was unable to retreat with the same alacrity, and the hunters having got between her and the wood, were preparing speedily to finish

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