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fly fishing; and I fear what I have to say, 

 even on the winged insects connected with 

 this amusement, will occupy too much of 

 your time, for we have not more than an 

 hour to devote to this object. 



Poiet a — Tell us what you please; we are 

 attentive. 



Hal. — The various individuals of the 

 gryllus, or grasshopper tribe, spring from 

 larvae which do not differ much from the 

 perfect insect, except in possessing no wings. 

 The eggs are deposited in our meadows, and 

 many species of this animal are gregarious, 

 and the migrations in swarms are well known. 

 The butterfly and moths as you know lay 

 eggs which produce caterpillars, and these 

 caterpillars, after feeding upon vegetable 

 food, spin themselves — frame houses or beds, 

 cocoons, in which they are transformed into 

 aurelias, and from which they burst forth as 

 perfect winged insects. The libellula, or 

 dragon fly, the most voracious of the winged 

 insect tribe, deposits her eggs in such a 

 manner that the larvae fall into the -water, 

 and after destroying and feeding upon almost 



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