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house. He was playful, but did not appear much short of 

 his full size, though not one season old. I was sorry to 

 hear a few days after, that some malicious person had killed 

 poor Reynard, from spite to his master. 



C. Does the Fox extend far over the continent ? 



F. Yes ; it is found in high northern latitudes, and as 

 far south as the Gulf of Mexico at least ; how much farther 

 I am unable to say. In the south, it is hunted with much 

 avidity by sportsmen, where I have been told of a curious 

 instance of that cunning, for which the animal is proverbial. 

 When pursued through the forest, he will often make for 

 some tree which grows in an inclined position, run up the 

 trunk, and then leap off to a considerable distance, in order 

 to break his trail, and put the hounds at fault. 



C. Here is a green Grasshopper, with long legs and large 

 wings : it resembles the great green species of England. 



F. This species ( Phyllopterus Myrtifolius ?) is not un- 

 common in autumn, flying about willows and bushes ; but it 

 does not often alight on the ground. The ovipositor is 

 broader than that of the species you named, and much 

 curved upward. A much smaller and more delicate species, 



(Locusta ?) quite a little one, of a bright green, with 



very long ovipositor, may be found occasionally among the 

 grass at this season. The ringing crink of some species now 

 begins to be heard at evening, and continues through the 

 night, with such unceasing pertinacity, as to drive sleep 

 from the eyes of a stranger ; yet habit reconciles us to this, 

 as it does to other evils, to so great a degree, that it is, in 

 fact, after a little while, unheard, except when the attention 

 is directed towards it. 



C. I have lately had a new Noctua evolved, the Furbe- 

 low-moth (Calyptra Libatrix) ; it is likewise an English 

 species : its colours are very delicate and beautiful. The 

 Green Comma Butterfly ( Grapta Progne ?) is beginning to 

 be numerous. 



