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trivance it is. After much search on the hill from 

 which the quarry is cut, I found the other opening of 

 the burrow. It is situated on the side of the hill, 

 shaded by grass and bracken, and is so carefully con- 

 cealed that, although I knew it must be situated 

 within a limited area, I had some difficulty in finding 

 it. Should the fox be run to earth, he would take 

 refuge in this burrow, crawl by its means through the 

 .hill, slip down the face of the quarry, and be off to 

 some other place of concealment. There are plenty of 

 rabbit burrows ; two of which are so close to each other 

 as to bear a curious resemblance to the Thames Tunnel, 

 especially as the rain has washed away the sand around 

 them, so as to form a sort of arched recess, in which 

 the two openings are seen side by side. Above them, 

 and not far beneath the layer of soil, are a number of 

 the sand-martin's burrows, now of course deserted, their 

 inhabitants being in climates where they are certainly 

 warmer, and, I hope, drier, than they would be here. 



There are one or two mouse-holes ; but these are of 

 no consequence, and we proceed to those of the insects. 

 First in size comes that of the Kentish bee. It is really 

 a curious little insect. It bores horizontal tunnels 

 some seven or eight inches in depth, each tunnel being 

 about large enough to admit a common drawing-pencil. 

 The insect itself would scarcely be recognised by those 

 who had only seen specimens in a cabinet. Such 

 specimens appear in their natural colours, i.e., entirely 

 black, while the bee, as it flies to its burrow, is entirely 



