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la chenille clu Saule," Lyonnet exhibited such 

 tender sensibility as does him honour. In truth, 

 while we admire his dexterity and marvel at his 

 patience, we love him for his kindheartedness. 

 He takes pains to assure his readers that it was 

 necessary to sacrifice but a very small number of 

 these insects to effect his observations ; and he adds, 

 that to prevent their suffering he put them into 

 spirits of wine before opening them. One cannot 

 but call to remembrance the exclamation of the 

 poet, 



" I would not number in my list of friends, 

 Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, 

 Yet wanting sensibility, the man 

 That needlessly sets foot upon a worm." 



Little more is known of Lyonnet except that he 

 died in January 1789, at the advanced age of 

 eighty-two. Apparently he had never been married. 



