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to take a pleasure in so doing, until, tired of the amusement, 

 it opens its wing-cases, and, after a preliminary flourish of its 

 wings, goes off in a swift flight in search of its next meal. 

 Properly trained, the ladybird ought to be a skilful performer 

 of tricks, although we are not aware that any efforts have 

 been made in that direction, but a regiment of them drilled 

 as soldiers and taught to manoeuvre accurately to the 

 sound of the bugle should certainly be an attractive 

 spectacle. 



