INSECTS AND OTHER SMALL DEER. 161 



was binding it with an additional thread, and when 

 the victim was secured beyond all possible chance 

 of escape the captor quietly set to and drank its 

 blood. 



Spiders and their webs are easy to photograph 

 on calm days and nights, and the latter look par- 

 ticularly well when covered with hoar frost. 



The Surrey hills swarm with grasshoppers of 

 every size and hue. They are, as may be guessed, 

 however, extremely difficult subjects to photograph. 

 I succeeded in making the study on page 160, 

 which has been enlarged, upon a much-frequented 

 grass-bank after half a day's careful stalking and 

 repeated attempts. 



A QUIET CORNER OF MIDDLESEX. 



