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scientific men to be really a fungus which grows 

 nowhere but in this Caterpillar, and during its 

 growth gradually saps its life, and finally kills it. 

 Those which escape the spores of the fungus turn 

 into a large brown moth. Some of the Caterpillars 

 are 3 or 4 inches in length, and their root-like 

 appendage as long as themselves. They are 

 found under the soil, and those who have dug 

 them up have told me that they are often in a 

 semi-live state. 



