340 The Natural History of Se I borne 



the sloping turf. The new inhabitants stayed some time, and 

 fed and sung ; but wandered away by degrees, and were heard 

 at a farther distance every morning, so that it appears that 

 on this emergency they made use of their wings in attempt- 

 ing to return to the spot from which they were taken. 



One of these crickets when confined in a paper cage and 

 set in the sun, and supplied with plants moistened with water, 

 will feed and thrive, and become so merry and loud as to be 

 irksome in the same room where a person is sitting ; if the 

 plants are not wetted it will die. 



