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his stock was replenished. Edward carried in them 

 slugs, caterpillars, snails, worms, spiders, shells, vari- 

 ous sorts of insects, eggs of small birds, and every 

 other little nick-nack that he wished to preserve. 

 Here is his description of his hunting paraphernalia : 



" My coat had eight pockets, four outside and foui 

 inside. The two lower inside ones were * meal-pocks' 

 for size. My waistcoat, too, had four rather big re- 

 ceptacles : the term ' waistcoat pockets' could scarcely 

 describe them. Besides these, I had a number of bags 

 or wallets, hung over my shoulders, or tied round my 

 middle, or under my coat, according to their intended 

 uses. I had also several queer-looking things which 

 I carried in my hands and called ' accessories ;' for 

 there is no other specific name for the articles. 

 Nevertheless, all had their quota of chip-boxes, ex- 

 cept my butterfly and moth-case, and my plant book. 

 These were generally kept sacred for their respective 

 purposes." 



On one occasion Edward went out for a three 

 days' ramble among the Balloch hills, between Keith 

 and Huntly, about twenty miles south-west of Banff. 

 The object of his journey was to collect butterflies, 

 moths, and various objects. He had not his gun with 

 him, but he had many more chip-boxes than usual. 

 A friend of his had often urged him to bring him a lot 

 of ants for some birds, and Edward determined to 

 satisfy him. He had been very successful in his 

 search, and had also filled many boxes for his friend. 



