THE SLUG. 
I HAVE just had some bad luck : I will tell you 
how it was. I had just sown a row of peas on one 
of my beds, and they all grew. The row was a 
nice lon^ one, and had no gap in it from end to 
end : each pea that I had set had come up, and not 
one was lost. I had put a few bits of gay rag on 
a line over them to keep away the tits and jays, 
who are very fond of peas. All went on well, and 
they grew nice and tall, when I went to look at 
them, and saw that all the tops were gone ! and one 
or two had not a leaf left : only a bare stem met 
my view ! I soon saw what had done all the harm ; 
