The Banded Monk 



their nostrils, those around me perceive not 

 the least odour, not even the youngest, whose 

 senses are not yet vitiated. 



This quintessence easily impregnates every 

 object on which the female rests for any 

 length of time; and thenceforth the actual 

 object becomes as potent a centre of attraction 

 as the mother herself, until the emanations 

 are dispelled. 



Nothing visible betrays the bait. On a 

 piece of paper, a recent resting-place around 

 which the visitors crowd, there is not an ap- 

 preciable trace, no moisture of any kind; the 

 surface is just as clean as before the impregna- 

 tion. 



The product is slowly elaborated and has to 

 accumulate a little while before manifesting 

 its full strength. When taken from her 

 couch and placed elsewhere, the female loses 

 her attractions for the time and becomes an 

 object of indifference; it is the resting-place, 

 saturated by long contact, that draws the 

 newcomers. But the batteries are recharged 

 and the deserted one recovers her power. 



The appearance of the warning effluvium 

 is delayed for a longer or shorter period ac- 

 cording to the species. The newly-hatched 



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