. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. ft- -A ' Whatever it was and wher- ever it came >"/" , ^ from I now determined to discover. The direction of the breeze was soon: ascertained, and I started out to follow up the scent like a hound. I had walked about ten feet, with my nose tingling, when the odor sud- denly left me. I paused at a large maple-tree, and awaited the trail. It came. This time it proved to be a hot scent, in truth. I needed only to follow my nose around the trunk of the tree at my elbow to be br


. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. ft- -A ' Whatever it was and wher- ever it came >"/" , ^ from I now determined to discover. The direction of the breeze was soon: ascertained, and I started out to follow up the scent like a hound. I had walked about ten feet, with my nose tingling, when the odor sud- denly left me. I paused at a large maple-tree, and awaited the trail. It came. This time it proved to be a hot scent, in truth. I needed only to follow my nose around the trunk of the tree at my elbow to be brought face to face with my game. It was no banana peel, nor pineapple,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers


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