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EDITORS. Sometime ago Angus Gaines published 



A. B. AVERILL, Portland, Ore. jn the Chicago Record, for which he is 



Dr. C. C. PURDUM, Providence, R. I. cpecial correspondent, a history of the 



ADVERTISING RATES: BuU-frog (Rana cantesbiana) with a de- 



Space I mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. I yr. tailed account of the manner in which 



^ '"'^^J ^ -^5 1-65 li-'o 1.90 this batrachian is reared for the market. 



inch 50 1. 10 1.90 3.10 „, r . ■ i: NT i 1 



^ The profound ignorance of Natural 



^ p.-ige 1.75 4.00 6.40 II. 10 



4 pagg 2.40 7.70 12.70 22.00 History which sometimes prevails among 



page 6.25 15.00 25.00 42.75 otherwise well informed people was 



strikingly displayed by the manner in 



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One Year 25 Cents press, various newspapers quoting it as 



To Foreign Countries ... 35 Certs "a gross fabrication" and declaring that 

 =======:=i:3==i=z====^=====z=r=:=:. thc BuU-frog was "a purely mythical 



Entered at the Post Office at Portland, animal, having no existence except in the 

 Oregon, as second-class matter. writer's imagination." 



;=^=:=====r:zz Mr. Galnes has another article on the 



.trucks and items of interest on different Same subject, in this issue of the Oregon 

 hrpnches of natural history solicited from all. Naturalist, and in spite of self sufficient 



critics, it is perfectly accurate in every 

 particular. 



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September, 1896. October number among other special 



= and attractive features will contain; "A 



In the future the Oregon Naturalist will True Story of a Scaly Playmate'' by 

 , ^ , , Angus Gaines. This article is well re- 

 be mailed on the first OT each month, ^on^^^ended by several teachers, who have 

 Advertisements and exchanges should ^g^^ j^ jj^ manuscript form to their schools 

 reach this office by the 15th to insure and enthusiastically endorsed by the pupils 

 insertion in the current number. of all ages. 



