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7) Sally has decided that she doesnʹt have the motivation to recycle her plastic bottles, and she just 7)
throws them into her regular garbage. Sally needs to improve which of the following
components
of health?
A) social B) mental C) environmental D)
spiritual

8) Which of the following best describes social 8)

health?
A) making many social contacts throughout the
day
B) adapting to various social situations
C) learning from the experience of others
D) maintaining a monogamous relationship

9) Jill has many friends, is respected by her co -workers, and maintains a great relationship with 9)
her boyfriend. Her ability to interact with others describes which dimension of health?
A) physical B) emotional C) mental D) social

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10) Which of the following best describes emotional health? 10)
A) growing and learning from experience B) being able to express or control
feelings
C) being able to make appropriate decisions D) adapting to various social
situations

11) Jerome encouraged his professor to allow assignments to be typed on both sides of a page 11)
instead
of just one, to save paper. Jeromeʹs idea relates to which dimension of health?
A) environmental B) emotional C) physical D) social

12) When Mika gazes at the stars she realizes she is just a small part of a much larger existence. 12)
Her
thoughts relate to which dimension of health?
A) physical B) social C) mental D)
spiritual

13) Your local dietitian takes groups of people on grocery store tours to teach them how to shop 13)
and to
eat in a healthy manner. This activity is part of the dietitianʹs role in which of the following
concepts?
A) diet analysis B) health promotion
C) health progression D) behaviour modification

14) Which of the following approaches describes the Pan-Canadian Healthy Living 14)
Strategy?
A) an improved life expectancy approach B) a health sector approach
C) a population health approach D) a strategic health approach

15) An example of making a healthy food choice would be 15)

A) drinking more coffee than water B) eating more white bread
C) eating more red meat D) eating more fruits and
vegetables

16) Diane is a runner who has no tolerance for people who do not exercise. If she sees someone 16)
who is
just sitting around and who doesnʹt like to exercise, she will go out of her way to be rude and
spiteful, even calling them ʺlazyʺ. Diane is demonstrating
A) health bashing B) biased negativity
C) health negativity D) judgmentalism

17) The concept which describes intolerance or negative feelings, words, or actions aimed at 17)
people
who fail to meet our own expectations of health is called
A) health negativity B) biased negativity
C) judgmentalism D) health bashing

18) Gerry and Suzanne have had their children immunized for measles and for chickenpox. 18)
The
term which describes Gerryʹs and Suzanneʹs steps to protect their children is known as
A) epidemiology B) prevention
C) wellness D) health promotion

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19) Attending an Alcoholicsʹ Anonymous meeting is an example of which of the following 19)
types of
prevention?
A) secondary B) productive C) tertiary D) primary

20) Wearing a condom during every sexual encounter would be an example 20)
of
A) tertiary prevention B) primary
prevention
C) secondary prevention D) auxiliary
prevention

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21) Garyʹs father had a heart attack at 50 years of age. Gary has decided to exercise regularly 21)
and to decrease his consumption of fatty foods. Gary is practicing which of the following
types of prevention?
A) auxiliary prevention B) primary prevention
C) tertiary prevention D) secondary prevention

22) Which of the following ideas describes tertiary prevention? 22)

A) treatment or rehabilitation efforts aimed at limiting the effects of a
disease
B) actions designed to stop problems before they start
C) trying to reduce symptoms of a disease
D) stopping a disease altogether

23) Which of the following is an example of a benefit of improving oneʹs cardiovascular 23)
health?
A) decreased levels of self-esteem
B) an improved ability to control and manage stress
C) a less effective immune system
D) increased usage of the health care system

24) Jessie visits her doctor annually and she practices breast self-examination. Her 24)
behaviour is known as a factor, which influences her behaviour-change
decision.
A) ultimate factor B) predisposing factor
C) enabling factor D) reinforcing factor

25) Which of the following is an example of a positive enabling factor to lose weight? 25)
A) You eat more processed foods than fruits and vegetables.
B) Your schoolʹs fitness centre is 3 miles from your home, and it is the winter with lots of
snow.
C) You enrol in a bi-weekly pilates class.
D) You eat one large meal a day, and this meal has many calories.

26) Because both of Blyʹs parents are obese, Bly has a greater than average chance of 26)
becoming an
obese adult. This is an example of
A) a confirming factor B) a predisposing factor
C) an enabling factor D) a reinforcing factor

27) Marta, a physically active young adult, grew up in a family that was very active. They 27)
regularly
went on hikes and bike rides together when she was a child. This is an
example of
A) a reinforcing factor B) an enabling factor
C) a confirming factor D) a predisposing factor

28) Which of the following best describes an enabling 28)

factor?
A) living near a walking path when you want to begin a walking program
B) encouraging your parents to quit smoking
C) having been a college athlete prior to your current sedentary status
D) quitting smoking when your company starts a smoke-free work place
policy
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29) Which of the following best describes a predisposing factor for 29)
smoking?
A) working in a non- smoking area photo
B) seeing a relative die of lung cancer
C) being aware of tobacco advertisements
D) growing up in a home where parents smoke

