THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



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It is not likely that the tiers after 

 being cooled by the morning rain, re- 

 mained cooler after the fog had funned, 

 but they would have the same tempera- 

 ture as the fog. I think there must 

 have keen a slight motion of the foe 

 downwards from some higher ground, 

 bringing with it the larger drops that 

 fell like rain. 



Why could it not have keen a driz- 

 zling fog whose drops fell on the sur- 

 face of the pond? — Cleveland Abbe. 

 Weatker Department, Washington. 



STUDYING NATURE PEDAGOGY. 



REPORT OF E. EARL DUBOIS, CoRRESPOND- 



1XO MEMBER, NO. 2042, OODENSBURG, 



N. Y. 



I do not know as I can make much 

 of a report of my work as a Corres- 

 ponding Member of the AA this year 

 because I have been a member only a 

 few months. Last summer my spare 

 time was devoted to my camera and to 

 furthering my nature "knowledge in a 

 general way, such as naming species in 

 new localities, etc. 



Then, too, I have spent considerable 

 time for several months in making a 

 comparative study of the systems" of 

 teaching nature study in the schools 

 of various countries. Especially in tins 

 state, our systems are far behind those 

 of Canada and some European conn- 

 tries. It seems about time we were 

 getting- awake to our position in the 

 educational world. This is a work- 

 that takes more of my interest than a 

 mere study of nature because I can 

 only know a little at best and I now, 

 I think, have learned enough to get the 

 correct view point in nature study and 

 in education. I enclose a specimen of 

 the outlines I use at various times, 

 thinking you may be interested in it. 

 You probably noticed my article in the 

 November issue of The Nature-Study 

 Review. 



Next summer I expect to be able to 

 take up some line of field work. 



[With this report was an excellent outline 

 for "The Story of a Tree." Mr. DuBois 

 believes that; "Nature study is an effort to 

 put the life of man in harmony with that of 

 nature. Its means is simple observational 

 study; its results, greater happiness and 

 efficiency."] 



A MOUSE CATCHING FLIES. 



I".Y FREDERICK SCHWA NK0VSKY, JR., 

 CORRESPONDING MEMBER NO. 2053 OF 



Till-, AOASSIZ ASSOCIATION, DETROIT, 



M K'll [GAN. 

 I noticed a mouse doing some 

 "stunts," which were so peculiar as 

 to meril special notice. It was in 

 broad daylight in the show window 

 o| a large down town business house. 

 The big plate glass window was set 

 in a heavy frame and along this frame 

 on the inside of the glass I noticed a 

 mouse and some flies. The latter buzzed 

 against the glass for a while and then fell 

 to the frame at the bottom, rested a mo- 

 ment and then buzzed up again. The 

 mouse, however, was very busy reducing 

 the number of flies. It would watch un- 

 til a fly got near the bottom of the glass 

 and then rush forward and catch it 

 deftly between its front feet as a boy- 

 would catch a baseball. Then sitting 

 ii]) it would calmly eat the captured 

 fly. It caught and ate three while I 

 watched and only a boy tapping on 

 the glass finally scared it away. It 

 seems to me this mouse seemed not 

 only bold but very capable of adjust- 

 ing itself to circumstances, of devis- 

 ing ways and means for taking care 

 of itself. 



HORNET MET BUMBLEBEE!. 



A True Story. — The minister was 

 making a parishional call, and the 

 youngest member of the family, a 

 small boy of tender years, finally mus- 

 tered sufficient courage to inquire his 

 name: "My name," replied the clergy- 

 man pleasantly, "is Mr. Tehonnet, what 

 is your name?" Astonished out of all 

 prudence by so singular a name and 

 convinced that the minister was "fun- 

 rung," he mastered his surprise as nest 

 he could and gravely replied: "My 

 name is Mr. G. Bumblebee." — "Ento- 



mological News." 



lie who has discovered little beauty 

 within finds but little without ; and 

 he who has realized great beauty 

 within, sees it overflowing in Nature. 

 —"Where Dwells the Soul Serene," by 

 Stanton Kirkham Davis. 



