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NORTHERN NEWS. 
The Yorkshire Wild Birds Protection Committee begs to acknowledge the 
receipt of £2 2s. from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 
The July ‘ British Birds’ contains an excellent portrait of the late Alfred 
Newton, F.R.S., together with an appreciative memoir by Dr. Bowdler 
Sharpe. 
A schoolboy, writing an essay on wild beasts, wound up by saying that 
fortunately none were now at large in Britain, but they could be seen in 
safety in the Theological Gardens ! 
We notice that Mr. E. Kay Robinson vainly appeals for hints on ‘How 
to make Garden Parties Entertaining for Elderly Guests.’ Why not get 
someone to read extracts from ‘The Country Side’? 
In.addition to reliable natural history, ‘Country Side’ occasionally gives 
its readers similarly reliable information of general interest. It recently 
referred to a famous motor run of 510 miles in 470 SECONDS. We hope a 
‘B.E.N.A.’ badge was awarded to the chauffer. 
A recent writer in Zhe Yorkshire Post points out that ‘the dangers of 
cliff-climbing’ as carried on by the agricultural labourers under Bempton 
conditions are greatly exaggerated, and that young women have done what 
the ‘ Old Cliff Climber’ and ‘his gallant men’ dare do. 
After the Annual Dinner of the Museums Association held at Dundee 
recently, Dr. W. E. Hoyle, of the Manchester Museum, and President of 
the Zoological Section of the British Association, gave some useful hints on 
the methods of capturing rare animals for museums. Dr. Hoyle explained 
that these ideas were not original, but were obtained at a Congress of 
Zoologists at Breslau. :— 
(1) To capture a Raccoon. The Raccoon, as is well known, is a very 
cleanly animal, and this characteristic is taken advantage of by the crafty 
huntsman. Near the haunts of the animal a bad sixpence is thrown on the 
ground. This the Raccoon sees and takes to a shop to buy soap. The 
shopkeeper detects the base sixpence, and the Raccoon is arrested for trying 
to pass counterfeit coin. 
(2) To capture an Ape. The Ape is a great imitator. This character- 
istic is taken advantage of by the crafty huntsman, who takes a printing 
press into the forest, which he sets up and begins to print. He then leaves 
the press, but no sooner is his back turned than the Ape begins to set type 
and print. Proceedings are then taken against it for infringement of 
copyright. 
(3) To capture a Lion in the forest. The Lion is the king of beasts. 
This fact is taken advantage of by the crafty hunstman, who takes a large 
cage with him into the forest. Various letéers of the alphabet, mounted on 
cardboard, are then strewn about the ground, until the Lion has learned to 
read. The words ‘no admittance’ are then put over the cage door. The 
Lion, on seeing this, says ‘No admittance ! am I not the king of the forest !’ 
and straightway walks into the cage. He is then caught. 
(4) To: capture a Lion inthe desert. The desert, as is well known, con- 
sists principally of sand. This fact is taken advantage of by the crafty 
huntsman, who arms himself with a sieve and carefully passes the sand 
through it. What is left is the Lion !» 
(5) To capture a Camel. In order to capture a Camel it is necessary to 
be provided with an American millionaire, a balloon, and a needle. The 
balloon is filled, the millionaire placed in the car, which is released, and the 
néedle is stuck into the sand. The Camel, seeing this, says to himself, 
before the millionaire gets to heaven I can walk through the eye of this 
needle, and proceeds to walk through. When half way through, the crafty 
hunstman ties a knot on his tail, and there he has him. 
Other information of a similar kind was given, but the above will 
demonstrate the practical advantages of these Conferences ! 
Naturalist, 
