AMONG THE INSECTS. 



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Fly Magnified. 



which I will hold over him. He lets down his bill, 

 or trunk. Even with the naked eye, I have often seen 

 flies do that ; but I see more accurately with the glass. 

 The mucilage is hard, but he will penetrate it, for he 

 is dropping moisture upon it from his tongue. 



Soon I have looked him nearly all over ; have seen 



