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they must have rejoiced when they saw the 

 Giants becoming too sleepy to eat them ! 



There were only seven of my cocoons, for the 

 number of the Giants had been mysteriously di- 

 minishing for quite a while. I suspect that they 

 were not always as good to one another as Giants 

 should be, and I am afraid that they perhaps hurt 

 one another so much with those scissory forceps 

 that some of the Giants died. I know I found 

 two that I thought were fighting, and one seemed 

 to be injured by the contest. Although I did not 

 see any cannibalism, yet I know of no reason why 

 the Giants might not have tasted well to one an- 

 other, since they must have been composed in- 

 wardly of juice extracted from the Aphides, and 

 so perhaps have had a similar flavor. 



The usual length of time of the pupa state 

 with the creatures is, I believe, fifteen days. Mine, 

 being the winter brood, slept longer. For five 

 months, commencing with about the 10th of Octo- 

 ber, the Giants slept in their cottony sheets in the 

 jelly-glass. I put it on a shelf in a dark closet, 

 and the 19th of March I looked to see what was 

 coming to pass there. 



I found that four Giants had awaked. Their 

 cocoons and husks were lying on the bottom of 

 the jelly - glass. One Giant, alas ! had waked 

 but to die. I found, his body. I suppose that he 

 died during transformation, as so many creatures 

 do.. Several Giants that were sleepier than the. 



