... A NATURE NOTE, Two farmers made a sporting wager as to which of them could hold a wusp in‘;il hand the longer without getting stung. One of them, heing a wily creature, rn%b«i chloroform on his hand before he took hold of the wasp, The other farmer, being ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Curiovs CHANGE. A remarkable transformation of a cat’s fur by temperature has been reported. A black cat was accidentally shut in the vefrigerating chamber of a mail steamer in SJ:ey harbour, and was not discovered until about thirty-two ...

... NATURE NOTES It any man be vain of bis knowledge, thinking himself wise, let him but visit the world of ipsects, and ‘on himself which is the greatest Igr quest| r his ignorance.” M. C. Cooke In the matter of butterflies the waning summer seems to reserve ...

... NATURE NOTES., Geruax Ostricm Famw. The ostrich farm founded three years ago by Mr. Hagenbeck near Hamburg is growing rapidly in immunoe as velFal size. It was fir. Hagenbeck's theory that the ostrich, although a native of got countries, would thrive i ...

... NATURE NOTES. ea— How A Piexoy Dmiwxs. Thers is no other bird which runs quite the same risk and evades them in the same way as the pigeon. Given a fair start and no mrg:in there is no hawk that can take him. the pigeon flies swiftly from a distance to ...

... NATURE NOTES. Mouse tuAaT Sucks Hoxer. One of the groatput curiosities of Anstralian animal life is the noolbenger, a tiny member of the oyomsum family, wiich is the only beast specially adapted for living on honey. In size and general form this %ittle ...

... NATURE NOTES. Braruike Smrprerp Doos. A It has already been noted by acientists that certain mountain dogs have shapes and assume attributes resembling those of a bear. Among these dogs the lheeg dog of the Pyrences bears a closer resemblance to the bear ...

... NATURE NOTES. Woxoow Paxes or Oyster SHELLS. On the West Coast of India is found » species of oyster whose shell consists of a pair of roughly circular plates, about six inches in diameter, - These plate are thin and white, They can be, and are, used ...

... NATURE NOTES. “ See deep enengh, and you see musically ; the heart of Nature being everywhers music, if you can only reach it*”’ Carlyle To the distant view the mized hedgerows seem blurred with patches of dusty yellow, where the gold of autumn creeps ...

... NATURE NOTES. Frixy Fezxs, The popular name of the beautiful “Filmy Ferns” is derived from the fact that, during the growing season, the fronds are usually covered with a film of moisture, without which protection the delicate tissues would quickly perish ...

... NATURE NOTES. Poxp 1™ A Prant. g In British Guiana a plant is fourd called * Heliamphora Nutans.” It grows in marshy ground, and is nhnped so that centipedes, ete., crawling over 1t fall dowm into a cuplike receptacle oontahi:g water, and are drowned ...

... NATURE NOTES. AgBANGEMENTS have been made by the secretary and committee of the *“Hope to Progper © Silver Band, North Skelton,| Tp many meadows and woods the wild with the Corporation of Ripon for the|dafiodil is blooming freely now. It is band to give ...