THE FIELD-CRICKET The breeding of Crickets demands no particular preparations.

A little patience is enough--patience, which according to Buffon is genius; but which I, more modestly, will call the superlative virtue of the observer.

In April, May, or later we may establish isolated couples in ordinary flower-pots containing a layer of beaten earth.

Their diet will consist of a leaf of lettuce renewed from time to time.

The pot must be covered with a square of glass to prevent the escape of the inmates.
I have gathered some very curious data from these makeshift appliances, which may be used with and as a substitute for the cages of wire gauze, although the latter are preferable.