Earth-Mason Caterpillars. 



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Earth was put within its reach, of the same kind as it had 

 previously used, and it was not long in selecting a grain 

 adapted to its purpose, which it fitted into the wall and 

 secured with silk. It first enlarged the outside of the wall 



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Earth-mason Caterpillars' Nests, with the perfect Moth, &c. 



by the larger and coarser grains, and then selected finer for 

 the interior. But before it closed the aperture, it collected 

 a quantity of earth on the inside, wove a pretty thick net- 

 work tapestry of silk over the part which remained open, 



