376 TENANTS OF AN OLD FARM. 



oration for these insects, made tliem an article of food, 

 and accounted them deUcious. ^lian takes occasion to 

 reprimand the men of his age for tlie fact that au ani- 

 mal sacred to the Muses should be strung, sold, and 

 greedily devoured ! It does seem to have been very 

 improper and inconsistent behavior ; but the ancient 

 Greeks are not peculiar among their fellows in devour- 

 ing the objects of their worship, or, perhaps I should 

 say, worshipping the objects that they devour." 



