THE GRASSHOPPER KIND. 19 



Yet still they are by no means arrived at their 

 state of full perfection, although they bear a strong 

 resemblance to the animal in its perfect form. 

 They want, or seem to want, the wings, which 

 they are at last seen to assume, and can only hop 

 among the grass without being able to fly. The 

 wings, however, are not wanting, but are con- 

 cealed within four little bunches, that seem to 

 deform the sides of the animal ; there they lie 

 rolled up in a most curious manner, and occupy- 

 ing a smaller space than one could conceive who 

 saw them extended. Indeed, all insects, what- 

 ever transmutations they seem to undergo, are 

 yet brought forth with those very limbs, parts, 

 and wings, which they afterwards seem to ac- 

 quire. In the most helpless caterpillar, there is 

 still to be seen the rudiments of that beautiful 

 plumage which it afterwards expands when a but- 

 terfly ; and though many new parts seem unfold- 

 ed to the view, the animal acquires none but such 

 as it was from the beginning possessed of. The 

 grasshopper, therefore, though seemingly without 

 wings, is in reality from the first possessed of 

 those instruments, and only waits for sufficient 

 force to break the bonds that hold them folded 

 up, and to give them their full expansion. 



The grasshopper, that for above twenty days 

 from its exclusion has continued without the use 

 of its wings, which were folded up to its body, at 

 length prepares for its emancipation, and for a life 

 of greater liberty and pleasure. To make the pro- 

 per dispositions for the approaching change, it 

 ceases from its grassy food, and seeks about for a 



