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position. It grew from a seed, which must have blown on to a ledge of an old- 
fashioned farmhouse many years ago, for one of the inhabitants of this charming 
old farmhouse remembers the little tree fifty-four years ago, and always the same 
size it is now, about twenty-one inches high. At present it is bare, but it has leaves 
every year, and flowers and seeds. There used to be another larger one at the other 
end of the same ledge, but one year when the farmhouse was being whitewashed, 
a ladder was placed against it and knocked it down. The nourishment of the 
still living little ash tree must come entirely from the air and moisture, imbibed 
by leaves and bark, as the mortar must be very old and dry, considering the date 
on the farmhouse, though 1 believe the owners call this “ the new bit.” 
Dunrowan, ll'est Kirby. M. Sybili.a Dauimsii. 
Horses and Sunday. — My friend who for years has had a number of horses, 
tells me this. On any morning of the week, at five or six o’clock, the men going 
into the stables always find the horses on their feet, ready to be harnessed. 
On Sunday morning they would be late, entering the stable at seven or even 
eight o’clock the horses would be still resting at ease. One Sunday, when my 
friend went for his gig-horse, the others looked round as if to ask, “ Whatever 
is the meaning of this?” 
Hexham. I. E. Page. 
A Carnivorous Mollusc (p. 239). — The Testacelke are hardly so rare a.s 
your correspondent supposes. We have three British species, all of which are 
widely distributed over England. They are, however, seldom seen above ground, 
as their food is chiefly earthworms, which they kill and eat in their burrows. 
They will also devour other slugs and snails. 
Highgate. J. E. Cooi-er. 
Cuckoo singing at Night (p. 234). — Mr. Dove mentions cuckoos singing 
at night in Tasmania. When living near Oxford in 1894, we frequently heard 
the cuckoos at night. There were f-'ur who kept calling and answering one 
another from different trees in one field. From ii p.m. to i a.m. they kept 
singing continuously. W’e also heard them in 1896, and thought it nright portend 
an equally hot summer as in 1894. 
Foxton. A. M. Greenwood. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
M.A. P. — (l) Pistillaria quinquelarisYi. (2) W'e do not find. Agaricus 
geolroptis liaW. (4) Stereum hirsutnm Vt. (5) Polyitictui versicolor Yx. 
A. S. H. — The indications afforded are insufficient for identification. 
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