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and instructive, will be found in the section on " Forest 

 and Jungle Shooting." 



This curious question of protective colouring is one 

 which has long occupied the attention of naturalists, 

 and other scientific observers, and numerous remarkable 

 examples of it might be cited, especially with reference 

 to our next section, The Desert Zone, and above 

 all in connection with The Arctic Zone. The 

 wonderful examples of Albinism or snow-coloured 

 robing, that may be witnessed in the Polar regions, 

 present probably the most perfect examples of Na- 

 ture's marvellous power of adaptation in this respect: 

 and to all those of our English readers who are in 

 any wise interested in such questions, we would 

 strongly recommend a visit to the entrance hall of the 

 museum of Natural History at South Kensington, in 

 London, where several glass cases are exhibited, showing 

 quite a number of examples of the most striking 

 forms of protective colouring, both of the snow (or 

 Arctic) and of the sand (or desert) coloured types, a- 

 mong birds and the smaller quadrupeds. 



As this is a matter which we purpose to refer to 

 again in greater detail elsewhere, * we shall therefore 

 pass on to consider certain points in the predominant 

 colourings of landscapes, concerning which we should like 

 to say a few words. 



Most countries, if we think of it for a moment, will 

 have graven themselves upon the tablets of our memory 

 by some particular shade or tint which prevails through- 

 out the colourings of their landscapes, in a way that 

 is special to that particular country, and which we do 

 not find prevailing in any other country; and we can 



* See our section on " The Arctic Zone. " 



