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NATURE NOTES. 
vain out into the closing gloom of the November evening for 
the warning lights which one ought to see, first on the Mull, 
then the red and white revolving light on the Point of Ayre, only 
sixteen miles away on the storm-beaten Isle of Man, then the 
Bahama light, and lastly that on the Rosses on the coast of 
Kirkcudbright, but none was visible. An involuntary prayer 
for those at sea on such an awful night came to the lips as we 
got into the shelter of the woods, and to the welcome fireside of 
friends, safe from the sea which ever lashes itself against Wig- 
tonshire’s rocky coast. 
J. iM. Wilson. 
CHILDREN’S COUNTRY HOLIDAYS. 
E are glad to learn from the Secretary to the Fund 
that our appeal on behalf of this deserving charity has 
borne fruit. The accompanying summary of the work, 
with Mrs. H. M. Stanley’s telling sketch, may remind 
some who have not yet contributed that it is not even now too 
late to remedy the omission. 
1‘l.KASli HKI.I' us TO A COUNTRY liOLilJAY ! 
