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with large crops of the long and graceful cones, which should 
contain larve of Hupithecia togata. These are to be found while 
the cones are still green in colour, by the aid of a field-glass, 
which will reveal the frass thrown out by the larve, still attached 
to the unripe cone. To obtain these, however, is quite another 
matter, and the object is best attained by sending up a small but 
plucky boy, who may gather them. It may be well to consult 
the leading woodman upon this subject before attempting the 
feat, in case a false value be placed upon our proceedings if the 
small boy is inconveniently discovered at the top of the tree. 
There are parts of the woods where detached oaks and birches 
abound, rewarding, in spring, those who search the former for 
Amphidasys strataria (prodromaria), many fine examples having 
from time to time fallen to my lot. These woods are ever 
pleasant to wander in, but to me especially so in spring-time, 
when the delicate tints of green of the early leafing birches 
eladdens the eyes, in contrast with the rich dark green of the 
firs, and when Brephos parthenias merrily flits over the blooming 
sallows to the joyous sound of multitudes of humming bees. 
To the south-east of the ‘Swiss Cottage” we find a road 
down the hill-side, bordered with large laurel-bushes; if we 
follow this we shall in due time come to some collecting-ground 
of quite another character, where the heath disappears and is 
replaced by more marshy ground covered with long grass, quite 
like a Lancashire moss, barring the absence of cotton-grass. 
Round this moss-like locality is a road on either side, which leads 
us to another gate, and the one nearest to Cobham Street, which 
is about half a mile distant, and where at the larger of the two 
‘White Lions’ will be found an interesting old Surrey inn with 
carefully kept garden, worth visiting. This inn is about four 
miles from Weybridge Station, but there is one nearer by a couple 
of miles, at Stoke d’Abernon. 
In St. George’s Hills one may find plenty to do for a whole 
day, and get lost, too, if we lose our bearings; but it may be that 
we should like to know more about the neighbourhood, so we will 
return to the lodge-gate next Cobham. Here we find that four 
roads meet; that to the left is to Walton-on-Thames, a very 
pretty walk; before us is to Cobham; behind us, outside the 
wood, to Byfleet and Weybridge; and to the right is to the Ports- 
mouth High Road, This we will follow, and at the end we shall 
