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side, and he who has approached even these the 

 nearest, will be abashed at the immensity still before 

 him, and can only bow in humility before the great 

 Creating Soul of the Universe, the all-wise, all-mighty 

 and all-loving Father — the same incomprehensible 

 Being who has animated the mountainous bony frame 

 of the Elephant, and built with wondrous skill and 

 nicety, the delicate structures of those little living, 

 moving atoms we call Bugs ! And not only has 

 breathed into them the breath of life, but, more 

 wonderful still, has provided them with senses, with 

 internal and external faculties, and constituted them 

 equally essential parts in the vast economy of 

 Nature. 



Bugs are easily distinguished from other Insects, 

 by having, instead of a mouth, a prolongated horny 

 proboscis, or snout, in which are two pairs of bristles 

 which they insert into the animal or vegetable body 

 from which they derive their nourishment, by pump- 

 ing out its juices. This proboscis is articulated to 

 the head, and when in operation has a perpendicular, 

 but when not in use, a horizontal position, being 

 attached to the under part of the breast. Their 

 head is usually small, and has two short feelers 

 (antennai); their breast larger than the head, and 

 the hind-body is short and wide. All the Insects 

 of this Order, the Bed-bugs and female Plant-lice 



