138 A NATURE WOOING. 



the roof and sides covered with several layers of pal- 

 metto leaves, which are in turn nailed to the poles, so 

 that their blades overlap, thus furnishing a perfectly 

 waterproof shelter. The roof is slanting. There is 

 to this one a doorway, but no door and no window, 

 though both of these could be readily inserted. A 

 man can build one of these shacks in a substantial 

 manner in less than two days. It will last several 

 years, and with a door and window in place, and a 

 stove within, he can keep comfortable during the 

 coldest Florida winter. 



'Tis a cheap and easily constructed shelter, sufficient 

 in every way for a person in good health. With such 

 a shack by the side of some stream or lake, with a 

 gun, fishing tackle, collecting outfit and some good 

 books to while away an occasional hour, methinks a 

 naturalist could spend the winter in Florida, and live 

 a free, enjoyable and inexpensive life. 



April 3, 1899. To the Bennett clearing, near the 

 old chimneys, I go again, in search of some form of 

 animal life unknown to me. Nor is my search in 

 vain, for I find a locust new to my collection, Paroxya 

 atlantica Scudd., a slender-bodied, wood brown spe- 

 cies ; known from the other members of the genus by 

 the short antennae of the male. It occurs only along 

 the Atlantic coast of Georgia and Florida. The males 

 are active leapers, jumping from tuft to tuft of grass 

 and dodging around the steins. The females are 

 much larger and more clumsy, and therefore seldom 



