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sioned by a brisk attrition of their wings. Cats catch hearth- 

 crickets, and, playing with them as they do with mice, devour 

 them. Crickets may be destroyed, like wasps, by phials filled 

 with beer, or any liquid, and set in their haunts ; for being 

 always eager to drink, they will crowd in till the bottles are 

 full. 



