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persons to trail his defilement over our absorp- 

 tive epidermis. Doubtless many of you, La- 

 dies and Gentlemen, have seen a magnification 

 of the foot of the Fly, you w^ill therefrom com- 

 prehend how easily the w^onderfully formed 

 suckers by which this curious creature is ena- 

 bled to support its own weight in an inverted 

 position, can take up and transfer and impart 

 germs of every description ; and you will rec- 

 ognize what extraordinary facilities the insect 

 possesses for acquiring and delivering them. 



I suggest that wooden frames be covered 

 with metal gauze such as is used for sieves, and 

 hinged on outside of doors and Avindows, other- 

 wise, with free access to your houses, what can 

 be safe from the Fly ? Oldys, Ladies and Gen 

 tlemen, penned a quaint poem on the Fly, bid- 

 ding the latter "Drink with me and as I;" but 

 I am far from sharing his peculiar poetical 

 sentiments, and I believe that could the "Busy, 

 curious, thirsty" insect be swept altogether 

 out of existence the world would be ever so 

 much the better for it. How to accomplish 

 this, and also annihilate the swarms of Ticks, 

 Fleas, Gnats, Bed-Bugs, and so forth, is indeed 

 a question. Of course cleanliness will effect 

 something towards the desired end ; but, per- 



