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rounded at the tip and margined in front with black. 

 The ovipositor is the same length as the body, one 

 and one-quarter inches, while the tegmina, or outer 

 wings, are two inches. They were on clumps of green 

 grass, into which they tried to escape by burrowing. 

 A third specimen and a brown form of the same 

 species were taken on later dates. 



In the afternoon I visited the shell mound and dug 

 for a while in its debris, taking out several pieces of 

 broken pottery and a bone awl. I have interested a 

 darkey, who is hauling the shells to town for side- 

 walks, and he to-day presented me with a small per- 

 forated bone ornament, which he had found while 

 loading his cart. He is a typical "cracker negro," 

 jolly and talkative on all occasions. He said to-day 

 that that which surprised him was the way in which 

 a northern man worked. "A southern gemmen, after 

 getting fifteen or twenty thousand dollahs, will set 

 down and do nuffiV but enjoy hisself fo' de rest o' 

 his days, but the northern gemmen, he jes' keeps a 

 wukin' on, same as evah, even if he is wuf a hundred 

 thousand dollahs." 



March 11, 1899. Once more I rest my head 

 against the bole of the pine tree in the palmetto 

 woods. Once more the breeze from the Gulf Stream 

 fans my brow, but it is cooler than when I was here 

 before. For fifteen years I have been a naturalist. 

 They have been years full of work, of hopes, of am- 

 bitions. Happiest those days when I have been alone 



