... NATURE NOTES. ENGLISH CRAYFISH. Schemes for the restoration of nrayilsh to tribe. tariee of tho Thames, from whir* they have totally disappeared, owing to the crayfish disease, are,. the county Gentlemen understands,entertained by some of the proprietors ...

... NATURE NOTES. During the last few days there has been n great inprovement in the weather, and it is to be hoped that farmers will now be able to secure the remainder of the corn that iF still out in the fields. There are also a good many potatoes to take ...

... NATURE NOTES. The peaceful parsing of the month of Mardi sad the brilliant jamming of April went events that hienght joy to themes of weary hearts. We have indeed had a king and trying winter but oaw, when the vanes are veering to the south, and bees ...

... NATURE NOTES. On Saturday we had the first of the season. During the fore part d the week and up to Friday storm fiend, the helm wind, erns fiercely among his native hills, a strong gale Flom the aonth-east swept through the valleys and dried the sodden ...

... NATURE NOTES. CANNIBAL FIELD IBM Pprhao,,fh proiloffloi Ito it. Ole, the shrew is the elostufairoliotte sad pugnacious animal known to seishownot excluding the formidable food ot Madagascar. The daily combats of shrews magnified to a aft. scale would ...

... Nature Notes. The nynth of fieptender is agtin and elthottgh it is so tvet i met difficult to d. Any when , ont.e.er tools and autumn lies. nr, yet all know that the glorious hen eat is now in bill along. and everywhere round us there are sign@ of setts ...

... NATURE NOTES. WHIN TRi L071817.R MOULTS. Below is a sketch of a lobster's claw. which explains how the lobster, wishing to shed its shell, withdraws the fleshy part of the big claw through the narrow opening at the base of the limb. In this sketch the ...

... Nature Notes. The month of June, so far. has given a few ideal days. andthe country everywhere looks lovely. There notmin+ a of hawthorn blossom there ISM year. bet trees such the add cherry and trap-apple have boen beautiful to look upon. of the young ...

... NATURE NOTES. This week I have to record the departure rem Penrith of the swifts, or derdins, herb hare fur the past three months been tar wrleome guests. There are few aigrants that do more. good in the wort I. malt. I.a noise about it, than live le‘ilins ...

... NATURE: NOTES. This week an observer, Mr. Hodgson Harrison. writing to ate from the Barnard Castle district, guys: As I always read your notes with pleasure in the Herald every week, I thought it would be of interest to you to knon that as I was out ...

... Nature Notes. . touch of wrote that thi, ay. k to ',full the %alit. One after another. are WI. and. whether al. orater it or not. the beautiful ',v. a role the .. Silt 1e.,. our 'Jo u,. on or about the 20th Await. but I hail fain hoped that the iiitta ...

... NATURE NOTES THE ABBOTBSURY SWANS. There are more than a thousand swans at Abbotabury, living • perfectly natural life, and none of them pinioned. The result is (says the County Gentleman ) that the visitor sees, what it is not possible to see on the ...