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VI. 
APRIL 1st. 
Sugaring. — Tapping the Maple. — Yield. — Favourable kind of Weather.— 
Extent of a Sugary. — Collecting Sap. — Boiling down. — Rude Imple- 
ments. — Syrup. — Sugaring off. — Maple-honey. — Cooling. — Sugar from 
other Trees. — Sap of the Birch. — Cocoon of a Moth. — Catkins of Pop- 
lars and Willows. — Lombardy Poplar. — Caterpillars. — Silpha. — Spi- 
ders. — Ox- Gadfly. — Muscles. — Canada Goose. — Bare Ground around 
Stumps. — Resort of Insects. — Caterpillar of Buff- Leopard Moth. — 
Clouded Water-fl}^ — Larva of Dragon-fly. — Progressive Motion. — Sin- 
gular Organ. — Mouth. — Mode of taking its Prey. 
Father. — Will you accompany me^ Charles^ on a walk ? 
The late heavy rains have removed nearly all the snow^ and 
the present fine weather is exhilarating to the spirits. 
Charles. — Yes, it is indeed a beautiful mornings and 
the advances which all nature is making to a renewal of life 
and animation make it still more cheerful. 
F. — Let us lift our hearts to our beneficent Father, in 
gratitude for His providential love to His creatures, and for 
His constant care for the happiness of even the meanest of 
them. We will go into the Sugary, where the men 
are collecting the sap from the maple-trees^ which has been 
flowing for two or three days. 
C — I have a curiosity to see the process, for I cannot 
understand how sugar can be made of the sap of a tree : I 
always thought until lately that it was procured only from 
the sugar-cane of tropical climates. 
F. — The sugar is in itself the same^ whether produced 
