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but says" it had nothing to do with willows." 

 I think he will admit that our forefathers 

 did make enclosures to protect themselves 

 and their flocks from predatory attacks; 

 these would be formed of the materials most 

 convenient, as witness, the rude African 

 kraals of the present day. It would be 

 difficult to prove that our ancestors did not 

 use sallows, which would be so serviceable 

 and abundant. Doubtless, a few interlaced 

 branches formed the first primitive shelter 

 of our progenitors, as it does the bushrang- 

 ing savage of to-day : for a full elucidation 

 of this derivation, see Prior's Names of Plants, 

 subject " Sallow." Destructive criticism is 

 always easy, but if my critic would only 

 furnish a more plausible derivation I shall 

 be happy to accept it. As I fear this dis- 

 cussion will prove wearisome to many, per- 

 haps my young readers may be amused 

 with the following anecdote of a school-boy, 

 who, on being asked what part of speech 

 "with" was, promptly replied" a noun," 

 on being reproved for his carelessness and 

 inaccuracy, he triumphantly referred to the 

 Bible, and said " was not Samson bound 

 with ' withs,' " — Yours, &c., J. P. Soutter. 



EPPING FOREST 



PRESERVED. 



All lovers of Natural History were glad 

 to hear of the rejection of the Great Eastern 

 Railway bill (High Beech extension), which 

 would have ruined a large tract of the most 

 lovely part of this grand Essex forest. The 

 woods just now are truly delightful, bathed 

 in a sea of delicious green shades, the lofty 

 beeches, and the pollard hornbeams breaking 

 out in dense foliage after the late warm 

 rains. The birds form a grand attraction 

 to me, there are plenty of cuckoos, jays, 

 magpies, wood pigeons, and various warblers; 

 among the rarer kinds, the spotted wood- 

 pecker, kestrel, turtle dove, barn owl and night 

 jar, garden warbler, lesser whitethroat, an^ 



chiff chaff have all been seen during the last 

 two years, while Philomela herself is in full 

 song at the present time. The name of 

 Doubleday of Epping is sacred to entomolo- 

 gists, and to attempt to give anything like 

 an idea of what may be discovered in the 

 glades of Lippits Hill, the marshy ground 

 of Fairmead, or the copses and woods round 

 High Beech, and Great Monks wood, would 

 take many pages of the " Young Naturalist." 



J. Henderson. 



May 16th, 1883. 



THE "YOUNG NATURALIST 

 ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 

 OF BRITISH INSECTS. 



Owing to the May plate not being quite 

 ready, that lor June was issued last month, 

 and the May plate is given now. It contains 

 the following species : 



Proboscidalis 



Farinalis 



Rostralis 



Pinguinalis 



Turfosalis 



Punicealis 



Sericealis 



Ostrinalis 



Tarsipennalis 



Cespitalis 



Grisealis 



Nemoralis 



Cribralis 



Stagnalis 



Fimbrialis 



Glaucinalis 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communicationa to be sent to J. E. Eobson, 15 

 Northgate, Hartlepool; or to S. L. Moslet Beau- 

 mont Park, Huddersfield. 

 W.N.W. — ^We shall be glad to see your 



notes on British Reptiles. 

 Notes and Observations, Sec, unavoidably 

 held over till next part. 



EXCHANGE. 



Wanted, Helix canticma, ohvoluta, revelata^ 

 fulva, lamellata, aculeata, pulchellcuy pygmoea. 

 I will give in return other shells, or lepid- 

 optera— John E. Robson, Hartlepool. 



