Excerpt from The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Letters, Arts, Sciences, &C. For the Year 1829: Comprising a Review of New Publications; Original Essays on Polite Literature, the Arts and Sciences; Poetry; Criticism on the Fine Arts, the Drama, &C.; Biography; Correspondence of Distinguished Persons; Anecdotes, Jeux D'esprit, &C

Again. Pie-nic excursions are much in vogue all over America. To shew how far these dij'sr from any thing to which they may be compared in England, it may be suficient to observe, that pio-m'c parties generally consist of families of respectability, with their friends, who are on a perfectly intimate footing with each other. In summer some romantic spot is fixed upon, to which the party proceed; if by water, which is most commonly the case, in an open boat; or if by land, in gigs or in ealashes, and on horseback. The ladies consider it as within their particular province to furnish the estables. The gentlemen provide wines and spirits. At these parties there is usually less restraint and more enjoyment than at the as semblies. Os some grassy glade, shaded by the luxuriant branches of (west. Trees, and not far from a clear spring or rivulet, the contents of weli-filled baskets are disclosed; feasting on which, forms certainly the most substantial part of the day's enjoyment; but, perhaps, the most agreeable is that which succeeds, when the party divides for the pleasure of walking, and there are, undoubtedly, worse occupations in the world' than wandering with a {netty woman through the shirts ofa wood, or a on; the mar gin of the sea, enjoying sweet converse, ' and the delights of the air and surrounding scenery. As the evening approaches, they re assemble. And the part followed by their ser vants, bringing along t 0 fragments of the pie. Hie, return to the host in which they embark. The evenings, at this season, are usually clear, agreeably warm, and tranquil; the sea calm and unruffled; and as neither the wine nor the wreck of fowls, hams, ao. Are forgotten, a re petition of the pie-nie may be said to take place on the water. It sometimes happens that on returning from these parties, the tide has ebbed so far that the boat cannot approach within a hundred yards of the shore; but, as it would be extremely ungallant to allow the ladies to remain any time without landing, the gen tlemen, let their rank in society be what it may.

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