IN THE BUNGALOW. 



segments ending in three long tails, por- 

 tions of which he apparently willingly 

 and readily parts with during one's ofter. 

 vain efforts to slay him. A curious little 

 relic this of a bygone age, for he is sup- 

 posed to be the nearest living representa- 

 tive of an Ancestor of all insect life and 

 comes nearest to the scorpions and spiders 

 at the bottom of the insect scale. 



Many and curious are the legends and 

 stories pertaining to this queer specimen 

 of creeping life. Although so numerous 

 and common in the country, it may be 

 said that even the food he eats is still a 

 debated question. He has been duly 

 credited with alt sorts of base designs on 

 the Paris creations of the fair sex, and 

 many a bearer and ayah has palmed off 

 sheer laziness and neglect on to this 

 innocent little beggar. When clothes 

 and cloth materials long put away and 

 forgotten have been unpacked full of 

 holes, it is the bad 'feesh-insect' which has 

 often served to ward off righteous anger 

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