... NATURE: NOTE-S. Mt I nderisof ^6 I ife - Thoe coiplelty of ais~al ttectura is Wivvl. iour, A ¢aterpillar co Bta Qi W pa att :D. mueclep. In a human body aro so perspiration laun4q Qomil'unltsp witb the iurface by dpsets, having a total length.of use teu ...

... . NATURE NOTES. Large Oysters. tlolny mentions that, according to the hi- torians of Alexander's expedition, oysters a foot in diameter were found in the Indian seas; and Sir James E. Tennent was unexpectedly enabled to corroborate the correctness of ...

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... NATURE NOTES. Animals and Heat. Cats never bathe, though. tigers do so rega. larly, and in the heat of ludia sit for a long time up to their necks' in 'water. ?? The cat seems to rejoice in any degree of 'heat, and to be willing to sit in a cucufaber ...

... NATURE NOTES. C~ats as Clocks. t Ctbaeben made use of in all manner of w ats, hand noe he least curious is the manlner in t itwhich the peculiarity of their eyes have been fo 'turned, to asccount by the Chinese. Everyone h knows that cats can see in the ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Weird Little AnimaL One of the ?? most dreaded in Java is a , harmless little creature, called bv the natives ip malmag, and by English.-peaking people the C nr tarsius. The little animals are no larger thana' re il. common squirrel, but ...

... NATURE NOTES. it v Ig Anz Interestizng Snake. Is An interesting snake has been added to the vi I collection of the, Zoological Society. 'This s creature lives exclusively upon a diet of eggs, which its small teeth permit it to swallowun. 0 broken. But ...

... NATURE NOTES. T| '*AMan-Faced Crab, IOne of the most singular.looking of Dame Nature's creations is the famous iian-crab of P i Jalan, which fairly swarms in the inland seas a' t of that country. Its body is hardly an inch in 0° * length, yet the bead ...

... NATURE NOTES. tnth Bearded Tit in Norfolk. ed A pleasar t piece of natural history gossip ,as appears in ?? .i otos from NIorfolk. A certain MU r a landowner, who, ?? to be 7ery wealthy and INi rat at the same timoe au enthusiastic oraithologistI, an ...

... NATURE NOTES. iSi,,n,,ringice' Wjhilst Iyiqg in bed que night, a fesw years i qpie, Rrites A corrqspondqst, 1 ivas surprised by ,ed hgqirg (aS I ;h ?? at the ?? my linneb ,ea yilgjii.g I !tqo no par~ipalar notiog, Dqet the ers f~ogw~ig night, ait er ;jripg ...

... NATURE NOTES. Silk From Fish Eggs. A French chcrmist has recentiy discovered that a the eggs of certaf!L species of fich are enveloped ,u in veritable .ilket cocoons. Siuec the learned , lrenchmrit beg.an his experincuts in this inue . (in 1894), ?? has ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Pig-eons of St. Maerk's. a Nothing is more amusing than to watch the g marvellous intelligence with which the pigeons of St. Mark's, in Venice, can discriminate between residents and visitors in the grand square of that city, the Piazza ...