IN THE GARDEN* 



cross between a lobster and a crab than 

 i 



an insect ; his front legs are flattened 

 out into broad curved saw-edged digging 

 instruments, the front part of his body 

 alone looks like the top shell of the 

 lobster, whilst the wings, instead of 

 being placed flat against the back and 

 sides, are rolled up on either side exactly 

 as you would roll up an umbrella. 

 Truly, a quaint little beggar and as 

 malicious and harmful as quaint. 



There is yet another cricket mon- 

 strosity, or rather it resembles a cricket 

 although it is really of the grasshopper 

 tribe, and I cannot refrain from breaking 

 my rule and giving its Latin name, as 

 the latter is as monstrous as is the 

 appearance of the insect itself, to wit 



SCHIZODACTYLUS MONSTRUOSUS ! ! ! 



Did you ever hear and have you ever 

 tried to pronounce such a mouthful 

 before ? 



This is the largest of the three and 

 goes by the name of ' bherwa ' in the 

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