CH. XVII.1 CHRYSALIS. 2^5 



repetition of its former action it gradually ascends 

 to the point which it wishes to reach ; when safely- 

 landed, it disembarrasses itself of the silk which 

 Bad been collected between its legs. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CHRYSALIS, OR AURELIA. 



CatarfiUar when about to change into a Chrysalis fastens itself to a 

 Leaf or Stem— Spins a little Web— Gets rid of its otd Cage—Siw 

 fends itself by a Girth or Band formed of Silk. 



The insect, having lived its appointed time in the 

 caterpillar state, and incapable of perpetuating its 

 species, prepares for those wonderful changes of 

 form and functions which are destmed to end in the 

 production of a creature perfect in its kind. If a 

 human being, surrounded by enemies eager to injure 

 or destroy lum, felt that he should fall into a stato 



