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on a wild animal suddenly trapped. It is known that 

 human beings who have been mangled by lions and 

 tigers have declared afterwards that they were uncon- 

 scious of physical pain at the moment. But at least 

 Colonel Coulson's trap inflicts no traumatic injury ; the 

 animals are captured in better condition for the market 

 or the larder than by the common gin; and, if the 

 inventor cannot expect much gratitude from the 

 immediate objects of his consideration, he deserves to 

 receive it from dog owners, who, when their favourites 

 accidentally get caught, will have no more smashed 

 bones and bleeding feet to mourn over. I hope that 

 Colonel Coulson's trap will receive the attention it 

 deserves, and get a fair trial. 1 



LVII 



Autumn is upon us, and among the many familiar 

 harbingers of cooler days and lengthening Autumn 

 nights may be noticed one visitor which used n wers 

 to be reckoned exceptional, and has always been 

 capricious in its appearance. The clouded yellow 

 butterfly (Colias edusa) was formerly reported at long 

 and uncertain intervals, suddenly appearing in the 

 autumn of certain seasons in considerable numbers. 

 It is believed that none of the chrysalids survive the 

 winter of these islands, and that these occasional autumn 



i The makers are Messrs. Tinsley and Co., Old Hill, Staffordshire, 

 and the traps cost about fivepence each more than the ordinary 

 toothed gins. 



