78 RESOURCES. 
ancient market house, the home of the Lord of the Manor, and of 
the inferior magnates, and find nothing but the peasant’s cottage 
in unfrequented spots to remind us of the dwelling-places of our 
forefathers. 
It is not by reading of the strifes and loves, the rise and fall of 
kings, that we can really become acquainted with the history of 
any period, but it is by seeing with our own eyes the monuments 
and memorials left us of the past that we can know the habits 
of thought of bygone generations ; as an instance with reference to 
the mere customs of a certain age, a recent examination of the 
beautiful tapestry work at Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, gave me 
more idea of how people amused themselves, how they dressed, 
in fact what resources they had, than the most elaborate de- 
scription of volumes. JoHN ParkER, JUNR. 
High Wycombe. 
Ghee Llensuves of Hloth Bunting.* 
LARGE white sheet, a dark lantern, a good stick, and a box 
of Calmar Tandstickor. Also a bottle of chloroform, some 
entomological ‘‘ sugar,’’ and pill boxes ad infinitum. Time about 
nine p.m. Thus equipped we start for Dane Garden Wood ona 
cloudy night in June or July. Did you say what for? Well, to 
catch moths, and possibly, a cold. Not a tempting occupation at 
such an hour you may think; a snug room with a glass of some- 
thing cheerful would be preferable. We will not argue the 
point; suffice it to state that there are people ready to forego the 
latter for the chance of capturing something good between the — 
hours of nine and three, when Morpheus reigns supreme over all, 
excepting entomologists. It is, perhaps, cold work for the first 
hour, but by the end of that time you begin to warm to your 
work, and as the ‘‘ game’’ appears you are lost in the excitement — 
of hunting. Up we go, over Keep Hill, stumbling over the — 
juniper bushes, startled every now and then by a moth dashing — 
* Read before the Society at the Sixth Evening Meeting (March 5th, 1867), 
of the present Winter Session. 
