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gathers them as before. An expert has 

 been known to gather three thousand 

 in one night. Besides being a business, 

 firefly catching is a sport in Japan. 

 Little girls pursue the insects with 

 their fans, boys with wands to which 

 a wisp of yarn is fastened, and they 

 sing an old folk rhyme as thev follow 

 the glistening insects. Nor do their 

 elders disdain to join in the sport. 

 They organize festival parties to visit 

 certain spots, long known and famous, 

 to witness the beautiful spectacle of 

 the fireflies swarming - . — The Oriental 

 Rcviciv. 



Painted Turtle's Visit to a Garden. 

 Stockbridge, Mass. 

 To the Editor ; 



I think I wrote you last year of the 

 painted turtle, which every year comes 



The Dog Cemetery at Hornell, New 

 York. 



BY F. E. BRONSON, HORNELL, XK\Y YORK. 



Paris has a cemetery for dogs. There 

 is one in London There is also one in 

 Hornell, western New York. The cem- 

 etery for dogs at Hornell is to be found 

 in a delightful grove situated near the 

 city. It is a tribute to the affection in 

 which the dog is held by one of its citi- 

 zens, Mr. Frank L. Myers. Some years 

 ago Mr. Myers lost a favorite dog, and,, 

 not wishing to dispose of the body in 

 the usual way, he bought a fine ten- 

 acre grove near the city and there es- 

 tablished this cemetery for pets. Mr. 

 Myers has not limited the cemetery 

 to the burial of his own dog, but any- 

 body may have the privilege of bury- 

 ing his pet animal and of erecting a 

 suitable stone with its name and the 



THE PAINTED TURTLE, SHOWING LOWER AXI) UPPER SHELL. 

 Photograph by Raymond L. Ditmars, New York City. 



to the warden, at strawberrv-time, and 

 stays till after the currants are gone. 

 He came this year again, and has been 

 here ai least fourteen times, and per- 

 haps longer, though I believe 1900 is 

 the earliest date on his shell. Last year 

 he came back to the garden when he 

 had been carried away and thrown in- 

 to the river, at least an eighth of a mile 

 off, and he accomplished this walk in 

 about two hours. 



Yours truly, 

 Virginia Butler. 



name of the owner. The grounds have 

 been extensively worked to beautify 

 the spot. Drives and walks were laid 

 out and seats were placed in conven- 

 ient spots for the use of visitors. One 

 of the many graves is that of Swaler, 

 who lost his life in responding to a call 

 of the fire department when he was 

 the department's mascot. As you enter 

 the grove and near the graves of Mr. 

 Myers's dogs is a large tablet on which 

 is inscribed the Eulogy on the Dog, 

 one of the famous speeches of the late 



