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number of insects was small. As soon as it grew fairly dark, some 

 few Noctuce put in an appearance : Leucania impura and Apamea 

 fibrosa kept us occupied by dashing round our lamps, and, among these 

 commoner things, Leucania stramvaea occurred sparingly, while the 

 sallow bushes around us, the leaves of which were covered with honey- 

 dew, proved yet more attractive to A. fibrosa than our lights. After 

 continuing our work till 11 p.m., without any startling success, we 

 started for Irstead, taking at the last moment a fine specimen of 

 CelcBua Haworthii, a species of very uncertain appearance in the fens. 



The return home was uneventful, thanks to long experience of 

 the Broad, but small to a stranger would be the chance of finding his 

 way across one of the larger Broads at night. Even by day it is won-,i 

 derf ul at how short a distance the mouth of a river becomes invisible : ; 

 the whole margin is fringed with reed, and marked with numberless;: 

 indentations, among which the river mouth is lost. At night, then, 

 when distant landmarks are invisible, the crossing of a Broad is a task 

 not lightly to be undertaken, and the shores are so irregular, that to 

 coast along them is a tedious, not to say impracticable, business. 



On Monday commenced the grand work of embarkation. Allj 

 our goods and appliances were brought down to the dock (a convenient 

 recess behind an old alder stump) and had to be stowed away for the 

 voyage ; our vessel, and home for the week, consisted of an open boat. 

 19 ft. long X 5 ft. 4 in. beam (the "Ant"), fitted with a mast and lug, 

 sail, but without keel, and drawing only 8 or 9 inches of water. Ae 

 tender to this we had a small collapsible canvass boat of the Berthon, 

 Company pattern — " The Coracle." Into these two we had to pack the 

 appliances for a week's boating expedition, including provisions, and the 

 following sundries, viz. : — one setting case of 100 boards, containing alsCji 

 pins and other setting apparatus, 250 pill-boxes, nets, killing bottles, 

 pinning boxes, &c., one box about 2 ft. X 1 ft. 2 in. X 1 ft. 4 in., con-^ 

 taining large and small attracting lamp, the one for hoisting, the otheif 

 to stand on the ground below for Micros, 9 ft. pole for lamp, tin bo^c 

 of books, papers, &c., fishing rods and apparatus, hand-lamps, anc| 

 lamp for boat, one large tin (2 galls.) of paraffine, a smaller one oi 

 benzoline, and two of methylated spirits ; and also ourselves. | 



But it is wonderful how things can be packed in a boat, and the 

 "Ant" is fitted with lockers, not only at bow and stern, but all along 

 the sides too, and has a box made to fit under the main seat. Thu 

 by careful packing, we stowed all the loose articles and heavy boxes oil 

 board, while the bedding and clothes were folded in the tarpaulin 

 and consigned to the " Coracle." 



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