The price, after the first day, is, the killer's fee and the food given, in addition to the original reward; altogether, it rarely exceeds 8s.

The owner has to purchase like any other person.

The bodies are all taken away to be boiled down for their fat, and the skins go to the tanners.

Let us now turn from this disgusting subject to something more agreeable.
I have already alluded to the great fancy Americans have for trotters.
The best place to see "turns out" is the Bloomingdale road, which runs out of New York, nearly parallel with the Hudson, and separated from it only by the country villas, &c., built on the banks of that noble stream.

This drive may be called a purely democratic "Rotten-row," as regards its being the favourite resort; but there the similarity ceases.
To the one, people go to lounge, meet friends, and breathe fresh air on horseback; to the other, people go with a fixed determination to pass everybody, and on wheels.