1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE PALFA SURVEY
3. TIMING OBSERVATIONS
4. TIMING
5. FLUXES AND SPECTRAL INDICES
6. PROFILES
   6.1. Profiles
   6.2. Scattering
7. X-RAY OBSERVATIONS OF PSR J1856+0245
   7.1. XMM-Newton
   7.2. Chandra
   7.3. Association between PSR J1856+0245 and HESS J1857+026
8. DISCUSSION