NOTHING IN NATURE IS MUTE. 



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example. We will quote what a young student in science, M. A. Dubois, 

 says on this very subject : " Coleoptera," he declares, " are to be met with 

 everywhere, and I think it may be useful to notice this fact, supporting it 

 by examples. I desire to prove that there are in the midst of our large 

 towns spots that remain unexplored, where some fine captures are to be 

 made. Let us visit, at certain times, the approaches to the quays, even at 

 low tide, and we shall be surprised to find there species which we have 

 searched for far and near." This opinion is confirmed by the enumeration 

 of several interesting captures. 



Was not the great Bacon right when he said, " For the keen observer, 

 nothing in Nature is mute " ? 



The cliffs of Cape Giis 



