LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

 THE SISYPHUS 



PAX 



The mother harnesses herself in the place of honour, in front. The 



father pushes behind in the reverse position, head downwards . . 204 



ITALIAN LOCUSTS 

 "I have buried underground," she says, "the treasure of the future" . . 238 



THE ANTHRAX FLY 



Her delicate suit of downy velvet, from which you take the bloom by 

 merely breathing on it, could not withstand the contact of rough 

 tunnels 258 



