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jargonelle pear, or of ribstone pippin, an effective addition. Now 

 comes the initial stage in the night's venture, the " sugar " is put 

 on each tree in a streak extending downwards about a foot from 

 the level of one's chin ; if thin enough to spread easily the 

 mixture is almost certain to run further down the trunk. Whilst 



Fig. 12. 

 A Ride in the New Forest. 



employed in this somewhat messy preliminary we meditate on 

 the possible result, and hope that if visitors are not numerous 

 they may at least be select. Lighting the lantern, the first 

 round of inspection of the sugar patches is made, but this may 

 not be altogether encouraging ; on only one tree are there any 

 moths and these but three in number, and not uncommon kinds 

 (see Fig. 13). The second and even the third rounds do not 



