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collection. For nights together he would be away after 

 his day's work was over, and would stay out on the 

 moors and in the fields, ready again to commence his 

 searches with the first streak of dawn. His clothing 

 possessed wonderful receptacles for his boxes to contain 

 specimens which he found. His coat was all pockets, 

 both inside and out, and his waistcoat had been specially 

 made by his wife, also, with pockets in such places as 

 had never before been dreamed of, and even his hat had 

 been constructed for a similar purpose. It had a deep 

 crown, and just above the portion for his head there was 

 a partition for lodging specimens. He was perfectly 

 contented when he was out hunting in this way. Very 

 often, hungry and footsore, he would return home in 

 the morning, and as soon as he had finished his break- 

 fast off he would go to work. 



One day he had wandered farther away than usual, 

 and in rather a new district to him. He was out on a 

 moor, and had been utterly unconscious that a storm 

 was approaching, and before he was aware it burst, and 

 there he was, on a wild moor, without a house or any 

 place of shelter in sight. He had his pockets full of 

 chip-boxes, which contained specimens in abundance of 

 ants, butterflies, moths, worms, and other things, for he 

 was out on a three days' excursion, it being a holiday 

 time, and there was no leaving his specimens behind 

 " until called for." The rain came on in torrents, and 

 he was soon drenched. He ran first along one path, 

 then in another, but no house was to be seen. It was a 

 perfect hurricane of rain, such as only the Swiss and the 

 Scotch mountains can provide. On he ran, until at last 



