106 NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. 



Figure 23. 



Male Katydid. 



man, almost divesting death of its terrors by pointing the 

 soul to its more glorious garb in that higher and purer 

 ether into which it introduces him. So each animated 

 atom of creation bears the stamp of some great moral or 

 intellectual significance, and appeals alike to the poet's en- 

 thusiasm, the naturalist's all-absorbing love of nature, the 

 philosopher's burning desire to penetrate hidden mysteries, 

 and to man's universal and unborn conviction that naught 

 was ever made in vain. 



Such reflections might be pursued through a thousand 

 various ramifications, and assuredly prove what the contem- 

 plation of this little insect could do, if they do not satisfac- 

 torily acquaint us with what " Katy did." But a facetious 

 poet has asked this little insect tattler what occasioned its 