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30) Hannah has been trying to adhere to a weight -loss program. Craving a snack at work, she 30)
heads to the vending machine to get a candy bar only to find all fattening snacks replaced with
healthy ones. The switch to healthy snacks in the vending machines is an example of
A) an enabling factor B) a confirming factor
C) a reinforcing factor D) a predisposing factor

31) Living within walking distance of a fitness centre can improve your chances of maintaining 31)
your
exercise program. What type of factor, influencing behaviour change, does this depict?
A) predisposing B) enabling C) confirming D)
reinforcing

32) An example of Johnʹs readiness to quit drinking is 32)

A) berating himself for his behaviour
B) attending family events where alcohol is served but family encourage drinking
C) making new friends who do not drink alcohol and complement him for not doing so
either
D) struggling to change his attitude about drinking

33) Martin has set himself some goals for becoming more physically active. According to the 33)
stages of
change, which stage is Martin at?
A) maintenance B) contemplation C) action D) preparation

34) According to the Health Belief Model, other factors linked to perceived risk for health 34)
problems
include
A) environmental, intentional,
sociopsychological B) structural,
environmental, sociopsychological C)
demographic, sociopsychological, structural
D) demographic, sociopsychological, environmental

35) According to the Health Belief Model, individual personality traits and social pressures 35)
are
considered variables linked to perceived risk for health
problems.
A) sociopsychological B) structural
C) socioecological D) demographic

36) One day Lio is unable to climb a flight of stairs without stopping to rest. He then decides he 36)
needs
to quit smoking. The inability to climb the stairs without resting is an example of
a(n)
A) action reinforcer B) cue to action
C) event of change D) perceived susceptibility

37) Sally has learned her best friend contracted HIV through unprotected sex. From this point on 37)
Sally
practices safe sex. Learning of her friendʹs infection is an example of a(n)
A) action reinforcer B) event of change
C) cue to action D) perceived susceptibility

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38) Shelleyʹs mother and aunt both died from breast cancer, and Shelley sees her doctor to discuss 38)
her
risk for developing the disease. This would be an example of
A) perceived seriousness B) perceived susceptibility
C) action reinforcer D) cue to action

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39) Following attendance at a native-band-sponsored workshop on the perils of smoking, Evelyn 39)
is beginning to think about why she should quit this behaviour. At what stage, based on the
Stages of Change model, is she in?
A) pre-contemplation B) decision/determination
C) action D) contemplation

40) The Theory of Reasoned Action states that our behaviours result 40)
from
A) structural variables
B) changing actions with shaping techniques
C) intentions to perform actions
D) modelling by significant others

41) Toddʹs grandparents have told him that if he gets a B grade in his health course, they will buy 41)
him
a new mountain bike. This is an example of a(n) positive behaviour enforcer.
A) possessional B) consumable C) activity D)
manipulative

42) Visualizing yourself getting a standing ovation after giving a speech youʹre a little nervous 42)
about is
an example of
A) modelling B) imagined rehearsal
C) planned control D) situational inducement

43) Kyla has decided to spend less time on her computer and more time walking her dog. 43)
This
behaviour change technique is known as
A) controlling the situation B) shaping
C) reforming D) copying

44) Phillip has decided to start jogging to improve his health. He decides to start at 1 kilometer, 44)
then
increase to 2 kilometers during the following week. This behaviour change is known as an
example of
A) modelling B) planning
C) modified behaviour change D) shaping

45) Every time Karen thinks about going to the dentist, her blood pressure increases and she 45)
starts to
sweat. Before she actually enters the office, she takes a couple of deep breaths and this calms
her
down. This technique to alter a potentially negative behaviour is known as
A) individual coping skill B) positive affirmation
C) self-talk D) self-instruction

46) Situational inducement refers to an attempt to influence a behaviour 46)

by
A) using situations that exert control over the behaviour
B) changing the situation with positive influence
C) exposing yourself to situations involving the behaviour
D) using modelling in situations to facilitate behaviour change

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47) Reinforcers that would be least effective for a weight loss behaviour change would be 47)
A) activity B) consumable C) social D)
possessional

48) Rewarding yourself for reaching your weight loss goal with a trip to Hawaii would be an 48)
example
of what type of reinforcer?
A) social B) activity C) manipulative D) possessional

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49) Lower health insurance rates for non-smokers would be what type of reinforcer? 49)
A) activity B) manipulative C) social D)
possessional

50) Gabby is no longer preoccupied with her abusive father and she focuses on her new job 50)
as an
accountant. This type of behavioural change is known as
A) blocking/thought stopping B) rational-emotive therapy
C) positive affirmation D) breaking negative thoughts

51) Deep breathing and repeating positive affirmations while you are in the dentistʹs chair for a 51)
root
canal would be an application of a process associated with Meichenbaum called
A) stress instruction B) stress inoculation
C) relaxation response D) consequence planning

