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Harteley Wood, and Long Coppice, and Shrubwood, 

 and Temple Hangers ; and in their way back Harteley 

 and Ward le ham Hangers, yet no stag could be found. 



The royal pack, accustomed to have the deer turned 

 out before them, never drew the coverts with any ad- 

 dress and spirit, as many people that were present 

 observed : and this remark the event has proved to be 

 a true one. For as a person was lately pursuing a 

 pheasant that was wing-broken, in Harteley Wood, he 

 stumbled upon the stag by accident, and ran in upon 

 him as he lay concealed amidst a thick brake of bram- 

 bles and bushes. 



OBSERVATIONS ON INSECTS AND VERMES. 



INSECTS IN GENERAL. 



THE day and night insects occupy the annuals alter- 

 nately : the Papilios, Muscce, and Apes, are succeeded at 

 the close of the day by Phalcence, earwigs, woodlice, &c. 

 In the dusk of the evening, when beetles begin to buz, 

 partridges begin to call; these two circumstances are 

 exactly coincident. 



Ivy is the last flower that supports the hymenopte- 

 rous and dipterous insects. On sunny days, quite on 

 to November, they swarm on trees covered with this 

 plant ; and when they disappear, probably retire under 

 the shelter of its leaves, concealing themselves between 

 its fibres and the trees which it entwines 1 . 



Spiders, woodlice, Lepismce in cupboards and among 

 sugar, some Empides, gnats, flies of several species, 

 some Phalcence in hedges, earthworms, &c. are stirring 



1 This I have often observed, having seen bees and other winged 

 insects swarming about the flowers of the ivy very late in the autumn. 

 MARK WICK. 



