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her life have paid the forfeit of a too free 

 indulgence in bright waters? 



There is a black wasp, less often met 

 with than the common mud-dauber, that 

 builds galleries several inches long. 

 Each gallery is partitioned off into 

 compartments about the size of the 

 mud-dauber's cell. The galleries 

 are placed vertically on the side of 

 a door-post or elsewhere, and the 

 little architect lays out the plan of ( 

 her house before building it. That 

 the gallery may maintain its proper 

 width and be kept straight, two 

 parallel lines of mud the right distance 

 apart are first laid down and upon these 

 as guides the arch of the tube is built. 



This mud gallery is very prettily braided, 

 and is not defaced by being plastered over. 

 Sometimes several galleries are built side 

 by side touching each other. Sometimes 

 the tube is built to its full length before 



