The Geotrupes: the Public Health 



lence burst over the north of France. The 

 great barometrical depression which caused 

 it was echoed in my district; and the Geo- 

 trupes marked this profound disturbance by 

 their exceptional display of emotion. They 

 told me of the hurricane before the papers 

 did, had I but been able to understand them. 

 Was this simply a chance coincidence, or was 

 it a case of cause and effect? In the absence 

 of sufficient evidence, I will end on this note 

 of interrogation. 



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