[Illustration: Nelson's Tomb in St. Paul's Cathedral.]

Nelson's Feasts and Fasts.

The various forms from north to south appear to be Dall's sheep, the saddleback sheep, Stone's sheep, the common bighorn, with the Missouri River variety, existing to the east, in the bad lands, and with Nelson's, the Mexican and the Lower California sheep running southward into Mexico.

[Nelson's motto].

The time has now come when we can specially do honour to Nelson's memory without wounding the feelings of other nations.

'The breadth and acuteness of Nelson's intellect,' says Mahan, 'have been too much overlooked in the admiration excited by his unusually grand moral endowments of resolution, dash, and fearlessness of responsibility!'

There is still much difference of opinion as to the preliminary movements, and as to the exact method by which Nelson's attack was made.

The criticism of Nelson's procedure at Trafalgar in its strongest form may be summarised as follows.

Authoritative and undisputed figures show how baseless are the suggestions that Nelson's tactical procedure at Trafalgar caused his fleet to suffer needlessly heavy loss.

[Footnote 88: Nelson's own expression.

Nelson's last victory was gained, be it remembered, in one afternoon, over a fleet more than 20 per cent.

Veneration of Nelson's memory cannot be confined to particular objects or be limited by locality.

One might have supposed that a large proportion of Dr. Nelson's subjects would have claimed Cuzco as their native place, but this was not the case.

No previous sentiment of the people paved the way for Pitt's triumphs in finance, for Nelson's or Wellington's victories by sea and land; but the slave-trade could never have been abolished by any parliamentary leader, had not the nation as a whole become convinced of its wickedness, and, when once so convinced, resolved to brave everything rather than persist in it.

Can one forget likewise even, in the late war, Nelson's conduct to Caraccioli at Naples, whom he caused to be hanged on board of an English ship of war, together with a number of other patriots, in violation of a solemn capitulation, by which it had been stipulated that they should be considered as prisoners of war and sent to France?

Among the heirlooms left by Haydn was a watch given to him by that Admiral of Admirals, Lord Nelsonand that points to us as a by-path, which it were pleasant, though forbidden now, to wander, the story of Nelson's fervent amour with Lady Hamilton, that beautiful work of art, that pet of artists.

Breathes there who does not triumph in the thought That "Nelson's language is his mother tongue," And that St. Vincent's country is his own?

* * LETTERS OF LORD NELSON'S BROTHER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.

But the joint hosts of the fishes may be the mollusca or other creatures on which they feed, and hence the new fields for Atkinson in Nelson's catches.

About five a telephone message from Nelson's igloo reported that Clissold had fallen from a berg and hurt his back.

There are, however, many interesting relics of Nelson in the village church, and it is interesting to see the surroundings among which Nelson's childhood was passed.

(Nelson's English series)

" William led the way out of the woods, across a narrow meadow, where they came to the fence that inclosed Mrs. Nelson's garden.

They took him aboard the old battle-ship Victory, which was Lord Nelson's flagship in several of his most famous naval triumphs.

Going in this way from Nelson's Monument out into the country, it was amazing to see how long it took to get there.