52) Not allowing yourself to think about getting sick while on a rollercoaster would be an 52)
example of
A) blocking/thought stopping B) self-instruction
C) rational emotive therapy D) consequential thinking

53) Analyzing what kinds of situations trigger your desire to smoke would be an example of 53)
examining
A) consequences B) antecedents C) motivations D)
influences

54) An example of a way to recognize antecedents of a behaviour would 54)

be
A) asking a friend to identify your behaviour in trigger situations
B) keep a diary of situations triggering behaviour
C) observe others who are trying to change the same behaviour
D) identify the consequences from previous experience

55) Experiencing vomiting and a severe hangover following your first consumption of alcohol 55)
may
affect your willingness to repeat this drinking behaviour. This is an example of a(n)
A) persuasion B) influence C) antecedent D)
consequence

56) Maria has decided to use a reusable coffee mug instead of paper cups. Her good friend, Zoe, 56)
has
been encouraging Maria to reduce, reuse and recycle to help the environment, and Maria
admires
her friend. This behaviour change technique is an example of
A) peer pressure B) reinforcement
C) modelling D) situational inducement

57) The term used to describe viewing the world from a male perspective 57)
is
A) gender insensitivity B) double
standard
C) overgeneralization D)
androcentricity
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 58) Simon is taking university courses to obtain a degree and to achieve a promotion at work. 58)
Simon is
working to improve which of the seven dimensions of health?
A) educational health B) environmental health
C) mental health D) occupational health

TRUE/FALSE. Write ʹTʹ if the statement is true and ʹFʹ if the statement is false.
59) According to mortality statistics, people are now living longer than in any previous time in 59)
our
history.

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60) The World Health Organization definition describes health as hygiene. 60)

61) Mental health refers to the ability to express emotions appropriately. 61)

62) Physical health includes such characteristics as body size and shape. 62)
63) Spiritual health encompasses more than just religious beliefs, and includes how you 63)
understand
the world and your role in it.

64) An individual with a disability cannot achieve total wellness. 64)

65) Secondary prevention means taking steps to stop a health problem before it starts. 65)

66) Increasing oneʹs knowledge is one important method to obtain optimum health. 66)

67) Quitting smoking is an example of primary prevention. 67)

68) The importance of cultivating and maintaining close social ties is an important part of 68)
overall
health.

69) The most common newly diagnosed cancer among women is breast cancer. 69)

70) Predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors can be positive or negative. 70)

71) Growing up with parents who smoke is a predisposing factor that can influence behaviour change. 71)
72) Shaping is a strategy for changing behaviour that involves learning specific 72)
behaviours by
watching others perform them.

73) Increased insurance rates for smokers is an example of a manipulative reinforcer. 73)
74) In the late 1800ʹs and early 1900ʹs, researchers began to discover that victims of epidemics 74)
such as
influenza and cholera were victims of microorganisms found in contaminated air, water and
human waste.

75) The term, ʺmorbidity rateʺ, refers to illness rates. 75)

76) An example of tertiary prevention would be modifying oneʹs diet as a result of a blood - 76)
glucose test.

77) ʺReadinessʺ is the state of being that precedes behavioural change. 77)

78) The terms health and wellness are often used interchangeably. 78)

79) Health and wellness is a static state. 79)

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
80) The component of health refers to the ability to have satisfying 80)
interpersonal
relationships.

81) The ability to make good decisions is an example of the component of health. 81)

82) Intolerance of people who do not meet our own expectations of health is called . 82)

83) are powerful indicators of successful behaviour change. 83)

84) The term used to describe when a study explores issues for one gender but generalizes 84)
the
findings to both genders is known as

85) The Model includes perceived seriousness, perceived susceptibility and 85)
cues to
action that can affect the likelihood of behaviour change.

86) A(n) is an appraisal of the relationship between some object, action, or idea 86)
and
some attribute of that object, action, or idea.

87) A reward, such as a T-shirt for completing a fun-run, is an example of a 87)

reinforcer.

88) are settings or events for a behaviour that stimulate a person to act in 88)
certain
ways.

89) In the early 1900ʹs, the average life expectancy for females was years. 89)
90) Since education is known to be one of the determinants of health, increasing 90)
oneʹs
is one way to lessen risks to oneʹs health.

91) is a dynamic, ever -changing process in which a person attempts to reach 91)
his or her potential in each of healthʹs components.

Match the following. (Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.)

a. social j. health
b. rational emotive k. reinforcing
c. primary l. mortality
d. emotional m. enabling
e. modelling n. morbidity
f. secondary o. tertiary
g. predisposing p.
spiritual h. belief
q. mental
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i. attitude r. health promotion

92) term describing illness rates in a given population 92)

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 93) the component of health that includes expressing feelings appropriately 93)

94) quitting smoking is an example of this type of prevention 94)

95) learning specific behaviours by watching others do them 95)

96) term which describes a dynamic, ever -changing process of trying to achieve 96)
individual potential in seven dimensions

97) the component of health referring to the ability to have satisfying relationships 97)

98) factors involving knowledge and life experience that we bring into situations 98)

99) the component of health that refers to the ability to learn from experience 99)

100) a vaccination is an example of this type of prevention 100)

101) this is the term used for describing the death rate 101)
102) skills or abilities, physical, emotional and mental capabilities, and resources and 102)
accessible
facilities that make health decisions more convenient or difficult are this type of
factor

103) is the term used to describe a combination of educational, organizational, 103)

policy,
financial and environmental choices to help people change negative health attitudes
and
behaviours

104) is a relatively stable set of beliefs, feelings and behavioural tendencies in 104)
relation
to something or someone

ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of

paper.

