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feel some interest in the musqueto, I should 

 like to show you one through the microscope. 



Rene&. I did not know before that there was 

 any thing curious about musquetoes, but I am 

 beginning to feel quite an interest in them. I 

 think I shall not be so provoked at them when 

 they bite me again. 



Jlunt M. It is very wrong to be provoked 

 at them; we should remember that they are 

 only taking their food, without being at all sen- 

 sible that they are doing us an injury. They 

 are very annoying, it is true, and we are at 

 liberty to protect ourselves against their attacks 

 as much as possible ; but we do ourselves far 

 more injury, by becoming irritated and giving 

 way to our tempers, than these little insects 

 have it in their power to do us. Let us now 

 take a look at the little fellow. 



Rene&. Why I thought its body was smooth; 

 but it is covered with scales and hairs. Just 

 look at it, Harriet, and see its wings how beau- 

 tifully they are marked. 



Harriet. Yes, I see them ; and its antennae 

 look like feathers. 



Aunt M. Now let Anna and Mary look at 

 it ; do you see its sucker ? 



