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give the satisfactory results we had anticipated, and we feel 

 inclined to retire discomfited ; but as a sort of forlorn hope we 

 try once again, and this time we secure one or two really good 

 things. Another night moths arrive quite early and in large 

 numbers, chiefly commoners, but with a sprinkling of the better 



Fig. 13. 

 Moths at a Sugar patch. 



sorts among them. Just what meteorological or other conditions 

 are most conducive to a successful sugaring expedition I have 

 never been able to ascertain. Often blanks have been drawn 

 when the weather has seemingly been the most favourable, and 

 quite as frequently good bags have been made when exactly the 

 reverse was thought to be more likely. If the natural attractions 



