THE BUTTERFLY: CONTEMPLATING 



' HIM, 



ob ember. 



UTTERFLY-HUNTING is a 

 means, not an end. The end is 

 Tji/ to know them, to become inti- 

 mate with them, so that, as you 

 C move about the garden, or lie 

 dreaming, 



"Modo sub antiqua il'ce, 

 Modo in tenaci gramine 

 Labuntur altis interim ripis aquas, 

 Queruntur in silvis aves," 



each gay pleasure-hunter that flits by you may be an 

 acquaintance with a character and an individuality of its 

 own. These are just the situations that butterflies revel in, 



