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THE SCALES ON THE LOWER EDGE OF THE WING OF ANOPHELES MOSOUITO. 



wings make five hundred and twelve 

 strokes a second. 



The quest of the truth in this matter 

 will lead to many happy hours in the 

 haunts of this little malarial pest and 

 numberless delightful minutes with the 

 wings under your microscope. 



You have the hint. The suggestion 

 is this : Tell us what you find. It is 

 immaterial whether your investiga- 

 tions confirm or disprove what appears 

 to be the structure of the wing on my 

 slide. Your report will be interesting 

 to us who read The Guide to Nature. 

 You have enjoyed the articles in each 

 issue, so why not "do your bit," and 

 help contribute to the enjoyment of the 

 rest of us? 



From Nothing, Nothing Comes. 



Nature — the world I could touch — 

 was folded and filled with myself. I 

 am inclined to believe those philoso- 

 phers who declare that we know noth- 

 ing but our own feelings and ideas. 

 That is why, perhaps, many people 

 know so little about what is beyond 

 their short range of experience. They 

 look within themselves — and find noth- 

 ing! Therefore they conclude that 

 there is nothing outside themselves 

 either. — Helen Keller. 



Love of nature costs nothing, and yields 

 1,000 per cent. 



— Emma Peirce. 



Nature — faint emblem of Omnipo- 

 tence ! 



Shaped by His hand — the shadow of 

 His light— 



The veil in which He wraps His ma- 

 jesty. — Horace Bushnell. 



