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... NATURE NOTES. A Toap’s APPETITE. According to the “Journal” of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, a toad that was captured at nine o'clock at night was proved to have eaten since sunset six cutworms, five millipedes, six snowbugs, nine ants, one weevil ...

... NATURE NOTES. BewILDERED BY FoG. Fog has a bewildering effect, not only on human beings, but also on animals, save those who find their way b'{‘ scent. Birds are entirely confused by it. ame gi%eons remain all day motionless and half asleep either just ...

... NATURE NOTES. Fise axp Fazsm Warss, By means of experiments carried on during the past eummer by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Professors Scott and White have determined that the gills of fishes are permeable to salts. The experiments consisted in making ...

... NATURE NOTES. Tez Lrrmosrus. One of the commonest kinds of cemtipedes found under stomes is the brown lithobiue, or thirty ki:' shown in our sketch. It finds its m. eeeks its food, and recognises friend foe, by means of the two lons threadlike sensory ...

... NATURE NOTES. Axruan Love. An interesting instance of a dog’s friend. ship with a horse has occurred at Wigton (Cumberland). The horse and dog—the latter a two-year-old retriever—shared the same stable, and the dog, when its friend was taken to the field ...

... NATURE NOTES, A Larce Hearr. The animal possessing the largest heart is the Greenland whale. Its heart is one yard in diameter, and more than three yards round the largest part. ...

... NATURE NOTES, A Vistron Frox ABROAD. The Patagomian cavy is @ curions little animal that has been smocessfully eoclimatised in England and some parts of BEurope. It is about twice the size of & hare, but the {:hinlikom of the rabbit. It alee ‘burrows ...

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... NATURE NOTES. A Naruvmarn Texr. The palm has the largest leaves of any ree. 'lg‘o Inaja palm of the Amason coumtry kss ledves which reach a, length of from thirty to fifty feet, and a breadth of from ten to twelve feet. The leaves of the Taligot palm ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE FasTEST SWIMMER. The shark 1s the fastest swimmer of the fish tribe, and finds no difficulty in keeping up with the swiftest vessels, swimming and playing round them, and ever on the look-out for morsels, small or large. TREES AND LIGHTNING ...

... NATURE NOTES. NuMngr or Stams. Exaggerated notions prevail as to the number of stars visible on a clear night. clusive of the Milky Way, with its aggre tions of small or immounnbl! distan orbs, it is probable that scarcely 2,000 come within the gaze of ...