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maize of wood and wire, can enjoy liberty, and the delight of running. A 

 quiet house is a home, be it ever so humble ; but when the house itself turns 

 round, its homeliness is destroyed altogether." If there is one of our 

 readers who keeps pet Squirrels, let him or her, for one moment, watch the 

 poor little animals' panting sides, and reflect on what Sir George Head has 

 so truly said. In conclusion, we can only say with the poet^— 



" The Squirrel spends his little rage, 

 In jumping round a rolling cage ; 

 The cage, as either side turns up, 

 Striking a ring of bells a-top ; 

 Moved in the orb, pleased with the chimes, 

 The foolish creature thinks he climbs ; 

 But here or there, turn wood or wire. 

 He never gets two inches higher." 



August, 1855. 



. A LIST OF, AND NOTES ON THE FUNGI FOUND IN THE 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EXETER. 



BY MR. EDWARD PARFITT. 



(Continued from page 81. J 



Cantharellus hiatus. On Haldon, among sphagni and other mosses in the 

 bogs. Not common, A very curious plant. My specimens were larger than 

 those generally found, being two inches and a half high, by an inch and a 

 half broad at the top, where it is curled and lobed. Found June 7th, 1853. 



Merulius cerium. Frequent about Exeter, on sticks, &c., always growing 

 on the under side. Dec. 1852. 



M. laehrymans. Too common in many places. 



M. pulverulentiis. This is a handsome species, particularly when it has a 

 flat free siirface to spread upon. I met with a beautiful specimen at Parker's- 

 well house, spreading over an old rail in the garden. 



Dadalia quercina. Not very common. On oak posts about Exeter. I 

 met with a very fine specimen on an old oak gate-post at St. George's Clist. 

 Api-il 17th, 1853. 



D. hetidina. Very rare. Only one specimen has come under my notice. I 

 found it growing on an oak denuded of its bark, lying in the Basin yard, 

 near the quay. 1850. 



D. unicolor. Common on rails in some meadows below the Salmon-pool. 



Polyporus squamosus. Rare in this neighbourhood, probably from there 

 not being many ash trees, the arborescent vegetation being principally elms. 

 This species is very frequent in Norfolk, sometimes growing to a very large 

 size. I met with a curious variety of this species, Sep. 22nd, 1853. It was 

 growing from the stump of an Elm which had been sawn ofi" even, or nearly 

 so, with the ground. The base of the plant was an immense black knob. 



