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ness of the Conqueror. After this larva had been 

 buried nineteen days I again dug down to see how 

 he was getting along. He had split a hole in the 

 skin of his back, and four or five white segments 

 of his body bulged out of the rent. He wriggled, 

 and I again withdrew. 



Will it be believed that not a single larva arose 

 as a beetle ? There was at first a slight doubt in 

 the case of the larva of Yeast-Powder-Lid Lake, 

 for I found his empty husk, but I know now that 

 its emptiness was due, not to a secret resurrection, 

 but to the ants. After all my labors in digging 

 earth-worms and in going after polliwogs, this was 

 my reward. 



The following are the names of the unresur- 

 rected dead and of those that died before burying 

 themselves : 



1. Conqueror of Coffee-Pot-Lid Lake. 



2. Conqueror II. 



3. The Hesitator. 



4. Larva of Yeast-Powder-Lid Lake. 



5. Scarer of Soap-Dish-Lid Lake. 



6. Triumpher of Tin- Pan Lake. 



7. Monarch of Mortar Lake. 



8. " The Last." 



List of those that " played hookey " : 



1. Oliver. 



2. Frightener of Flower-Pot Lake. 



3. " The Last-But-One." 



