The Rescue of an Old Place 

 He is fatal thread within an inch of your nose. He 



to Christian 



character, arouses in the gentlest breast a desire to 

 slay this future parent of thousands ; he 

 undermines the character by stirring up 

 sentiments of virulent hostility in other- 

 wise peaceable souls ; he becomes a men- 

 ace not only to existence, but to Christian 

 character, by developing the savage in- 

 stincts of our nature ; and, therefore, on 

 every ground, both physical and moral, he 

 is an enemy of the public peace who should 

 be taken in hand by the authorities and be 

 doomed to extermination. 



Should I be requested to provide my 

 enemy with a more precise name than 

 Web-worm, not being learned in entomol- 

 ogy, the only term I dare to vouch for 

 is Nasticrechia Krorluppia (to be pro- 

 nounced English fashion). 



To this family I am entirely sure he be- 

 longs, but one of the reports of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture has a good deal 

 to say about a certain Hyphantria cunea, 

 which seems to correspond to him in some 

 particulars, and the same report furnishes 

 for him ten more synonymous names that 

 apparently can be used if necessary. 

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