82 UP AND DOWN THE BROOKS. 



many a day since I gathered them in this district. 

 There are none here now, and I hope the same 

 fate will not overtake the butterfly lily that conies 

 in but scanty numbers among the dry grass of 

 these hills in June. 



From this height we may look down and see 

 the Whirligig beetles on the surface of the pools. 



Mariposa (Butterfly) Lily. 

 Calochortus Weedii. 



" Death's net, whom, none resist," is often more 

 full of Whirligigs than is the dredger of the 

 persistent, unsuccessful mortal. A dead Whirli- 

 gig beetle is a solemn sight. The one that was 

 the liveliest beetle of the brook, an animated flash, 

 a perpetual whirl, the one that seemed as if he 

 could not move quickly enough to suit himself, 



