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Fig. 4. — A single cell of the cortex, magnified about 250 diameters : — 

 C.W., Cell- wall ; pr., Protoplasm ; v., Vacuole containing 

 cell-sap ; n.. Nucleus with nucleolus. 



,, 5. — A young cell from near the apex of the root, x 250 : — 

 pr., Protoplasm ; v., Vacuole ; n., Nucleus. 



,, 6, — A young cell, further removed from the apex than Fig. 5. 

 Same magnification ; lettering the same. 



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Ant-Lion (Larva of). — This insect is a very interesting one, and 

 one about which considerable misapprehension exists ; at least, I 

 was quite surprised when it was pointed out to me among the sand 

 at the mouth of a large cave called the " Four de Berne," which 

 is situated in the Cliffs that overhang the brawling stream which 

 issues from the Val de Travers (Canton Neuchatel), Switzerland. 

 On enquiring for the way to enter this gorge, to my surprise I 

 found that the peasant to whom I spoke had suspected my nation- 

 ality and spoke to me in good English, which he had acquired 

 during a residence of several years in America. 



He knew something of Geology, and took a most intelligent 

 interest in other matters connected with Natural History, and not 

 only showed me my way, but accompanied me for some distance, 

 and took me to the entrance to this cave, where we parted. 



He informed me that he had been employed by a Swiss gentle- 

 man some years ago to search for prehistoric remains, in which 

 they had been very successful, and while we were sitting on a stone 

 conversing together, he drew my attention to some long, narrow 

 tracks which had been made in the dry sand, and asked if I knew 

 what they were. I did not know, as I had never noticed such 

 markings before. He pointed out that these winding tracks inva- 

 riably ended in a little depression in the sand, circular in shape, 

 with sloping sides, and about an inch deep. Putting his finger 

 into the sand at the side of this hollow, he shoved it underneath, 

 and from the bottom he haul'd out a dirty-looking little " critter," 

 about the size or rather bigger than the one which is so thoroughly 



