The Burrow 



of summer however long prolonged. Here 

 succulence and flavour are imparted to dry 

 materials which no other member of the 

 stercoral guild thinks of employing, for lack 

 of an annealing-chamber, of which Mino- 

 taurus possesses the monopoly. And, the 

 better to fulfil his mission in life, he also 

 possesses an instinct to bore to enormous 

 depths. The nature of the victuals makes 

 an incomparable well-sinker of the three- 

 pronged Dung-beetle; his talents have been 

 determined by a hard crust. 



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