THE ENTOMOLOGISTS 
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
No. 22.] SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1856. [Price Id. 
OUR HYBERNATION. 
We now approach the consideration of 
this important subject. Besides the cor- 
respondence that has appeared in our 
columns on the subject we have received 
sundry other letters, which want of 
space, and perhaps our excessive 
modesty, deterred us from publishing. 
It is very evident to us that a large 
class of our readers are very desirous that 
the ‘ Intelligencer ’ should be continued 
during the winter. One urgent appeal 
was on the ground that many people lose 
their interest for Entomology during the 
winter months, and that the constant 
weekly drop, drop, drop, of the ‘Intelli- 
gencer’ would serve to lubricate their in- 
tellects and prevent their rusting, it 
would operate “ Non vi, sed ssepe ca- 
dendo.” But suppose that many people 
in consequence of the winter lessening 
their interest in Entomology discontinue 
taking in the ‘Intelligencer:’ such a 
consummation is possible, and it behoves 
us to consider the matter in both points 
of view. 
One recommends that the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ should be continued for the pub- 
lication of lists of duplicates, as there is 
hardly time during “ the season” to know 
what duplicates one has, and the winter 
is the very season for distributing them. 
But is the ‘Intelligencer’ necessary for 
that purpose P 
Another recommends that long ac- 
counts of rambles through forest and 
field, through woodland and heath, would 
appropriately serve to enliveu our fire- 
sides in winter by reminding us of our 
doings in summer. But surely we don’t 
want the ‘Intelligencer’ to give us news 
six months old. 
Then, again, supposing the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’ were continued, should we 
average one piece of intelligence per 
week? We doubt it. 
Entomologists may want something, 
aud may fancy they want the ‘ Intelli- 
gencer’; but perhaps they might find 
after all it was only “ the moon in the 
pail of water.” It is by no means clear 
to us that the ‘Intelligencer’ would 
answer their purpose, and it certainly 
would not answer ours. 
The ‘ Intelligencer’ will hybernate. 
No. 26 will appear on the 27th Septem- 
ber, 1856, aud No. 27 on the 4th April, 
1857. 
At the same time, whilst making this 
announcement, we do not wish to be 
thought by any means unmindful of the 
wants of our readers. Though we can- 
not supply an ‘Intelligencer’ during the 
winter, perhaps we may be able to make 
some arrangements to supply a brumal 
substitute for it; but the consideration 
of tl^e form, nature, and price, of that 
substitute, we must reserve till our next 
Number. 
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