Notes and Comments. 
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sections of coal balls and other specimens collected from the 
Halifax bed were shown, and an excellent table display of 
plants, plant galls, etc., illustrative of outdoor life in 
December was a very interesting feature among the exhibits. 
It was announced that the President of the Union for 
1933 would be Mr. J. M. Brown, B.Sc., F.L.S., while Mr. 
F. A. Mason and Mr. S. D. Persy Fisher had been re-elected 
Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer respectively. The new 
Editors of The Naturalist were to be Dr. W. H. Pearsall 
F.L.S., and Mr. W. R. Grist, B.Sc., The University, Leeds. — 
F. A. Mason. 
NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
MISS FRANCES PITT. 1 
This delightful narrative is surely the most charming of 
the many publications from the pen of Miss Frances Pitt. 
Throughout its pages are touches of natural history interest, 
which, we are thankful to say, are inevitable, but the whole 
is a delightful' story which is thrilling from cover to cover. 
The narrative relates to a young fox which was brought up 
.and made friends with a baby hound, and they became quite 
playmates together. Eventually the fox escaped and took 
its home in the woods, until the day came when the foxhound 
took its place with the hunting pack. The hound discovered 
the fox, its former playmate, to the great joy and delight of 
both, and they gambolled about as in the old days. The 
story is written from the point of view of the fox, but is 
remarkable inasmuch as the author shows equal sympathy 
for both fox and hound. We are kindly permitted to reproduce 
■one of the many delightful little sketches. In this case it 
illustrates the two ‘ inseparable companions.’ 
1 Scotty : The Adventures of a Highland Fox, by Frances Pitt. 
London : Longmans, Green & Co., xii+271 pp., 10/6 net. 
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