THE NET-MAKING CADUIS WORM 



CAIRN OF NET-MAKING CADDIS WORM, SHOWING ITS NET AND SILKEN 



TUBE 



wings and up-springing in flight from the fragile boatlet 

 tossing upon the riffle is a scene that may well give play 

 to poet's fancy and romancer's imagination. One read- 

 ily sees how men and women who have lived close to 

 nature have caught from such scenes the inspiration 

 which has peopled meadow and brook-side and grove 

 with fairy folk, and woven about them the spell of 

 fairy lore. 



Once launched upon the air, the brief imago life be- 

 gins. The perfect flies are often seen about the margins 

 of streams. They love shady places. They are night- 



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