Literature.

and agonises like a scald—and if you scratch them it only adds to your anguish—the whole head swells , particularly the glandular ancl cellular parts , behind and under the ears , the upper and lower eyelids , so as in many cases to produce utter inability to see . The poison is imbibed and circulated through the whole frame , producing fever , thirst , heat , restlessness , and despondency . Patience , cooling medicines , and strict temperance are the only remedies : the best preventives are temperance and fly-oil ; the latter should be

composed of equal portions of castor and fine almond or olive oil , strongly scented with essence of pennyroyal and spirits of camphor . This mixture , carried in a soda-water bottle , and frequently applied to the exjiosed jiarts of the head and face , witl be found in general a preventive . Gauntlets which draw over the sleeves of the coat , made of jean or some other light and strong material , will be found particularly useful in defending the hands and wrists from the cruel attacks of the terrible winged insectswho are certainly the greatest

, drawback to the enjoyment of the sportsman in Canada . " The book is very cleverly and pleasantly written . The author an intense lover of nature , as most anglers are , and many of his descriptions are given with considerable effect .

There is a copious appendix , of considerable value , containing some remarks " on the disease , restoration , ancl preservation , of Salmon in Canada , " by the Rev . W . A . Adamson , D . C . L . ; various extracts from tbe report of the Commissioner of the Crown-lands ( I 860 ) on the fisheries of the Gulf and River St . Lawrence ; a list of the principal salmon streams—together with a synopsis of the laws for the preservation ancl regulation of the trout and salmon

fisheries of Canada ; the whole of which we especially recommend to the attention of all who are meditating a fishing excursion among the tributaries " of the St . Lawrence . Tho work is numerously illustrated by wood-cuts , serious and humorous , scraps of Canadian poetry and music , as well as maps of the localities it treats of .

Whether for the angler ivho can afford the leisure to betake to that colony in search of sport , or to those staying at home , " Salmon Fishing in Canada , " will prove a most attractive hook and become popular .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ THE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for emij opinions entertained by Correspondents ^ GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS . TO IHE EDITOH OF Tin : ir . EHIASON'S' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC -. tlllltOli . DEAR SHI AXU BROTHER , —As some must teach and govern whilst others submit and obey , it would be ivell if

"Anti-Spurious" were to be more mindful of his common duty as one of the Craft , ancl exercise a more courteous obedience than he now appears to do . * He is evidently writing under very excited feelings , which I am not disposed to aggravate ; but he reminds mc of an eccentric earl ivho irreverently addressed a very worthy prelate without reason . The fact is , he lias committed

himself in expressions ho either did not intend to use , or must have received correction for his recognition of the " genuine exalted" and "illustrious Grand Lodge . " He states ( p . -213 , col . 1 . ) that " sewed , of ihe -most eminent Masons do not uphold the Self-Styled Grand Mark Lodge . " If lie were eligible to inspect the roll ofthe Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , and knew ' anything of tho degreehe ivould

, not have written those words , for he would havo found , not only several , but that an imnmise 'another of eminent Masons do " uphold it . " But , Mr . Editor , I give "Anti-Spurious" the credit of meaning well—no doubt he does—¦ but he lias an odd way of exhibiting it . His stopped diapason is not so agreeable as his kcraulopJiou or his clarabella : the oil in his lamp requires refiningancl his

, temper transposed into a more passive and gentle state than Furious , Agitato , or Rabbia—Affetuoso , Pietoso , Raddolcendo , or Gautabilc should direct his progressions . The only point in his letter ( p . 213 ) requiring my answer is , " Who ocknowlcdqes the new Sclf-Sli / led Grand Lodoe of

Mark Masters ? " I must again teach him by this ansiver : — Every member of every Mark Masters Lodge , holding v . nder the Grand Mark Masters Lodge of England and Wales and the colonies and possessions of the British Crown , acknowledges its suprcmacy . f And , when "Anti-Spurious " has voided his ire , subdued his passions , corrected , his irregularities , and reduced himself to something like a

moderate state , I may venture to write him such a theme to extemporise upon as he has seldom seen , and teach him the way to attain that eminence amongst its , that he looks forward lo in another sphere . Until then , au revoir "Anti-Spurious ; " reste tranquil , for I am on niy Autumnal ramble . I am , Dear Sir , yours faithfully , 16 th Sept ., I 860 . R . E . X .

TO THE EDITOK OF TIIE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC MIRROR . DEAE SIR AXD BROTHER , —I have no desire to enter on the discussion between "R . E . X . " and "Anti-Spurious-Mark , " relative to the Mark Degree in Freemasonry , my opinion on the matter is well known to my friends , but under no circumstances can I sanction any attempt to force it upon the Masonic body , unless with the consent of tho

Grand . Lodgo of England , to whose decision we aro all bound to pay due deference . "With respect to all the other degrees in the different orders of kni ghthood , & c , I should be very sorry to see them generally acknowledged , in this country , although on the Continent they arc incorporated in the general system . My object on this occasion is merely to correct an error

into which "Anti-Spurious-Mark" seems to have fallen , when , in his letter which appeared in your columns last week , he says : " I have no doubt that tho Jersey , Irish , and Scotch lodges , grand and subordinate , recognise the degree . Nay , more , I laiow they confer it . " There are , perhaps , few provinces in which the directions of Grand Lodge are more rigidly carried out than in Jersey , where the arrangements of the Provincial Grand Lodge arc , as far as may be , assimilated to those of the governing body

in London , and indeed to a greater extent , in the details , than in some other districts with which I am acquainted . There are in this island live lodges ivorking under tho warrant ofthe Grand Lodge of England , and one under that of the Grancl Lodge of Ireland . The latter acknowledges the Mark Degree , and , therefore , it is but natural that a subordinate lodge , ivhich thence derives it authority , should

do the same . The onl y Mark Lodge which exists here is that in connection with the Irish Lodge of Justice , of which its W . M . is a member ; and the exhibition of the jewel which designates the degree is never permitted elsewhere in this jurisdiction , nor is there , in any way , in tho English loclges , and in the proceedings connected therewith , an acknowledgment of the "New Self-Styled Grancl Lodge of Mark

Masters . " It is but an act of justice to tho Freemasons in the Channel Islands to state this in correction of what is manifestly a misapprehension , since they do not "acknowledge the right of this self-elected body to bo supreme ;" nor , indeed , of any other body than the Grand Lodge of England , to whose administration they are scrupulously careful to yield obedience . Yours faithfully and fratcrnallv , f-rscii , Sept . 17 th , 1860 . " H . H .