Hedgerow Life 
so that there are always enough to 
supply all the birds and leave a tew 
over. All the things in this world, you 
see—living things and plants and vege- 
tables—are bound up together; they 
can’t do without one another. 
Some of the contrivances used by 
insects in their different stages are most 
curious. The hedges are full of insects 
nearly all the year round; but if you 
were to go out and look for them you 
wouldn’t find many until you had learned 
just where to look, and when to look, 
and, above all, what to look for. For 
they hide away in every possible place. 
Some only feed at night, when they think 
they are safe, and during the daytime 
burrow underground. There are many 
caterpillars in our English hedges which 
all the time they are in the caterpillar 
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