CONTENTS. 



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A JANUARY DAT AT REGENT'S PARK .... i 



A SAND QUARRY IN WINTER 2 9 



UNDER THE BARK 46 



MBS. COATES'S BATH gi 



A SUMMER WALK THROUGH AS ENGLISH LANE . . gi 



THE WOOD ANT 115 



THE GREEN CRAB . 126 



MEDUSA AND HER LOCKS -136 



MY TOADS 146 



THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST . . . . -156 



A BLACKBERRY BUSH IN AUTUMN . . -. . .181 



THE REPOSE OF NATURE 1 99 



TURKEY AND OYSTERS . . . . . . . 22 3 



DE MONSTRIS 244 



OUR RIVER HARVESTS ....... 260 



THE HOME OF A NATURALIST . . . . . . 290 



LIFE IN THE OCEAN WAVE . ..... . 319 



OUR LAST HIPPOPOTAMUS 881 



