326 The Natural History of Selborne 



made use of their wings in attempting to return to the spot from 

 which they were taken. 



One of these crickets when confined in a paper cage and set in 

 the sun, and supplied with plants moistened with water, will feed and 

 thrive, and become so merry and loud as to be irksome in the 

 same room where a person is sitting ; if the plants are not wetted 

 it will die. 



