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and smoked out sortie of the mosquitoes. listened to the (luck of the mother and a little later discovered her coming back through the tangle. never approaching near enough for a snapshot. hut all the WllllC uttering her calls. Presenth I heard a Ven’ [ill\'. plztintiw and longulrau'n-out r-r-p. and soon one of [UV little ones had gone. and

in less than tvto minutes all had disappeared.

I tried every wa) after that to get a photograph of her and the young together. but this I now believe was

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impossible. as she would not come nearer than ten feet «it them. zilwats calling them to her, nor could I get nearer than that (0 them when all were together. \Vith reluctance I abandoned the attempt and left the place. trusting that I Inlng be able to get something at a future dat.

On Saturday. Mat 28. the voting now being about nine days old. I