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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. 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. Hogs are Weather Prophets. Hogs are always more restless than usual on the y . approach of bad weather, and when these I b ) ?? run to and fro with mouthfuls of straw, P Is leaves, or brachies, storms may be expected. In c: d their native ...

... 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. 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 ...

... NATURE NOTES.. A Singing Fish. Along the const of Florida ind Georgia the ng Inusscat notes ot what the old 4shertn eall the l; *- eipighg shad is often beard. 1hey differ he froma the common shad iu being smaller. and :lIC also iU the formation .'of ...

... a NATURE NOTES. A Dc/a'la.zble claw^.z; It is wrcil-sknovwn thalt when frightened the iobster can, and doc, ciast ni cIlw, especiaily in cold vveather, probaibly vvithl the llotion of satis. vi /ying its captors nith a portion instead of the al wholoe ...

... 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. U d Imprisoned Miles, A Bombay doctor is exhibiting a really extra ordinary entomological specimen in a sn; .l e microscope. Fourteen months ago a coupiso5 mites from a Stilton cheese were placed on tie glass of the microscope with the point ...

... 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. What an Eleephant Rats. The quantity of food necessary to support the 4 colossal frame of the elephant is great. The g daily rations of one elephant have been set down as follows:-A trnus and a half of hay, forty. two pounds of Swedish turnips ...