as wae be a large sale. Iti is: ated with embossed seat on ‘May 
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NOTE—MAMMALIA. 
Foxe: sin Lakeland and the ‘ Fox-Screw.’ —The Fox (Vulpes sae 25 
has never been preserved or eateeted. ere, as in the bordering countie 
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to fam’ 
hand, these animals often make their ‘ earths’ in D pemnn places, where 
Spe nape ok eir num 
heck, ce. ps e hen 
in hiding, which Mr. H. ‘S. Cowper, F.S.A., ‘iiastrates in his very interesting 
i me (XV 
, 
fox-trap. ere is a portion of the iat bat the screws, which each 
resemble a sort of double corkscrew. They c oo Langdale, West- 
morland. ‘They are very neatly a and well wr ought on. On 
of cormagl biti finishes in a screw end, is rather fas than four “inches in 
net branches ee ed seth bile double screw very sharp at the points. 
1 is shorter 
nd es 
ant not so he 'y- - « + In both cases they: were nt to fasten to 
a r pole. u e sv 
kept, and the one: moat cond to the place in which the’ Fox was hidden 
was use A similar instrument of smaller size was employed for 
screwing "Rabbits, and at the apnea day a briar is often used in the same 
a ewards were given for heads as vermin, ‘ fox-screws existed at 
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e ti 
packs of hounds it is still the custom for the huntsman to carry one.’— 
S. L. Petty, Ulverston, 18th June 1898. 
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BOOK NOTICE. 
A useful i pseereta to all ieee are engaged in working out sein beer 
of plants and an in on British cee = one = se ve receiv’ 
Mr. Alexander ceaery yt Se. of It is intituled 
‘County and Vice- Chaney Di vais of. the  Biicaks Isles. (For 
Biological teat ige It first enumerates the names and numbers of the 
ita’ i 
numbe: ‘ 
what we sie eto shall do-in ‘ se be using the she et. Th he ga et also 
gives the ‘ Particulars of Division of the Larger Counties ’—a very necessary 
thing in the absence of a map. Full acknowledgment of assistance and 
advice is rendered to no less than tage naturalists who Set oath themselves 
in — distribut on. e may add that c re priced 4d. each 
(3 copies for 8d.), post free in nil rd tube, ast are to be had from 
oA, C. sg eae printer, 383, eee Street, Glasgow. We trust there — 
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Naturalist, 
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