Now and then, when a light dredge was hauled, the boys managed to catch breath and say a couple of words.

One thing is certain,that for some years to come the channel will only be kept open by constant assiduous dredging.

Our thoughts were on Hecla and on the icebergs of the Pole, on the Scalds of Iceland and the sea-kings of Norway, when a sail hove in sight: we asked what craft it wasand were answered, "a Gravesend brig dredging for lobsters."

The naturalist's dredge is an improved oyster-dredge, with each of the two long sides of the mouth made into a scraping lip of iron.

The work of cutting a ship channel across the shoulder of the sand-bar before referred to is in progress, the distance being but a few hundred feet of loose earth, which, when completed, will open communication to an immense bay, where all the commerce of the lakes might ride at anchor in perfect safety, were some slight dredging done to increase the present depth of water.

'Frisco Kid nodded his head and signed to him to help heave in the starboard dredge.

One thing is certain,that for some years to come the channel will only be kept open by constant assiduous dredging.

STEAMED CHICKEN.Prepare the chicken as for roasting, steam until nearly tender, dredge with flour and a little salt; put into a dripping-pan and brown in the oven.