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| title | Prince Edward Island's Early Natural History Society | |
| creator | Wake, Winifred | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | <p>In a September morning in 1890, a<br />small boy stood beside his mother outside<br />the window of Mr. Haszard's book<br />store, The child's gaze was fixed upon a<br />worm-like creature some five inches in<br />length. He watched closely as it voraciously<br />munched its way along a branch<br />of apple leaves. The caterpillar wore a<br />green skin, handsomely bejewelled in<br />knobs of red, yellow, and blue. Nearby<br />rested a drab brown cocoon attached to<br />a twig. And beside that an open book<br />was spread to show a huge, strikingly<br />patterned Cecropia Moth.<br />George knew all about Cecropia<br />Moths, for he had listened while his<br />mother read Mr. Watson's letter from<br />the newspaper. When the dishes had<br />been washed and put away, they had<br />hurried down to Queen Street to see the<br />Natural History Society's display for<br />themselves. George decided then and<br />there that he would return every day<br />until the moth emerged from the cocoon.<br />Seeing a picture in a book was one<br />thing, but seeing the living moth with its<br />feathery antennae and delicately fluttering<br />wings would be quite another.</p> | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1995 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-496 | |
| source | 37 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | <p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p> | |
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| title | Prince Edward Island's Early Natural History Society | |
| creator | Wake, Winifred | |
| subject | Island Magazine | |
| subject | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| description | <p>In a September morning in 1890, a<br />small boy stood beside his mother outside<br />the window of Mr. Haszard's book<br />store, The child's gaze was fixed upon a<br />worm-like creature some five inches in<br />length. He watched closely as it voraciously<br />munched its way along a branch<br />of apple leaves. The caterpillar wore a<br />green skin, handsomely bejewelled in<br />knobs of red, yellow, and blue. Nearby<br />rested a drab brown cocoon attached to<br />a twig. And beside that an open book<br />was spread to show a huge, strikingly<br />patterned Cecropia Moth.<br />George knew all about Cecropia<br />Moths, for he had listened while his<br />mother read Mr. Watson's letter from<br />the newspaper. When the dishes had<br />been washed and put away, they had<br />hurried down to Queen Street to see the<br />Natural History Society's display for<br />themselves. George decided then and<br />there that he would return every day<br />until the moth emerged from the cocoon.<br />Seeing a picture in a book was one<br />thing, but seeing the living moth with its<br />feathery antennae and delicately fluttering<br />wings would be quite another.</p> | |
| publisher | Prince Edward Island Museum | |
| date | 1995 | |
| type | Document | |
| format | application/pdf | |
| identifier | vre:islemag-batch2-496 | |
| source | 37 | |
| language | en_US | |
| rights | <p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p> | |