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continually to search for and destroy all the young spice trees 

 they can meet with. But it also often happens that the seeds 

 are dropped in situations so precipitous as to escape the most 

 active vigilance."* But here the theory " of warning colours " 

 is discarded, and replaced by that of " edible or attractive 

 fruits." 



* 'Voyage in Search of La Perouse ' (1792), vol. i. p. 408. — In South 

 Africa the fruit of the Prickly Pear (Ojpuntia sp.) is eaten by Baboons, the 

 seeds passing through their bodies, and being deposited in a ball of dung, 

 often in the most inaccessible spots. 



(To be continued.) 



