2 TO " OUR BOYS " 



own land, but also in distant parts of the world 

 where the Union Jack unfurls its banner to the 

 breeze. 



This popularity, I feel bound to admit, must 

 be largely attributed to the interesting series of 

 pictures supplied by Mr. Sedgwick, and the tale 

 he has told of his wonderful home-made camera, 

 and in the present volume I am of opinion he has 

 enhanced his already wide reputation as an in- 

 genious delineator of the winning ways of wild 

 folk. 



I should have liked, did space permit, to repro- 

 duce here a few of the many interesting letters 

 that have been sent me from readers of my pre- 

 vious books, but even a small selection would 

 occupy too much space. Exception must be 

 made, however, in two cases, one being a letter 

 from an unknown correspondent in far-away 

 Canada, and the other from a lady in Kent. 



Master Wendell P. B. Beairsto, of Charlotte- 

 town, Canada, was one of those boys who, in 

 response to an invitation given in The Bofs Own 

 Nature Book, sent in replies to three questions 

 there set out. They were as under : — 



1. How do you know a Toad from a Frog ? 



2. Do they move differently ? 



3. Did you ever hear of any one who made a 

 pet of a Toad ? 



The young Canadian Naturalist thus replies : — 



