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we would urge them not merely to be content with paying 

 an annual subscription to their club, but to support the work 

 and the officials by every means in their power, — to be, in 

 fact, in the best sense of the word, active members. By so 

 doing they will be — without seeking it — amply rewarded by 

 the ever-widening interest and knowledge obtained in the 

 various subjects brought under their notice, whilst at the 

 same time they will be taking their share in dispersing that 

 knowledge amongst others. 



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By a curious coincidence we have received within a few 

 days of each other two accounts of members of the Weasel 

 tribe attacking human beings. One comes from Monmouth- 

 shire, the other from Aberdeenshire. Appropriately enough 

 Mr Bevir writes on this group of mammals in another part 

 of this issue. We shall be glad to hear from other cor- 

 respondents who may have experienced similar encounters, 

 and to publish their statements. 



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The article entitled " How the Animals Die " in this 

 number forms the last chapter of Mr Long's most striking 

 book ' School of the Woods.' It is published here by special 

 permission and arrangement with the publishers, Messrs 

 Ginn & Co., to whom we are indebted for their kindness in 

 allowing us to reproduce it. We have noticed this book 

 elsewhere, but the article in question will give our readers a 

 far better insight into Mr Long's method of dealing with the 

 subject of animals in nature than any review can do. 



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Owing to great pressure upon our space several articles 

 which should have appeared now are held over to our next 

 issue. In that number " Reptile Studies " will be resumed, 

 the subject to be dealt with being " Snake- Venom, and Im- 

 munity from Snake-Bite." In this article we shall have 

 something to say about the controversy which has recently 

 been raging in the press concerning the Mongoose and its 

 snake-killing propensities. 



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