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clustered on the bag ready for the feast 

 before there was time to undo the strap. 

 Some bread and jelly and a small piece 

 of bacon and butter were hung on the 

 hedge to lure away the rather inconveni- 

 ent guests, and these things they caused 

 to disappear, — all but a small piece of 

 hard bread. 



The same observer found a great differ- 

 ence in wasps near dwellings and those 

 living in the deep woods. The latter 

 took no interest in lunch-bags, not hav- 

 ing had experience with food prepared 

 by man, and they were not inclined to 

 make the acquaintance of their human 

 guest. Those living by the roadside, 

 however, visited him as he sat painting, 

 getting on his collar and his arm and 

 even allowing him to stroke them gently 

 on the back. 



Indeed wasps differ as much as cats in 

 their habits of friendliness. One cannot 

 make friends with a puss that has run wild 



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