NOTE-BOOKS AND JOURNALS. 



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and incidental observations on the blooming of flowers, appearance of 

 certain insects, calling of frogs, etc. Then follows a statement of the 

 numbers of every species of birds seen, with various remarks concern- 

 ing them. One might suppose that much time would be required to 

 jnake a detailed record of this kind, but, on the contrary, it seldom 

 takes five minutes. 



Almost any stationer can supply you with a " roll-" or " time-book " 

 having a space at the left side of the left-hand page for the entry of 

 names, and the rest of both pages ruled in squares. The best plan is 

 to have sheets of paper ruled in this way. These sheets should have 

 holes punched in their margins for binding in covers, when new sheets 

 can be inserted as desired. Some idea of their appearance may be 

 gathered from the appended part of a left-hand page : 



