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and pretends to have ob- 
tained for an answer certain hints as to sundry interviews 
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Female Katydid. 
ORDER II.——STRAIGHT-WINGED INSECTS. 
Figure 24, 

everlasting song of ‘‘ Katydid, 
After describ- 
ing the happy interview beneath the moon-lit bower of 
love, and assuring her that he heard every word 
_ between a certain Miss Katy and her lover. 
however 
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soft and low it fell, he says 
“But never fear me, gentle one, nor waste a thought or tear, 
Lest I should whisper what I heard in any mortal ear; 
I only sport among the boughs, and, like a spirit hid, 
I think on what I saw and heard, and laugh out ‘ Katydid’ 
I never tell them all I know, although I’m often bid; 
I laugh at curiosity, and chirrup ‘ Katydid.’” 
“T see among the leaves here, when evening zephyrs sigh, 
And those that listen to my voice I love to mystify ; 
