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which may open up immortal fame to the chemist 

 of the future. What is this mysterious essence 

 which the wasp carries in its poniard ? As Pro- 

 fessor Riley suggestively remarks, " If man could 

 do what these wasps have done from time im- 

 memorial, viz., preserve for an indefinite period 

 the animals they feed on by the simple insertion 

 of some toxic fluid in the tissues, he would be 

 able to revolutionize the present methods of ship- 

 ping cattle and sheep, and obviate much of the 

 cruelty which now attends the transportation of 

 live-stock and much of the expense involved in 

 cold storage." 



