. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . ould converse fora while in my choicest German, then harangue him withall the Latin I could recall and perhaps end witli aniEsops Fable, or part of tlie multiplication I gravely informed him that Artemia safuiacould be converted into Artemia mffhhnhaui^il byadding fresh water and stirring, or whether I chantedthe troubles of ^Eneas, the venerable Aztec courte-ously listened with the greatest interest! His final greeting was tremulous and sincere, and, as «4 108 ^ - ::::::::seL NATURE NEAR CAMP m:::::::: we repeated the phrase which sounded so ridicul
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . ould converse fora while in my choicest German, then harangue him withall the Latin I could recall and perhaps end witli aniEsops Fable, or part of tlie multiplication I gravely informed him that Artemia safuiacould be converted into Artemia mffhhnhaui^il byadding fresh water and stirring, or whether I chantedthe troubles of ^Eneas, the venerable Aztec courte-ously listened with the greatest interest! His final greeting was tremulous and sincere, and, as «4 108 ^ - ::::::::seL NATURE NEAR CAMP m:::::::: we repeated the phrase which sounded so ridiculous toour ears, we felt a strong pity for this poor ignorantman, whose speech was that of long-gone yet he had no need of our sympathy. Day afterday for years (so we gathered from his sign language)he had driven his cattle back and forth from some tinyvillage miles away. He was faithful in this and hishappiness was full. It was overflowing when, at part-ing, we gave him some little trinkets and our HELICONIA BUTTERFLIES
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