105) Write down the World Health Organizationʹs definition of health. Why was this considered a
landmark definition? Why was it criticized?

106) List the seven dimensions of health and provide an example for each.

107) Define primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and give an example of each.

108) Based on the Health Belief Model, describe the three major factors that must support a belief in
order for change to be likely to occur.

109) What is ʺhealth promotionʺ? Define this term, and provide an explanation of the types of support
required in order to achieve successful health promotion.

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110) Sex (gender) bias has been identified as a serious weakness in medical research. According to a recent
study, there are four factors that contribute to this bias. List and explain each of these factors.

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111) List seven key behaviours, found in the text, which are said to help people to live longer.

112) List the six stages of James Prochaskaʹs and Carlo DiClementeʹs ʺStages of Change Modelʺ and
provide a personal situation or behaviour that you would like to change.

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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

1) C
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Factual
2) C
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Factual
3) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Factual
4) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
5) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
6) A
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
7) C
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
8) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
9) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
10) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
11) A
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
12) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
13) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
14) C
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
15) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied
16) A
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Applied

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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

17) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
18) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
19) A
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
20) B
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
21) D
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
22) A
A-head: What is Health?
Skill: Conceptual
23) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual
24) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual
25) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual
26) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
27) D
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
28) A
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual
29) D
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual
30) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
31) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
32) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Conceptual

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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

33) D
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
34) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Factual
35) A
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
36) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
37) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
38) B
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
39) D
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Applied
40) C
A-head: Improving Your Health
Skill: Factual
41) A
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Applied
42) B
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Applied
43) A
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Applied
44) D
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Applied
45) A
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Applied
46) A
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Conceptual
47) B
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Conceptual
48) B
A-head: Behaviour Change Techniques
Skill: Conceptual

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that the bird never attacked ragged people going to the house the
back way: it was only when they attempted to enter through the
front door, that he assailed them. What renders this story very
curious is, that the bird had never been trained to act in this manner.
This eagle had some other curious habits. He did not go out every
day to get a breakfast, dinner and supper: his custom was, about
once a week, to make a hearty meal, and that was sufficient for six
days. His most common food was the king-bird, of which he would
sometimes catch ten in the course of a few hours—and these would
suffice for his weekly repast.
This bird at last made such havoc with the poultry of the
neighbors, that the proprietor was obliged to kill him.
 It seems that the aversion of this eagle to ragged people, was not
altogether singular; for a person who writes to the editor of the New
York American, says that he once knew a Baltimore Oriole, that
would always manifest the greatest anger if a shabby person came
into the room. This bird also disliked colored people, and if he could
get at them, he would fly in their faces, and peck at them very
spitefully—while he did no such thing to white people.

The following letter has been some time in hand. Will our little
friend, the writer, forgive us for not inserting it sooner? Our
correspondents must remember that we have many things to attend
to, and if some of their favors seem to be overlooked, we hope they
will not scold.
My dear Mr. Merry:
I have been long wanting to write to you, so many of your
subscribers have been writing to you. I could not write to you
sooner, because I did not know my letter would go by the
mail.
Many of the stories in the Museum are quite interesting. I
have often tried to read your history of your own life,
through. I should have begun when your Museum first came
out, but it happened that I did not. “Philip Brusque” I began
too, but, as my brother was going up the river in a
steamboat, he wanted to take the number, so that I had to
leave off reading it.
In your number before the last I liked the “Two Friends.”
Many of the children like “The Siberian Sable-hunter,” but I do
not fancy it much, as there are so many hard names in it.
I am one of your little black-eyed subscribers: my brother
Benjamin is one of your blue-eyed subscribers. He does not
read as many of your Museums as I do, for he is away from
home a great part of the time, and when he gets home he
hardly ever thinks of reading them. I am always glad when I
hear that your Museum is come, and yet, the last time, they
kept it from me for a day and a night. Was not that very
hard?
My little sister, Lydia, is yet too young to read, and does
not even know her A, B, C; but I know them well enough. I
like your plain, simple stories best. I believe my brother likes
the ones that are not simple. In your number, a great while
ago, is a song by the name of “Jack Frost,” which I like very
much, and many other pieces of your poetry. “Discontented
Betty” I like too. I have been hurrying off with my lessons, so
that I could write to you; but, pray, do not think that I write
this myself, for I do not even know how to make a letter. My
sister writes for me.
I am in constant fear that we shall have to give up your
Museum, but I hope we shall not. I thought that I would have
to send my letter by the man that brought the Museum, but
my father told me that I need not, but that I should send it
by the mail. I hope your Museum will not end very soon, but
will keep on a long while. I have found out three of your
names, Parley, Merry and Goodrich. I want to see you very
much. My sister Mary is collecting autographs, and has got
one of yours, which I think to be quite a decent hand for such
an old man. I hope this letter will reach you safely. I wonder
if the one my brother William wrote to you, a long time ago,
ever reached you.
I have read some of your other books, as we have got
some others. I consider myself a very poor reader, if others
do not. I had a beautiful book given to me on New Year’s day,
by the name of “Flower People.” But I cannot think of
anything more to say, and so, Mr. Merry, good-bye.
E. O. B.
P.S. I have thought of one other thing to say, Mr. Merry,
and it is that I wish you would answer this letter.
 MERRY’S MUSEUM.

