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with the chrysalis, shown beside it, 

 into which it shrank ; the moth or 

 butterfly, which emerged in due course, 

 was preserved in the usual way, and 

 appended so as to complete the group. 



Specimens of all sorts naturally 

 flowed in on a man of such tastes. I 

 remember seeing in his farm-yard 

 during my last visit a fine, vigorous 

 young bison calf, which promised to 

 take kindly to captivity, and raced 

 about the yard after his meals just as 

 happily as any ordinary calf would do. 

 It was a great disappointment when 

 the little bison, suddenly and without 

 visible cause, sickened and died; but 

 not before its owner, true to his in- 

 stincts, had drawn a faithful likeness 

 of it. I doubt if there is a living 



