I 9 4 THOSE OTHER ANIMALS. 



noisy ; his attentions to man are unwearied, and the gentle 

 irritation thereby caused affords means of occupation and 

 excitement to the lazy. mendicant, the indolent native of the 

 South, and the contemplative Oriental, and rouses them 

 from the lethargy in which they might otherwise sink. 

 Fully and properly understood, the flea might take high 

 rank among the benefactors of man. 