Vol. VI. SEPTEMBER, 1843. No. 3.

September.
We have now reached the ninth month in the year—the first
month of autumn—September—the pleasantest month of all the
twelve. It is true the leaves of the trees are beginning to turn yellow;
many of the birds are departing for more southern climes; the
evenings are getting chilly; the summer flowers are gone; and all
around there is an air of soberness, almost of sadness. Yet there is
something in all this, that makes the heart content, tranquil and
happy.
The earth is now abounding with fruit. The peaches, the plums,
the pears, the apples, the grapes, are ripe, and seem to invite us to
taste them. How pleasant it is to be in the country now! Say, my
little friends, is not September the finest of all the months?
 Jumping Rabbit’s Story.
chapter iii.

The return of our party.—Sports and festivities.

After I had been about a month in the village, a swift Indian,
despatched by the warriors who had been absent on an expedition
against some distant tribes, came in, and announced that the whole
party were near at hand, and would enter the village the following
morning. Preparations were therefore made to receive them.
All was bustle and activity, though this seemed to consist more in
running about, and chattering like a set of magpies, than anything
else. The children leaped, frolicked, shouted, and fought mimic
battles as well as real ones, in which they bit, scratched, kicked and
pulled hair, in honor of the coming celebration. The women went
about from tent to tent, talking with great animation and keeping up
the hum, which might be heard at the farther extremity of the
village.
Evening at last came, but there was no cessation of the
excitement. The greater part of the night was spent in talking,
squabbling, dancing, jumping, leaping and yelling. At length the
morning came, and just as the sun was rising, an Indian, painted
blue and red, carrying on his head the skin taken from the pate of a
grizzly bear, was seen creeping along in the edge of the adjacent
wood. He was soon followed by another, painted in a similar manner,
with the horns and pate of a buffalo upon his head. Others
succeeded, all of them painted and dressed in the most wild and
fantastic manner, until about a hundred warriors had gathered in the
thickets of the forest, close to the village.
A pause of at least half an hour ensued. All within the wood was
silent, and not a trace of the savages that lurked in its bosom, could
be discovered. The women, children and old men of the village had
gathered in the open space encircled by the tents, where they
awaited the coming spectacle in breathless expectation.
At last, a wild yell, as if a thousand demons filled the air, broke
from the forest. In an instant after, the warriors started from their
cover and ran toward the village with the greatest swiftness.
Approaching the group of women and children, they formed
themselves in a circle and began to dance in a most violent manner.
They leaped, jumped, ran, brandished their weapons, screamed,
chattered, and appeared more like infernal spirits than human
creatures. They were all on foot except about a dozen, who were on
horseback, and attired in the most fantastic manner. These rode
round the circle with great swiftness, flourishing their long spears,
and performing a sort of wild mimic battle.
Nothing could be more fierce and frightful than the whole scene,
yet the women and children were greatly delighted, and evinced
their ecstasy by uproarious acclamations. The warriors were excited
by this applause to greater feats, and for about an hour they kept up
their savage revel. They seemed to be as proud of their greasy paint
and their savage foppery, as a well-dressed company of militia
marching on a muster-day through one of our villages. A bear’s or
buffalo’s pate was fully equal to a cocked hat; a raccoon’s or
oppossum’s hide was equivalent to a pair of epaulettes; the bow and
arrow were an offset to the sword.
But the Indian warriors had one advantage over our training-day
soldiers. They had been in actual service, and carried with them
evidences of their victory. Several of them bore in their hands large
bundles of bloody scalps, which they had taken from their enemies,
and these they flourished in the faces of the admiring spectators. It
is obvious that the same vanity and foppery which are found in the
fair-weather soldiers of towns and cities, belong to the savage
warrior of the wilderness.
At length, the ceremony was over, and the savages dispersed
themselves to their several wigwams. The next day, however, they
had a great exhibition, which was a kind of war-dance, in which the
warriors attempted to exhibit their several battles and exploits. It
was in fact a sort of pantomime, in which several of the Indians
displayed great powers of mimicry. Though I was not much
accustomed to these things, I understood a good deal of what the
Indians meant by their performances.
One of these fellows amused me very much. He seemed to be
fond of fun, and, like the clown in a circus, appeared to think more
of making a laugh than anything else. It seemed from his
representation, that, on one occasion, he was sent to spy out the
situation of a party of Indians, whom they intended to attack. It was
night, and as he was proceeding along a deer path in the forest, he
chanced to see a skunk immediately before him. The creature stood
still, and positively refused to stir a step.
The Indian hesitated for some time what to do, but at last he put
an arrow to the bowstring, and shot the impertinent animal to the
heart. The air was, however, immediately filled with the creature’s
