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■' Mammals are very difficult to secure in the tropics for some un- 

 explainahle reason, because one would think there must be lots of them, 

 and I run big trap lines, ninety or more traps, to get even as few as ten 

 specimens. It is not very often that one can shoot mammals, and I go 

 out at night with a searchlight on my hat and shine the eyes of any night 

 prowlers that may be moving about. In this way I have secured some 

 things that I have not seen at all in the daytime. This sort of hunting is 

 most fascinating, as you see eyes shining of all sorts of creatures. The 

 eyes of the big spiders sparkle like diamonds, those of the nighthawks 

 like pools of fire, and murderous little prowlers like the opossums have 

 red smouldering eyes set close together." 



GRIN AND BEAR IT 



At an afternoon tea : 



Hostess: "Miss Blank, let me introduce Dr. X, from The Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History " 



Miss Blank: ''Oh, I mis.sed seeing you when I was there. What 

 case are you in?" 



Dr. X: "A sorry case, apparently." 



Old lady, looking at the great stela from Quirigua: ''Sir, do you 

 mean to tell me that such things ever lived?" 



In the Pubhc Health Hall: 



Visitor to Attendant: "Please tell me where the bacteriological 

 exhibit is?" 



Attendant: "This is it right here, Madam." 



Visitor : " If you don't understand me, say so. I said bacteriological 

 exhibit." 



Attendant.: "You mean germs, bugs." 



Visitor: "Yes." 

 . Attendant: "This is the only exhibit of the kind that I know of." 



Visitor: (turning away disdainfully) : "That's for children." 

 (There happened to be an instructor w^ith his class in the hall at the 

 time.) 



