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find a large park, with a very long park-fence, worth examining 
for moths if the wind be from the right direction. At the 
junction with the high road we turn to the right and follow the 
high road, with perhaps sundry divergences into the heaths, 
which are open and free to the collector. ‘Then we shall pass a 
road bearing to the left, leading to Ockham, where the inn is the 
**Hautboy and Fiddle.”” We continue, however, along the high 
road, and shortly come to a miniature lake to the left of the road. 
This is the Hut Pond, and is quite a respectable sheet of water; 
big enough to boat upon, to fish in, and to hunt for Hydra- 
dephaga, all of which sports may be arranged for on application 
at the ‘‘ Hut” tavern, on the opposite side of the road. This 
again becomes an excellent head quarters for many days work, 
for it is perfectly surrounded by good collecting-ground, and 
excursions may be made in many directions. One cannot well 
get accommodation to stay at the “ Hut,” though that has been 
accomplished, when entomological ardour held luxury in 
wholesome contempt. Behind the ‘‘ Hut,” a little to the west- 
ward, is a very wild country, considering its proximity to the 
Metropolitan district, and here snipe rear their young every 
year, and I recently found a young brood of woodeocks. There 
are many marsh plants in this district, one of the prettiest being 
the little sundew, Drosera rotundifolia. Heath-loving moths are 
in abundance, such as Hupithecia nanata, Anarta myrtilli, and 
Agrotis agathina may be found by searching the flowers of the 
heather by lamplight, with Noctua neglecta and many others 
useful for exchange. For this sort of work I should prefer the 
ground to the left of the road leading to Ockham, as it is dryer 
and more pleasant to work. The best time to search the 
heather-flowers is before they are generally out, and only in 
patches, for when the flowers become general, the space to search 
is so much more considerable. 
If we take the left side of the pond and walk a little south- 
ward from the ‘‘ Hut,’ we cross the Ockham Road and bear 
right away to the left: this will bring us to some woods with an 
abundance of rhododendrons, a sight worth seeing when in 
flower. Here I have seen the wild-flying Macroglossa fuciformis 
dipping its long proboscis into the deep flowers of these shrubs. 
This wood is, I suppose, private property and duly preserved, 
though I have not seen any one in it to ask me to retire, so I 
propose to continue my visits until I am so requested. 