effluvia, and the Indians, whom the spy was seeking, being ever on
the watch, were startled by the circumstance, and the spy himself
was obliged to retreat for safety. This whole story was easily
comprehended from the admirable mimicry of the actor. Nothing
could exceed his drollery, except the applause of the spectators. He
seemed to have the reputation of an established wag, and, like
Andrews at the late Tremont Theatre, he could hardly turn his eye,
or crook his finger, but the action was followed with bursts of
applause.
There was one thing that characterized all the warriors, and that
was a love of boasting and self-glorification. Every one represented
himself as a hero and as performing the most wonderful feats of
strength and valor. Boasting, I suspect, is a thing that naturally
belongs to those who have little refinement, and modesty is
doubtless the fruit of those finer sentiments which belong to
civilization.
 For several days there were sports and festivities, and every one
seemed to give himself up to amusement. The warriors had brought
home with them a young Indian prisoner, who was about eighteen
years old. He was a fine, proud-looking fellow, and when he was
brought out and encircled by all the Indians, he seemed to survey
them with a kind of scorn. He was tied to a stake, and the young
Indians, stationed at a certain distance, were allowed to shoot their
arrows at him. Several of them hit him, and the blood trickled freely
down his body. He stood unmoved, however, and seemed not to
notice the wounds. The women then surrounded him, and jeered at
him, making mouths, and pinching his flesh, and punching him with
sharp sticks.
At last, it was determined by the warriors, to let him loose upon
the prairie and give him a chance of escape. The warriors were to
pursue him. If he was retaken, he was to die; if he outran his
pursuers, he was to have his liberty.
The prisoner was unbound and placed at the distance of about six
rods in advance of those who were to pursue him; the signal was
given, and he departed. He seemed fleet as the mountain deer, and
life was the wager for which he ran. He was, however, pursued by
more than a dozen Indians, scarcely less lightfooted than himself. He
struck across the prairie, which lay stretched out for several miles,
almost as level as the sea, and in the distance, was skirted by the
forest.
He kept in advance of his pursuers, who strained every nerve to
overtake him. On he flew, casting an occasional glance backward.
The yells broke often from his pursuers, but he was silent. It was for
life that he fled, and he would not waste a breath. On he sped, and
as he and his followers seemed to grow less and less in the distance,
my eyes grew weary of the scene. But such was the interest that I
felt for the poor fugitive that I kept my gaze bent upon the chase for
almost an hour.
The Indians seemed at last in the remote distance to be dwindled
to the size of insects; they still strained every limb, though they
seemed scarcely to move; they still yelled with all their might, but
only an occasional faint echo reached our ears. At last, the fugitive
plunged into the forest; his pursuers followed, and they were lost to
the view. After the lapse of several hours, the pursuing party
returned, without their prisoner. He was at liberty in the unbounded
forest.
 The Smuggler.
Who would imagine that a dog had been made serviceable as a
clerk, and thus made for his master upwards of a hundred thousand
crowns? And yet an incident like this happened upwards of forty
years since. One of those industrious beings who know how to live
by skinning flints, determined, in extreme poverty, to engage in
trade. He preferred that species of merchandise which occupied the
least space, and was calculated to yield the greatest profit. He
borrowed a small sum of money from a friend, and repairing to
Flanders, he there bought pieces of lace, which he smuggled into
France in the following manner.
He trained an active spaniel to his purpose. He caused him to be
shaved, and procured for him the skin of another dog, of the same
hair and the same shape. He then rolled his lace round the body of
his dog, and put over it the garment of the stranger so adroitly, that
it was impossible to discover the trick. The lace being thus arranged,
he would say to his docile messenger, “Forward, my friend.” At the
words, the dog would start, and pass boldly through the gates of
Malines or Valenciennes, in the face of the vigilant officer placed
there to prevent smuggling. Having thus passed the bounds, he
would wait his master at a little distance in the open country. There
they mutually caressed and feasted, and the merchant placed his
rich packages in a place of security, renewing his occupation as
occasion required. Such was the success of this smuggler that in less
than five or six years he amassed a handsome fortune and kept his
coach.
Envy pursues the prosperous. A mischievous neighbor at length
betrayed the lace merchant; notwithstanding all his efforts to
disguise the dog, he was suspected, watched, and discovered.
But the cunning of the dog was equal to the emergency. Did the
spies of the custom-house expect him at one gate,—he saw them at
a distance, and instantly ran to another. Were all the gates shut
against him,—he overcame every obstacle; sometimes he leaped
over the wall; at others, passing secretly behind a carriage or
running between the legs of travellers, he would thus accomplish his
aim. One day, however, while swimming a stream near Malines, he
was shot, and died in the water. There was then about him five
