The Scoliae 



other place, with the wheelbarrow. This is 

 Favier's work, while I myself collect the dis- 

 turbed population in glass jars, in order to 

 put them back into the new rubbish-heap 

 with all the consideration which my plans 

 owe to them. The laying-time has not yet 

 set in, for I find no eggs, no young ScoHa- 

 larvae. September apparently will be the 

 propitious month. But there are bound to 

 be many injured in the course of this up- 

 heaval; some of the Scoliae have flown away 

 who will perhaps have a certain difficulty in 

 finding the new site; I have disarranged 

 everything in the overturned heap. To al- 

 low tranquility to be restored and habit to 

 resume its rounds, to give the population 

 time to increase and replace the fugitives and 

 the injured, it would be best, I think, to 

 leave the heap alone this year and not to 

 resume my investigations until the next. 

 After the thorough confusion due to the 

 removal, I should jeopardize success by being 

 too precipitate. Let us wait one year more. 

 I decide accordingly, curb my impatience and 

 resign myself. We will simply confine our- 

 selves to enlarging the heap, when the leaves 

 begin to fall, by accumulating the refuse that 

 strews the paddock, so that we may have a 

 richer field of operations. 

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