THE NATURALISTS' COMPANION. 
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G. D. Story, Carterville, Mo.—Nice 
bound books and ones in paper covers, 
of all kinds, for others on mineralogy, 
geology, archaeology and natural history. 
C. S. Mason, Easton, Penn.—I have 
fine specimens of zinc blende, calamine, 
iron pyrite, calcite, quartz, grenochite, 
goethite, kaoline, limonite, geodes, 
mica, fiberous asbestos and red granite 
in exchange foi good specimens of min¬ 
erals. 
D. H. Eaton, Woburn, Mass.—I 
want copies of many stamp and natural 
history papers to complete files. Send 
a list of what papers (name, Vol. and 
number) you have and what you want. 
I want No. i, Vol. i, of the Natural¬ 
ists’ Companion. I have fine horse¬ 
shoe crabs, starfish, shells, fossils, min¬ 
erals, woods, etc., to exchange, 
25 foreign stamps for every special 
delivery stamp; a three-jointed telescope 
for best offer of U, S. stamps, except 
current i and 2 cent; a recipe for an ink 
and pad that takes 150 to 200 copies 
from one writing and cost >^5,00, for 
best offer of U. S. entire, used or unused, 
envelopes. Postmarks for stamps or 
philatelic papers. S. M, Savidge, 
L, box 472, Pottstown, Penn. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
G. D. S., Carterville, Mo.—We iden¬ 
tify specimens free of charge to subscrib¬ 
ers; all others 5 cts, per specimen, 
W. S. S., Richmond, Kan.—We have 
all the eggs mentioned in stock. Do 
not wish to exchange books. 
A. B. R., Weymouth, Ohio,—Minerals 
sent for identification are as follows: 
No. I, flint; No. 2, iron pyrites and 
Hint; No. 3, chalk. 
G. S., Circleville, Tex.—Both speci¬ 
mens sent are varieties of calcite. Will 
endeavor to answer other questions in 
next issue. 
E, R, O, , Danbury, Iowa.—The eggs 
described are undoubtedly those of the 
Red-shouldered Hawk. The set is val¬ 
ued at ^^i.8o. 
One house recently uncovered at Pom¬ 
peii appeared to have been undergoing 
repair at the time it was overtaken by 
the terriable volcano storm of November 
23, A. D. 79. Painters’ pots and 
brushes and workman’s tools were scat¬ 
tered around, and spots of whitewash 
starred wall and floor. Pots and ket¬ 
tles had been bundled up in a corner 
by themselves, but dinner had not been 
forgotten. A solitary pot stood on the 
stove. The oven was filled with loaves 
of bread, and a suckling pig was await¬ 
ing on a brown dish its turn to be bak¬ 
ed. But the pig never entered the oven, 
and the bread remained in it eighteen 
centuries. Monsieur Florelli’s museum 
at Pompeii contains the loaves—twenty- 
one in number—rather hard and black, 
but perfectly preserved. 
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