Preparing For The Storm

A correspondent in the uorth of Ireland sends U19 follovring account of an iuteresting incident that carne under his ] observatiou : Being on a walking tonr throngh In ■ ishowen, and passing iloug the odge of Longh g-willy, the roman tío "Lake of Shadows, " i;o noticed an immense gathering of rooks ou ibe saudy shore. Jn coiupany with severa] otliors, the totiii.st was attraoted by this nove] spectacle, and began to wonder at ihe canse of i 6. An uld man, who was working in i a field néarthe place, oflered an esplanation. He said tba't the birds were pickiug up sai'.d to ballast fheiaselves in a storm, and thatwheii thoydid so it was a urne sign of approaching bad weather. He added that on shooting rooÊB after a gathering of the sort he had fonnd that they wera oaded with sand. As a matter of tact, the gentleman concludes, a violent gale set in early Bext morning.