1905 | Nature Stupy—No. 30. 179 
NATURE STUDY No. XXX. 
NATURE OBSERVATIONS AT HOME.’ 
By Prof. W. LocHHEAD, Biologist, Macdonald College, St. Anne de 
Bellevue, Que. 
The observations and suggestions for study indicated in this 
article have special reterence to a well-known property on the 
banks of a well-known river. This plot of ground, however, is 
not very unlike other plots of ground, and similar studies may be 
carried out in nearly all home grounds, more especially those that 
border on lakes, rivers or smaller streams. By referring to dia- 
gram, one will note that the property lies between the public road 
and the river; that there isa large number of middle-sized, shade- 
giving trees, most of them along the borders of the lot ; that a 
stone house stands near the middle of the grounds ; and that the 
shallow shore is fringed with plants, while farther out are two 
small islands, fringed also with plants standing knee-deep in the 
water. 
It may be observed, also, that the property stands at the 
~ head of a little bay, or bayou, of the river, where the currents are 
