AT O&MOND ST THE SEA. 



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lengthwise bands of black. Otherwise the color is a 

 reddish brown, though a few males are almost wholly 

 black. I afterwards found it quite 

 common and, at this season of the 

 year, the only species of Nemobius 

 about Ormond. The first speci- 

 men of a large butterfly, Papilio 

 palamedes Drury, which was also 

 afterwards taken in numbers, was 

 secured. 



March 0, 1899. To-day the 

 sun shines from a cloudless sky, as 

 it does on most days here, but to 

 me it matters little whether it 

 shines or no, for the old pain at 

 base of brain is present in full 

 force. I cross the river and the 

 peninsula for a stroll along the 

 ocean's margin at low tide. Be- 

 fore me, blue, blue, a dull, slaty 

 blue, the waters roll. Xo sail, no 

 bird, no sign of life ! Here and there, far out, a 

 white cap flecks the surface for an instant then 

 vanishes. ? Tis like some human lives rising by 

 long endeavor for a brief moment above the common 

 vulgar wave then, sinking forever to the level. It 

 is ever thus. The day of despair f olloweth the day of 

 hope. The morn may break ever so fair ; our ship, 

 with all sails set, moving steadily forward on what 



Fig. 9 Ground 

 Cricket. 



yemobiu* 'atciatu* vittatut 



Harris. 

 (Female, twice natural iz. 



