170 WASPS AND THEIR WAYS 



They slept in it every night for several 



months. 



The wasps have ever been used to 



* " point a moral and adorn a tale," and that 



) they did not escape as illustrations of moral 



lessons for man's betterment, Mr. Moffett 



thus assures us: — 



" Clemens Alexandrinus, when he would 

 express and declare the foulness and abom- 

 inable hurt of such sins that do lie in 

 wait, as it were, to deceive, and watch to 

 do displeasure to the life of man, hath 

 ^ these words, — 



^^' "'That is, these fat, dull, grosse and 



Olympicall enemies of ours are worser than 



Wasps, more cruel and displeas- 



ant, and especially sensuall and 



worldly pleasure.' " 



