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aquariuni, where he will soon make himself at home 

 and spend his time anchoring himself at the bottom 

 with his middle legs grasping a pebble while his 

 arms are doubled up under his chin and his hind 

 legs all set ready to row like a pair of oars in a 

 shell boat, as indeed they are, not in a boat, but 

 they are oars to propel the boat-bug to the surface 



when he needs air. 



The air he takes down 

 with him from the surface 

 in minute silver bubbles, 

 clinging to the outer edge 

 of each upper wing, filling 

 the spaces between the 

 wings and the belly and 

 between his head and chest 

 BOAT- BUG and sticking to the hairs on 



Enlarged View. J^is legS likc silvCr SpaUglcS. 



The water Boatman is a great diver and he can stay 

 under water a long, long time without being com- 

 pelled to come to the surface. 



Occasionally these bugs will leave the water and 

 I have found them flying around the kerosene 

 lamps in the farmhouse. Water is water to them, 

 whether it is salt or fresh, and you can find them 



