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other instance in this city of a Snake making this chirping sound, 

 but perhaps some of our readers may have had a somewhat 

 similar experience ; if so, I would be pleased to hear of it. 



To resume my narrative. After leaving this locality I 

 continued my journey along a cart-track through the scrub, 

 nothing of special importance being noticed excepting an occa- 

 sional specimen of a large and beautiful Spider (Nephila), which 

 here and there stretches its beautiful yellow silken web right 

 across the track. These webs are exceedingly strong, as well 

 they might be, the prey of the Spider including such large insects 

 as the Cicadas, Phasmids, &c. ; also at times a small bird — the 

 " Silver-Eye " (Zosterops) — has been found entangled in the 

 meshes. 



Leaving this track, and after trudging along rather wearily for 

 about two miles, I reached Manly just as twilight was setting in, 

 and the Bats were coming out in search of their evening meal. 

 In due course I arrived home, thoroughly tired out, but more 

 than ever impressed with a sense of the immensity of Nature, and 

 imbued with a feeling of extreme gratification and thankfulness 

 at being one of the comparative few to whom has been given the 

 desire to know her secrets. 



