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"MAN SIEHT NUR WAS MAN WEISS " . . .1 



INSECTS AND PLANTS IN MID-WINTER 3 



WHITE OF SELBORNE 8 



SNOW-FLAKES . . ...... II 



BURIED IN THE SNOW . . 25 



BIRDS IN MID-WINTER . . . 26 



THE DEPTH TO WHICH THE GROUND FREEZES 28 



THE GREAT FROST OF 1895 30 



UNDER THE CRAGS . . 32 



PHI AND THETA . ... 38 



WHICH ARE THE WETTEST MONTHS ? 47 



ANIMALS WITH AND WITHOUT COMBS 49 



THE MOON 54 



SPRING CROCUSES 64 



CATKINS 73 



THE OIL-BEETLE (MELOE) 89 



THE CORN-RIGS OF BEAMSLEY FELL . . 103 



