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A NATURE WOOING. 



three-fourths of an inch in length, are gathered in 

 quantity by the natives and sold to parties who use 

 them in the preparation of medicine. They are said 

 also to be a favorite food of bears. 



About the only animal form which I note on this 

 initial trip is a chamseleon, Anolis carolinensis Cuv., 

 on the under surface of one of the leaves of the saw 

 palmettto, his hue as bright a green as that of his 

 resting place. I watch him a short time, and he, in 

 turn, blinks and stares at me. His agility finally 

 saves him from 'a consignment to my alcohol bottle, 

 and I turn backward as the dusk of the coming night 

 settles around me. 



Fig. 3 Southern Mocking-bird. 



(After Judd.) 



March 5, 1899. The Sabbath morn breaks cloudy 

 and sultry, and about seven o'clock the rain begins to 



