NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



summum jus, summa injuria. Therefore he contributed 

 his information and the vacant nest to the cause of 

 science, in hope that the offering might in some degree 

 compensate for the ruthless sack of the emmet city and 

 home. He had rather in this case read the old judicial 

 proverb, transeat in exemplum! — "let this be for an 

 illustration " — than, "let it be for a precedent!" Hap- 

 pily the world has many such worthy spirits who can 

 practise the grace of forgiveness even towards injurious 

 insects. 



