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he seized the foe from behind. The dogs all wounded hunting 

 was over for the day. For my part I was heartily glad for I 

 could not have run another } T ard be the excitement ever so great. 

 After a long rest, dining winch Boney strapped upthequenk with 

 thongs of baik, we started homewards, Arthur Carr making an 

 impromptu hammock, in which he placed the wounded Gertrude, 

 slung it round his neck and gave her additional support with his 

 aims, carrying her, oh, sc tenderly — a mother wivh a sick baby 

 could not have been more careful than he, as he avoided rou^h 

 and broken ground, and the main 7 obstac.es which one meets in 

 the forest, for at every jolt — and there were some unavoidable 

 ones — the wounded creature moaned piteously. Then Sammy put 

 his arms through the bark braces and shouldered the quenk and 

 away we marched for home, capturing a manicou* and six young 

 ones on the road, arriving at Itcarrdonum about one o'clock, 

 after a journey of about six miles in the woods. 



2nd February, 1894. 



*DiddJhys marsupialis, L. 



NOTES ON TICKS. 



THE presence of Ticks upon Cattle has been attracting a 

 great deal of attention during the last few years. Although 

 these pests have been known in the West Indies for a long time, 

 it was pointed out a very few months ago that the ticks were 

 among the least known of the "West Indian fauna. Active steps 

 have, however, been taken in various directions to remedy this 

 state of things. The Curator of the Institute of Jamaica in 

 particular has been collecting details and specimens from various 

 sources, and has published a series of interesting leaflets which 

 show the gradual acquirement of knowledge on the ticks infest- 

 ing the cattle in that island. In our own as well as a great 

 many other tropical countries the cattle sutler a good deal from 

 these irritating and weakening pests, and any discussion upon 

 them which will lead to their diminution should be of great 

 service. 



In the Supplement to the Leeward Islands' Gazette of 

 April, 1892, a short article appeared on this subject. In that 

 paper I gave a general description of the animal and its 

 congeners : their position in the animal kingdom was defined, 

 and the main distinctions were drawn between the class 

 Arachnida, to which they belong, and the much more numerous 

 class of Insects. The life-history and habits of the individual 

 tick were detailed, and the article concluded with a determina- 



