274 EARLY SPRING IN MASSACHUSETTS. 
hole was arched above and flat on the bottom 
like an oven, o about five inches in diameter 
at the base. It seemed to have a pretty hard 
crust as I probed into it. There was a little 
enlargement, perhaps ten inches in diameter, in 
the angle at the end of twelve feet. It was thus, 
It was a wonder where the sand was 
conveyed to, for there was not a wheel- 
Entrance. 
barrow load at the entrance. 
March 30, 1854. .... Read an interest¬ 
ing article on Etienne Geoffroy St. Hilaire, the 
friend and contemporary of Cuvier, though op¬ 
posed to him in his philosophy. He believed 
species to be variable. In looking for anatomi¬ 
cal resemblances he found that he could not 
safely be guided by function, form, structure, 
size, color, etc., but only by the relative position 
and mutual dependence of organs. Hence his 
“ Le Principe des Connexions ” and his maxim, 
“ An organ is sooner destroyed than trans¬ 
posed,” “ Un organ est plutot alt ere, atrophie, 
aneanti, que transpose.” A principal formula 
of his was, “ Unity of Plan, Unity of Composi¬ 
tion.” “ Westminster Review,” January, 1854. 
March 30, 1855.He must have a 
great deal of life in him to draw upon, who can 
pick up a subsistence in November and March. 
Man comes out of his winter quarters this month 
as lean as a woodchuck. Not till late could the 
