THE OUTDOOR WORLD. 



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six inches thick, which lies under the 

 skin and is impervious to cold. The 

 skin is shining' black and as smooth 

 as plate glass. 



As many as 1,500 blackfish have 

 probably been captured during an en- 

 tire season, but it was never recorded, 

 except in the case here cited, that at any 

 one time were so many caught. So it 



may be truthfully said that in three 

 particulars — number, size and value of 



fish caught- 



-this is the greatest Ameri- 



can fish catch. 



Since seeing that great catch of fish, 

 I have never been interested in watch- 

 ing a cork bob on a small stream or 

 lake. — The Boy. 



A Nursery as a Nature Institution. 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW, ARCADIA : SOUND 

 BEACH, CONN. 



More than to "check" a list of "one 

 hundred and twenty-seven birds" or 

 ninety-two trees" is to know even one 

 bird or one tree. More than to know 

 the habits in general of one class of 

 animals is to know one individual ani- 

 mal with all its personalities and idio- 

 syncracies. 



We need some one to write a "Silver- 

 spot" or "Lobo" story of an oak or a 

 maple, a "Redraft" or a "Bingo" story 

 of a spruce or white pine. It is illogi- 

 cal and not conducive of the best bene- 

 fits to note the germination of peas 

 and beans in the springtime, the bloom- 

 ing of lilies in the summer, and to 

 examine the nuts of the hickory in the 

 autumn. . If we would really know that 

 bird, that flower or nut, let us know 



THE ENTRANCE TO A TREE-LOVING INSTITUTION. 



