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Pill- GUIDE TO NATURE 





"HAND HER YOUR FIELD GLASSES." 



"JUST AS YOU DO ON A LONG TRAMP. 



bottle are characteristics of naturalists, 

 but they evidently are, in this case, of the 

 naturalist's cats. The cat, however, to 

 be true to the instinct of her master, must 

 be a tramp, at least temporarily, for 

 where is the naturalist who is not happy 

 at the thought of a tramp even if he does 

 not drink out of the proverbial old tomato 

 can. 



Of course your cat will be a lover of 

 lenses ; she will like to gaze into infinity, 

 and to give her scope for the exercise 

 of her ability along that line, hand her 



your field glasses and see how gracefully 

 she will balance them on one paw, steady 

 them with the other and will gaze learn- 

 edly at some distant constellation, avail- 

 able to her in the daytime because of her 

 light-gathering eyes. Should you en- 

 counter any obstacle in inducing her to 

 hold the field glasses, to focus them and 

 to gaze into them studiously, you must 

 look at the accompanying photograph of 

 Mr. Breen's cat in the act, scratch your 

 head, walk about the yard four or five 

 times and try again. You will be divided 



TENDERLY, LOVINGLY GAZE ON IT. 



DRAW IT NEARER AND TAKE A PRO- 

 LONGED NIP— CATNIP TEA? 



