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press — Zamang del Guayre — Elm in Wales— Limes in Lithu- 

 ania — Oak in France — Locust-trees in Brazil — Gum-trees in 

 Australia — Mammoth-tree of California — A tall Family — Fell- 

 ing the " Big Tree " — Speculation, 114 



VI. THE MINUTE. 



Wonder at Minuteness — Complexity — Melicerta — Its Building 

 Powers — Mental Faculties — The Invisible World — Diatoms — 

 Their Form and Structure — Mode of Increase — Mode of Aggre- 

 gation — Various Points of Interest — Life in a Drop of Water 

 '—Infusoria — Stentor — Animalcule-tree — Floscularia — Eoti- 

 fera — Notommata — Salpina — Laying and Hatching of an Egg 

 — Sculptured Shells — Anuraea — Maximus in Minimis, , ,148 



VII. THE MEMORABLE. 



Chuck-will's Widow — ANight Scene — Heliconia — Singular Habit of 

 a Butterfly — Swarming of Urania — A Jamaican Forest — Tree- 

 ferns — A Brazilian Forest — Glories of Tropical Scenery — 

 Strange Scene in a Churchyard — The Bird of Paradise at 

 Home — Washington's Eagle — A Night with Fern-owls — The 

 King of the Butterflies captured — First Sight of the Royal 

 Water-lily — Scene in the Life of Mungo Park — Scientific En- 

 thusiasm — Humboldt's Experience, . , , , ,172 



VIII. THE RECLUSE. 



Strange Tameness of Animals — Vigilance and Jealousy — Caution 

 and Confidence combined — Shyness and Coyness — Eagles — 

 Ducks — Stanzas to a Water-fowl — Ostrich — Rhea — Scottish 

 Urns — European Bison — Mode in which it is hunted — Suspi- 

 ciousness of Moose — Reputed Power of remaining submerged 

 ^Strange Story — Crusting — Moose-yard— Solitary Habits — 



