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fence, and leap lightly over it into the 

 forest clearing it was intended to pro- 

 tect. The proportions of the bison 

 are so massive and so little suggestive 

 of leaping, that I could scarcely have 

 credited them with such a feat on other 

 authority than his. I need scarcely 

 add that my friend never used his 

 gun on these occasions. As regards 

 the protection of crops on forest clear- 

 ings, the cultivator does not trust 

 wholly to his fences, but watches, sling 

 in hand, on a strong stage, well raised 

 and screened from the rain. 



I think Mr. Ward has presented to 

 the British Museum his collection of 

 coloured drawings of over four hundred 

 species of caterpillars. Each is de- 

 picted on the leaves it fed upon, and 