thousand crowns’ worth of lace—the loss of which did not afflict his
master, but he was inconsolable for the loss of his faithful dog.
 The Poet’s Dog.
The manner in which Pope, the great English poet, was preserved
by the sagacity of his dog, is truly remarkable. This animal, who was
called Marquis, could never agree with a favorite servant of his
master’s; he constantly growled when near him, and would even
show his teeth whenever this servant approached. Although the poet
was singularly attached to this dog,—who was a spaniel of the
largest species,—yet, on account of his extreme neatness, which he
pushed almost to excess, he would never allow him to remain in his
chamber. Nevertheless, in spite of positive orders, the spaniel would
frequently sneak, towards evening, into the apartment of his master,
and would not be driven from it without the greatest difficulty.
One evening, having slipped very softly in without being
perceived, the animal placed himself under the bed of his master,
and remained there. Towards morning, the servant rushed hastily
into the chamber of Pope. At this moment, the dog suddenly left his
post and leaped on the villain, who was armed with a pistol. The
poet started from his sleep; he threw open the window to call for
assistance, and beheld three highwaymen, who had been introduced
by his servant into the garden of his villa, for the purpose of robbing
him. Disconcerted by this unforeseen accident, the robbers hesitated
a moment, and then took flight. The servant, thus betrayed by the
watchful dog, was sentenced to forfeit his life.
The same dog, shortly after this singular event, exhibited another
proof of his remarkable instinct. Pope, reposing one afternoon in a
little wood about twelve miles distant from his house, lost a watch of
great value. On returning home, the poet wished to know the hour,
and found his watch was not in his fob. Two or three hours had
elapsed, and a violent storm was just commencing.
The poet called his dog, and making a sign, which Marquis very
well understood, he said, “I have lost my watch—go look for it.” At
these words Marquis departed, and repaired, no doubt, to every spot
at which his master stopped. It happened that the poor animal was
so long occupied in the search as to create great anxiety, for
midnight had arrived, and he had not returned. What was the
astonishment of Pope, when, on rising in the morning, he opened his
chamber door, and there beheld his faithful messenger lying quietly
and holding in his mouth the splendid jewel, with which he had
returned perfectly uninjured, and which was the more highly valued
by the poet, as it had been presented to him by the queen of
England.
 A Shark Story.
Some years ago, while sitting on the quarter-deck of a West
Indiaman, borne rapidly along before the trade wind, the captain
and passengers were amusing themselves by telling stories and
cracking jokes to beguile the sameness of the voyage. It came at
last to the turn of a gentleman remarkable for his love of cigars and
taciturnity; one who enjoyed a good anecdote, but abhorred the
trouble of relating it himself. He was, however, so strongly
importuned on this occasion, that with much reluctance he related
the following, by fits and starts, filling up each pause by vigorous
whiffs of his favorite weed:—
In the year 1820, the good ship Rambler sailed from Greenock,
with goods and passengers, towards Jamaica. She had crossed the
tropic. One day, when nearly becalmed, the steward, who had the
care of the captain’s plate, had occasion, after dinner, to wash some
spoons and other articles in a bucket, and thinking he had taken all
out of the water, he chucked it over the gangway, when, to his
vexation, he found he had thrown out with it a valuable silver table
spoon. He saw it shining through the clear blue ocean, and wavering
from side to side as it sank from his view. Several sharks had been
observed near the ship, and it is known they generally dart upon
anything white, a piece of rag often serving for a bait. He did not,
however, observe any of them near the spot at the time; and the
captain being a testy man, he kept the secret of the loss to himself,
and the matter was soon forgotten.
The ship in due time reached Jamaica, and when the
circumstance became known, the value of the spoon was deducted
from the wages of the steward. The vessel lay some time at
Kingston, received on board a cargo of sugar, and proceeded on her
homeward voyage. When crossing nearly the same spot on the
aqueous world where the spoon was lost, a number of sharks again
showed their tail fins above the water as they cut along the ship’s
side, or in her wake; and a shark hook being baited with a piece of
salt pork, was lowered over the stern. Presently one of the largest of
these devouring monsters, or, as the sailors call them, “Sea
Lawyers,” half turning on its side, took the huge bait into his pig-like
but tremendous jaws, and was securely hooked.
The fish was with difficulty hauled alongside and hoisted on deck,
where it flapped about and showed prodigious strength and tenacity
of life. When its struggles were ended by a blow on the head with a
mallet, one of the men proceeded to open it. His jack-knife soon
came in contact with something in its belly, and—said the narrator,
with earnestness, “what do you think was really found?” “Why, the
spoon, of course!” exclaimed the listeners simultaneously. “The
spoon!” he rejoined, with a smile, “No! no!” “What then?” they
hastily inquired. “Why, nothing but the entrails, to be sure!”
The taciturnity of the waggish messmate was not again disturbed
for another story during the voyage.

