subterranean delver has the end of the gans are protected from the entrance of 



nose surrounded by twenty-two movable the earth in this way. This mole can 



fleshy filaments, radiating in the form of scarcely be said to have legs. It moves 



a star, which serve as delicate organs of on its belly, but has side hand-like fins, 



touch. It has a stout, thick, clumsy body with which it shovels away the dirt. Its 



without visible neck, no external ears, fur is so fine that it has been employed in 



and is covered with short, velvety and making artificial eyebrows. In England 



compact fur. ^ It is generally believed mole-catching is a regular trade followed 



that the mole is blind, but this is an error, by a singular class of men, who acquire 



Its eyes are two black, glittering points, a silent, stealthy walk and a bent posture 



about the size of a mustard seed, concealed from their habit of stooping to look for 



and protected by the surrounding skin the runs of the mole, 



and hair. Living under ground all its or- George Bancroft Griffith. 



A GOLFING CLERGYMAN. 



In the damp woods, where the wild things grow. 



Jack in the Pulpit holds forth, you know, 



Drapper and clerical, fair to be seen, 



Clothed in his gown of well fitting green. 



Demure Quaker ladies sit at his feet. 



While timid young violets take a back seat. 



His eloquence pleases, for see, as he talks, 



The dainty anemones sway on their stalks. 



But visit him once in the fall of the year. 



And you can't but admit that our preacher looks queer. 



So fat and so rubicund, jolly and gay, 



Hard work must agree with him, or is it play? 



His pulpit has vanished, his audience too, 



And Jack wears a coat of a bright scarlet hue. 



He must be a golfer, and plays without doubt. 



With the tiny puff balls you see scattered about. 



Perhaps he's a smoker, for there at his side 



An Indian pipe he's trying to hide ! 



But never mind, Jacky ; I'm able to state, 



Though you live in the woods, you are quite up to date. 



Bessie Andrews Dana. 



