30 
THE GUIDE TO NATURE 
ern currents. A living specimen was 
captured at Long Branch, N. J., in Au- 
gust, 1876. (See American Naturalist, 
vol. XI, p. 243.) Prof. A. E. Verrill 
records and figures a young living 
specimen of this species, captured while 
swimming at the surface about 100 
miles south of the eastern end of Long 
Island. Shells of this species, some of 
them entire, were dredged by the 
steamer Fish Hawk, south of Martha’s 
Vineyard in 64 to 365 fathoms (See 
Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci., vol. 5, p. 364, 
1881). 
The writer is indebted to the Boston 
Society of Natural history for the use 
of the accompanying cut. 
Persons who have been most success- 
ful in persuading the trailing arbutus 
to grow in captivity recommend a 
north or northwest exposure on the 
borders of woodland, and a fairly dry 
soil. The land must not be “sweet,” 
and must never be limed. Most fer- 
tilizers are under suspicion, but epsom 
salts is favored both for arbutus and 
for laurel and rhododendron. 
How Did the Dog Get There? 
BY F. H. SIDNEY, WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
Albert Miner, a Boston and Maine 
Railroad yard conductor who lives in 
Somerville, Massachusetts, had an un- 
usual experience with a Belgian shep- 
herd dog. \\ hen Miner was homeward 
bound, he ran across this dog wander- 
ing about the streets in Brest, France. 
He petted it and bought doughnuts and 
fed it. The dog tried to follow Miner 
aboard ship but was unable to do so. 
A month after Miner landed in Amer- 
ica, he found this same dog on his door- 
step in Somerville. He hasn’t the least 
idea how the dog made his way over 
from Brest and out to Somerville, but 
he still has the dog and would not part 
with it for any amount of money. 
The shrubberies fairly light the park 
When blossom time is here; 
In winter they made a shining mark, 
When days were short, and nights were dark, 
And now a second robe of snow 
Has failed upon their shoulders low, 
To mark the season’s ebb and flow, — 
Their gala time of year. 
— Emma Peirce. 
THE NAUTILUS. 