Joyful Meeting.—A few days since, at Buffalo, a boat load of

Germans landed from the canal, evidently direct from Germany.
Among them was an old lady and some three or four children, quite
grown up. Several tavern-keepers were around the boat, as is
customary, to solicit patronage from the emigrants, and one of these
approached the old lady, who, immediately upon seeing him, threw
herself upon his neck and wept. The children also embraced him,
and tears and smiles alternately bore their sway.
The explanation of the scene given was, that the old lady was on
her way to Detroit in search of her husband, who had emigrated
some years previous, and she had thus unexpectedly fallen upon
him at this place. What a meeting!

Mirage.—Brig. Wm. Ash, 6th July, 1843, 8-1/4 P. M.—Being at

anchor off the Pilgrims, river St. Lawrence, to wait the tide—fine
weather and light wind, I was called to by our pilot, Wm. Russell,
saying there was a ship sailing in the air. When, looking in the air, in
the direction pointed out, I distinctly saw the appearance of a full-
rigged ship, under full sail, passing very swiftly over the land, in a S.
S. W. direction. I watched it with the spyglass, until, to my view, it
vanished into smoke. It was witnessed also by the pilot’s apprentice,
Dennis Glen.
Wm. Morrish, Master.

“Our Father”—said a bishop, who was benevolently teaching the

Lord’s prayer to a poor beggar boy, to whom he had just given a
hard crust of bread. “What,—not our Father,” said the boy. “Yes,”
said the bishop, “our Father.” “Then we are brothers; and an’t you
ashamed to offer your brother such a crust as this?”
 Eccentric Characters

old boots, of ripon

Among the infinite variety of human countenances, none was ever

better calculated to excite laughter, than that of the person whose
portrait we have given above. He was servant of an inn at Ripon, in
Yorkshire, England, where it was part of his duty to wait upon
travellers and take charge of boots and shoes. Hence, he went under
the title of Old Boots.
It was his custom to introduce himself into the room, with a pair
of slippers in one hand and a boot-jack in the other. His features at
once amazed and diverted every visitor; for nature had given him
such length of nose and chin, and brought them so near together,
that he could hold a piece of money between them, like a thumb
and finger, or a pair of nippers. This feat he was always ready to
perform, and he became, in fact, the great curiosity of the place.
 captain snarly.

There is nothing more easy than to find fault, particularly after a

little practice; for the thing grows upon us as we get used to it. Of
all countries, there is none that furnishes such inveterate fault-
finders, as England. Many of them are very much addicted to
grumbling, even in their own country; but when out of it, everything
goes wrong. The other day I saw a boy with a snapping turtle, which
he had just taken out of a muddy pond. The creature was very
savage—and if you pointed your finger at him, he would snap at you
in the most spiteful manner. Nothing could move around him, but he
would snap at it. I must confess that when I looked at the creature,
he put me in mind of Captain Hall, Mrs. Trollope, Major Hamilton,
and other English travellers, who have visited our country, and gone
home and reviled everything they saw.
But we must now turn to the subject of the present article,
Joseph Cappur, whose portrait is placed at the head of this article,
and whom we call Captain Snarly. He lived at a place near London,
called Kensington, and though he was rich, his habits were
exceedingly stingy. He was chiefly famous for his love of finding
fault; and he loved nothing so well as a snarling companion. One
day, as he was walking about the place, he came to a small tavern.
He entered, and asked the landlord if he could furnish him lodgings.
“No!” said the landlord, fiercely—and then ordered him out of the
house. This pleased old Snarly so much, that he immediately took up
his abode at the place, and there he lived for twenty-five years. His
greatest sport was to poke fun at the landlord and make him mad
with fury.
Old Snarly was a great politician and a champion of the king. He
would let nobody speak ill of either. He hated the French, and one of
his chief occupations was to kill flies, which he called Frenchmen. He
died at the age of seventy-two, and left one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to his relatives, whom he would not see while he
was living.

john baker.
 This man was wonderful for the power he had over the muscles of
his face. Though he had not a long nose, yet he could move it in
such a manner as to take a piece of money up from a table between
his nose and chin, and hold it there firmly. Nay more, he could draw
his nose down in such a manner as to take it into his mouth, and
then his under lip appeared even with his eyes and forehead! He
could also put the stem of a tobacco pipe through his nose, and then
take up a wine glass and hold it between his nose and chin, as
shown in the portrait.
The performances of this man astonished all who saw him, and
several eminent medical men expressed great wonder at his feats.
He was both a sailor and a soldier, in the British service, and served
in the revolutionary war, in America. He was twice married, and had
a family of thirteen children. His life was one of great vicissitude,
and when an old man, he was famous at Wapping, for his stories
about what he had seen and done. He had a good opinion of
himself, and used generally to wind off his long tales with the
declaration that his equal was not to be found in the whole world!