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VI. 



APRIL 1st. 



Sugaring. — Tapping the Maple. — Yield. — Favourable kind of Weather. — 

 Extent of a Sugary. — Collecting Sap. — Boiling down. — Rude Imple- 

 ments. — Syrup. — Sugaring off. — Maple-honey. — Cooling. — Sugar from 

 other Trees. — Sap of the Birch. — Cocoon of a Moth. — Catkins of Pop- 

 lars and Willows. — Lombardy Poplar. — Caterpillars. — Silpha. — Spi- 

 ders. — Ox-Gadfly. — Muscles. — Canada Goose. — Bare Ground around 

 Stumps. — Resort of Insects. — Catei-pillar of Buff- Leopard Moth. — 

 Clouded Water-fly. — Larva of Dragon-fly. — Progressive Motion. — Sin- 

 gular Organ. — Mouth. — Mode of taking its Prey. 



Father. — Will you accompany me, Charles, on a walk ? 

 The late heavy rains have removed nearly all the snow, and 

 the present fine weather is exhilarating to the spirits. 



Charles. — Yes, it is indeed a beautiful morning, and 

 the advances which all nature is making to a renewal of life 

 and animation make it still more cheerful. 



F. — Let us lift our hearts to our beneficent Father, in 

 gratitude for His providential love to His creatures, and for 

 His constant care for the happiness of even the meanest of 



them. We will go into the Sugary, where the men 



are collecting the sap from the maple-trees, which has been 

 flowing for two or three days. 



C — I have a curiosity to see the process, for I cannot 

 understand how sugar can be made of the sap of a tree : I 

 always thought until lately that it was procured only from 

 the sugar-cane of tropical climates. 



F. — The sugar is in itself the same, whether produced 



