CAPE SABLE 83 



Any animal or person coming among these plants 

 soon becomes covered not only with the leaves 

 but with their brittle stems. Sometimes the entire 

 plant will catch hold in the most diabolical man- 

 ner and break off. Other stems attach them- 

 selves to those which are already being borne 

 away by the intruder, and if one is compelled to 

 be among them for some time the result may 

 easily be imagined. In such plight one is re- 

 minded of that delightful rascal, "Brer Rabbit," 

 who spilled "Brer Bar's" bucket of honey over 

 himself and was obliged to roll among "de leafs 

 and trash" in vain effort to clean himself. The 

 stems may be pulled off but it is utterly im- 

 possible to scrape the leaves from one's clothing. 

 They cling to the victim's garments as dirty, 

 greenish patches until they finally wear off. 

 When well covered with the miserable things one 

 is certainly, as Uncle Remus remarked about 

 "Brer Rabbit," "De mos' owdashus-lookin' 

 creetur w'at you ever sot eyes on," and one cer- 

 tainly looks like "de gran'daddy er all de boog- 

 gers." 



For a long time I could not understand why the 

 leaves and stems of this plant attach themselves 



