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discoveries proved that cross beams 

 had been fastened to the upright piles, 

 upon which a platform had been erect- 

 ed and huts built upon it. The report 

 of these discoveries soon spread about 

 the neighborhood, and led to the find- 

 ing of a number of other sites where 

 lake dwellings had been erected; and 

 from that time to the present the 

 search has been constantly carried on, 

 not only in Switzerland, but in many 



other countries of Europe. A large 

 number have been explored in Scot- 

 land and Ireland where they are known 

 by the name of "Crannogs," and a 

 few in England; chief among them be- 

 ing the Glastinburg village which is 

 still undergoing exploration and ex- 

 amination. 



To be continued. 



Chas. T. Whiting, 



Montreal. 



A group of showy Natural History Specimens. Cut loaned by C. K. Reed. 



Some Old Time Collecting. 



It has occured to me that the readers 

 of the Museum would like to hear some- 

 thing of the old times I used to have 

 collecting, when I had, what I then 

 claimed to be, the largest amateur col- 

 lection of nests and eggs and singles and 

 doubles, .£■«.?/' of the Rocky Mountains. 

 I say East of the Rocky Mountains, be- 

 cause I had no notion of the collections 

 West of them, excepting one in Cali- 

 fornia, with which I did considerable 

 trading about then. 



When I made this claim I had about 

 325 species of eggs, and nearly 1,000 



in number, and not far from 200 nests, 

 of 50 to 70 species, and about 50 with 

 full nest "compliments" of eggs. So 

 I made my claims — as so many ' 'world's 

 champions" shooters do in the present 

 generation — and for want of evidence 

 to the contrary wore my claim. 



I then lived in Amherst, Massachu- 

 setts. I began collecting in 1864 or 

 thereabouts, and made my claim to the 

 championship in 1874. I left college 

 in 1 876, when I sold many of my speci- 

 mens, and packed up the rest, which 

 were eventually donated, with many 

 other collections, to the Agriculturai 



