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So it is in a thousand other cases in nature. So 

 it is indeed in Providence likewise. If He sends 

 us trials, " He also makes a way to escape that 

 we may be able to bear them." If our day is to 

 be dark and cloudy, and to call for the exercise of 

 much faith and patience, there is still the same 

 provision made ; " as thy day so shall thy strength 

 be." If our lot in life is one of hardship He can, 

 and if it is sought of him aright He will, and He 

 does bear us up, revive our drooping strength, 

 and enable us to go on our way rejoicing. 



Let us go on to speak now of some other car- 

 nivorous larva. If in the month of July we can 

 find out a spot where we can detect the traces of 

 the labours of the sand-wasp, of whom mention has 

 been made at page 15, and cutting out a little mass 

 of the sand-rock containing several of their bur- 

 rows, then take the trouble to open gently one of 

 the cells formed by these insects, we shall see a 

 carnivorous larva in as happy a condition as a fox 

 in a hen-roost, or a mouse in the midst of a cheese ! 

 The best way to obtain access to this securely 

 imbedded and luxurious larva, is to moisten the 

 mass of sand with a little water, and then slice it 

 gently down with an old knife until we come to 



