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proof cloth can be fastened over the upper part of the sleeve 

 to afiford shelter. 



In the breeding-houses large colonies were now raised on 

 larger cane-plants in the saki tubs already mentioned ; and other 



still larger ones in the open field beneath light portable cages, 

 which could be placed over several entire well-grown cane- 

 plants, and were of sufficient size to allow one to enter and ex- 

 amine the condition of afifairs within, and to make cuttings for 

 further distributi(^n. These laroe liiiht caces were further 



