2 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
When off Harwich’ great quantities of wasp-like insects 
(Syrphid@), and a good many Lady-birds, and a few 
Butterflies came on board. I thought at the time it 
might have been in consequence of the sugar which formed 
part of the cargo; but it seems, according to the Times 
newspaper, that on the same day a marvellous flight 
of Lady-birds arrived at Ramsgate, where they were 
shovelled up by spadefuls; and on the 24th of the pre- 
ceding month, a yacht off Hunstanton passed through a 
black stripe in the water two or three miles in length, all 
composed of defunct Lady-birds. (Norfolk Naturalist’s 
Society, 1869, p. 62.) 
We sighted Denmark on the 15th of August. When still 
many miles from shore a common Dunlin (Tringa alpina L.) 
en trazet, flew on board, was speedily caught, and is now in 
my collection. I could by this time see that the coast 
presented a succession of islands, good places for birds I 
dare say, and no doubt inhabited by a fishing population, 
whose one-storied and black-roofed houses were plainly 
visible. On the 16th we were steaming slowly up the 
Kattegat, with Denmark on our right and the bold coast of 
Sweden on our left. The sky was cloudless. The chop- 
ping waves of the North Sea were exchanged for the 
calmness of the “Narrows.” Three formidable forts bar 
the entrance to Copenhagen—vouchers that the Danes will 
show their teeth to any second Nelson who shall try to 
ride in their harbour. The Captain allowed an hour and a 
quarter, and no more, for walking about the place. The 
houses look old, but many of the edifices are large, and 
must have been grand a century ago. In that short time I 
could not find the regular birdstuffer, but I noticed in a 
shop window two Goshawks, an old one and a young one. 
Swallows, Swifts, and Martins were flying about, as wel- 
come and as much at home as in every town in England. 
There is one hour difference between Copenhagen time 
