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 CURIOUS FACTS ''*4^ 



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HISTORY OF INSECTS 



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INCLUPING 



SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS. 



COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE LEGENDS, SUPERSTITIONS, BELIEFS, 



AND OMINOUS SIGNS CONNECTED WITH INSECTS; TOGETHER 



WITH THEIR USES IN MEDICINE, ART, AND AS FOOD; 



AND A SUMMARY OF THEIR REMARKABLE 



INJURIES AND APPEARANCES. 



BY 



FRANK COWAN. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



J. B. LIPPING OTT & CO. 



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