... NATURE NOTES. Tbb Terbtblb Tr-Tsb. The most terrible acourge of Africa at the present moment the sleeping sickness, which is conveyed to man the tss-tse fly, and vet up to quite a recent date man was considered immune from the attacks of this poisonous ...

... NATURE NOTES. Crows. outcry raised in Scotland against tbs heron as detourer of trout has lea to strong protest by many in the bird’s favour as destroyer of eels., “If,” says one writer, “heron destroyers would only turn themselves into crow destroyers ...

... NATURE NOTES. intwet• are the most •kilful isirmes?- 11onerch butterflies. They travel for thosassishn Of miles in the air. Why do qnail—hirda of the pertridge family —sleep on the ground in • circle. all faciet ontwardst—so that if a stranger approbate@ ...

... NATURE NOTES only four-footed creature E able to fly is the bet. At sunset you con see him swoopine up and down like a kite. es he pounces on the swarms of gnats dancing in the last light. Country people call him the dittermouse. which Is a very good ...

... NATURE NOTES. asx Short-sighted. Most caterpillars can see no further tkaa two-fifths of an inch aheftd; ami the hair* upon the bodies of the hairy varieties are as much use the insects as eyes would in letting them know going on around. ...

... NATURE NOTES. DOO V. FISH. A remarkable angling incident is reported have occurred in the Kiver Weaver. Two anglers were fishing on Sunday, and the bait of one of them was seized by*a pike with such voracity that float, line, rod, and all were dragged ...

... NATURE NOTES. SPOILING THE WOODS. Writing with reference the wholesale uprooting of wild plants, a correspondent the “Garden” says;—ln Sussex we believe ouraelves exceptionally victimised. Jut at this season, when woods and hedgerows are beginning to ...

... NATURE NOTES THE WEASEL'S TENACITY. 11l Golmbaeh, Brunswick, raven was »i--tacked weasel on the ground. The bird flew off, but the weasel stuck to its hack, and after a short flight both fell down together The raven was dead, but the weasel unhurt. ...

... NATURE NOTES. Cys’ Whiskers. The whiskers of cats are very sensitive, enabling the animals, when seizing their prey in the dark, to* feel its position more acutely. These hairs are supplied, through their roots, with branches of the same nerves that give ...

... NATURE NOTES. Them two iokeaating taken from the Belem Parmh Magasme: 'Where there', Will there's • Way.-8o thinks • pum at tho Farm Cottage. Shaemratar. Puce IS put on the table wnh a jug. There le milk at the bottom of the jug, but Poesy can't get: ...

... NATURE NOTES. 4 REMARKABLE CATCH. It is the custom fishermen on same farts of our coasts lay long lines of hatted hooks along the waters edge low Him Jsr the purpose of catching the fish that come inshore to feed with the A couple years ago fine of this ...

... NATURE NOTES. grey upon grey. I aaw old Antnnm the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silencc, listening To silence, for lonely bird would sing Into his Hollow ear from woods forlorn, Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn. Shaking his languid locks all dewy ...