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(which can be drawn up and tied above the elbows), 
ane for the hands, whilst a broad-brimmed hat, 
whose nerves must be strong in ar to anni 
ult of a n yet unproved 
assa n entire nestfal of wasp 
defences without some feeling of el easiness. He (or 
she) should also be sure that rests s are protected by 
r long sweeping skirts, as cir- 
uire ; oe these Eh o Beni arranged 
See, | aj pe asy. 
Sup sing the ate 
po to be on a tree, it is secured by 
sawing the branch arough just above it, In 
a hedge 
bably been engaged in a universal attempt to penetrate 
their enemy’s defences) may return to it 
soon as this has happened, the nest and tenants may 
be gently placed in a box or basket, or, better still, 
with such of the o as choose 
flying round, to its place of destination, If the nest 
mall, it saves a dea trouble to 
ing, the nest, 
ag all, may be safely moved without danger or 
i t 
all b one side removed forms a pr 
venient shelter outside a window, the nest bei 
onstant observation, it ner 
ene shelteritig bush, secure from cau ing 
ing 
The chiet poii of a is fenton. A the process of 
be w: 
t-making, which may tched in detail from 
the arrival of wasp at eter with its pellet of 
ecayed wood, ma. conveyed beneath its chin, 
followed by the ing of the material moistened 
the wasp’ th along the edge of the previous 
f pape whic 
it seos prong way up 
of pe 
each successive strip of n 
as F adds to the former edge, to the drying of 
3 ae addition till it matches the former material in 
d ore country jo 
othr subsequent observers, 
a ps fu s described its — is not the less 
even to those to whom 
ing food 1 me fragments 
of any fibrous edible, such as mea fish, they wi 
dexterous in the removal as in that of their 
stance, a mors p hosen, o 
~ the proper length, and tucking one end under its chin, 
the wasp wil Pitt front 
ay: alternately till the length is is gathere and 
ee er transfers itself with its load to “a “terior 
q 
a. 
: The system of guards, method of repairing damages, 
— ey ril i Of the nest, and other Catets ts may all 
i i aes ins Cl of entertaini observation; 
where circumstance pe » re 
marks there are points of still greater interest, and 
amongst these the repeated renewals of t t as 
If all the was 
i ps are gently shaken from a nest = 
m the manner deriba tho 
ble o the site 
orthwith to build a new one robably, how- 
ever, with some little hss y of o A r in it 
shape, s a thick- 
or somethin 
t; 
apparently p-hazard, and 
Ad nag I save some Y slight shelter to the 
Ser I have never seen any pa dna 7 a 
The. numbers of the 
I pepa r-making are. 
thinned by exposure, and i 
own rvsnsirg they 
the attempt to assist them 
was immediately rejected. g 
showed every si 
the absence of their 
in 
lost both L apa power, whilst 
one from another nest 
he added queen herself 
not cease hustling and 
pushing till ‘hey had Sheed ee to drop from among 
Tf treated with some degree 
not as pape ent of observatio 
posed, a 
brings an inst 
it is BR, for him to e so 
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as occas 
in this way in a perfect 
had from of these 
useum use 
workings of the hornet 
noya mb 
and a with ee cis upper- 
uch a layer of their p 
apparently to mmie e all 
removed from a n 
st, will have oc se 
needs 
and ay 
ive or dea f 
ing will get a little dam 
tents, and be s 
y be then laid open with 
from the entrance t 
pillars which join the 
the roof of the nest shoul 
and iad: ant peti them all c 
he paper paterior should 
cotton-wool, the 
a little gum 
a few olde of silver paper rou 
bed and surroundings of c 
their disagreea 
quite the pe apa dangerous 
nsidered. 
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as) 
in some degree of check, Re 
of the butchers i in one of the French town 
mo t formed 
surfaces but the instances of applied instinct = Fapecial 
oul 
ableness, wasps are 
n the o ing 
n detail, 
ciently pliable to handle safely, and 
a large pair of scissors 
the top. 
ire mass 
out in a piece, thus removing = live 
- use of anno 
orm 
for its conveyance to its destination 
t, na 
nd then 
coarse 
not 
aggressors which 
would gain an inconvenient head 
ur salem a habit 
of leaving 
eaum 
well twith- 
tly waged inst them, 
to keep up a very 
g ty gp 
fair proportion in the balance of insect life. O, 
Aotices of 
Hooks, 
hrer durc d onigliche an - 
schaftliche Museum in Berlin (Guide to the 
of Berlin). Allge- 
Royal Agricultural Massai 
Katalog da y ES Landwirthschaft- 
n (General Catalogue, &c.). 
meiner 
lichen Museums in 
The institution to which the 
f De E. 
under the direction o 
in April 1868 
c Agric 
se pons refer is 
Wittmack, and was 
It was fomided wader the 
elchow, the Minis 
at ea "suggestions and representations 
con lege. The 
nister for Agricul- 
cultural Coll 
y de ed in 
7 ao e 
Dr. Wittmack says that this instructi e Museu 
thoroughly appreciated id diligently ‘attended, It 
the general pub 
is free to en lic from till 3 
Tuesdays, ays, and Saturdays, re open to 
students at other pin te ara a ge Leavi 
u the 
ving 
rough sum of con- 
tents of the Catalogue aah will give an idea of the 
on and scope of t establishm 
I 
maller objects from the 
difterent sage of the pox are labelled with distinc- 
tive agree n pr nat w 
Africa, blue ; America, len n; 
All objects a are numbere 
being 2 ir 
comprising 13 1300 n 
of careless pruning, illustrations of the different 
methods of grafting, and nifed diagrams of the 
structure of wood bring us to the wool collection. 
This is very extensive, embracing samples of the skins 
and wool o ll the principa] breeds of sheep, both 
epee tions of . the 
ome ore Statisti 
different stages ‘of manufacture, a great deal of 
useful thformaon as the history = value of 
different kinds of fleeces, render this department 
ag instructive. 
plement and machinery division i z eee very 
in Sip ng. r. Rau, of Karlsruhe, e 
historical collection 
18 
of indus urth division 
comprises cultu r in ear, and 
various elementary s n this department 
Beet-root sugar naturally occupies a prominent 
position, Fruits, such &c., also 
come und is head, and substances, 
Division 5 comprises age go of 
commerci Tobacco 
tanning subtances, ails BAG, ke. 
plants, botanical models, diagram e seventh 
division is devoted to zoolo bask S APE 4 stock 
breeding and rearing. It includes collections of use- 
ful and noxious birds, insects, &c. Division 8 is a 
collection of inorganic substances, employed as arti- 
ficial manures ples ious soils, Finally, 
we have a list o writings, pla er Spee s 
n the library. From the foregoing notes it 
at the Prussians possess a far more complete 
Acriculeoral Museum than we could show themin this 
— Professor Bell’s long-promised edition of 
White’s Natural History of Selborne, which is now 
far advanced towards completion, will contain, besides 
a memoir of the author, many hitherto irk A 
letters, scarcely less interesting than those which con- 
an Voorst will be the 
publisher of this editio 
apa ig in eames an important publication 
ndia, io the Re £* F roniforenice 
of pee Officers early part 
ad PF pa ye edited by Messrs. B ega Powell 
nd J. ble, and prefaced 
Doti the fats of Dr. Brandis 
from 
e oteier it 
of for 
primed 
some of which we may take an early opportunity 
alluding. The next meeting is to take place at Simla, 
i tember, 
—— The first three prof of ii twentieth volume 
Van Houttes Flore des are before us, and 
p am Placea pete. 
Begonia octo- 
representing 
ous C - 
