The Naturalists' Comtaxiox. 
and had the canoes ]mcked, although it 
was raining a little. Carrying our can¬ 
oes lor a couple of miles we were again 
on the water on what is called Bog River, 
but why, 1 could never tell, as no l)ogs 
could we see; nothing but stones. 
ro KE CONTINUED. 
EXCH.AJ\^GES. 
THIS column is open to all subscribers, who m y insert 
exchanges free of charge. M) advertisements admitttd to this 
column under any circumstances, and we shall reserve the 
right to insert no exchanges which are merely intended to se¬ 
cure cash purchasers.--Ed. 
Eugene W. Gkafford, Danbury. la. 
—Tobacco tags for same. All lettei-s 
promj)tly answered. 
Bessie Nevill, box 3, Breslau, N. Y. 
—3 postmarks, a starfish, a fossil shell, 
a puddingstone or a revenue stamp for 
a revenue stamp not in my collection. 
Arthur J. Cox, box 1713, Iowa City, 
la.—Polished or unpolished Devonian 
corals for fossils, Indian relics, miner¬ 
als or marine specimens. 
Frank Boll, 102 Saratoga, Ave., 
Eochester, N. Y.—Vol. 1 of the Young 
Oologist, Davie’s Egg Check List and 
Vol. 1 of the Stamp and Coin Gazette 
for foreign coins. 
Joseph Wigglesworth, Wilmington, 
Del. — Minerals and general curiosities 
of all kinds for fine curiosities, birds’ 
eggs or Indian relics. Send your list 
and receive mine in return. 
Arthur Nevill, box 3, Breslau, N. Y. 
—A new scroll saw, 29 patterns, extra 
saws, etc., for an International album, 
latest edition and -in good condition, 
with or without stamps. Magazines, 
foreign and domestic newspapers for 
rare postage stamps or the latest 
edition of Scott’s stamp catalogue. No 
appi-oval sheets wanted. 
H7 
Philip H. Seibel, 735 O’Farrell St., 
San Francisco, Cal.—A starfish or sea 
urchin for every mineral or fossil not 
less than 2x2 inches. Specimens of 
serpentine and slag (any size) for suit¬ 
able cabinet specimens. 
H. Y. Z., care this office.—A collec¬ 
tion of over 200 ditterent foreign and 
domestic stamps and a tii-st-class Colt’s 
revolver, 44 caliber, and shoots equal 
to a rifle, for a silvei’, open-face watch. 
Elgin, P. S. Bartlett, or any good works 
in running order. 
J. H. Merrill, Wenham, Mass.— U. 
S. and foreign stamps, a few’ copies of 
the American Naturalist and a lot of 
magazines and papers for minerals, In¬ 
dian relics and curiosities. I would 
like to correspond with boys and girls 
who are interested in mineralogy. 
W. F. Moragne, New Salem, N. Cb 
— One or more specimens of good min¬ 
erals (list sent on application for selec¬ 
tion) or a fine specimen of landscape 
marble, nicel}’ diessed, showing land¬ 
scape or ocean view, for mailing boxes 
2-^x3 inches or 3x4 inches, 1 inch deep; 
pasteboard oi-wood, by the ICOor gross. 
The same ( tier lor a rubber stamp. 
Write first. 
CON’l'INUElt ON P.AGE I.jC. 
The carp is dormant during the cold 
months, and does not eat. 
Recent observations, according to 
Mr. E. J. Miers, of the British Museum, 
•show that crabs do not reach great 
depths in the ocean. The Challenger 
expedition obtained few’ specimens 
from points more than 400 fathoms be¬ 
low'the surface, and only a single speci¬ 
men w’as found at a depth of 1000 
: fathoms. 
