Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-02-15
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rsey Gather Living Specimens ses tbs
y.rssu. Tees OF s~s~nee.
u may seem impossible that without
leaving the department Of the sein.
men born with the instincts Of an Ar-
kansas trspper should succeed in
satisfying their love Of life in the open
air and their passion for hunting Que
type resolves this problem-men who
collect subjects for labora tories In
the high schools. museums OF natural
history. at the Sorbonne. the college
Of France. the medical college. and the
naturalisiS rooms. rev subjects are
constantly required. Frogs. snakes.
SslsfnaHdcr>. insects ~ all kinds.
water beetles. crici1ets. grzS>hoPPcrS.
and eats-spceimens 81 these ami
mails are used every dsv. and.
with the exception uf frogs and cats.
none j. tn be found in the market
In addition. the horticultural gardens
and the garden Of standardization. in
order To feed their iLsectivorous rep
tiles and birds. must have a quantity
Of living insets. which are not easily
procured for them. Finally. the
aqnariums. especially the Trocadero.
require infuSorisc and crustaceans OF
an inferior species for the support Of
their Young fish: the Young trout and
salmon have especially greedy appe-
titles, and active. energetic men must
work to keep them supplied
There are many varieties Of hunters,
hut they all have one quality in com
mon. horror of regular work and an
intense love % a vagabond life. The
collector for laboratories will start
out fve or six times month
on excursions at certain seasons. will
remain away each time four or five
days sleeping in the open air under
the stars on the edge Of some ditch.
living on hit of dry bread which he
finds in the bottom Of his canvass bag
When an idle mood come he will re-
main for three months with his Ia nt>
folded. begging tn satisfy his necesSi-
tics from professors AMI students ho
have bccn in the ha bit of buying their
specimens from him The winter j. a
fatal time. he often manages at the
beginning Of the cold season tn com
live at the expense Of the state until
warm weather. Hut he always
manages his affairs 81 thas he can
have his liberty when the little ami
mails come out in the spring from their
torpor-
In the eoves on the borders Of the
Seine OF Marine guats place cg-s On the
surface Of the water on aquatic plants.
| These eggs are disc IN ma ted in coiories
over spaces relatively restricted which
| gives fruitful harvest On cuss cou.li-
iicn; the collector must kuor exactly
the day. a. well a. the place. where
they are placed. One dav. too late. a
wave may carry them away or they
may hide in the riire and he lost
Therefore. tho hunter follows the
swsrmS with his ere and finds the
place where they drop down at evening.
and knows where the females have de-
posted the eggs. II i very delicate
and careful piece of work when insects
as small ss gnais are To BE- collected.
| This merchandise Is harvested in little
pots. and sells from four francs To eight
francs the litre- But gnstS have only
one SEASON and buying and selling
must 90 on forever
Another task shat brings in money
to the>.s men j. the capture Of bats ~
we wish To understand wSv procuring
these cheirop,era has bcsorue 20 lu.-ra-
tive a business We must recall that 4
few wears ago the minister ~ public
instruction prescribed the formal ion
Of natural history collections in ali tii..
upper grades 80 the elementary schools
and IN all esta blishmcHts Of specs IN
struetion- - that the pupii. could
study not only the culore,l plates. hut
the principal types Of animals or in
sects that the professor lectures. about.
| Naturally. the hat. on account of IT.
distinct order ar the interest which !
attached IL it, eurious anatomy. has a
very important place in these eollec-
tIous- fhey are required to have 4
specimen ct each of the foEr kind,
caii.si Partisan; that is- the grrz
horseshoe. the litti. horseshoe. the
murin or larsss-esred bat. and the
ripi>treiie or dsrk-solo.esi hat. Eff
teen hundred collections were made.
and We can i'm gine the work done ~
tsese hat hunters - Popular Scisucs
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