302 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



reason of mlscliicf, lias armed his legs with a poAver 

 to ticklcj or perhaps to wound, so that his assaults 

 are unbearable to animals not bred in his vicinity. 

 No blow from a tail can crush him, not even a 

 cow's head, when she flings it back upon her 

 shoulder; and the only certain way of putting 

 him to death is to pull him in two. 



All day long he pesters and feeds on and all 

 over the cattle ; but as night approaches, the 

 forest flies gather together in a black mass 

 in the comfortable sweet hollow that lies be- 

 tween the root of the tail, the hip, and back- 

 bone of kine. The cow cannot reach them there, 

 nor does she desire to do so, for they all seek 

 the spot to go to bed together, and to cease 

 from their daily toil, to alee]) and get up early 

 for further mischief. 



We will now refer to that little noticed, and 

 seldom descanted on theme, the loves of the dragon- 

 fly. In this there is much that is curious, and, as 

 far as I can ascertain, a vast deal that is not 

 accounted for, both in their loves, incubation, and 

 action in depositing their eggs. 



If the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S., &c., 

 who, according to Messrs. Routledge & Co., 



