. Stories of lake, field and forest. Rambles of a sportsman-naturalist. With ten half-tone engravings. the mouth low down nearly on a levelwith the belly ; the numerous feelers, or bar- 86 LAKE, FIELD AND FOKEST. bels, furnish means of discovering their foodin the muddy water; and the black color ofthe back, of the same hue as the mud onwhich they lie, protects them from the at-tacks of their enemies ; while the belly, lyingnext the mud, and not exposed to view,has turned to the neutral white or gray. Well, says Bob, I think the skeetersare pretty thick, to make a lecture on Nat-ural History r
. Stories of lake, field and forest. Rambles of a sportsman-naturalist. With ten half-tone engravings. the mouth low down nearly on a levelwith the belly ; the numerous feelers, or bar- 86 LAKE, FIELD AND FOKEST. bels, furnish means of discovering their foodin the muddy water; and the black color ofthe back, of the same hue as the mud onwhich they lie, protects them from the at-tacks of their enemies ; while the belly, lyingnext the mud, and not exposed to view,has turned to the neutral white or gray. Well, says Bob, I think the skeetersare pretty thick, to make a lecture on Nat-ural History real interestin, I move we ad-journ. Gee! Whiz! I guess there aintbeen anybody here this year. Leastwise,these skeeters is mighty hungry. Les git! and we got. On the way home, I told Bob of the ef-forts to introduce the catfish into Europe andPunchs poetic protest, ending with They say the catfish climbs the treesAnd robs the roosts, and, down the breeze Prolongs his , leave him in his western flood,Where Mississippi churns the mud, Dont brina- him here at all! THE FOX WE DID NOT Photo, by C. M. Emerson. WATCHING A BUN WAY. THE FOX WE DID NOT GET.
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