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existing, which is more wonderful than 

 any of the above, and as it is a curious 

 history, I shall finish this subject by 

 relating it. It is a small insect which 

 feeds on the larvae of many of the butter- 

 flies and moths, and is often the cause 

 of great disappointment to the curious 

 aurelian, I remember once, before I 

 was aware of the subject, that out of 

 twenty cluysalidesof the papilio brassicae, 

 or calbage butterfly, nineteen were 

 quite destroyed by this small insect, 

 which lends its body in return to that 

 animal which is by Providence destined 

 to feed on it. I'hus we see that there 

 is not an atom of animated nature or 

 unorganized matter, but which is of 

 service in its turn to the general good of 

 the whole. 



