THE GATHERER


"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."
SHAKSPEARE.

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BELL.--THE CRY OF THE DEER SO CALLED.


I am glad of an opportunity to describe the cry of the deer by another
name than _braying_, although the latter has been sanctioned by the use
of the Scottish metrical translation of the Psalms. Bell seems to be an
abbreviation of the word _bellow_. This sylvan sound conveyed great
delight to our ancestors chiefly, I suppose, from association. A gentle
knight in the reign of Henry VIII., Sir Thomas Wortley, built Wantley
Lodge, Warncliffe Forest, for the purpose, as the ancient inscription
testifies, of "Listening to the Harts' Bell."

C.K.W.

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THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND.


The origin of the nine of diamonds being called the Curse of Scotland