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CONTENrrs. LETTER I.-May 12th. Philadelphia-Delaware Bay - Delights of Voyaging- Gulfstream -Floating Weeds-Dolphins- Pilotfish-Suckingfish -Flyingfish-Stormy Petrel-Trade Wind-Bahamas-Hole in the Wall-Florida Reef-Turtle-Portuguese Men-ofWar -Groper-Yellowtail- Marketfish- Hogfish-CatfishVisit to Cayo Boca-Insects-Birds-Shells-Hermit CrabSwift Crab-Sponges-Gulf of Mexico-Hermit ThrushRedstart -Kingfish-Storm-Marinera' Lights-Mobile Point and Bay • . . . . . . • • • . . • • . 1 LETTER It.-May 20th. Mobile-Forests-Magnolias-Inseets-White Skipper Butterfly. -Crayfish- Prickly Pear-AlabamaRiver-Fireflies-Nightfires -Dawn-Bats-Whip-poor-Will-Wood-yards-Freshets -Trees-Scarcity of Animals-Blue Heron-Belted Kingfisher -Wood-duck-Tortoise-Sinuous Course of the RiverMeeting of two Steamers-King's Landing-Shipping Cotton -Master James-Fox·Squirrels-Tanagers-Hair-streaksScarlet Woodbine-Colias-Emerald Dragonfly-Copperbelly -Slaves-Turkey-buzzards • . . . • . • • •• 25 VIll CONTENTS. LETTER IlL-June 1st. School-Construction and Furniture of School-room-PupilsForest Yard-Early Walk-Breakfast-Homminy-WofHesIndian Bread- Feather-fan - Mocking-bird- Lizards-Scorpion Lizard-Fast Runner-Ants-Rabbit-Twisting-StickFlowers -Butterflies-Zebra Swallowtail-Yellows - Brown Thrush-Cardinal Grosbeak-Browns-Tick-Turkeys-Turkey -pen-Afternoon Walk-Butterflies-Turtle-dove-Indian Pink-Skippers-Barred Owl-Night-hawks-Calling Hogs -Habits of Hogs-Twilight in the Garden-Marvel of Peru -Hawk-moths-Development of the Imago-Structure of a Moth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 LETTER IV.-June 10th. Night Scene-Chuck-Will's-Widow·-Its Note-Boat-fly-Anolis -Its Changes of Colour-Prairies-Their Plants and Flowers - Larkspur- Coral-tree - Swallow-worts - View over the Forest-Blue Swallowtail-Black Swallowtail-ArchippusGreen Clouded Swallowtail-Painted Beauty-Pink-wing Moth-Beauty of Butterflies-Scales of Wing-Scarcity of Water-Resources in Drought-Forest Prairie-Goldwing Woodpecker-Carolina Wren-Passalus-Beetles on Flowers -Glycine-White-Spotted Skipper-Its TransformationsGirdling Trees-Spanish Moss-Red-tailed Hawk-TurkeyBuzzard -Ivory-bill Woodpecker-Log-cock-Dragonfly feeding on Fish-Forest-Pool-Desolation-Terrapins-Alligator Tortoise-Soft-back • • • • • • • • • • • • • 69 LETTER V.-June 16th. Ride to Cahawba-Mush Creek-Fords-Hydrangea-Prickly Pear-Blue Heron-CahuwbaTown and River-Ferry-Horses tied-Crying Frogs-Leaf-eating Lady-birds-Lepisma-Quail -Anecdote-Scarlet Viper-Trail of Snakes-Intellectual Capacity fairly distributed-Examples-Provincialisms of Speech-L/trge Cicadoo-Purple Grakle-Scarlet Trumpet Flower - Humming-bird - Cross-vine - Spani:.>h Moss-Re- [18.118.1.158] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 04:17 GMT) CONTENTS. IX markable Fungus-Sensitive Brier-Chestnut--Grandeur of Forest-Purple Underwing :M:oth-Scolia-Toad-Ringlet Butterflies-Pearly Eye-Black Emperor Swallowtail-Red Spotted Purple-Humble-bee- Hawk-moth- Earwig - Hair Spectre-Squirrels-A valuable Secret-Sylvan Amusements -Driving the Nail-Threading the Needle-Snuffing the Candle-Barking off Squirrels . . . . • . . . . 100 LETTER VI.-July 18t. Indian Corn-Cane-brakes-l!'iring a Brake-Fan-Palm-Lack of Grass-Star Cranefly-Digging out Cossus from a TreeEconomy of Xylophagous Insects-Progress of a Wasp's Nest-Operations of a Carpenter-bee-Sassafrag-Spice-wood -Azure Butterfly-Peach Hawk-moth-Mydas-Bombylius -Abnormal Voracity-Variegated Fritillary-Coral Hairstreak -Succession of Butterflies-Their Beauty, Number, and Size-Profusion of Animal Life and Happiness . . . 134 LETTER VIl.-July 3d. Description of a Southern House-Climbing Plants-Habits of the People-Rude Carpentry-Roofs-Chimneys-YardNegro Children-Ducks-Ornamental Trees-Pride of China -Sycamore - Wild Cherry - Woodpeckers - Relation of Colours to Animals-Althea-Humming-birds-Ball-chaferIts singular Habits-Horns of Beetles-Oryctes-Its Strength -A wonderful Feat-Spines of Longicorns-Their EyesArched Swallowtail-Yellow Emperor Swallowtail-Redstriped Hairstreak-Plane-tree Moth-Other Insects-Bats -Indigo Bird - Tulip-tree - Peculiarity in VernationCatalpa • . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . 151 LETTER VIll.-July 5th. RobhingBee's Nest-Bee-tree-Mode of Proceeding-KatedidIts Pertinacity-Structure of its Musical Organ-Caterpillar of Archippus-Transformations of Butterflies-Nest of Scorpion Lizard-Summer Flowers-Mullein-Blue-Bird-Indian x CONTENTS. Shot-Sorrel-tree-Undulations of Odour-Comfrey-Tree Primrose-Banner Pea-Zinnia-Venus' Fly-trap-Heat of Weather. • . . • . . . . . . . • • . . . 178 LETTER IX.-July 15th. Peaches-Melons and Gourds-Calabash-Musk Melon-Water Melon - Smell Melon - Prickly Cucumber- Locust-treeWahoo -Sweet Gum-Sour Gum-Story of Irish EmigrantCotton in Flower-Adam's Needle-Bear's Grass-June Bug -Tiger Swallowtail-Eyed Click Beetle-Ringlets-Vanilla Fritillary-Snout Butterfiy-Skippers-Green Emperor Moth -Corn Emperor-Crimson Underwing-Odour of Plant-Bug -Parasites on Insects-Chelifer-Strength of Reproductive Instinct in Insects-Ephemera-Great Black Locust-Stag Beetles-Chequered Bug-Prairie Knoll revisited-Change in its attractions-Pink·wing Moth-Predatory Asilus. . 194 LETTER X.-A ugust 1st. Florida Coffee-Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly-Black.banded Sulphur-Black·edged Sulphur-Rattlesnake-Snake crawling up a Wall-Inference of Age from the...

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